ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 19th March 2021

Episode Date: March 18, 2021

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello and welcome to the Fleeche Morning Megan with Hayley Sproul podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Buy five McCafe coffees, get one free on the Maccas app. The lovely Hayley Sproul is not with us today, still at marching. Uh-huh. And Megan's still on maternity leave, so just say lads. Lads. Today, lads, lads, lads. And I want to shout out to the Wiggles and give them our thoughts at the moment because they have received.
Starting point is 00:00:25 Wait, thoughts and prayers? Just thoughts. I don't do prayers. You don't do prayers. Just thoughts. I don't do prayers. Maybe you need something to make up for the prayer. Thoughts and best wishes.
Starting point is 00:00:36 Thoughts and best wishes. Hello. Well, what is a prayer if not a wish for God to, like God's a genie. Yes. You're like, I hope my family's happy. Yeah. That's one wish God the genie grants that or he doesn't
Starting point is 00:00:47 Okay prayers are exchangeable for wishes Thoughts and wishing wells for example The Wiggles have received Death threats over their spots Taken in MIQ Can you imagine calling in Or emailing a Wiggle with a death threat Dear purple Wiggle
Starting point is 00:01:04 You're fucking dead. You fucking arsehole. Fucking red wiggle, my nana's trying to get back from the Goldie. She can't. Fuck you, blue wiggle. My sister's been stuck in London and now she can't get a spot at MIQ because you're banjo playing arseholes in there. Yeah, blue fuck, I'm going to run you over with that big red car.
Starting point is 00:01:24 Do they have a big red car or is that what big red car. Do they have a big red car or is that what they have? Yeah, they have a big red car. If I see fucking Dorothy the dinosaur got her own room, I'll kill the lady out of here. She should be sharing with the yellow wiggles.
Starting point is 00:01:34 Stack up the female wiggles. One less in my queue room. I know, horrible, isn't it? Oh my God. But I mean, calm down. I get though that there are families that have had, like,
Starting point is 00:01:45 loved ones overseas for a year. Death threats aren't going to fix. Death threats don't fix anything. Yeah. Oh, my God. But, yeah, bless them. Calm down. Jesus.
Starting point is 00:01:59 Calm down, everybody. Yeah. Yeah. ZM. Hit music. Lives here. Fletchfornner Megan, the podcast. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:02:08 Welcome to the show, Fletchfawner Megan with Hayley Sproul. But no Hayley Sproul today. No. Because she's at Marching Nationals. In Dunedin. In Dunedin. Have you spoken to her? Did she win?
Starting point is 00:02:19 No, there hasn't been one yet. Still ongoing. That is day one of Marching. Okay. And she had sore feet. So that's what you do a lot, spend a lot of time on your feet. And I imagine those boots aren't comfortable either. They don't look comfortable.
Starting point is 00:02:33 No. Anything that requires laces to go that high never looks that comfortable. Although I did have a pair of leather thigh-high boots in the mid-2000s that were absolutely Of course you did. Plush with comfort. They're Doc Martens? I don't know. They were stilettoed. Oh, right.
Starting point is 00:02:52 They were really something. Right up to the thigh. Sometimes the oglet. Sometimes the oglet of the lace. You familiar with the oglet? Of the lace? The eyelet. The oglet.
Starting point is 00:03:04 Is that the hard bit at the end? Yes. Oh, yeah. I don't like when that comes off. Because how do you make a new one? I had to cut it off those boots because the hard part of the oglet would occasionally rub against the genitals on my thigh high leather boots. Yeah, right.
Starting point is 00:03:17 That was the least comfortable part of the entire ensemble. And about all there was to the ensemble. But hey, you know, it was a wild time. It was a wild time, guys. Let's stop talking about your early 20s. Yep. And move on with the show. We've got a chance for you to win some cash soon
Starting point is 00:03:33 with Secret Sound. All thanks to Star Streaming now on Disney+. Some cash. You're 50,000. Can I also mention Disney Plus tonight, Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I know you're excited about this I have been waiting for this
Starting point is 00:03:46 since the end of Endgame yeah the team up with Bucky Barnes and Sammy Sam the flying man early early reviews are in
Starting point is 00:03:55 and they look pretty good yeah yeah very action packed after they gave us all that WandaVision and they left me wanting and now I've just seen the first key art
Starting point is 00:04:03 for the Loki series I'm very excited about everything Disney Plus has to offer, including Star, which I've been watching. Solar Opposites. And it's one of those animated shows that you don't start watching with your children just because it's an animated show. But it's very funny.
