ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 19th August 2020

Episode Date: August 18, 2020

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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche, Vaughan & Megan podcast. It's brought to you by McCafe. Grab yourself a delicious barista-made coffee from only $4. From $4 only, because I've scribbled over the line there with my vivid. Oh, right. For only $4. There we go. There it is.

It's perfect. Now, on the podcast today, you'll hear us talking about the new Bundaberg Brewed Ginger Caramel Whitaker's Chocolate. Surprise, surprise. It's five-rolled ginger caramel Whitaker's chocolate. Surprise, surprise. Five rolled refined creamy milk chocolate. And there's a Kiwi and an Australian. It's the meeting of the Chatsman brothers. Now, since we finished the show, blocks of this chocolate arrived.

It's not in stores until Monday. Fletch doesn't want to try it. I'm being good. Well, no, because I've made a thing that I'm not going to eat junk food during this current lockdown. I love junk food. Unless I extend it for like, I don't know, a year or whatever,

then I'll definitely jump back in. You want some? Now, this is ginger beer infused caramel chocolate. What are we thinking? You're going to love it. Megan's going to love it. Oh my God. It just tastes like a ginger nut.

It tastes like a runny ginger nut. Coated in chocolate. This is made for me Oh my god That is really really good I was worried when they were like ginger I was like yeah It's not going to have much ginger

No It's got a good amount of ginger Yeah Holy shit That's so good Carl Try a square Wow No

Because Even Megan tried some Babe You're always like Aren't you so fucking boring When Megan won't try things and now you're doing it. She won't. She'll never do it. Oh my god. One litty square.

One square's not gonna do shit. I'm not gonna tell good Carl. Naughty Fletch gets to eat it and good Carl doesn't have to know. Babes, it's one tiny block. This is like giving a drug addict just a little bit of heroin. Yeah, because now I'm gonna have a little bit of heroin and then later I now I'm going to have a little bit of heroin, and then later I'm going to

be like, hey, Vaughn, do you have the rest of that heroin? I don't have heroin. This is chocolate. This is the whole analogy. Yeah, I think people were getting that wrong. Oh, my God. Oh, man. Well, we've been told we have one minute from...

Troy, put it in your gob. Good Lord. I knew you said put it in my gob. Now, if I said that, just put it in your gob, I'd be up in HR in a second. You said much worse. Okay, if I said that, just put it in your gob, I'd be up in HR in a second. You'd seem much worse. Okay, that's pretty good. Oh, we got you. That's so easy.

I'm going to start the counter again. Yummy? Yeah, that's where we go. Anyway, I'm going to go back to eating this shitty, boring porridge. That's good stuff. Yeah, that's nice Yeah I mean I don't know

If I could eat a whole block Bullshit I one day hope To find a chocolate That I couldn't sit down And eat the whole block Oh my god I couldn't eat a whole block

Alright enjoy the podcast ZM Hit music Live the air Flesh, Fawn and Megan The podcast Coming up Alright, enjoy the podcast. ZM. Hit music. Live the air. Fleshfauna Megan. The podcast. Coming up. The wage gap is not the only thing plaguing women.

Thigh gap. Thigh gap. I know, I tried. Yeah. You don't need a bloody thigh gap. Yeah, I know, but I wanted one. I know, I don't need one, Megan, but I wanted one. It's was all the rage you did but I wanted one it's like most things how are you going now?

oh absolutely no way can I get this remote in? you can get it in switch don't sexually harass your colleague you can get it in you might not get it back out though

and that's fine now you own the remote well we need that remote and if I do my kegels I'll be able to change the channel. I'll make an admission. I've listened to WAP a few times. This is the Carly B. Megan.

Is that why you brought up kegels? Megan the stallion. What passed into my head? That song. The song is catchy. The video is like, I don't like the video. Why not? It's a lot.

But the song's ridiculously catchy, but so wildly inappropriate. So you were listening to that with your kids yesterday? Yeah, in the car. We all know the words. The family sing along now. We're trying to think of an appropriate line to say. No, there isn't one. Yeah.

Wow. I'm only joking. I'd never listen to that with the children that have too many awkward questions. Coming up on the show, the top six. Yeah, Kanye wants there to be a Christian version of TikTok. Jesus Talk is a working title. Jesus Talk.

I want to use something a bit more creative. Yeah. Than Jesus Talk. Don't use part of the thing that you're recreating. Do you remember when he used to be so great? You know, like 10 years ago? It was longer than 10 years ago. It was like 12 years ago now.

We've got no time for him. So I've got the top six trends you'll see on Jesus Talk. If Kanye has his way. This is going to be offensive. That entirely depends. Women are not only plagued by a gender pay gap, they're also less likely to be promoted to senior positions and workplaces.

But now there's also an O-gap. Women. Oprah. This isn't.-gap. Women. Oprah. This isn't. Orientation week. Yes. Octopus. Octopus gap.

Yes. There is an orgasm gap. And I don't say this like this is a new thing, but this was a study done by the International Academy of Sex Research. Okay. They have found that 95% and this is mostly heterosexual relationships, funnily enough.

95% of heterosexual men usually do during sex. Nine of what? Five. Okay. And 65% of heterosexual women. So what you're saying is you should become a lesbian? No, I mean. Statistically

I'm fine, wouldn't like to I'm good She's in the 60% It's a majority, I don't know what you're complaining about Yeah like you'd be able to govern alone Yeah With those numbers And then they also said that during lockdown it's worse

78% of British women Are owing less during isolation, lockdown with their partner. Right. With their partner, loophole. How many are without the partner? Oh, it doesn't say. It doesn't give that breakdown.

No. But they have gone into detail about a way to fix this. I don't know how much of that I can actually read on the radio, but they have said there is a lack of understanding about how women are aroused. So more conversations need to be had and maybe men need to be a bit more educated. I'm always up for a further education.

Yeah. That's why you do your night classes in pottery. You just love to further your education. Pottery's very sexual. Yeah. Very sexual. Don't tell anybody different. Ghost.

Yeah, ghost. We're doing the pottery together. Scoots in behind her. I've never understood how, like, wouldn't it be a compliment? Like, wouldn't that be an achievement for a guy? Like, being like, yes. You know, like, you want to both work towards that. Yeah, but if men have a fragile ego about it,

then the women are probably faking and they wouldn't know how to tell him that they've been faking without him being hurt by it. Cut up about it. Just stop faking. Yeah, but you might be four years in. Yeah, but then he's like, what's happened? You need to try something new.

You need to switch it up. Yep. And then start the conversation. Yep. It wouldn't be with me. I would happily be told what to do. Happily. Love some feedback.

Yeah. Lots of guys are happy with the feedback, right? Oh, yeah. Lots of guys really appreciate it. I would say, and if he's your partner, you probably best know how to deliver the feedback. Yeah. Lots of guys are happy with the feedback, right? Oh yeah. Lots of guys really appreciate it and like, yeah, okay, cool, cool. And if he's your partner, you probably best know how to deliver the feedback.

Yeah. Without, don't go in like sarky, that's not going to get anybody anything. And don't say what they're doing wrong, say what they're doing right. Focus on the, that's what you've got there

as a classic bit of management. So don't come in and say you guys are shit. No. Right, okay. That and say you guys are shit. No. Right, okay. That was shit. That was shit. Give positive reinforcement when something's good.

Yep. Like they did their assignment on time and you're like, that is so great. I was very much wondering what you were going to say there. I was trying to think of a good metaphor. What you've done there is really great. Yes. More of that.

More of that rhyme. You passed the oral part of the exam. Now the practical just needs a little bit more work. Yeah. Yeah. There you go. That's it. We'll all work together.

It's not us versus them. No. We can close that gap. Let's close the gap, baby. Yeah. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. So between the 20th of March and the 1st of June,

a thousand people left New Zealand and returned. When did our first lockdown situation? It was a couple of days after, I think just before major lockdown. Wasn't major lockdown like the 20... 20-something of March. 20-something of March. 20-something of March. Yeah, I think 23rd, 24th. So 974 New Zealanders travelled overseas. Exactly.

I rounded up to 1,000 to be more dramatic. Now, out of those, so you know on the card when you return back, you fill it out on the plane. It's like, what was your reason for travelling? Oh, yeah. And you never click business. Why not? Well, you don't want anyone.

You just want us to go for a holiday, don't you? When you're coming back into New Zealand, you're okay to do that because you've got a New Zealand passport. They don't care. Yeah, I got back. I mean, you probably wouldn't tick that if you were going into America and you didn't have a business visa, for example.

