ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 18th February 2021

Episode Date: February 17, 2021

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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche Morning Megan with Hayley Sproul podcast. It's thanks to McCafe by 5 McCafe Coffees. Get one free on the Maccas app. I don't know if you know this Hayley, but we've got a show engraver. He engraves things. He only ever engraves things for the show. He's on the payroll. We've got a lot of, you would guess, almost redundant people on the payroll here at the show.

He just sits and waits to engrave anything and he's engraved you something. Like, you would guess almost redundant people on the payroll here at the show. Wow. He just sits and waits to engrave anything and he's engraved you something. We might use him once or twice every couple of years. What is this? Oh, look at this. Hayley Sproul. I'm fucking important. Fletch Vaughan and Megan with Hayley Sproul.

That's from Alex, the show engraver. Wow. He's just whipped that up so he can put it on your desk. Megan with Hayley Sproul. That's from Alex the show engraver. Wow That is beautiful That is going to sit pride of place for you guys to look at every time we're doing this for the next few months. That's lovely Did you claim that you're fucking important at some

stage? I am fucking important I don't doubt it. Do I have to remind you of that? I've seen you scream that at a TV producer. I do walk into the office with a sense of importance That's good though. I've seen you scream that at a TV producer. I do walk into the office with a sense of importance. That's good though. I do feel. Claiming that every day is going to be the best day ever. You do always say

that. Today's the best show ever. The best day ever. This is really something. What was the engraver's name? Alex. Alex. Just thank you. Thank you to everyone. Really great. I love that fucking has a capital F

yeah can I has Jared producer Jared received a plaque oh wow oh shit

oh god oh wow neither is Mountie oh dear have I jumped the queue a bit you have jumped the queue how long have I been here especially for a temp worker

yeah about a month I've been here yeah I've made a real impact and I worker. Yeah. About a month I've been here. Yeah. Yeah. I've made a real impact and I feel like sometimes. Do you know what I mean? Like blink and you miss them.

Like see line two of your engraving. Yeah. I'm fucking important. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, you can't engrave lines. That's against the Engravers Guild rule book. Yeah. I do want to just make sure though because, you know, obviously I am a temporary replacement while Megan's on maternity

leave. Does Megan have her own plaque? Because I don't want to step on toes here. We have had plaques. I don't think we've got our own individual plaques. No, I think the producers have only ever had their plaques. They have specific plaques. Just put them in their place. Put that little plaque on the desk.

Yeah, I am. I just wanted to face you guys. Thank you to Alex at epicengraving.co.nz. If you need any engraving, epicengraving.co.nz. But they only engrave for the show, so I wouldn't go too crazy on it. Well, no, apparently they do engraving for a lot of other things. I actually have some engraving that needs to be done. A few marching trophies. It's just down the road.

Some jewelry. It's just down the road. That needs some re-etching. Alex, I'll be coming right over. Well, it's not for free. Wait a minute. Jewery that needs some re-etching. Alex, I'll be coming right over. Well, it's not for free. Wait a minute, jewellery that needs re-etching? Yeah, I've got some jewellery that had some engraving on the back. Was it stolen from a dead body?

Did you dig up? Did you hit a fresh grave? Those are the ones you want to hit because they're easier to dig up. He won't change letters. An old birthday. It's just your ones. Oh, okay. The new ones.

My darling Elizabeth. Can you just get rid of Elizabeth? Yeah, just keep it my darling. Yeah, fill it in. Fill it in. Yeah, that'd be great. Thanks, Alex. Now, the photo that's on this to-do list,

is that the one that we took with Dave from LMNAP, or is this a new photo? It's another one. Who's the photo for? Well, I'm not, because, okay, so just behind the scenes. I've demanded a printed out to-do list. We've got a to-do list. Because I like ticking the boxes.

Yeah, I've just ticked podcast intro, which we're still technically doing. I'm not going to tick that until we're done. Okay. LMNOP Dave. Spoiler alert, that's for tomorrow's show. Bonus banger, that's still to come. A mini planning. That's cheeky.

I'm not doing that. How long is that going to be? Five minutes. If we keep it mini, I'm kidding. That should also be catered. And what's the photo? What's the photo we're having? I've come casual Thursday. I'm always casual.

I'm in purple. I look like a fucking eggplant. Let's not go too crazy with any big photos. You do own a purple, a light purple. It's a nice purple. I was noticing before that your nips were really piercing through the T-shirt. Yeah, that's what I do. It's a very aggressive nip.

Do you? And if I get even a little bit cold because I wear a thin cotton, when his nips get cold, he could cut glass with his nips. You could be an engraver. With my nips. The nip engraver. That's actually how Alex engraves all of the trophies. I can tell by the font.

With his rock hard nip. Okay, tick this off the list. The podcast intro is done. ZM. Head music. Lives here. Okay, tick this off the list. The podcast intro is done. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan with Hayley Sproul. Morena. I do not know where Vaughan is.

He's just gone. He's coming. I'm being told. Oh, look at him strolling in with his cuppa. Still got the spoon in and everything. He can't do anything at pace, Hayley. I leisurely pace. What do you call this?

Where's the good coffee gone? I know, the good coffee's gone. You didn't warn me. You didn't forewarn me. I said I'm going to get a coffee and you let me walk out into the kitchen. I've just spent five minutes looking for it. It's gone. The good coffee's gone.

Why? Damn it. If that's the bad coffee, why have you filled it to the brim? Because I'm drinking to forget. All right. Drowning your sorrows. Prince Philip, I just heard on the radio. Oh, I know.

He's in hospital. 99 years old. Good innings. He looks like a ghost. Have you seen photos of him recently? Like the sunk back eyes. Oh, my God. Those eyes are about to pop out the back of his head. They're so sunken. No. There's no. recently? Like the sunk back eyes Oh my god, those eyes are about to pop out

the back of his head, they're so sunken. No, there's no, I've got the hiccups I don't know what's happened. You need to drink water upside down. Grow up! Grow up, what are you a child? Stop hiccuping! Stop it! Stop! Stop it!

Coming up on the show, the top six. Yeah, there are the rental situation in Wellington is so dire Stop it! Stop! Stop it! Coming up on the show, the top six. Yeah. The rental situation in Wellington is so dire that university students are returning for a second year to the halls of residence. And nobody does that today. Nobody wants that. Apart from the creepy ones. You know the creepy ones?

Yeah, they're like, I'm going back to supervise. You're going back to be a creep. Yeah, you're going back to be a pervy creep. I mean, you're tarnishing all RAs they've born. Really annoying is what RAs stand for. They're going back because, hey, let me show you the ropes of this place. I'll tell you how to make the most out of your stay in this broom cupboard for a year. How old are these RAs?

Old. 50. Yeah. I've just re-enrolled, you know, mature student and all that, but I thought being an RA, I could impart some of my life wisdom on some of these... No. ...young fellas. All right, well, the top six is coming up, dealing with this.

Yeah, the top six mistakes you won't make again in your second year at the uni halls. You've learned some things the hard way. Good. Next on the show, though, Naked Attraction, the TV show. The host of Naked Attraction who's seen it all. She's done every episode. She's seen them big. She's seen them small.

She's seen them big she's seen them small she's seen them she's seen them grow she's seen them yummy yeah yummy okay she does get a little tickled by some of them

some of them yeah she does she's always got a thought a thought to share yeah she has said about some of the secrets of naked attraction

in a podcast I thought it was just a great excuse to talk about Naked Attraction, which you've never seen. It's just the craziest show on television. Oh, my God. It is my favorite. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast.

ZM. Naked Attraction, hell of a show. Hell of a show. When's it on? It's on late. It used to be on, I think it was on Friday nights because that's the acceptable night to put penises in, is it? I streamed it and I binged it.

I've watched every single episode. It is a bizarre concept for a show, isn't it? For those that haven't seen it, how would you explain it? So there's a singleton who stands with the host in the middle of a room surrounded by five glass boxes

with sort of fogged out glass and behind those boxes are five naked suitors, butt naked, balls naked. And they reveal them from the feet up. So they go feet to knees, thighs. Yeah. Thighs past the genitals to tummy. And it's all out there. And then boobs up, basically.

The genitals are all out, for sure. Yeah. And if there's like a bisexual person, they'll have both. Mixed. Yeah, that's always fun. Different ages, different abilities, races, everything. And then they eliminate them with each reveal. And they don't get to hear them talk until the very, very end.

That's right, because the talk, there was one of them where it got to the end and the guy had the real high-pitched squeaky voice but he had a massive dong. Yeah, he was schling and schlong tripod and then he was like, hello, love, I'm going to pick you up for a date. Yeah, and then at the end when they pick the one,

the person who did the picking has to come out naked. Yeah. Really? And then everybody's naked apart from the host who's just standing there like, hee hee. And then they always have a hug. Yeah, my favourite bit is when they get eliminated and the two naked people have to hug.

Yeah. Bye. Well, the host has done a podcast, a tell-all podcast. Yeah, Anna Richardson's her name. She hosts the British one. By the way, there's international versions of this too if you can't get enough of it. If you've got a favourite nation you like to see naked.

Like what nations do this? I just saw a list of the... I can't imagine America doing it. No, they don't have a lens wide enough. Yeah. It'd be an interesting show. Have you got the list? Because I just saw international hosts

when I Googled to get her name, Anna Richardson. It gave me the international hosts of the show. They must have sold it. We've got to have a New Zealand one. I'll put my hand forward to host it. No, New Zealand could never do this. It's too small. The country is way too small.

Oh, the country's too small. Yeah, I also feel like we're also a bit modern. The only thing that I will say is when I first heard about the show, I was like, this is disgusting, judging people on their bodies. It's such a body positive show. Exactly. And they put themselves out there for it. And the person in the end judging them gets naked.

Yeah, and they're like celebrating the differences in everyone's bodies. And people complain about it in record numbers. Isn't it the most complained about TV show? You see like everything. Everything. The lot. Sometimes I get them to turn around and give them a bum wobble.

Germany, Denmark, Italy, Finland and Poland have also made their own versions of the show. Woodwatch. Anna Richardson, she's 50 by the way, the host of Naked Attraction. She's hot. She said when talking on this podcast about the show,

the production and everything, she said it takes a lot longer than you realise to film. And also she said a thermostat battle between the sexes who either want it hot or very cold. Now, the ladies want it cold apparently because it makes the buzzies look better. Perky, perky. Perky, perky buzz.

Whereas the men want it warmer so they can have a more impressive looking manhood in a relaxed state. Which is the opposite of working in the office during the summer or any time or in the studio. Opposite of all the debates we have here at work about the thermostat. Yeah. Because we prefer it colder, don't we? Guys prefer it colder.

Yeah. And the females, you get a bit shivery. You want it warmer. Put a jacket on. So also she revealed in the, when the men are naked behind the screens and it's slowly going up, just before the part where the genitals of the male are revealed, they'll all give themselves a little warm up.

Yeah. Like a little rubber twin hands. Yeah, yeah. A little. A little. But it's a fine line as she said they had to stop production once because a young man in an effort to make himself seem larger and more endowed got a little bit too excited and couldn't stop himself. Well, no, he stopped playing with it, but he couldn't stop it from showing his excitement. So the floor manager, Dave, had to escort him off for a little while just to calm himself back down.

Just pour some water on it. Some cold water maybe. Yeah. Wow. So yeah she's revealed all the secrets of naked attractions. Apparently they film like the whole process to film one sort of round of suitors is about five

hours of them standing. Naked. Naked. So in the thing they're just there and they apparently chat to each other behind the boxes. of suitors is about five hours of them standing naked, naked. So in the thing, they just, and they apparently chat to each other behind the boxes. But the other than that, they just stand into the whole five hours and see them behind the thing, like shaking out their legs and stuff and shaking out their bits.

If you're going to see one episode of naked attraction, watch the episode where 57 year old devout Christian and local church organist. Yes, this is a great episode. Judith, she starts off and you're like, what's she doing here? And it shows her at the church playing the organ. And then as the screen goes up, she gets progressively more and more horned up. Yeah. At the end of it, she's almost like.

Judy wants. Great show. How do we find this podcast? Does it say what podcast she went on? She went on. I suppose we can Google that. But yeah, fans of the show. Yeah, I can't see, sorry. Worth checking out.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Trade Me's had a whoopsie. Oop. Eeps. Eeps. It's been revealed that they exposed the personal information of 1,400 users after an error briefly swapped people's profiles. What? How did that happen?

Well, so they notified users on Friday last week that these 1,400 users, that they were briefly logged into the wrong account at about 4 o'clock. So what's the kind of information that they received? Personal details? No, so there were no, it said here that personal info such as names, emails, account balances and addresses could be seen for a short time but no credit card or member passwords. Ooh, addresses though.

Addresses not good. No. Could you also, if you were logged into someone else's account, would you get to see their watch list? Yes. My watch list is outrageous. Or you could probably have bought something. I wonder if anybody logged on, searched, and was like,

I'll buy that, and then they were like, wait a second. If they had the credit in their account, they could buy it, eh? Because you said they couldn't see credit card details. Yeah, but you can pay, your account is hooked up to that ping thing, which pays straight away. Oh, yeah, ping. Yeah, that could pay straight away. Also, if you were logged into someone else's account,

it would then, if you bought something, the other person's address would be hooked to it and then so you'd never get that thing. Oh yeah, if you just did it without checking. If you bought like some clothes or something, it would go sent to the other person's account. Well, apparently it was to do with a website update and it was fixed within an hour.

So yeah, apparently nothing too major apart from all the personal details. I was just having a browse through my watch list to see if there was anything I would be embarrassed about

I'm currently leading on a couple of auctions there's a lot of plants there plants plants plants

plants plants plant hangers plants plants plants plants and a pink sink

a pink sink show me the pink sink what do you want a pink sink for why would you want a pink sink yeah yeah a pink sink for I'm renovating a bathroom What do you want a pink sink for? Why would you want a pink sink? Yeah, a pink sink for. I'm renovating a bathroom and we're doing a little, we're doing a. Oh, that's hideous. You're not going to win this week on the block with a pink sink.

No, no, you've got to think about. That's hideous. You've got to, Patsy, back me up here. Mum, message in. Vaughn, have you seen this photo? This is going to be a little. Dude, that's horrible. It's like a standalone.

You've got to think about the image, like a vintage sort of kitsch-looking pink little bathroom. Can you send that through to Mountie at the social media desk because we need to run an Instagram poll on that. No, because then other people will start bidding against me. I have to pay a hell of a lot more for it. Well, you'll miss out on it, which I think could be a saviour here. That is the most hideous thing I've seen in my life. Go white. Hayley Jane Sprout've seen in my life. Go white.

Hayley Jane Sproul. Hayley, no. Intervention. Every other house. That looks like someone's nana made an awful mistake. See, but this is the thing. If I was on someone else's account, you might have a pink sink delivered to your house.

Well, imagine if they did. How much are you leading at the moment on that pink sink for? $150. Why would I want to have a white sink like every Tom, Dick and Harry in the country? Use coloured tiles behind the white sink and then you can change those. No, you don't have coloured tiles behind the pink sink.

What colour are you putting behind the pink sink? It better not be green. It'll be light green. It's going to be teal. She's going teal on pink. Can we get a photo? We need to get a photo of the pink sink up because I'm pretty sure the nation will be as disgusted as we are. There must be an advertiser on the station that has a white sink.

Very rarely will I make a call out for them. I'm sending it to the group chat and I want everyone to imagine it in the centre of a very kitsch, retro, pink powder room. With three ceramic ducks on the wall? No. No?

Alright, next. A landscape with a roaring stag in front of a river and a snowy mountain. What's coming up next? Fleshfawn and Megan, the podcast. ZM.

It's even well with lockdowns all over the world. Stats have been released saying that couples are more than ever watching more movies as you would expect. Yeah, huh? One in ten couples. That's why I'm surprised that some movies are still delayed

rather than being released on. Yeah, but the only reason they're delaying movies is because they want people to go to the movies and pay. But how long in the future is it going to be until you can pack out a cinema? Here? Yeah. But not overseas. Yeah, we're not a big enough market to warrant it, right? No.

So one in ten couples are spending more than 15 minutes endlessly scrolling through movie and TV options before settling on something. If I can be honest, I was doing this well before the pandemic. This was our, well, let's watch something together because I've got my shows

on the go. Sade might have a couple of shows on the go. Or we're both going to sit down and watch. And our rural broadband can't possibly handle both of us streaming on different devices. Yeah, right. So, yeah, we just scrolled through endlessly and then just decided to go to bed. Have you ever had any arguments though

Because it says here that 30% of couples Have had arguments about finding a movie to watch It gets to the point where I know Shada Is just going to be on her phone most of the movie anyway And not really paying attention So I just take command and pick whatever I want to watch See I love that though Me and Aaron no one takes command

We do that for a while The only time we argue Is if we finally land on, say, a show together and we agree that this is our show that we're going to watch together and then I come back maybe a day later and he's watched ahead. Yeah, he's watched three seasons. That's cheating. That's modern day cheating.

It is, indeed. Infidelity. I've genuinely gotten quite upset about it. Reason for divorce. Yeah. He watched three episodes ahead on a show I love. There is a new website. It's called movie-matcher.com.

What you can do is you can invite the person that you're watching something with and you fill out an online thing, like a personality kind of a test. Yeah. And I guess you put in your likes and stuff and it will then suggest movies that you can watch together. Is this a independent third party?

Yes. Like it's not run by Netflix? It's not run by any of the streaming sites. You know how sometimes Netflix is like, oh, judged on your previous watching, you'll love this Netflix original. And you're like, no I won't. You're just trying to push it down my throat. I don't want to watch. I don't want to watch that shit movie.