But yeah, they give you the option. It's like holiday business, visiting friends or relatives or other. Now, 300 indicated that they were visiting friends or relatives as their main purpose of travel. So, I mean, maybe that was, you know, people that were seeing sick family, maybe that had weddings overseas or events that they had to go to. 160 odd people indicated that business was their main purpose for travelling and then coming back to New Zealand. And 66 people indicated that holiday or vacation was their main purpose.

And destinations like Rarotonga, Samoa and Fiji, which I thought had closed off. But maybe these are people that had citizenship in those countries. Yeah, I'm wondering if there's a situation where it was a holiday going back to see family that lived there. Yeah. Because I know with Samoa and the Cook Islands, what is the situation?

Well, they shut their borders. But then that meant citizen travel between was significantly easier. Yeah. Right. So it might have been the fact of people going back to those places and then coming back. They reckon that some people, well, yeah, were going on holiday.

Isn't that nuts? Like in March, April, May, June. But they have to quarantine when they get back, right? Yeah. So you can factor that into your holiday. I'd be guessing, but I mean, it was free up until like two or three weeks ago, wasn't it? There's nothing kills your buzz of your holiday, though, I would have thought. The landing.

On a tropical holiday, you land and you get taken to a COVID quarantine at a hotel. I've just got a pool and my ties. It's going to be all right. I don't know how I'm going to make a go of it. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Community Notices. Hello and welcome to Community Notices.

A segment of the show where we have a look at what's happening around New Zealand according to local Facebook pages. People may be spending a bit more time in the neighbourhood. In the neighbourhood. In the neighbourhood. Why? COVID-19. Bing, bing.

This is a COVID-19. Haven't heard about it. You haven't heard about it? Talk some more about it. Well, it's a very infectious virus that jumps from person to person. New Zealand went through an earlier lockdown. We thought we'd got away with it, except for those pesky kids and their dog, we've got it again.

Oh, God damn it. But anyway, Grant may be spending a bit more time in his home suburb of Devonport than usual. Oh, okay. This is from the Devonport locals' Facebook group. Oh, that'll be a lot. Have we had one from here before? I don't believe so, Megan.

No. Grant says, I'm not sure the PWC building needed to be quite so high as to obstruct a sky tower from across the water in Evenport. A bit more thought is needed in planning for city skyline. We'll just move to the left a bit, Grant. My view is being blocked. Cameron writes I'm pretty sure this is the most Devonport sounding problem I've ever heard.

Wow. And the general of grants was that this is perhaps not. Let's go for a walk Grant. Up the hill. Go around it. Go the tunnels that they built for World War II. Or maybe it's from the part that usually walks that it's blocked. But anyway, I like, bigger problems.

First world problem. Yeah, absolutely first world problem. This comes from a Christian group. Oh, okay. Christina writes, Hello, I recently asked multiple people if they'd like to throw hands. Upon further review, I've discovered a dot did not mean praying. My children informed me it meant fight.

I would like to apologise to those affected by what I have said. Thank you and God bless. Why did she post it on there if she didn't know what she was talking about? Hey, you want to throw hands? She thinks, throw them together and put them up for the Lord. Right, that means of course throw down. God, she must have been devastated

to find that out. Being so violent. It's quite the opposite. Being very violent. Let's pop to Upper Heart. It's the community page where Emma's got a problem. Anybody else's wheelie bin get stolen last night? We had ours stolen

and they just took all the rubbish out. I recently changed bin company so very pissed. How do people go so low as to steal somebody's bin? They could have at least waited until it had been cleared.

After rubbish day. Yeah, because now they've got to put up the rubbish And get themselves a new bin I mean, if you were the bin company You could ring them and be like My bin's been pinched They'll surely give you another bin

Yeah But you've got all that rubbish on the ground to pick up This one from Totara Park I believe upper heart Because it says UH in brackets I believe that means upper heart So we've been in the lower Let's pop up to the upper

Fiona said This made my day while out walking. And it's a sign that said, Brian at number 18, stop stirring our dog up on purpose. We have you on camera. Get a real hobby. And it's written really big on like a queen-size sheet. Oh, wow. It's painted on there and hung on the side of their house.

So Brian at number 18 has been racking their dog up so that it barks. Couldn't they have just gone to number 18 and say Brian look cut it out? Maybe they have. Maybe this is the last resort. Yeah I'm imagining some public shaming. You're writing on a sheet it might be more about the shaming than it is Is it a good sheet? Or is it a sheet

it's a white sheet. I mean it might not be new. This one we got from Mr Bun Bun. Oh, okay. Yeah, that's Executive Intern Anya's boyfriend. He took a break from skating at the skate park to let us know. This is from the Waiheke Whinge page. Oh, okay.

Rose writes, that lives on Irua Road has wrapped a present of dog shit and left it in our letterbox. What the F is wrong with me? Will you disgust me, you dirty, filthy person? And look, they've put it in like a little plastic takeaway container with the big dog shits and then wrapped it up like a present.

So they're obviously excited. They're like, yay, a present. And they're unwrapping it. Oh, wow. So I would say, if that's not Rose's dog's poos, I'd say a misidentification of dog. Yeah, they obviously thought it was her dog poo that she didn't pick up. Yeah.

Wow. But it wasn't. Well, Rose never said this wasn't my dog poo, but she said it's gross that it's been put in my mailbox. Like she didn't say, I don't even have a dog. Maybe she's missing the subtle point that's been made. Yeah. That she should pick up after her dog. Extremely subtle point. And finally, Mapua Village community has some good luck.

Okay. It's a, and that's what we all need. Don't know if you guys have heard of COVID-19. Yeah. You look confused. It's a virus. Okay. Super infectious. Yeah, haven't heard too much about it. It's crippling to look confused. It's a virus. Okay. Super infectious.

Yeah, I haven't heard too much about it. Crippling to society and the economy on a whole. Well, this is, you could get some good luck because for sale, four-leaf clovers.

Ooh. Picked on the day of the last full moon and then freshly pressed. Various shapes and sizes available. Limited supply. $5 each

includes delivery within Mapua Village. Is this like kids making a bit of cash? Maybe. Okay. No, this is very Mapua. It's very happy, isn't it? Delivery can only happen between 11am and 1pm and 5pm and

7pm. That's my question. Why such yoga in the other times. Two hour delivery windows. Work? Yeah, shifts. 11 till 1. It's a two hour lunch break.

Yeah. 5 till 7, a two hour dinner break. Maybe it's... I don't know. Anyway, if you're into a green leaf, they can also be posted. Oh, okay. So if you're even further afield, but you want some of that good leaf, they can also be posted. Oh, okay. So if you're even further afield but you want some of that good luck, you can get in there.

I just imagine someone on their hands and knees going through a field. Have you ever gone looking for four-leaf clovers? I always used to go looking for four-leaf clovers. Yeah, we used to go looking for them. Really? If you found one, you were so stoked. Yeah. And you'd look at one, you'd look and you'd be like,

I found one, and you'd realise it was one three-leaf clover and another three-leaf clover had snuck in underneath it. Oh, those bastards, you'd say. And your dad would say, stop swearing, you're six years old. So you don't tell me my business. None of that happened. Those are today's community notices. If you see anything on your local Facebook page,

and they are pretty lit at the moment, you can screen cap it and send it to ours, FVMZM on Facebook. Because the general election has been delayed, it means that, because you've got to be 18 to vote in New Zealand,

it means that 5,000 extra young Kiwis are going to be entitled to vote. Oh, okay. Yeah, 5,000 have birthdays where they will be turning 18 between September 19 and October blah, blah, blah. When the new election. Don't worry, October 17. Right, okay. I'll do further research.

I'll put it on my calendar. I'll know when it's coming. I won't forget. But yeah, 5,000 extra Kiwis. The reason I went, ha, is because they talked in this article I was reading, they talked to a young New Zealander. Okay. And she said, I hear a lot of people talking about politics.