It's all algorithm. It's all like, you know, ads and advertising and pay for it as opposed to. Exactly, yeah. It's a bias. It's genuinely your taste. It's a bias algorithm. I'm going to try it. Now, how are you going at the moment, Fleets?

You're cohabitating a friend staying. Yeah. You famously just watch whatever you want whenever you want Yeah Whatever you want You never have to compromise in any aspect of your life I know it's been quite bizarre That's why relationships don't work for you

You're a monster and you lack the human ability to compromise It's not like I want to do what I want to do Yeah Are you having to like watch things together or No we've just been watching some shows together. Wow. Yeah, I know. How's that going for you?

You know, it's good because we've both agreed on what shows we want to watch. You have similar tastes. You have similar tastes. You have honeymoon period. Well, that's the thing. It's only a couple of weeks. Yeah, right. Yeah.

I mean, any longer and all. It's good when you have similar tastes. Me and Aaron are, I'm like comedy doco. Separate. Comedy or doco is always my go-to. And he's more like action thriller. Oh, you won't go thriller. I mean, I'll get into a thriller, but I wouldn't choose it.

Right. Straight out the gate. I'm always feeling like a laugh. Yeah. Or a bit of some info on the world. Yeah. I want info or I want to laugh. I want to be smarter after this. Yeah. Or want info or I want to laugh. I want to be smarter

after this. Yeah. Or I want to have abs from laughing. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. From the underground

ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Hello there. Wellington, the story goes she's pretty expenny for the rental market at the moment.

Wellington was kind of the focus of a few weeks ago, kind of in January, December, people looking for flats and being offered like a shipping container with a window pop in it. Oh, God. I laughed, but it was only because it was so crazy with a tarpaulin out the front. And it was like, look at this lovely three-bedroom, one-bathroom.

I remember, well, back in the day, mates would have no problem in Wellington. Yeah. And when you lived there, it was fine, wasn't it? I lived there my whole life, basically, and when I moved out of home, yeah, it was just easy. You go apply for a flat and get a flat. It was always pretty cheap.

Well, students are returned to the halls of residence, which are famously not cheap. No. No, and you never, most people never go back. You do your first year and then you make friends, you go flatting with them. Yeah, I didn't do it. I went straight into a flatting situation, which, yeah, is cheaper.

You pay your rent and you buy your food and that's it. But you get the food, though, at the hall, though, eh? Not. Yeah, what do people call it? Your freshman five, though, where everyone puts on weight? Stack on the weight. So people are saying, yeah, they're returning for a second year at halls of residence because there's a rental shortage.

It's hard to get them. They're very expensive. And there's often a minimum contract. Right. But I think that just got eliminated, didn't it? Didn't that? In that latest change to the tenancy situation, you can't lock people in for an insane amount of time.

Oh, right. Okay. So, yeah, people are going back for a second year in the halls of residence. Unheard of. Bleak. Absolutely unheard of. The top six mistakes you will not make in your second year in the halls of residence. Number six, pass the every night, seven days a week.

As you said, the first year five. Can be the first year 15 if you play your cards right. Oh, gosh. Yeah, as you said. The first year, five. Can be the first year, 15, if you play your cards right. Oh, gosh. Yeah, cultivating mass. I think a lot of starch. Yeah. A lot of potatoes. I ate a lot the first year.

Did you go to a hall? A lot of pizza, a lot of beer, no. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You just ate a lot. Same. And it was pasta because it was cheap. Pasta and tomato sauce.

Yeah. Yeah. We had a dish in one of our flats called Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes, and it was just three different types of potatoes. Beautiful. What was it? Mash, roast, and boiled? One of them was scalloped.

One of them was a pasta potato, but loaded with cream and cheese. Yum. So you know all your essential foods there. Number five on the list of the top six mistakes you won't make again in your second year at the uni halls are not being around to deny playing with yourself in the shower when that playing game's been thrown around. There's always a notice.

There's always a notice that goes up that gets shared on Reddit this time of the year. The plumbers have been called again. Please stop masturbating in the showers. Is this a boys' bathroom situation? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's the lads. Ours are tidier.

Less stressful on the plumbing, that's for sure. You guys are providing the hair. Yeah. The long hair. That's an essential part of an absolute point block. With our powers combined, it's a plumber's nightmare. We are Captain Plumber. Captain Call the Plumber.

Along those lines, there's number four on the top six mistakes you won't make again in your second year at the uni halls. Leaving skid marks in the toilet and having those immediately discovered by the next person who uses it, and then you get the name skid marks. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you want to be really careful on that one. Number three on the list of the top six mistakes you won't make again in your second year at the uni halls.

Having a big night on the Zambuca and spewing all through your own bed. Even the word Zambuca is triggering for me. Mine was Midori. Oh, yeah. And what's the vanilla? Galliano. Yeah.

I had a good purple guana in the bed once. Up the walls. That was a real sheet ruin. And then you just roll over and turn your back on it. You'll never learn. That's a problem for the morning. Number two on the list of the top six mistakes you won't make again in your second year at the uni halls.

Not having more than one pair of sheets for the year. This kind of ties into number three. But you've got to wash them, then you'll forget, and they'll be wet, you can't put them back on the bed. Unless mum sorts double sheet sets out, that's a real adult thing, eh? That's a real, you've got your job, you're going to get two sheets? Yes.

Two sheet sets? Double sheets. That's pretty fancy when you get two sheet sets. Yeah, number one on the list of the top six mistakes you won't make again in your second year of the uni halls, sleeping with the RA. If you do sleep with the RA, try sleeping in their bed. They might have a bigger one than your ridiculously small single bed that your feet hang over the end of.

Yeah. That is today's top six. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. We asked earlier, we learned that Hayley's putting a pink sink into her house. It's on her watch list on Trade Me. And we were like, hold the horses. She just said it so nonchalantly. And we're like, hold on a minute.

What? And it was a pink sink. It's hideous. We thought maybe we were being unfair. So we put it on Instagram and said, what do you guys think? I stand by it. A photo of the actual pink sink being bit on and then a photo

of how Hayley imagines the pink sink will fit in. Now when you sent the second photo of the setting, I guess this is like a mood board. Is this one of your mood board photos? Yeah, it is. For the bathroom. It's on my Pinterest. It looks good, but I think it would date

very quickly. The house that I'm putting it into was built in 1890. I'm not concerned that the house is going to date. Okay, yeah, true. Because it doesn't look bad when you see that in context. But it's also a different shade of pink. Did you vote? I voted no because I think it's hideous.

But you like the concept image. Why not put a white one in? A plain white one. Because why would I want the same bathroom that everyone else has in a beautiful, fun home? You're going to walk into a bathroom, you're going to go, this is a bit of fun. This makes me feel good.

Rather than, oh, white. Look at that pew line. It's a different shade of pink, though, the one on your mood board. Oh, I'm sorry. There's not a lot of pink sinks available. I can't get a perfect colour match. I mean, that says. Oh, I'm sorry. There's not a lot of pink sinks available. I can't get a perfect colour match. I mean, that says a lot, doesn't it? There's not a lot available.

Different taps. It's got a back. Are you going to take the backing off of it, but the sticks on the wall? Because the one on your dream board doesn't have that. I rent a soap holder at the back. Oh, I don't need a little bit of work. And the tap wear, I don't think that was made clear.

The tap wear will change. What's the voting at Vaughan? 62% of people made this face. Oh, no, guys. And 38% said love. Yeah, beautiful. That's not too bad. It's not too bad.

That's not as big a roasting as I was expecting. They're seeing your vision there, though. They're seeing what you're... Yeah. They're getting on board. I'm terrible at this. I've always had an ability, and I've inherited this from my mother

to see something and know how it will transform. I can't do that. Sade can do that. My wife, I can't. She's like,

oh, I'm thinking about pink tiles in the laundry at our house. I was like, oh my God, you've got to be kidding me. But now that they're in they actually look quite nice.

So you've got a pink laundry? Were you about to say so shut your mouth? I was. So shut your damn mouth. ZM We were about to say so shut your mouth. I was. So shut your damn mouth. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

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I had a coffee before. Great work. You're learning. She's learning. Fantastic. Right. Now, guessing this morning is Caitlin. Good morning learning. She's learning. Fantastic. Right, now, guessing this morning is Caitlin.

Good morning, Caitlin. Good morning. Now, have you been poring over all of the wrong guesses? A little bit. Any ones of this have seemed to be

like jumping online and checking every day. Yeah, you can follow Secret Sound. Yeah, ZM Secret Sound. ZM Secret Sound on Instagram. Yeah, for all the wrong

clues. Every, um, every comment I'm seeing posted, like yesterday afternoon, they're all very good guesses. I think that could be it. There's a lot of good ones, and they do make sense as well. That's true. We had a sneeze yesterday.

Since then, a weed sprayer release valve. Taking a photo with a Polaroid camera. A yogurt pot being ripped off. The lid of that. Oh, okay. Typing on a keyboard. Can I hear it again? It's still not landing for me.

Caitlin, $10,000 is the current jackpot and that is all yours if you can tell us what the ZM secret sound is. I think it might be turning on a gas stove element. On that first little hiss of gas coming out. A little yeah.

Yeah, one of those self-lighting ones, maybe. Do you have a gas stove top, Caitlin? I don't, but I have used one in the past. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah, I'm terrible. I usually forget to turn the the past. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah, I'm terrible. I usually forget to turn the stove off. Jesus.

Don't do that. That's called a gas leak. Yeah, you were talking about flats before. Yeah, whoops. Okay. Well, Caitlin, hello. For some money, you do win something. $100, though, because it's not the secret stuff.

It's getting intense. You guessed it wrong. You get $100. Caitlin, because it's not the secret sound. It's getting intense. You guessed it wrong. You get $100, Caitlin. Well done. I'll take it. We'll have another shot at 8 o'clock this morning. Still puzzled, Hayley. Still puzzled.

I'm still just, I'm scrolling through the ZDM Secret Sound website and... The Insta, yeah. Could be any of them, but it's none. Could be any of them, but it's none. Could be any of them, but it's none of them. Back to the drawing board. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. When we think about stress relief, calming ourselves down,

removing anxiety, we think about things like running a bath, maybe some waterfalls, having some fun with yourself, some candles, nature. A walk, yeah, exercise. A walk, exercise.

A new study has revealed that actually listening to 80s pop music helps to decrease your blood pressure and drop your heart rate. Oh, my God. Instantly did everyone just feel like... So what this study did, right, as we have a little dance, is they hooked up all their participants of about 2,000 people to heart rate monitors. Yeah. Loving it.

Heart rate monitors and blood pressure monitors. And 96% of participants when they listen to 80s pop music, so that's almost 100% hit rate, lower blood pressure instantly. Really? Wow. And 36% of them.

Heart strikes upon the hour and the sun begins to fade. 36% of them, it won't happen to us we're dancing Yeah I had a decrease in heart rate Really? Oh wow Yeah So if you are stressed at work Or you have a run in With your neighbours

For example Or yeah Something that Made you very stressed Check on some 80s pop music Yeah Ready? So

Oh I'm about to pick another song But in the meantime I want to dance with somebody I want to feel the heat With somebody Wow So that was the leading genre of music

That helped to reduce anxiety Obviously the one that increased anxiety And stress, techno Yeah, well yeah It gives everybody flashbacks to illegal party hires. Go to God's kitchen. I think it just brings up a lot of regret. I was 18, I don't know what I was doing.

I was chewing, I was chewing. Classical music was somewhere in the middle, which is shocking to me, but classical music has actually been proven to stimulate brain activity. That's good for study, isn't it, apparently, classical music? If 80s music isn't for you, the second most effective

way of reducing anxiety and stress... One moment. Sorry, carry on. No, wait, you can't carry on. Now we're about to do this party.

Look at that stress and anxiety going. The second most effective genre of music, heavy metal. Really? Heavy metal. Really? They believe it's because of the aggressive and fast-paced nature of a heavy metal. It helps you express some rage and anger and release. Gets it out, right? Gets it out of you.

There's a release. Okay, gotcha some rage and anger and release. Gets it out, right? Gets it out of you. There's a release. Okay, gotcha. Well, there you go. If there's a one o'clock press conference or a COVID announcement, it gets you a bit anxious. What you're saying is TVNZ should do half an hour of 80s pop bangers in the lead up to the 1pm. I mean, that's an option.

It's actually not a bad idea. Not a bad idea. Maybe underneath Ashley and Jacinda talking, you could just have some wham or something. Or this absolute classic from Kylie Minogue. And then imagine Ashley coming in. All of these have also been gay

anthems. Have you noticed this? Is this where the gays are so relaxed? Where the lovely got the best flag in the world. They have. It's a rainbow.

It doesn't get any better. No, it doesn't. Hey, you're getting a little bit worked up, mate. I think we just need to listen to the music. Listen to the music. Feel that blood pressure

coming down. Here we go. Here we go. Come on, do the locomotion with me. Well, speaking of the one o'clock press conference,

we're going to chat next to Jason Walls from the New Zealand Herald, whose voice you will recognise as one of the question... Oh, yeah, OK. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Can we play this underneath when he's delivering some bad news to us? Oh, my gosh. It's great. Does everyone feel great?

Everyone feels really good. It's really good. It's really on our faces. Really, really good. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, my gosh. That's great. Does everyone feel great? Everyone feels really good today. I'm going to have a smile on our faces. I'm going to be really good. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We've got U.S. correspondence. We've got the lot. U.S. correspondence.

U.S. Not the U.S. I said U.S. No, you laugh, but we sent Jack Tame to the U.S. to cover the election. You did? Yeah. We've had people in war zones. I mean, they have other jobs on the TV, but it's predominantly

for us that they go. Oh, okay. Right, right. And someone we've got every single day sitting in the 1pm press briefing, but we've just decided to use him for the first time today. Because you've got to earn your stripes around here. Jason Walls, who also does some stuff for

the New Zealand Herald. But it's mostly our correspondents. Mostly our correspondents. He's worked really hard doing that, who also does some stuff for the New Zealand Herald. But it's mostly our correspondents. Mostly our correspondents. He's worked really hard doing that, like, lackey stuff in the hopes of finally getting on the show that employs him. And, well, here he is, so he better not stuff it up. Jason Walls, good morning. Well, it's good to finally be here after being a near employee for four years now. I know.

Yes, well, it's been a long road and you've paved it. So here we are. Jason, we always hear your voice in the press conference. So we thought we'd come to you because we're now in level two in Auckland. The rest of the country level one. What's the latest overnight? What have you heard? Overnight?

Well, not so much so far because usually things start picking up at around 7.30, 8 o'clock. Oh, so we've rung too early. Jason, you're fired. We're fired. That's been fun. Let's break this now. He just makes something up. You climax.

I can tell you what happened yesterday and what is happening this morning. The whole country, Auckland moved back into level 2, which will come as a great delight for a lot of people in the rest of the countries at level 1. So now down here at Wellington we're back to reasonable, normal life, actually. Right.

What about some clickbait stuff, Jason? Just maybe some, I don't know, punching down? What about a bit of fear-mongering? Yeah, fear-mongering. Fear-mongering. Oh, jeez. New Zealand, best country in the world, still great? Oh, that sounds good.

Hey, you're getting ahead of yourself. Now we're going to knock you down on the knees. How many cases are outstanding? Like, how many tests are out there? Because there's... Have all the close contacts been... Have those tests come back? No, not all of them yet.

So that's one of the last pieces of the puzzle. We're going to be getting that information today about the close contacts. The thing that they're looking at with most vigor is the test for Papatoetoe High School and just some of the close contacts there and some of the casual plus. So we should be getting that at about 1 p.m. today, whether that's a statement or a press conference, we're still waiting to hear. But, yep, that'll be a very important piece of the information. Jason, when there's a new case, like yesterday at the 4.30 briefing,

it was said that they were referring to cases like D and E. Do then they have their own group of close contacts? Does the circle of close contacts expand to include everybody they possibly could have come in contact with? Well, some of their contacts are considered contact plus or close contact plus. So there's different groupings of it. And the casual contacts, sorry, I should say, are the ones of the new ones, if that makes any sense.

So the siblings, one of the siblings, one of the initial case infected somebody and they infected their sibling. So that person is actually a casual plus. So it gets a bit confusing. I have to have like a little clipboard in my head when I'm sitting there trying to figure it all out. Who's the biggest pain in the ass in that political arena? Like, hey, you've had a good question. Stop. I always imagine it being like high school at lunchtime. You know what I mean? Is there a lot of fighting going on there? No. I mean, I would probably put

myself as the biggest pain in the ass because I just keep yelling as loud as I possibly can until I get there. But that's kind of the game. But no, we're actually all friends, the journalists. I mean, it's actually quite interesting talking to people because they think that we're all mortal enemies because we shout over each other. But we're actually all good buddies at the end.

Because I think Jessica March always gets the first question. Yeah, it's between her and Tova. Yeah. Well, why don't you get the first question. Yeah, it's between her and Tova. Yeah. Why don't you get the first question? It's Jessica because Jessica married Jacinda's old bodyguard. And she's favourite. Oh, you think it's like a connection? She's a personal favourite.

Yeah. I reckon today you should not take no for an answer. You be the first question. And you be the first question. And if Tova gets in there, you just talk louder. Jason, I will... Is Jacinda doing the 1pm today? Do you know in advance who's fronting

it? She won't be doing the 1pm today. If there was a 4pm, she'd be doing that. Oh, I was going to send her a text message saying, can you please make sure Jason gets the first question. Well, you can still do that. I think you should text her in other things. Please pay Jason special attention.

You assert yourself, Jason. We believe in you. I'm finally getting my money's worth from being employed from you guys. Yeah, well, after four years of employment, we've finally let you, and I'll tell you what, it'll probably be another four years until you're on the show again. Oh, well, it was a nice brief blimp. Hey, thank you so much, Jason, for letting us know the latest this morning.