And she said, now that I've got the extra time and I know I'm going to be able to vote, I might take the time to look into who I should vote for. Okay. Yeah, good. But that's the thing. If you didn't think you were going to be eligible, you probably wouldn't bother too much with it. That's what I was like, because I hadn't thought about it. If you don't get to vote, why should you give a shit? You're learning about it at school and you're like, why do I care? I have zero influence in this And I was like

That's a really good point Yeah You hear about it every now and then I wouldn't be against The voting age being 16 You're asked to do a whole lot of stuff at 16 If you're 16 and you've got a job You've got to pay tax

How many people did you know though That just voted what their parents voted for? Most people Yeah Most people Yeah because I went with dairy farmers So it was like If you're voting You better be voting bloody national that just voted what their parents voted for. Oh, most people. Yeah. Most people. Yeah, because I went with dairy farmers, so it was like,

if you're voting, you better be voting bloody national. Otherwise you'll be uninheriting. Yeah, yeah. That's fine. You're here at all when you're, yeah, the kids are dairy farmers or big property owners or farmers. But they're the ones at school

who were really into it, a handful. And then the rest of, like, everyone else was like, oh, I can do it. They were just running repeaters for what their parents said. But I have found that

even anybody that was super into politics at school was probably just echoing what they'd heard elsewhere, right? Well, Jacinda Ardern went to your school. I know, but I don't think

her parents were never very political. She was just the exception to the rule, I guess. Right. Weren't you in the paper when you voted? I remember you saying that ages ago. Because I turned 18 in a year of the election. I don't know what year it was.

But they came to our school and they were like, 1957. Excuse me. You can work it out very easily. What year you were born, and then you're plus 18, and you're like, that must have been the year 1984 plus 18. 2002.

2002. Was there an election in 2002? Yeah, because there was one in 99 and then there was one in 2002. Yeah, so they came to our school and they were like, okay, we want to talk to people who are like turning 18

that are going to vote. And so I was in the news and they interviewed me and they were asking me all these political questions and I just wanted to do it because it was something new and cool. And you wanted to be in the paper. Yeah. And they were asking me all these political questions. And I just wanted to do it because it was something new and cool. And you wanted to be in the paper.

Yeah. So what were your answers? I don't remember what they asked me. Because I don't know if they directly asked me who I was voting for. We could do that thing. Go in the archives. That they do in the movies and they go into the. Micro fiches.

Micro fiches. Do they still exist? I don't know. Yeah, we'll spend hours at the Nelson Library. The Nelson Mail. Was that what it was called? The Nelson Mail. The Nelson Mail article. Did your parents not cut it out and put it on the fridge? No, they've got another one.

I was in the paper like a few times. They've got a couple of cutouts. Yeah, I remember when we were at your place once, your mum showed me your scrapbook and it was like articles you'd written for the school paper and stuff. Yeah. I think they have got it. I think it is in that book.

No, you know the wall when you walk in the house, there's that picture of me in the Nelson Mail. It's not regarding that article. But yeah, like I said, it was in there a few times. Well, you have to ask your mum. I want to know what your political commentary was in 2002. I don't. I bet it was hot.

Okay, Nelson Public Libraries has got online resources. I doubt they've loaded every microfiche of every newspaper. I definitely would have been trying to sound really intelligent and really politically minded.

We have to get to the bottom of this. I need to know you're searing political. 2002, early days of the internet. It might be. It might be fine.

No. It might be fine. It's too long ago. All right. Quarter to 70. Ouch. Top six. It's not wrong, Megan.

It's not vintage. It's in the 2000s. Yeah, that's getting vintage, mate. That's the unfortunate reality. That's vintage now. We have to face. ZM's Fletch Warner Meganughan and Megan, the podcast. From the ZM think tank, this is the top six.

All right, today's top six, the top six trends that you'd see on Jesus Talk. Background, Kanye wants there to be a Christian TikTok. Like TikTok, but just all Christian content. Kanye wants there to be a Christian TikTok like TikTok but just all Christian content and don't be offended at the six points I'm about to make because you're going to have eternal life

with God and I'll be burning in damnation and hell so I mean don't let the next minute bother you there's going to be some great people in hell I cannot wait the music's going to be some great people in hell. I cannot wait. The music's going to be so much better. Yeah. It's going to be good.

It's going to be good stuff. Yeah. And the food. Yeah, it's a buffet. I heard it's a buffet. All the time. It's like a cruise and you can't get full. Yeah.

You can't get full. God. They'd be like, what's your idea of hell? I'd be like, oh, my God. I imagine being at a buffet and just never being full. And the devil will be like, and I'll be like, trick you. You fool!

Top six trends on Jesus Talk. Number six, homemade crucifixions on a budget. Oh, yep, okay. That's where, you know, Jesus was up on the cross. Yep. You'll get up on the cross.

Presumably there'll be a song in the background. Probably Josh 685. Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-hammer, hammer, hammer. Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-hammer, hammer, hammer. Forgive the father, they know not what they do. That happened. I always raise cat luck. I know a bit about this stuff. Number five on the list of the top six trends on Jesus Talk,

how to build an ark at home with materials you already have. Brilliant. They'll call it the ark challenge. Hashtag ark challenge. Has anybody checked if Jason Kerrison's in his end of the world ark from like five years ago? Great question. Like how great would having an arc be?

It was a whole off the grid situation, eh? Surely you'd move into that after you put all the effort in. La, la, la, la. La, la, la, la. La. I'm just, that's my passing the time music. I'm just going to Google Jason, Jason Kerrison? Jason Kerrison, yeah.

Jason Kerrison. News. Anything on the art three weeks ago when we were back in level one there was talk about a outdoor

show in New Plymouth Selwyn Sounds was another so just music he's still doing it he might have

sold the arc when the end of the world didn't happen I hope not what a time to have an arc exactly what a time.

You'd be kicking yourself. Number four on the list of the top six trends on Jesus Talk. How to get that Pope Benedict sunken and black eyes look with your basic shadow palette. Lovely. Remember how he looked like he was dead for ages? Yeah. And everyone was like

Satan? And he had like really black eyes. You can get that look. It's really, really simple. Yeah. And everyone was like, Satan? And it had really black eyes. You can get that look. It's really, really simple. And you'll learn how to on Jesus Talk. Number three on the list of the top six trends on Jesus Talk are the three day resurrection challenge. You live in a cave for three days and afterwards at the end of it you pop out and you're like, surprise bitch. It's me. I wasn't dead. I've been resurrected. Number one on the list of the top six trends on Jesus Talk.

You can learn to do the intense dance routine that the devil does every time he gets a fresh soul. Yeah, right. Okay. To whatever song you want, really. Yep. And number one on the list of the top six trends you'll see on Jesus Talk. We take the original audio from The Last Supper. This is where Judas portrayed Jesus and Jesus kind of called him out in front of the disciples and then one person reenacts it with text titles and camera cuts and they play all the roles.

So imagine it's like, it'll say like Last Supper and there'll be like a bit of chat and there'll be like all these people looking around but it's just the one person looking around you got your got your johns you got your paws and then it cuts to jesus and he's like yo i'm about to be betrayed yep uh and it is the one to whom i will give this piece of bread when i have dipped in the dish and then he takes the bread and all of them are like cut cut cut cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut. And all these people are like, what's that? Go down.

And then he dips it and then he hands it and then it goes to you again playing another person. And this time it says underneath it, Judas. And you're like, uh-uh. What? And then it cuts back and Jesus has got his arms crossed and he's like giving Judas this look. Hmm. You can imagine it. Yeah, it'll be a hive of creativity.

You might actually make that TikTok today. I bet you someone's already done it. Are you allowed to use Lady Gaga's Judas? Judah, Judah. And then when Jesus is like, mm-hmm, it cuts back and all 12 disciples are dancing. And Judas is sneaking out the back door. That would totally be a great TikTok video.

That is today's Top 6. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. When you try your best but you don't succeed. It has been a long time since we've done Vaughan Smith's

sad story to make you cry. Even just that song made me go. You've found a story. A story's come across your newsfeed feed Vaughan That you thought This little fella We go to the states

We go to Oklahoma in particular The state of Oklahoma The home of the Stephen Adams basketball team City Thunder Yeah Doesn't he play for someone else now? No

Me? Me? Me? Me? Me? City Thunder. A former City Thunder. Yeah. Yeah. Doesn't he play for someone else now? No. Doesn't he? No. Me? No, me. Me. Me. Oh, okay. Maybe we'd know about that.

Oh, okay. He's our big NBA guy. We'd know about that. Would we? Okay. If he was playing for somebody else. Okay. So, in 2014, so don't Google it, just believe me.

And you're supposed to be paying attention to the story. I'm listening. Don't distract. You're one of those people at a party that like having an argument you have to sit there on Google and prove them wrong. Oh yeah, I did that. One of life's sweet victories. Oklahoma City Thunder, right? Yeah. Yeah, okay. So shut

it now please and give me your full emotional attention. In 2014 a young man, very young at the time, because he's nine now, so as a three-year-old, Jordan entered into state care. We don't have details on what happened. But since 2014, he has been in state care and he's wanted nothing more than to be adopted.