Appreciate it. The New Zealand Herald political reporter, Jason. Hey, thank you so much, Jason, for letting us know the latest this morning. Appreciate it. The New Zealand Herald political reporter, Jason Walls. Thank you so much. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Friends. How many would you say you have?

Close friends. Well, there's close friends and then you've got, what, acquaintances. Yeah. You've got, like, mates. And then you've got those people you acquaintances. Yeah. You've got, like, mates. And then you've got those people you added on Facebook because they were at the same place, party or holiday you were once, and you had a good night out, and then you're like, let's be Facebook friends,

and then you never talk to them ever again in your life. You have pretty much nailed the levels of friendship. Brilliant, yes. So there's close friends, like best friends, five, around about five. Then you have what is called a sympathy confidence group, which is around 15. So those are the people you can, if you are like going through something bad, you could get sympathy from them. Oh, yeah.

How much sympathy? Like, would they crowdfund for you to buy you a new? One of them would probably start a crowdfund. Okay, good. Yeah. To buy you a new kidney? Can you crowdfund to... Yeah, they can 3D print them now.

Yeah. They're just expensive. Right, they're expensive. Because you've got to get the ink cartridge from Warehouse. Oh, yeah. It's a special kind of ink. Have you ever seen how much a kidney ink cartridge is at Warehouse? You don't want your cyan running out halfway through printing a kidney.

You don't want a black and white kidney. Imagine that. Yeah, it comes out half colour. You're like, ugh. I've only got navy. That's always me. I always run out of black and white kidney. Imagine that. Yeah, it comes out half colour. You're like, ugh. I've only got navy. That's always me. I always run out of blacking. Yeah.

And then it goes streaky. Streaky, greeny. Yeah. And then a blue. Oh, the fade. Terrible. So there's the sympathy confidence group. They don't explain confidence.

That might just be like to build you up, to give you a bit more. So those are 15. So five best friends, 15. That includes your five best friends. So 10 additional people in the next ring. So would you call them your close friends? Yeah, your best friends and then your close friends.

Your lifelong and then your sort of close friends that you hang out on the reg. Yeah. I mean, remember when MySpace literally used to make us Top eight. Publicly state who our best friends were. And then everyone was like, maybe that's not a good idea. And then there was a shift. There might be a shift. Yep.

You know, someone might move out of the top eight. What did they do wrong? They don't know. It was a real hell of a thing. Drama. Then there, in the next circle, there's 50. Now, these are people you know by name, you encounter reasonably regularly, and you may socialise with. Yeah, right. Okay. Which sounds like way too many to me. But that would include people maybe you work with. Yeah, close work with. Yeah, right. Okay. Which sounds like way too many to me.

But that would include people maybe you work with. Yeah, close work friends. Yeah, industry mates. The next layer is 150. Now, these are people you may meet as you go about your daily activity. So, your wider group of work friends and other people who work for the company and stuff. Now, I remember reading one of them, Who Moved the Cheese? Tipping Point, Purple Moo Moo, Malcolm Gladwell books. Yeah.

We were all doing that. Remember, 10 years ago when we were all reading those books? Everyone was reading the tipping point. Yeah, trying to work out how to make a success of yourself. Hopefully Malcolm Gladwell's got the answer you'd say because my 20s are going terribly. I remember reading in there that the human brain, the part that deals with socializing,

it's all to do with size. And the bigger this part of the brain is, the bigger herds, animals move in. Right. It was all comparisons and like lone animals like tigers had very small ones, whereas massive herd creatures like gazelles had a much larger ratio, this part of the brain.

Now, apparently the human part would indicate about 150 is the maximum for which you can have a good relationship with. Because I always get, when you see people's Facebook pages and they've got a number of friends and it's like 1,000 or something, I'm always like, oh! Yeah, I've been culling mine. It makes me so anxious. I'm like, you don't have that

many friends. We need to maintain that. So throughout human history, apparently, to back up this 150 thing, when villagers got to a certain size, or like island groups in the Pacific Islands, it would be at that stage that you'd go and try

to find a new place to settle. Right. And then that would settle and it would grow to 150 and then they'd move on and so forth and so on. Because people weren't penetrating that 150. They were like, oh, there's no room for me. Who are you? We're all full up. A baby gets born, you're like, sorry

151, the baby's got to go. So they go and start a new one. However, in modern times, because of social media, there are two additional circles. Oh, okay. There's a 500-person circle. Oh, no. Oh, get out.

Get out of here. And they don't really go into explaining too much about the 500-person circle, but they are probably the sort of person you might see from a distance and be like, oh, Jesus, into the shop. And you avoid. People you went to school with. Yeah. I just looked when you said that about Facebook friends, Fletch,

and I've got 962. That's too many. It's so many. But they're mostly people I've encountered in life. We've added each other as friends, and then we don't encounter each other again. Yeah. Maybe like us once Megan comes back.

Oh. I pine for the day. So there's that, a 500 person circle and then there's a large one of 1,500. These are the people that you're like,

I know you from somewhere. But you can't put a name to it. You don't remember anything but you may have crossed paths at some stage. That's when you have to get your friend or partner to introduce them.

Oh my God, yes. So they say their name. You're walking towards them and be like, introduce yourself. I've forgotten their name. Yeah. Always do this, Aaron. If I don't introduce you, it means I don't know who they are. Yes.

Yes. That's a good one. So then Aaron goes, hi, I'm Aaron. And they go, hi, I'm Jeff. You're like, Jeff. That's become such a well-known trick in society that when someone's like, hey, and then their partner introduces themselves, you're like, they've forgotten who I am. Yeah, they know.

I literally just did it earlier. Morning, Hayley. Hey, bud. Hey, champ. ZM I am. Yeah, they know. I literally just did it earlier. Morning, Hayley. Hey, bud. Hey, champ. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. That pesky University of Otago over University of Otago has been doing research again. Oh, God, when will they quit?

It's more of that guilt research. We know enough already. Yeah. Oh, you're doing this too much. Oh, you're doing that too much. We know enough already. Yeah. Oh, you're doing this too much. Oh, you're doing that too much. Oh. We know. Yeah.

Well, apparently this latest research from the UOI, U-O-O, U-O-I. What was that for? Anyway. From the UOO. 12-year-old children having unhealthy snacks five times a day. Instead of that being the recommended number of healthy fruits and vegetables. Oh, wow. Because you know the five plus a day.

One, two, three, four, five plus a day. Do you remember that rap? No, I don't. All right, I'm younger than you. They never rapped. Maybe they've misinterpreted it. They didn't rap to sell things to me when I was a child because rap music was scary. It was dangerous.

It was dangerous. In the 90s rap music was scary. It was dangerous. In the 90s it was poppin'. So according to this research, the average child snacked on confectionery, salty snacks, cookies, cakes and sugary drinks at least once a day. Yum. Healthier snacks such as fruit were consumed occasionally, although for every healthy snack consumed children ate two and a half unhealthy snacks. But I don't blame parents because you go to the supermarket and you buy all the fruit.

It is so expensive. Yeah. It would be way cheaper to buy a big bag of Bickies. Absolutely. You know? And then just smash them. And then, yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's not good.

And it is something when you're a parent you think about, but at the same time, like you say, if there is nothing but fruit. And kids love it. It's tasty, man. It is so yum. I mean, even now, would you rather have some fruit or a delicious block of chocolate? I'd have a block of chocolate.

Exactly. I used to come home from school and I'd say to my mum, I'm hungry. And she'd be like, there's fruit in the bowl. And I'd be like, I don't want fruit. Well, you can't be hungry then. That's a good line. I haven't tried that. You I don't want fruit. Well, you can't be hungry then. Oh, that's a good line. I haven't tried that.

You can't be that hungry then. Then you can't be hungry. So because my brother and I would come home, my parents would be at work. It'd just be free rain on what's ever in the pantry. So sometimes if I was real hungry, I'd dip my finger into the sweet and condensed milk. Yeah, we used to drink a spoon. And I could just eat a whole tin of that.

Would you have a finger? Did you ever cut yourself? You always grabbed a spoon. It was more fun. You could get more on there. Well, it depends if it was already open in the fridge. You just had to have a cheeky finger. Me and my brother used to do...

Cheeky finger after school. A little cheeky finger after school. You and your brother. Jesus. Me and my brother... Oh, Jesus. We used to have white bread, you know, like sandwich white bread. And then we would cut Edam cheese because that was our family's cheese of choice.

And then we'd cover the white bread in the cheese and then we'd put it on a plate and microwave it. Oh, we did that too. I did that. I did that all the time. Like every day. And then tomato sauce on top? No tomato sauce? Sometimes.

I can't remember if we had tomato sauce or not. But the bottom of the bread would be all like wet from the microwave steaming up. And the crust. Super hard. Super rubbery hard. Super hard. That was us, man. Cheese on bread.

I can't remember if we had a name for it. I'd always be like, who's going to make it today? And then I'd make a super heavy Milo Milo. It would be like three quarters Milo, a little bit of milk. Yeah, same. And I used to say, if my dad offered to make me a Milo, I'd say cold Mil heavy Milo Milo. It would be like three quarters Milo, a little bit of milk. Yeah, same. And I used to say, if my dad offered to make me a Milo, I'd say cold Milo, not stirred in.

Because you know, you don't want the chocolate milk. You just want to eat it off the top. Yeah. Okay, so we want to take your calls now. 0800-DARLS-AT-M. You can text in 9696. What was your unhealthy after school snack?

My mate used to walk. Jelly crystals. To work after school. And he, oh yeah, straight out like on that. You're looking, you literally was off your hand. Oh, I just poured it straight into my mouth from the bag. And I tell you what, it didn't last long because when that jelly ran out, there was no more jelly for a long time.

Your poor guts. My mate of mine used to walk to his after school job and get a massive like $1.50 ice cream, which back in the day was massive, every single day. Do you remember Raro got banned from my school? Raro, you used to pour Raro on your hand. A lot of people would take it. You weren't allowed to take it to school, yeah.

We're talking about your unhealthy after-school snacks. Apparently, there's been a study done from the University of Otago. It's not good reading. It's not good. It's five plus a day, but it's not fruit and veg. Kiwi kids are getting,

12-year-olds are getting five unhealthy snacks a day but it's not fruit and veg. Kiwi kids are getting, 12 year olds are getting five unhealthy snacks a day. And for every healthy snack they eat, they're eating two and a half unhealthy snacks. All this chat about after school snacks is really making me crave a golden circle creaming soda. Yuck. I remember

everyone raved about those and I finally one day. Why was it green? Mum let me have a can of fizz, and I picked one of those, and it was the worst. What a waste. Gemma, what was your after-school unhealthy snack? So I would get a huge glass, like a really tall, wide glass, and fill it up with cookies, probably like 10 cookies.

An outrageous amount of cookies. Top it up with milk and crush it up with a spoon and just eat it like cereal. Wow, you lost me in milk there. No, that sounds yum. And you do that every day.

That was an everyday snack for me. I was starving when I got home from school. That's how my brother and I used to finish off the bag of Farm Bake. We'd sit down and eat a whole bag of Farm Bake cookies after school. Every day? Yeah, yeah. My mum was so wild.

She'd be like, this can't happen again. She'd come home and it'd happen again. And we used to pour a bit of milk in the end and shake it up and then divide it between two glasses and drink it. People are sending in their unhealthy after school snacks and people are being confronted with their disgusting. Looking back at themselves. Yeah.

Now, is this self-sabotage of one's own metabolism? Because I always say to my wife, she's got one of those unstoppable metabolisms. I've never had one. No, neither. When I was about eight, I broke my ankle and I was like skinny and then I just got given all these treats and I just ate them all

and then that was me. I'm like, my metabolism's ruined. Yeah, mine's shocking. Do you think it's like, they say muscle memory. It's like fat memory. So it's like... I don't know, we just, early sabotage of the metabolism. So we're talking about this because the University of Otago

has said that 12-year-olds are eating five unhealthy snacks a day and for every healthy snack, they're eating two and a half unhealthy snacks. Yes. One in 10 New Zealand children are obese and a further one in five are overweight. This is good, though, for the future because we'll still be in the top three or five of the most obese countries.

Oh, yeah, we don't want to lose that spot, do we? We don't want to lose that top spot. Oh, no, we love a title, New Zealand. We love a title. Well, why, with all these stories of people remembering yesteryear,

why weren't there more, because they're saying child obesity rates are getting worse and worse in New Zealand. Why wasn't our generation a whole lot worse at the time? Well, we're hurting

around a bit more. Because it must be that much worse now. There are some stories coming in. Somebody said, I used to get home and make a Pavlova mix and eat the whole thing raw.

Yum! No, that would be so yum. It's just eggs. So it's egg whites, six egg whites. Think about it this way. Protein. It's the yummy bit of the cocktail, that fluffy bit, that's egg whites. Yeah. And then sugar. Sugar, vanilla essence, corn flour,

cream. Yum. That's bad. And they sit down and wolf that. All of that is yum. That's vanilla essence, corn flour, cream. Yum. That's bad. And they sit down and wolf that. Yum. That's so bad. Someone said, we found mum's old 1970s cheese fondue set. Oh.

And we went through a three-week period of having fondue after school every day until mum's like, what happened to the massive block of cheese? And we were just absolutely mowing through cheese because we were having a bloody cheese fondue after school every day. Olivia, what was your unhealthy after school snack? So on the way home, we'd always stop at the plaza and we'd have a packet of Raro and we'd get a 50 cent soft serve cone because we lived in the glory days.

Yeah. We'd pour the Raro onto the cone and you had your homemade Mr. Whippy for 50 cents. That is genius! So you'd have like what a tropical soft serve or whatever flavour. Whatever flavour of the

day you got or your friend had because you shared it between six of you. Oh, it's always got to be sweet navel orange. Sweet navel orange was the winning Raro flavour. Yeah, it was good. Brilliant, Olivia, thanks for your call. Casey, what was your wildly unhealthy after-school snack? A pie.

Oh, okay. So how often would you eat the pie? Every day, every morning. So you'd get one of the dairy before school? Yeah. Because I worked at a cafe when I was 14 years old and the dairy let me take it up every day. And what would your after school snack be?

Sometimes a pie as well, maybe with some waffles, you know, in a double packet. Yeah, yeah. You've got to bookend your school day with a pie. So this school day you could be eating up to 10 pies a week. Jesus. Oh, yeah. You've got to book in your school day with a pie. So this school day you're going to be eating up to 10 pies a week. Oh, Jesus. Oh, God. Don't think about it too hard. Casey, thanks

for your call. Some other text messages in. Somebody said I used to make myself a toffee apple after school every day. Now, if you've never had a toffee apple... Well, that's getting your healthy apple. There's an apple in the middle, but no one ever finished the apple of the toffee. It was just about the toffee. That surface layer of the apple that came off with the toffee. It was only that surface layer of the apple that came off with the toffee. I would make

Russian fudge so much after school. Would you? What are you doing? Why are kids boiling up sugar? Because there was nothing else to eat. They were making napalm in the kitchen. It was literally bags of sugar and whatever I forget what else is in Russian fudge, but

brown sugar maybe, and that's all you need. Sugar, sugar, sugar. Sugar, sugar. Someone said I used to have a glass of milk with three teaspoons of sugar in it. What? So that's just a Milo without the Milo. Sweet milk. You know when you'd bake a cake and you'd fluff together butter and sugar as the first step?

Yes. After school I would just do that step and then eat it. Yes. No, I feel that. I made cookies the other day and I was like, I probably don't even need to put these in the oven. Like, this is just yum. That is the best bit, butter and sugar. Mum used to buy us one can of sweetened condensed milk each a week.

And if we ate it all in the week, that meant no after school snack for later in the week. Their mother was encouraging eating eating straight from the... I love that. Because the mother knows that is delicious. Someone said, I used to eat half a loaf of white bread after school every single day. That's me.

And then still have room for dinner. But I knew I had to pace myself to make the loaves of bread last the week. Somebody else said, I invented my own recipe. I called it toast dip. I would make toast, white toast, always thick white toast, and then just dip it into the tin of golden syrup. Toast dip, though. Good from you.

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Soundkeeper Owls joins us from her living quarters next to the studio. We've got some mic technical difficulties. So she's on the phone, and I'm just going to conference you in with Sam. Good morning, Sam. Hi. All right, so this is the secret sound. Not a gas hob. That was a 7 o'clock guess.

Not a gas hob. Sam, for $10,000 cash, what do you think the secret sound is? Is it a soda stream machine for when you press the button down? Oh. Yeah, right. soda stream machine for when you press the button down oh yeah right vaughn's actually flashing what why have you got a soda store vaughn's got a soda stream bottle in the studio i'm gonna get it filled up today oh yep okay good my soda stream just ran out do you when you get to the end of the bottle are you really guessing it i just hold it in the water yeah yeah but then i quite like the reduced bubble of the end of the SodaStream bottle.

Well, don't guess it as much. Yeah, just use less bubble. You like a light bubbling. I go for like a sharp, make your nose burn off. There's like too many bubbles. You know what it's used to stop when it burps? Yeah. I just keep on pushing.

Keep going until it vomits. Keep going. Soundkeeper Al. Yeah, hi, I'm here. Right, down to the serious bit. All right, sorry, hi. Yeah, nah, that isn't the secret sound. I'm so sorry.

No, it's the key. Don't press that. Oh, my gosh, Vaughn. Vaughn's trying it. I didn't know you could do that with a key. Yeah, so it's not that. It's not that. Sorry.

Sam. Okay, thank you. Sam, you've won $100 cash. Congratulations. Even if you guess it wrong, you get $100. Or if you guess it right, you get the jackpot

and there is another chance coming up at 11 o'clock with Georgia 1, 4 and 5 this afternoon. I thought that could have been it. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM.