Oh, Vaughn. No, no, no. He's nine now, and here's the real situation. Two years ago, his younger brother, Brayson, was adopted by a family, but they didn't take them both. Is that not a rule? I would have thought so. I would have thought it would have been a rule, yeah.

Why did they take Brayson and not him? I don't have all the details on why, but it's also like the family that adopted Brayson aren't super keen to bring Brayson back to see his brother the whole time. He said since his brother's got adopted, he hasn't seen him as much as they would have liked. So he's nine, he's in state care,

and this is him saying what kind of stuff he's into. We like to do anything, like bake and karate. Oh, cute. For someone who's a little bit younger, he liked to bake, he liked to do karate. And after six years in state care, there's just one thing he wants. If you could go anywhere in the whole wide world,

where would it be? To an adoption party or a home. And if you were granted three wishes? Family, family. Those are the only wishes I have. Oh. He just wants a family. I'll take him. So this was on Fox News, the local Fox News.

Not like the big Fox and Friends, but you know, a subsidiary. A Fox News story on him. And since that Fox News story aired, there has been 5,000 applications within the state to adopt him because, and that's the other thing he said, I don't want to be adopted by anybody too far away because I want to be able to see my brother. Then. No. What? What now? Then No

What? What now? When going to meet A possible family A concrete truck Careened off the road And into the adoption centre We're laughing

Because this is an ongoing joke That's not I just realised As I was saying it I was like If people are like Listening to this And they're not familiar With the fact that If it doesn't get you, if people look like Lizzie with the first time,

they're not familiar with the fact that if it doesn't get you, I always try to finish you off with the concrete truck. Yeah. But that's not what happened. I think you kind of got Megan. Like, you look a bit glassy-eyed there. No, but you said there was 5,000. 5,000, yeah.

Has he gone to a home? No, because this is, like, really recent. And obviously, they have to go through all the background checks and everything. They don't just be like, you want a kid? You want a kid? You want a kid? How sweet that his three wishes. I know, he's nine and that's all he wished for.

Did we get any tears out of the producer's birth? Did we get any tears this morning? I feel a twinkle. I feel a wee twinkle in the eye. Okay, yeah. Mounting. My heart is doing stuff. Yes. My heart is doing stuff. Yes!

My heart is doing stuff. Wow. Well, now maybe with that. Maybe Celine Dion can write a song about that. My heart is doing stuff. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. This is in Switzerland. Alton, is that in Switzerland?

It's a Swiss chocolate company, so it'd be in Switzerland, right? Yeah. Lindt. I love Lindt. Lindt. They do such good chocolate. They do a posh charge. They do a posh ball. What are those balls called?

Lindt. Lindt balls. Lindt balls. They do a posh ball. What are those balls called? Linden. Linden. Linden. Linden balls. Yeah, and they're yum. They're so expensive, though. Yeah. Like, you get a little pack, and it's like, you get five in there, and it's like $100.

Have you ever had one of these little, like, cakes of chocolate? What? The inside's like. Where do you get those? From the supermarket. The outside's like hard choccy, the white inside. In the cold section. It's a little bit runny. It's? From the supermarket. The outside's like hard chalky, the white ones. And the cold section. And the inside's a little bit runny.

It's like the best. No, it's by all the lindent balls. Is it a lindent? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've had one of those. You can get a bag and it's a variety of lindent balls. Yeah.

And some of them are soft, some of them are crunchy. Yeah, delicious. I went to the supermarket one time and they were doing tastings of Lindent balls. I was like, yes, please. It's like gold. I wish I had a moustache or something to put on and come back around again. They were doing free tastings of those.

Now, so this Lindent, the factory is in Switzerland somewhere. Alton, maybe, if that's a place in Switzerland. Yeah, Alton. It had a manufacturing issue and they made chocolate rain on the community. They made it rain, shocky. How did this happen? The filtration, no, the ventilation system malfunctioned.

So a whole bunch of chocolate fragments, cocoa nibs and crushed cocoa beans sprayed out into the air. And there's literally pictures of cars covered in choccy. They've apologised. Kind of like an ash? Like an ash cloud of chocolate.

They've apologised. No one asked for them to apologise. Everyone's licking their windows, man. Bloody Lind factory. Like, very sorry. Something happened. We've fixed it now. It doesn't pose any danger

and they're going to pay for any cleaning or repairs that needs to be done. It's like, well, no, everyone's cleaned off their cars. Would it have been yum or... Because you said cocoa nibs aren't very nice. No, cocoa nibs aren't nice. They're like,

until it's, before the sugar gets added. Yeah, there's all the, when you're a kid, you're like, there's a whole bag of chocolate powder.

And you're like, and then someone's like cooking chocolate, you'd find that in the cupboard and you'd be like, with your teeth and you're like, but then you don't want

to spit it into the bin because there'll be evidence. Or into the sink because there'll be evidence. So you're just going to eat it. You're going to suffer through that. Yeah. With a bit of milk. Amateur though, you're meant to mix it with icing after school to make chocolate icing before mum gets on.

Cooking chocolate. Well, no, cocoa powder. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you sit at home and mix cocoa powder with icing sugar? All the time. All the time. All the time. Did you put water in it to make actual icing? Yeah, a little bit of hot water and a little bit of butter and then yum.

Cocoa powder and icing. You just sit on the floor in the kitchen with your chocolate ice cream. Well, I'm not a monster on the couch. And make icing. It was free chocolate. Why wouldn't you? It's just like desperate times. It was desperate chocolate. Why wouldn't you? This is like desperate times. It was.

No Choccy biscuits or anything. Make the icing and then freeze it so it went hard. Yeah, in the fridge, yeah. Or I'd just make fudge. How did your mum not notice all that? Because fudge is quite butter intensive. All the butter would be gone when she'd get home. I'd just be like, I just had a sandwich.

How much of a sandwich? Maybe a cocoa smidge in the butter. be gone when she'd get home. I'd just be like, I just had a sandwich. How much of a sandwich? Maybe a cocoa smidge in the butter. What's happened here? And like in the dishwasher, there'd be like bowls and... Probably didn't cover the evidence very well. Wow. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast.

ZM. It's Polly, Molly, Molly, Molly, Molly. Polly, Molly, Molly, Molly. Come on! Polly, Molly, the TV and streaming edition. You might be streaming a little more than usual. You might be watching a little bit more telly for your 1pm updates. God, I tell you what, Gangs of London, I'm loving that.

That's on Neon. We've only got a couple left. It's pretty good. I tell you what you should watch. Glow Up New Zealand, which launches on TV and on demand today. Great show. I heard the host is a bitch. I know the host.

Actually, just on that, Megan's show does start today at midday. We've got Tane. He's on the show with you. One of the mentors, yes. He's in with us soon. The Chase is also another great show. Last night, one dude smoked it. He answered 20 questions by himself in the final chase. You are such an old mate.

20. Every time I miss it, someone wins. The other guy only answered one question, and then they had the two-step advantage because there was two of them left. The chaser, he had a stellar final chase as well, but he couldn't even touch them. Vaughn, every time the group chat goes off at like five to six, I'm always like, oh, God, Vaughn's watching the chase.

Oh, it was all go. It's good. Anyway, TV and streaming edition of Polly Moly, we asked, are you sharing a streaming platform or password? Like maybe you're a growing adult and you're still using your mum's login, Megan? Yes, only on Netflix. I'm using my friend's parents on Disney+. Because I'm paying for my father-in-law. He uses my Netflix.

Oh, okay. Does he log in as you? He's like, do you have a Disney Plus log on? And I do, but. Oh, okay. Does he log in as you? He asked the other day, he's like, do you have a Disney Plus log on? And I do, but I said, nah. Sustaining that. Yeah, I want to watch the show. It's on Neon. Do you have a log on?

I'm like, nah. He's so rich, he could literally. I know! It would be a drop in the pond. But then we'd have to cancel one to justify having... Yeah, right. Some of your comments, well actually the results, 73%

said yes, they are sharing a account and password. Yeah, stop giving me crap about it. That's insane. When was the news? Was it like a year and a half ago where they were like we're working on technology. It's coming soon to stop you sharing passwords. But it hasn't happened, has it? No, not yet.

Someone said, I share one with my sister and whenever we have an argument, I change the password and she'll message me for it. And I'll say, pay your own bloody account. I pay and my parents use the account. It gives us something to do other than politics. There's something to talk about and do. Yeah, right.

And someone said, I have them all and I don't pay for a single one. I only pay for one, I think. There's got to be some bartering, right? Yeah, yeah. There's a you get that one, I'll pay for this one. Yeah. That's the whole situation. That's only fair.

Our next question was, how many hours a day are you currently spending watching TV or streaming? Now, will this be a little skewed with Auckland in level three? Maybe. COVID. Currently in between two and three was the average answer. Two hours and three hours. I reckon I'd do two to three a night

because I'll have my early nana dinner and then watch like two or three eps. Depends how long. Like I'm binging a show that hour-long episodes in the moment and it's hard to squeeze two in. So I usually just... You go one, yeah,

because then you've got to decide, eh, because it's a whole hour. Do you ever stop a show and you're like, oh, scene, stop. I did that the other day and it was weird. And then last night it was halfway through the episode and I was like, what have you done? No, I liked it. Stop. I did that the other day and it was weird. And then last night, it was halfway through the episode

and I was like, what have you done? No, I liked it. No, I always stop at halfway through. Yeah, you'll be like, oh, end of a scene. Stop now. Never midway through like a conversation or a scene. No, no, no, no. I always wait till the end of the scene.

How many streaming services do you currently use? Right up to six plus we gave the option of. And the average was a game between two and three. Okay. Between two and three. Somebody says, I only have one or two at a time, depending on what I'm watching. There's a lot of cancelling and resubscribing,

and it's a bit of admin, but it saves money in the long run. Yeah, well, you could subscribe to one and just get through all the shows you want to watch and then cancel, get to the next one. Yeah. If there's a new season of something coming out, you can do that. Have you secretly watched an episode of your shared show

by yourself, like without your partner? 47% said yes, I have. 53% said no. How do you do that, though? Because it says watched or they can see. You know? You can make another account. You can mark it as unwatched.

Yeah. Or you could just restart it again And just feign excitement and surprise Part of the experience somebody said is watching And reacting for the first time together Can't imagine being that impatient for a show That's what somebody said but their partner probably has totally watched And has just got better At feigning excitement

And have you ever pulled an all nighter Just to binge watch a show No 40% of people said yes feigning excitement. And have you ever pulled an all-nighter just to binge watch a show? No, I haven't done that. 40% of people said yes. 60% said no. See, I'll be a little late to watch an extra episode, but that's it.

I just can't stay awake. Somebody said, I do this when I'm sick and then I just sleep during the day. But then you get your body clock all out of whack. Yeah. We're very serious about sleep

here on the show. Yeah. We take it to sleep. Well, when you wake up at like 4am, all out of whack. Yeah. We're very serious about sleep here on the show. We take it to sleep. Well, when you wake up at like 4 a.m., you kind of... Very serious. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, today, midday, Megan's TV show premieres on TVNZ On Demand. This was my baby at the start of the year when we lived in a different world. Oh, yeah?

Yeah. So, Glomp New Zealand premieres and we are going to chat to one of the mentors right we lived in a different world. Oh, yeah? Yeah. So Glow Up New Zealand premieres, and we are going to chat to one of the mentors right now. Tane, good morning. Morning. Hello, everybody. Good morning. Do you have a favourite out of the three of us?

Yeah, probably you, actually. Oh, excuse me, bitch. I thought you were going to say Megan. I was like, well, that'd be right. Tane. I can't be too biased. Megan might be my favourite in real life, but maybe in radio life you might be my favourite.

That doesn't make up for it. I have a lot of videos of you getting early morning McDonald's deliveries on set. How did I know this was going to come up? How do you explain what Glow Up is to people who want to know? I think Glow Up often refers to a physical transformation or sort of reintroduction of self. It usually centres around a physical transformation, but I think at a deeper level, it's more about, you know, self-awareness, self-acceptance, and being yourself. And Glow Up, the TV show, is like Project Runway, but for makeup.

Yes, so basically it's sort of a format of three challenges where the contestants take part in the challenges, and the not-so-luckiest contestants is eliminated. Oh, you're so nice you can't even say worst. The not-so-luckiest contestants is eliminated. Oh, you're so nice you can't even say worst. The not-so-luckiest. So we have Tane as one of the mentors. We also have Gigi Pekinga from Maybelline New Zealand. And then we have a guest mentor every week.

Out of the two of you though, Tane, who's the bitchiest? I really don't know. That's probably a question for you. No, I really don't know. That's probably a question for you because I think we're both quite fast. So I just don't know. I think it's going to have to be public perception to see who is the actual nasty queen. Yeah.

And there's a bit of drama. Wait, so Megan's not even in the running for this nasty point, are you? Because, Jesus. Oh, you just, wait, she's the mediator, I think. Wow. Because there is a lot of drama. You were telling us someone got carried off. Does that make the show?

They get carried off? What do you think, Fletch? I didn't expect as much drama as there was, because when you watch it, you're like, oh, just do the makeup. But they're under such a time pressure and they are given quite, you know, it's a lot to do in a short amount of time. Yeah, I really didn't expect that level of drama as well. But like you say, I think under that pressure cook environment

where they're on the pedal the whole time, yeah, you soon see the cracks start to show. You did a little giggle when you just said cracks about to show. I think we've found our answer on who is the true mean queen. You just have to see tonight when it comes on. Now, Tana, also while we were shooting Glow Up New Zealand, I tuned up one day to some

I guess they were secret service, what do we call them in New Zealand like? Diplomatic protection. Oh yeah, Tane knows because I turned up and Jacinda Ardern was in my makeup chair literally in your chair. Yeah, Tane's doing her hair for the Time magazine shoot.

Yeah, so that was actually really last minute, as you know, the whole story that went with that, Megan. But basically the day before was Waipangi Day and I missed the call, I think, because we were getting ready to go on the show and I missed the call from her at 8.30 in the morning, Waipangi Day. I thought I won't answer straight away

because it's Waipangi Day and she's going to be busy for a little while. So then I got back to the afternoon and she said, I've got a shoot tomorrow, can you help me? And I kind of thought, oh God, we're on set 13 hours a day, da da da, say yes, worry about it later. So I said yes, went to the producers, blah blah blah blah, basically do it in the

green room. So yeah, so basically she ended up having to come into our green room at, I don't know, 6.45am in the morning and we sorted it there. And then we had to keep it quiet that she was even going to be on the cover of Time magazine. I know. That was the hardest part. You didn't even tell us.

No. See? This is the first I'm hearing about. Unbelievable. I'm good at keeping secrets. What's her hair like? Sorry. Sorry.

That was creepy. You know what I mean? Like, is it volumous. You know what I mean? Like, is it volumous? Is it volumous? I think it speaks for itself. It is volumous. It's very lush.

She has very healthy, good hair. She's actually a really good model because she is really good at doing it herself. Right, does she have any split ends? Are there any split ends, Tane? No split ends. We try and keep that as well maintained as possible. But, I mean, I wouldn't say no split ends. Okay.

But it's been pretty good in that. You can take a look at those 1pm updates and you'll see those things are pretty in shape. Do you reckon you'd have a field day with Judith Collins here? Oh, I'd love to have a go. I'd love to have a go. You know, I think she could do with a little bit more volume. She has actually talked about her envy of Jacinda's locks

in a recent article, which I thought was really nice. It was really nice, actually. Oh, we could sit here all day pulling apart politicians and their hairstyles, but we'd better let you go. Well, you can see them on TVNZ On Demand. Glow Up starts today. Tane, thank you so much. My pleasure.

Thank you so much for having me, guys. And take care. Look after yourselves at this time. Now, the general election has been delayed around about a month. It was going to be in September. It is now going to be in October due to COVID-19. Now, that meant that it was in October, and we all know, we all have it written down on the calendar beside the phone,

hanging on the wall where we keep all the family appointments, that that is Forest and Bird, New Zealand Bird of the Year voting period. We always know that. Huge time of year. In fact. You scoff, but this is of such importance. There's been Russian collusion. Do you remember that there were bots voting for different birds?

That's right. And then comedian Tom Sainsbury, as Paula Bennett, got the... Ketadu. ...to number one. That was previous, the year before last. And then last year, wasn't it like the Seagull Bird of the Year or something? The was previous the year before last. And then last year wasn't like the seagull

bird of the year or something? The red-billed gull. Has it already been a year? Last year was boring. I was like, ooh, bird, yuck. But you can't, the Ketadu can't win

every year. It should. Just like it because it's a chubby drunk bird. Yes. And have you ever had one fly past you?