Hey, you on the phone, I bet I can guess your mum's name. Well, it's a return of I bet I can guess your mum's name. During my little term here, I'm really happy to rewrite that for you. No, are you? Firstly, how do you? Secondly,

Hey there, you on the phone, I bet I can guess your mum's name You're trying to cram in too many Anyway, as you were Not all of us went to drama school Hayley It's got nothing to do with songwriting ability

I just think that you phoned that one in And you didn't put a lot of effort into it I don't know if you know how the show works That's actually been our motto forever And it's got us this far See my alert bracelet That tells people my allergies Look on the back, effort actually been our motto forever. And it's got us this far. See my alert bracelet? Yeah.

That tells people my allergies? Look on the back. F it. I can't. I'm not allowed. He breaks out in a rash and goes into anaphylactic shock. I'd hate that. I can't.

Joining us to play this morning is Alexis. Good morning, Alexis. Good morning. How are you? Really good, really good. Now, Warn's got... What's the mum's name off Schitt's Creek? No, that's more of the Alexis is the daughter. Yeah, I'm putting Maura on the list.

Oh, yeah. Okay, great. Alexis... Just imagine that. Vaughan now has five questions to ascertain your mum's name. If you can do that and guess it within 15 seconds, you win $100 cash. Vaughan Smith, question one. Question one, Alexis.

What are mum's siblings' names? Stephen. Stephen. That's it. One. Stephen. One. That's Stephen.

Okay, Vaughan's just writing down some... Vaughan does this. He asks a question and then he writes down a couple of names that it could be. Kind of feels it out. I can really see his brain ticking as well. It's like a Carol on the list, I reckon. Okay, tick. What is mum's coffee order?

Black, white, small. Oh, shit. Oh, small. Is it single shot or double shot? Depends on how tired she is. Okay, let's say it's the morning and she's a little tired. Single and there's only ever one coffee a day.

One a day. She's one of those. Weak. Okay, okay. That's a Linda if ever I've heard one. Is it? What would you say is your mum's colour? Like, what does she wear? Say she's going to a Linda, if ever I've heard one. Is it? What would you say is your mum's colour? Like, what does she wear?

Say she's going to a wedding, so it's her formal colour. What's her colour? Green. Green, mum. I love a green. Oh, they do. Green and orange. Green and orange, it tosses between the two.

Oh, very good. Wow. Orange. Not together, that's one or the other. Yes, no, she's got a green dress with orange prints all over it. Like, is it a Jetstar orange? Is it quite bright? Yes, definitely.

Wow, what a Denise move. Okay. I'll chuck a Shirley on there too. Bit of a Shirley thing to do. What kind of phone has mum got? What's mum's phone brand? She has got a iPhone. Ooh. What kind of phone has mum got? What's mum's phone brand? She has got a iPhone.

Ooh. Hello, Jennifer. On the list. No clues, no clues, please. No, don't say anything. Also, I'm going to chuck my mother-in-law's name on the list. She's always got the latest iPhone. Oh, yeah. Robin.

Okay. Okay. All right. And I'll chuck an Elizabeth on there for good measure. Okay. Last question. Where was your mum born? New Plymouth.

Oh! Ah, beautiful. My hometown. Yeah, but I was going to put your mum's name, but she wasn't born there, was she? No. But my mum was. Yes.

So that's a Christine. Really? So we'd laugh, but Vaughn has picked, he's on a hot streak. He's picked every mum for like the last five goes. Yeah, this is a marvel to me to watch. Okay, Vaughn. I don't know how it happens. I just want one more.

One more name? Well, we'll let you write that. Alexis, we're going to give Vaughn 15 seconds. If you hear your mum's name, please yell out, stop. That's my mum's name. Alexis, stand by. Vaughan Smith, your time starts now. Diane, Judith, Linda, Sharon, Carol, Suzanne, Moira, Jane, Sandra,

Denise, Fiona, Shirley, Helen, Jennifer, Robin. That's my mum's name. Which one? Which one? Helen, Jennifer, Robin. That's my mum's name. Which one? Which one? Helen. Helen! Wow. You tinny bugger.

And you mentioned my grandmother's name and my auntie's name. Oh! We're not giving you extra cash, Alexis. What was your grandmother's name? Shirley. Shirley. And what was was your grandmother's name? Shirley. Shirley. And what was your auntie's name? Carol.

Carol. Shirley and Carol. And Helen. Well, that means we have triggered the bonus round. The bonus round. While you're on the phone, I'll have a go at guessing your dad's name. Well, the bonus round, it's an extra $100 if Va a go at guessing your dad's name well the bonus round it's an extra

hundred dollars if Vaughan can guess your dad's name but there are no questions he just has to settle on one dad's name

and you did this when we'd last played Vaughan Helen and well my goats are called Helen and Harold but I don't think

that would be no that wouldn't be Harold's knock. Not in the same kind of... Not Alexis's dad's name. Generation, no. No, no. Helen's...

My brother's mother-in-law is called Helen, and her husband's name is Philip. Oh, yeah. And Helen and Philip go together well. There's Helen... Clark. Helen, yep, okay. Helen and Clark would be really funny. No, it would be.

Peter. Peter. Oh, Peter. Because we're still hearing from Helen, eh? But I haven't seen Peter. What's he up to? He'll be all right. He'll be living a sweet life.

Yeah, he played the violin, didn't he? I don't see what that has to do with anything, but okay. And Peter looked a little bit like, and I would say nothing other than a little bit like Robin Bain, didn't he? Moving on. And Robin was married to Margaret, and Margaret's son was David. Helen and David. And David hung out with Joe Caram, and another Joe.

Morning, you're really going down a real spider web? Are you seeing a history of the Bain family? No, I'm chasing. I'm chasing the name. You're chasing a name. Well, Vaughan, I am going to need you to lock in a name now. Helen and David. Helen and David.

That would have been my guess. Alexis, what's your dad's name? Paul. Oh and David. That would have been my guess. Alexis, what's your dad's name? Paul. Oh, Helen. Helen, there was Peter and Philip. I was on the P. Not literally. I'm not on P.

Never tried it. Oh, well. You can't win them all. You can't, no. Paul makes so much sense when you say it out loud. Alexis, it does. Congratulations, $100. Another win for Vaughan Smith there.

Well, I bet I can guess your mum's name. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Very exciting announcement last night. The Bachelor has been named, and it's our very own Moses Mackay. From Sole Mio, Moses, you join us. Kia ora, mate. Hey, guys.

How you doing? Good. Good. What an exciting and honestly shocking announcement. Did you expect it? No, not at all. Don't you get enough middle-aged ladies throwing themselves and their underwear at you at a solo man concert to have your pick? What are you going to do this for?

You know what? I don't know. I still don't know what happened. It kind of just came up. I thought to myself, well, it was actually during, I don't know how much you guys know, but it was filmed end of last year, and it was during that whole COVID thing,

and everything was uncertain. And I thought to myself, why not? Why not? Why not, I guess. This is so exciting for you. So it's all wrapped up filming already, you say? It is, yes. We've got to be careful what we ask you.

I've got so many questions. I'm careful what I say. I'm like, oh, what am I allowed to say here? Where is she? So before it's even started, you already know who you pick. Wow, okay. So you have to really, yeah, or maybe not pick anybody. But, you know, who's going to be the last ones there, all these sorts of things. And you have to really, yeah, or maybe not pick anybody.

But, you know, who's going to be the last ones there, all these sorts of things. And you've got to keep this a secret. I know everything. I know everything. He lived it. I lived it. I did it.

Yeah, maybe getting a light concussion and it would remove your memory of it and then you can watch it and live it again. Valentine's was a tough day for me, you know. A lot of PTSD seeing all those roses. Yes. Now, how was filming The Bachelor in New Zealand compared to when you were on Celebrity Treasure Island? I loved Treasure Island.

That was really cool. It was basically running around on an island, you know, doing challenges. It was super physical. You know, I loved that part of it. This was like a whole other ballgame and I don't know if I could have prepared myself for it. And so going into

it, it was a lot of, it was more emotional than it was anything else. And did you feel like you totally opened up on the show? You know, some like to hold a little bit back? No, you know, the thing about me going into this, and I talk to my close friends and family,

and I just say to them, the best thing I can do is just to be myself and just to represent myself the best. And just to, you know, what I learned with reality TV, especially with Treasure Island, is to not play the game and not, you know, in terms of just not trying to be a persona or anything. Just being yourself is the best thing you can do.

And it's the, yeah, you get the most out of it. Speaking of being yourself, you know, you know the moment where the contestants or the bachelorettes get out of the car and you see them for the first time and they say, see you. Did you have any of them going like, is that the guy from Sully Meo? Yeah, probably more like, who that the guy from Sully Mayo?

Yeah, probably more like, who's that guy? Who's that guy? Who is that guy? He's good looking. What does he do? So they also don't know. I'm not a huge watcher of the franchise. So they also don't know who you are until they see you hopping out of the limo.