They're like, yeah. And they jump on a branch had one fly past you? Yeah. And they jump on a branch and the branch is like, nope. Yeah, that's why I love them. You misjudged that. They don't place they can eat a whole plum.

Now that's impressive. Like they go, yeah. Whole plum. I actually had one poo on me on a school field trip once and it was horrible. Huge poos.

It was horrible. But also crucial poos to the New Zealand bush. Yeah. Because they're the only one. What is the tree? Only they can eat the berries? And then they poo out the seeds and the heart out of, but it's gone. Very crucial.

That's why it's bird of the year. Very crucial bird. For me every year. But there is debate whether or not the date will be changed. Right. Of the forest and Bird Bird of the Year because of the general election. You don't want it becoming too political.

Yeah. You know, this voting system. Now, well, that was yesterday at one o'clock. I held a presser. Right. As I do some freelance work for Forest and Bird. Okay. Dealing with this sort of stuff.

So this was like at the same time as the COVID press conference. Yeah, I know know Which is probably why People missed it But like The bird journalists Needed answers Right

Okay this was yesterday At one o'clock So this was yesterday At one o'clock Are those bird journalists? Kia ora kato Not a lot of people here Tova's not here Where's she? Are those bird journalists? Kia ora kato. Not a lot of people here.

Tova's not here. Where's she? Something else to go. Right. You've probably all got questions because it is, you know, the bird of the year is going to be at the same time as the general election now. And I know some of you thought it was your year for the bird of the year. So I'm willing to take questions from anybody. Seagull, defending champion, you've probably got a question.

No, no. No, no catering today. No chips. You can probably pick something up from the bin on the way home if you are still hungry. But no, we're not catering today. Oh, great spotted kiwi. Have you got a question?

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, no, no one can ever see you. We heard you there, but again, you're standing in the darkest corner of the room, making your movement very hard to see. It will take a while for our eyes to get adjusted at any Kiwi viewing situation.

We would actually be able to see you. Oh, Tui, you've got a question? I don't have an answer for you at this time. I'm afraid that's verging on prejudice, what you just said, a derrant warrant repeating. Morpuk, Ruru, I believe you've got a question. Undoubtedly.

Yeah, you do have the most beautiful eyes of New Zealand birds, but yeah, you still do freak people out because there's the old myth that seeing you will result in the death of a loved one. Oh, speaking of which, Fantail. Cheeky little pee-wocker-walker. Yeah, you've got to go in. If you're going to go into someone's house, you've got to go out the same way you came in.

Otherwise, they'll think a loved one's going to die too. Yeah. Because, yeah, it's because of when Maui was sneaking inside the woman and you woke her up and she crushed him. Yeah, that'll be why that was. Anyway, that's all we've got time for today. Any further questions, you can submit to me in an email form and I'll have an answer for you as soon as possible. And remember, don't believe what you read online about birds unless it comes from

an official Forest and Bird email. Yeah. And from our official website. Okay. Thank you all for coming. So that was yesterday.

That was yesterday. Definitely not just now. Definitely not just now. Yeah. Stop the sound effects. Oh. That was yesterday. That was yesterday. Definitely not just now. Yeah. Stop the sound effects. Oh. That was yesterday. That was yesterday.

Definitely not just now. Not just now. No. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Am I a bad person? All right, get your judge pants on, New Zealand. Someone has anonymously emailed in about a dilemma they are facing and they want to know if they are a bad person.

Hi, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. I was hoping to get your listeners' opinions on whether or not I'm a bad person for a situation I'm currently in. My best mate is getting married, which means that I'm in charge of organising the stag do. You could be a bad person. It'll be a typical lad's bachelor party with usual suspects and it's bound to get pretty loose.

I know exactly what he has in mind as we've spoken about stag do's before, but there's one problem. His missus will absolutely not approve of anything on his wish list. Am I a bad person for planning the stag do I know he wants but his fiancé will not be cool with? Isn't that just the stag do I know he wants, but his fiance will not be cool with. Isn't that just every stag do? So we're talking about strip clubs, eh? Well, it could be anything.

Yeah, I mean. We're talking about like girls or like. There's going to be that. What else would she not be happy with? I don't want you going out paintballing or fishing or just drinking with the lads. Yeah, the issue is strip clubs, right? Well, I mean, if they have a tendency to get really loose

and the stag party is close to the wedding, that could also be an issue. Because you don't want... Oh, you're talking about shaved eyebrows. Yeah, but no one's going like, my dream is to get my eyebrows shaved. No, that's true. Are people still doing that though?

I don't know. Sometimes, yeah, yeah. Because I didn't go to any stag do's. I was like, I've been to stag do's, but no one's ever really destroyed the dude because you're like, well, why would we? I don't know. You see their ones.

They're your mate. Yeah, they've got him dressed up like a girl and he's taped to a post and they're smashing him in the face with like a salmon or something. And you're like, is he your mate? Or do you hate him and you've always just not quite known how to express it? Yeah. So, I mean, there's no detail on what a typical lad's bachelor party, but I think we can imagine.

You know, we, you don't. You just do the stag do, don't you? I never had to worry about it because my husband's not much of a lad. So, like, he wouldn't be into that anyway. So, I just didn't even say anything. But I'm trying to think now whether I'd be okay with strippers because when I've been at, like, hen's parties and there's been strippers, it's not.

Everyone's embarrassed and a little bit like, ah, and you're just laughing in it. Because at hen's parties, most of the time the strippers come to the hen's party, eh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I've been in a stag do where the stripper came to the, and that was made, it was horrible. I did not like it. It was like everyone was sat there and then the stripper started doing the thing and you're just like, oh, this doesn't, this is weird. Yeah, right.

This is weird. You go to the strip club. Even now, I don't, I don't like going to strip clubs. It's not your vibe. I remember the last day I went to the strip clubs and I was like, it was just before Indy was born. Yeah. So she's eight.

Yeah. So it was like, and I was like, oh, I don't like this. I don't like this. And that was before I knew I was having a daughter. Now I've got a daughter, I don't like this at all.

Yeah. But then you've also got to ask yourself, like, if you trust your partner, you're getting married. Well, I knew someone whose partner didn't want him going away on, like, a lad's weekend. It wasn't even going to be strippers. It was, like, it was going to be, like, hunting and drinking, not at the same time, and, like, just a whole bunch of activities.

Yeah. But they were worried that something could go wrong, and he was going to. Was it close to the wedding? Yeah, it was, like, two weeks before the wedding. Right. activities, but they were worried that something could go wrong and he was going to... Was it close to the wedding? Yeah, it was like two weeks before the wedding. Right. There was like...

Well, you've got to trust him. You've got to trust him. They're still grown-ups. Yeah. Yeah. It'll just be a bad hangover and hopefully not a broken limb the next day. I know, the broken limb. You'll be fine.

The big one. You've got to get a thin cast so the suit can go over it. Okay, so the question is, is he a bad person for planning the stag do? I know that the groom wants, but that the bride will not be happy with. All right, so 0800 dials at M9696 to text. And maybe you've been in this situation

and there had to be some compromise or you just had to do it on the down low without them knowing. Technically, wouldn't the best friend of the groom be friends with the bride too? You don't want to upset the bride. She doesn't need to know. It's a great way to start a relationship.

Put the agenda down of what's happening and then give her that agenda and then do what he wants to do. She sounds like one of those brides that would want to meet up at the end of the night. No. No. That is the worst idea.

You don't do that. You don't do the, oh, we'll meet up later. The parties can merge. Just so you don't go to the strip club. But you always have the same friends. Nah. Like I have lots of guy friends who go to the st club. But you always have the same friends. Nah. Like I have lots of guy friends who go to the stag do and you're like, yeah, but you're not partying together.

Nah. I understand that. Nah, there'll be plenty of times of partying together. It's got to be separate. And I've got no problem with girls going on the stag do. Like my friend Kim, she was in my bridal party. She came on the stag do. And I've got no problem with that and guys going on the hen's nights.

But you can't go together. You can't go together. Those've got no problem with that and guys going on the hens nights, but you can't go... Together. You can't go together. Those have got to be separate events. All right, well, 0800-TARZATM. You can text 9696. Is he a bad person for planting the stag do the groom wants but the bride will not like?

Am I a bad person? That's a piece of yelling in the studio. Am I a bad person? Wow. People have it. We're not yelling. We're not yelling at each other. No, we're agreeing with each other.

We're just yelling because we're excited. So you can vote on our Instagram, FBMZM, an anonymous email from a lad. So the lad is a best mate with a guy, the groom, who is getting married. So he's in charge of organising the stag do. It'll be a typical lad's bachelor party. We don't get more details than that with the usual suspects. I know exactly what he has in mind, and we've talked about our stag do's before,

but there is one problem. His missus will absolutely not approve of anything on his wish list. And I'm reading between the lines that strippers, isn't it? Really? I think we can establish. Anonymous, good morning. What do you think? Is he a bad person?

Good morning. No, I don't think he's a bad person because he can't just take things without all the stuff that he wants to do. Okay. Mm-hmm. Do you... I've heard...

Go on, your situation. Oh, I was just going to say because my husband has the same and I'd say I'm a bit like that other guy's wife. Right. Just my husband being on another woman makes me very uncomfortable. But he had a steak and he had a blast, and his friend literally ended up buying a show for him.

Okay. And you were okay with that? Well, if they had asked me before I would have probably said no But better to ask for forgiveness isn't it? Maybe It wasn't more of a forgiveness He actually

He wasn't confessing to me We were talking about stag days and stuff And he just ended up letting it out Without meaning to What? But he got a private show Yeah But he hadn't previously told you and he just ended up letting it out without meaning to. What, that he got a private show? Yeah. But he hadn't previously told you about the private show?

No, he hadn't, no. Okay. We were actually on a holiday in Fiji and, yeah, just having a conversation and then, yeah, that's what happened. I just made him take me to a nice dinner and listen to his tales. Yes. It's currency. It's good leverage. It is.

It's marriage currency. Anonymous, thank you for that. Stephanie, what do you think? Is he a bad person or not? Good morning, guys. Good morning. Definitely not a bad person. Okay.

Definitely not. I think that he needs to urge the bride's party to have hers on the same night so that she's got no train of thought about what he's up to, she's involved in what she's doing. Yes. And no Snapchat, no Snapchat whatsoever. That is the worst possible thing. Yeah, right.

No social media at all because that is always what happens is that one of the bride's friends or someone will see a photo and be like, oh my god, ring her, text her, send her the photo and then it all just turns to custard. Out of context. Out of context photo, yeah. Exactly. I've had two girls at my house

while one of their fiancés was on his gag do and tears hysterical because she saw what was going on and it was not cool. You're right. They absolutely need to be distracted. Absolutely. And lads will be lads. Like, they will. They're going to do it and it's one night. Hey, who cares?

Exactly. Within reason though, right? Yes, within reason. But usually, like, usually stag do parties, they're always like those guys at the club that nobody goes near because they're just Really They're a lot A lot

Yeah It's gross And a lot of people too Stephanie saying It's not a good sign If she's overly controlling Maybe 100%

At this stage Yeah Yeah 100% I mean more than I mean you say It's only one night But there's gonna be more Like other friends of his

Are gonna have stags. So she's just got to get over it and, like, trust him, I reckon. Because otherwise, yeah, like you say, there's no point if she doesn't trust. Wow. All right. Thank you, Stephanie. 88% agreeing on our poll at the moment. Not a bad person.

Some text messages. Somebody said, from their experience, they can also confirm that the stag do and the hen's party meeting up at the end of the night is terrible. Terrible idea. Really? Terrible idea on two separate occasions.

Somebody said, the first rule of stag do's is you don't take photos on stag do's. Yeah, right. You don't. And you don't send it being like, he's having a great time and send it to the bride-to-be. Don't do that.

Or any of her friends. I don't do that. You sent me pictures of my husband at your stag do. Yeah, only because he was passed out and he used that toothbrush to clean up his vomit. Ex-husband, actually. No, he spewed out the window and then he used the toothbrush to brush his teeth,

but he used the toothbrush that we'd have used and then saved for the dog. Oh, yeah. Ex-husband. Ex-husband. I cannot even imagine your current husband doing any of what we've just described. Yeah.

Somebody messaged in saying, I'm a stripper and I can confidently say that most of the girls do not want to engage in anything to do sexually with their clients and especially guys on stag dues. They seem to be well past the point of no return by the time they get there. Yeah.

But if she can't trust a man to go to a club because she thinks he'll be disloyal, should they even be getting married? Yeah. Well, it's okay to have anxieties and stuff, but they need to obviously discuss it. Yeah. Yeah, a lot of women especially probably have anxiety

when it comes to that. That's okay, but she's still got to trust him. Let's just be honest. She's probably not to trust him. Let's just be honest. She's probably not. Somebody said, let's just be honest. She's probably just not happy with anything being planned for him, for this, just the name Stag do, anything being planned. Also, spoiler alert, if he's going to cheat on you,

he could do it at any time. Yeah, that's the thing. Like, there are other days and times of the week, you know. That's what I always think. It's like, you don't worry about it because if they want to cheat on you, they will. And then you get rid of them and you go somewhere else. Like, don't stress about it.

Just fully send it for the boys. That's what somebody texted me. I have really enjoyed, like, there's no, like, yes, they're a bad person, no, they're a good person, anything like that. There's just these texts that are like, send it. And like, it's a big night get in night time lads okay

so not a bad person no overwhelmingly not so plan ahead plan the strippers just don't tell her just don't tell her

and again keep her occupied on the night with her hens do or I don't know shout her a couple of tickets to night rides

at Rainbow's End or something. Or a couple of lorazepams. Both. A couple of lorazepams, a bottle of Chardonnay and an early night, I think. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's Fact of the Day could net you some k-y-a-s-h-a. Yeah, $500 up for grabs midday. We'll ask a question about the Fact of the Day now and also at four o'clock. All thanks to Save My Bacon. Borrow money online while growing your credit score. Score. Today's fact of the day is why parking

is called parking. Parking a car. Ever thought about why? Because you put it in park. No, but that came after parking. Yeah, because automatics were later, eh? Yeah. So putting something in park. You put it in a park because it's in a park.

You park an idea, like you park it. Or was that after parking? That was after parking? Park. Because they invented cars and they had nowhere to put them, so they used parks. Almost. Ooh.

Close. They made, no, I don't know. So it happened in 1870. Almost. Ooh. Close. They may... No, I don't know. So it happened in 1870. This is where the law was passed. This was in Washington, D.C. They said, we're going to make these roads. Now the rule is when there is a road beside that road,

there will be up to 50% of the width of that road on the side of the road as a small roadside park, but park in the terms of grassed area with trees. Right. As in like a city park. Yeah. A central park. Now this would have been for horse and carriage, right?

No. No. It wasn't. It was just for grass and trees so that they were, at the time they even said roads they're going to get dirty, they're going to get muddy, they're going to get dusty in summer so we've got to have an area beside them where it's a bit more relaxing. A little mini park. Yeah, a mini park. Right. So when there was horses and carriages, they'd get to a place and they'd be like, oh I'll just put

my horse in the park. Oh, okay. The roadside park, as in park as in relaxing grass area. Yeah, right. Or trees. So they would technically park their horse. Right. Then when cars came around, they were like, well,

I want to put my car in the park, but my car in that park, it will get muddy, it will get muddy. It might get stuck. The horse park will not work for the car park. Right. So they were like, well, we'll just put a little bit of concrete. We'll extend the road a little bit and you can put it in there. We'll call it a car park, even though it's not a park

because it's not a grass area with trees. Yeah, right. But we've been parking our horses in the park. And I've said park so many times now it's lost all meaning in my brain. Yeah, right. But we've been parking our horses in the park. And I've said park so many times now, it's lost all meaning in my brain. Yeah. I'm visualising it spelt, and I think I'm spelling it wrong.

You ever get that, where the word just bounces around in your brain so much, it just loses everything. So they said, okay, this is the park, this is the roadside park, this is the horse park, and this is the park. This is the roadside park. This is the horse park. And this is the car park.

So when you would park your car, it became the verb to put your car in the allocated park. Which is good because of the first few weeks they were saying, I'll just leave it here. Yeah. Beside the road. Just the road. Beside the road.

I'll just place it here. Yeah. Yeah. It goes park, roadside park, horse park, place where I put my car. road. Yeah, beside the road. I'll just place it here. Yeah. Yeah, it goes park, roadside park, horse park, place where I put my car. Yeah. Yeah.

Should we call it a car park? That makes sense to me. That makes sense to me. Wow, okay. Fascinating. So it is called a car park. Today's fact of the day, remember this, for the 50K fact of the day, It is called a car park because it was originally a park on the side of the road.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, I like that song's over already. I need to play another one. I need to play another Post Malone song. Absolutely. He's running. Vaughn doesn't run. Oh, he does run. Did you check the time of that song when you left? I'm sorry. They wanted to talk to me out there.