Yeah. So I've actually never seen the show to this day. Right. I've never watched it. What? Well, you've got to at least watch a couple of YouTube highlights before you sign your life away. But what about when you signed up? Did you not, like, watch some old episodes at all?

I didn't, no. Oh, wow. I didn't at all. I reckon that's good because then you don't. It happens pretty quickly. Yeah, then you're't it happens pretty quickly yeah then you're not playing games you're not playing a game

you're just like doing it organically now I found it that was my superpower going into it having not watched it I was like

actually not watching it now I can just do it the way that I see it have in front of me on a daily basis rather than yeah was there any worry

from any of the contestants that if it did get serious and you know they ended up with you that, you know, COVID could kind of, hopefully, one day we can travel again and you'll maybe flee and you'll be touring around the world and they'll maybe be left waiting at home? Well, in an ideal world, it'll be both of us travelling around the world. Oh, okay.

I'm just putting it out there. I'm not giving up. This is so hard. So the New Zealand Bachelor carries on straight from the end of The Bachelorette. It's going to finish you guys start the very next night. So Tuesday 2nd of March 7.30 on TVNZ2 after The Bachelorette

winds up. Yeah, we'll get to see you, Moses. Yeah, great. I'm actually not watching The Bachelorette, so I don't know. It's news to me that it's starting. You're a true spokesman of the franchise, Moses. You are a TV publicist. Dream.

But hey, Moses, thanks for talking to us this morning. Looking forward to us seeing you as The Bachelor New Zealand. Oh, me too. Thanks, guys. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Fact of the day, day, day, day, guys. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Fact'm really sorry, guys. It's sticky in here. What? I had a protein bar.

Mint choc chap? Oh, yeah, that's easily the best flavour of protein bars, but that sounds an extra chewy one. Okay, we'll just keep an eye on the time next time. Ooh. Wow. Passive. Bitchy. Bitchy little passive aggressive man.

Who's that guy over there? He's been a little bitch Also, I told you to keep an eye on the time And I told you that was completely up to me So far, so good Today's fact of the day is about the pap smear test I don't want to hear about that Serious No, this is not something to be mucked around with Today's fact of the day is about the pap smear test. Okay. I don't want to hear about that. Serious.

No, this is not something to be mucked around with. Recommended to get these things every, I did a quick Google, they say every three years unless you're doing a follow-up because of perhaps an abnormal cell and you've got to do it more often. Right. Yeah. I get them as often as you go to the doctor. That's what I do.

Have a look, love. They're like, I was just here last week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't think it's going to change, though. Yeah, you're like, I'm here. I've hurt my shoulder at ACC, but, well, I'm here. In all honesty, I totally agree. You've got to get them done.

Yeah, you've got to get them done. So they were invented in the 1920s, but I've wondered, and I've asked my wife before when she said that she's had one or she needs to get one. Why are they called a pap? Oh, yeah. Okay.

Well, they're named after the man that invented them. Paparazzi. Georgios Papanikolo. Oh, okay. Papanikolo. Invented the test alongside Oral Babes. So this could easily be the Babes test. Okay.

Yeah. The Babes smear test. But that's not as... Babes. Babes. Babes. So this could easily be the babes test. Okay. Yeah. The babes smear test. But that's not as... Babes. The ring. Babes. Babes. I'm here for the babes.

But, you know, probably not as much. Right. And then that was quite a complicated process, simplified later on by someone hillard and a hillard. So it could be the hillard or the hill test. But no, it's named the pap smear test after the man that invented it in the 1920s. So that's the simplest of those fact of the day, as a gentle reminder to take that sort of stuff seriously.

Get out there, get one booked in if you've not had one for a little while. I wonder if it was called the Pap because that's the noise the vice makes when it's cranking open. Pap, pap, pap, pap, pap, pap, pap. Jeez, how wide does it go? I have only ever had one pap, one. Clank, like, oh, pap. Jeez, how wide does it go? And that's today's. I've only ever had one, Pap. One.

Clank. Oh, heck. Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank, clank. Today's. So that's today's fact of the day. Jeez, Dom. Do you have to whine? Come on.

Is there a way where. You're not hoisting a car up. Yeah. One of those chains that you pull. Here we go. And that was today's... Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

I've just been talking in studio about giving animals pills and what a bloody nightmare it is because you, Major Murray Fluffington, had to have some pills. Medical pills, guys, medical pills, just to clarify. I know. My dog's on the pingers. Looking for a good time? My dog will take pingers left, right and centre, but I'm trying to trying him to swallow antibiotics,

the difference. Yeah, like even just the smallest pill. And I watched the videos online. Yeah. And there's like, you know, it shows you how to open their mouth and you pop it in and you rub. Rub the throat.

You rub the throat. And it makes them swallow. Blow on the nose. Some people put a bit of water in. He will just keep it in his mouth and then just like spit it out. He's like Angelina Jolie in Girl Interrupted. That's right.

That's a bit of an old reference, isn't it? I don't get that reference. You know when you're in a mental hospital, whatever they call it, psychiatric hospital, and they give you the pills and she worked out the way of doing it. And without swallowing it.

Right, yeah. That's basically my cat. The opposite of the Queen's Gambit, where she swallowed every pill she could get her hand on. Ding, ding, ding. Better at chess. But I crushed it up and put it in his food. Right.

And he'd eat most of it. So you laced his food. I laced his food. But even I tried like putting a little bit of like jelly meaty stuff around it. They know. They do. It's like last time I had to give Ralph a pill, and I put it inside a bit of jelly meat

and he's half retriever, you know, those things will eat themselves to death. Yeah. And I put it in his mouth and he was like, and he rolled it around in his mouth for a bit. Like when you're trying food. And then he went and spat out the pill. Oh my God.

And he ate everything else. I was like, you son of a. So then we went to war and I was holding his mouth open and I was trying to get it right at the back of the throat and he's like. And the kids are like, Dad, no. I'm like, he's going to have to poo. Did he eat the poo?

I got that poo down. Oh, yeah. Okay, good. And then he had to have another one. Yeah. Shado's like, you can't do that again. I said, well, you try it. Did you try the burrito?

Because you can make a cat burrito. You put a towel down and you wrap them up so their legs can't get out. So they can't scratch you or get their mouth. I thought you meant you put the pill into a burrito. And then you get them to eat a whole burrito. You could try that if your dog would eat a whole burrito. But the cat one, that didn't work. I tried the cat burrito.

Right. He just went, pop. And spat it out. What happened to the old other end ones? They can't spit them out. An animal suppository. Yeah, isn't that a normal thing? I'm so sorry, Rolly.

I've been doing this wrong the whole time. You've been putting it in the wrong end. No. Your cat burrito except the head's buried in the towel. We're not a pill family. We're an ointment on the back of the neck family for our cat. Yeah, so we're an ointment on the back of the neck family. The cat stuff's just arrived

and that's a pipette. Which is a fun word to say. The flea stuff on the back of the neck. That's easy. That's the worm in the stuff because they can't get to it. Jesus, he was just an anti- Well, yeah, I've seen some, they sell dog treats with a hollowed out middle bit and you put the pill in and then seal

it up with like jelly meat. But again, like unless you're going to swallow it whole, yeah, they might notice. See, this is the other dog's ones arrived, and that's a chewable tablet. That's a big chewable tablet for Lulu. Is that just one in there? Yeah, that's...

That looks like the size of a protein bar. I know. How am I going to get that down its tray? Because that snaps, that dog. You just have to ask nicely. That snaps. My dog could snap at any moment. Go get some of them shark gloves and go to war.

Well, good luck with that. Yeah, thanks. That's my afternoon taken care of. Trying to get pills into your animals. Yeah. Flesh, fauna, Megan. The podcast. ZM.

Bill Gates. He is a smart, smart man. And now he's moving from technology and he's going to start tackling climate change. He does a lot of philanthropic work. He does indeed. Of course, he's getting a lot of stick from the anti-vaxxers. The conspiracy folk. Because they think he's wanting to implant a microchip in them.

Yeah. I wouldn't mind having one. He's right behind the vaccine. He especially wants to have poorer countries vaccinated. Prioritise, yeah. Well, if you think those people were mad, there's going to be a lot more angry people after you hear this. Bill Gates wants richer countries to give up eating meat.

Okay. That's what they want. Son of a... You've lost Vaughan now. Vaughan was on board. He wants richer countries to switch from real meat to plant-based alternatives as a way to help climate change, assuming that the richer countries would have the ability

to buy meat substitutes. So he's not saying you can't have meat, but it has to be 100% synthetic. Right. Which I think is the way the world's going, though, isn't it? It is. You know, there's those impossible meats and beyond meat. Or you could just have some black beans.

Surely in the future it's going to be so good you're not going to know the difference. Yeah. He's talking about, he knows that it's going to be a tough idea to swallow. He said, he said, saying to people you can't eat cows anymore.

Well, talk about a politically unpopular approach to things. So he's going to do it. He's trying to do it delicately, but he's suggesting that if you've got the money, if you can afford to eat meat alternatives, then why aren't you? And to that I say. Boo. Chicken wings. Steak.

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