Who's they? Journalists. There isn't any journalists here. No, they're on deadline. That's what they said. The one you tell a lie with such a straight face. No, they're on deadline. That's what they said. The one you tell a lie was such a straight face. No, no, it's a true story. Okay.

It's a true story. I mean, you have a radio show to do, but that's fine. Okay, well, are you ready to bring in the bit that you're so passionately... I really had to squeeze the wheeze. Ready to... Thank you. Just catch my breath. Okay.

A little bit puffed. You may have seen, and I think it's really stepped up since the second wave of COVID-19 in New Zealand. You may have seen a bit more of the whole, why have people been mucking around till now to get home? Shut the borders. Yeah, shut the borders. And who are all these people coming in? So you're like, they're New Zealanders. But why did they wait till now?

They've had heaps of time. You can't tell me. So yesterday, actual story, I saw somebody say shut the borders. I said, these are New Zealanders coming home. They're like, what about this kid from Afghanistan? I'm like, what? New Zealand children can't be in Afghanistan? We don't know. The situation could be anything.

That kid's family could be contracting in Afghanistan. There's a whole lot of rebuilding going on in Afghanistan after like years and decades of war. That could be a New Zealander based over there who's like, well, we can't all get home or we can't all afford to get home. Let's send our kid to the safer country. And these are citizens.

Yeah, they have to be, right? And it's actually, you can't legally shut the border. No, not to your citizens. No. And you might be thinking, why have they taken so long to get home? Well, we're joined on the phone by somebody who has been trying to get home since March. Courtney, hello. Hi, how are you?

Good. Good, Courtney. So you're in London. Yes, I am. And how many times have you tried to get a flight home? So it all started back in March where I booked a flight. Obviously, this all hit. I had about a week to pretty much pack up the last two years of my life.

And I booked a flight home. And everything started changing so quickly. The borders kept closing. Airports were closing. So I had four flights rescheduled only to be cancelled on me. And I was just lucky enough that by the time that fourth flight got cancelled, the UK had allowed people on visas to stay for an extra two months. Right.

They extended them. Okay. So I was fortunate enough that, you know, I was in a flat and work were able to, they, I explained the situation to them. I said, look, I can't get home right now. There's just literally no way possible. No country that I can transit through and whatnot. They said, yeah, we understand you need to financially support yourself to be able to stay here.

So we'll extend your contract by another two months. Wow. So that's lucky because if they couldn't, you'd be out on your ass on the streets. I would be living off the little savings that I had. So, yeah, no, they were really good. And then the 31st of May rolled around, which is when the extension was until. And they then extended them again because it was still, you know,

New Zealand had closed their borders, Australian had closed their borders. And I think at that time they were capping the amount of people that were allowed to fly in daily. So at that time, I think there was maybe like 50 people per flight that they were allowed to take. And most flights transited via Australia. So if you weren't an Australian citizen trying to get home,

you were most likely going to be bumped from that flight. Right. Wow, because that'd go through Australia, right? How much are these flights each time? And then also, are you getting the refund straight away, or are they, as the airline, just saying you can get on the next flight in a month or whatever? No.

So we're looking at about between $1,600 to $1,700 New Zealand dollars and that's just one way. You can normally get a return flight to New Zealand, back to London or from New Zealand and back again for that price. So that's just one way.

So my first refund took about maybe, I think, anywhere between eight to 12 weeks to come through, and that was after I laid a complaint with the airline. Right. My second flight that got cancelled back in July, I'm still waiting on a refund from that one.

But in the meantime, I've had to go and rebook with another airline to try and get home in September, middle of September. So fingers crossed that one goes ahead. So the next possible time you could get home is mid-September? Yeah, about mid-September. And even still, my mum and my family back home are like, we're not going to hold our breath until you're actually there. Like, it's just been so stressful trying to get home. So if you get home in mid-September, fingers crossed, really hope you do,

that is seven months after you initially tried to get home. Yeah, yeah, so quite some time. So you can imagine, like, money tied up in airlines, money that I've had to try, you know, just I'm lucky that I've had savings to get me by. But there's a lot of people like a lot of people I know, a lot of our friends that just have no job, have no flat. Like it's been really tough. Right. So when you say, have you seen any of these comments in like Facebook posts? Like those comments like, why didn't they come back sooner? How does that make you feel?

To be honest, I just try not to read them because I mean, at the end of the day, if you don't have someone, if you don't know, if you haven't been trying to get home yourself or you don't know someone that has been in, like, my position, they just have no idea. Right. Just no clue. Yeah.

Wow. I mean, it's pretty heartbreaking to see New Zealanders ganging up on New Zealanders, you know? Yeah. And you're coming from the UK, which geographically is a very long way away, but international Thai-wise, quite close to New Zealand. So you imagine all the other countries that New Zealand might not have a great working relationship with. It could be even harder.

Yeah, exactly, exactly. And I'm just, yeah, I am lucky that I've got great friends over here, great family, like just a good support network. There's, you know, plenty of other people that just haven't been quite so lucky. Wow. Well, thanks so much for talking to us and keep us updated. Fingers crossed you get home in September. Yeah.

Yeah, thank you very much. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Yummy, yummy. There is a new chocolate flavour. Whittaker's have announced today that they are doing a collab with Bundaberg and it will be... Bundaberg rum?

No. Ginger beer. Ginger beer. Oh. Ginger. Because I looked over your shoulder and I saw Whittaker family which meets the Bundaberg family. I was like, Bundaberg rum.

But isn't it the same? Is it the same people? Yeah, it's the same place, the same people. Yeah, same. Okay, so it's going to be a brewed ginger caramel, Bundaberg Whittaker's chocolate. And it looks to me like inside you bite in, it'll be like a runny ginger caramel, like a gooey inside bit.

Yeah, well, that's what the picture suggests. I was excited about the rum. I mean, maybe you could infuse it yourself. Oh, yeah, dip it in a bit of Bundy. In a bit of Bundy. I used to love drinking... I was going to say, you used to love your rums.

And then I don't know if my palate matured. He used to love rum. He used to slam the Bundys. I used to love a dark rum, a Bundy. What? Yeah, or Mount Gay was always a good one. Oh, Mount Gay's used to love rum. He used to slam the Bundys. I used to love a dark rum. A Bundy or Mount Gay was always a good one. Oh, Mount Gay's a ripper rum. Yeah, that's a ripper rum. But then, I don't know, I think I might just have too many dark nights on dark

spirits. I can put you off. So I feel like, did you get all fit, Bo, and then you looked at the calorie content of darker alcohols and you moved on to gin? I don't know. I think I just matured, you know? What did you drink your Bundy rum with? Like cola? Yeah, coke, right?

Bundy. He was a big rum and coke guy. He was a big rum and coke guy. When I met him for the first few years, all he drank was rum and coke. Yeah, but now I'm all about your drugs. Yeah, I'm a rum and coke lover. Somewhere along the line, I've just found sophistication with gin and tonics.

And, you know, and a pinot. Oh, I don't know. You know, we all mature, guys. All right. I've come a long way since Mad Jack's $10 rum from Super Liquor. I can almost taste it. I'll be out for a night on the rums. Yuck.

Like, even just the thought of it now disgusts me. Oh, no. Good. That's good. So it's not the rum. I'll tell you what's good, though. It's a dark, like a dark brown mojito. Oh, no. Good. That's good. So it's not the rum. I'll tell you what's good, though. It's a dark, like a dark brown mojito. Oh, yeah.

Dirty mojitos. A dirty mojito. Yeah. With brown sugar. Yeah. And a dark rum rather than the white rum. Delicious. That's the only time I'll do a dark rum.

Yeah. Well, I tell you what, a boomer. I won't name her. DB has posted on this. Oh, God. She's put this up. She said, wow, this sounds like the most heavenly bar of chocolate. Oh, she's pro. No, she's pro. Oh, posted on this. She said, wow, this sounds like the most heavenly bar of chocolate.

She's pro. She said, we'll definitely be breaking the diet for this and a special trip to the supermarket when it comes out. Monday. In stores from Monday. What is a comparative ginger caramel flavour? I don't know.

I mean, you've got your caramel, a lot of caramel chocolates, but not a ginger tainted. A ginger infused, I guess. Yeah, right. Have a little tang of ginger. Yeah. Okay.

Again, though, I remember the last lockdown nationwide, and I know it's only Auckland at this stage, but chocolate at supermarkets went through the roof. Oh, yeah. So I'd imagine the same will be happening.