Starting point is 00:04:17 Awesome. All right, well, that's coming up. The Activator at 7 and 8 o'clock this morning. ZM's Secret Sound. Next on the show, there's been more details revealed about the Expo that's happening in Dubai. This is like a big thing where all the countries go along. In the middle of a pandemic, it turns out.
Starting point is 00:04:33 Yeah. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. The Dubai expo. We've talked about this. One of Hayley's friends went to Dubai to work on the World Expo and was only supposed to be there for a bit and then COVID struck and has been there ever since working on it.
Starting point is 00:04:49 Yeah. And when's it going ahead? 2020. Oh, no, sorry. It's called the 2020 Expo. Do we have time machines that I don't know about? I stopped before I finished my sentence. 2020 Expo is now happening later in 2021
Starting point is 00:05:05 and will go through into 2022. So obviously delayed on the initial expected time of Expo. But it's like a world Expo. New Zealand has a pavilion and apparently it's almost ready to go. It's a $62 million investment in global trade, basically. You'd think they'd push it off another year or so. Like, is Dubai a place
Starting point is 00:05:25 you can go without a vaccine? Or is it pretty low? I don't know. Well, I know that they've vaccinated a lot of people. I know a lot of people were flying from, like, the UK to do vaccination holidays.
Starting point is 00:05:35 Then also, before there was a vaccination, people I know that lived there said, oh, it's just like, this is just, they're trying to keep it business as usual and casualties will be casualties. It's going to have collateral damage. I was like, that's so dangerous. And they had, oh, it's just like this is just, they're trying to keep it business as usual and casualties will be casualties.
Starting point is 00:05:46 It's going to have collateral damage. I was like, that's so dangerous. And they had like insane spikes where there'd be outdoor parties and it would spike again. Right. So I'm not sure. But the contingent of New Zealanders who do go for the expo will be vaccinated
Starting point is 00:06:02 according to the article I read. And also 660 are going to play for over a month. It goes for six months, doesn't it? Yes. This whole expo. Yep. So it's going to run, yeah, from the end of this year into next year. Is it aimed at tourists or is it aimed at?
Starting point is 00:06:19 No, it's aimed at trade. Right. It's a big trade expo. It's not really a tourist, hey, this is what we've got to offer. Come to New Zealand. Because as you said, if that was the case, you'd delay it a couple of years, wouldn't you? Until tourism could be undertaken again.
Starting point is 00:06:34 But no, it's more like a trade expo. Right, to kind of wow overseas countries, get them to invest. What are we going to have like? Milk? I don't know. 660. Try our milk. Try our milk. Paris Goebbels is going to have like Milk I don't know 6.60 Try our milk Try our milk
Starting point is 00:06:46 Paris Paris Goebbels There's going to be Some dancing Some dancing Some nice cheese Celebrate New Zealand productivity I hope there's nice cheese
Starting point is 00:06:55 We do good cheese Don't we And like we've got Amazing culture Yeah Like the Maori culture's Unique As many are around the world
Starting point is 00:07:04 But I And I'm sure it will be well represented but if it's a trade expo but you've got to give that feel that unique I'd imagine there would be performers based there
Starting point is 00:07:14 for the whole six months 100% Honey what else have we got? Mountains take a mountain take one of the mountains oh I reckon
Starting point is 00:07:21 they should take a mountain just a small one man aspiring that's quite large it's big but it's not the biggest and it's beautiful Take one of the mountains. Oh, I reckon they should take a mountain. Just a small one. Man-inspiring. That's quite large. Yeah, no, it's big, but it's not the biggest. And it's beautiful. And it's like a South Island one.
Starting point is 00:07:31 Have you seen it? It's quite like a picturesque mountain. Very picturesque, yeah. And then just have that in the middle of the expo. Yeah. And have everything else around it. Yeah, I reckon. Like a cheese table. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:39 Your honey table. The honey table. Your 660 table. And some timber, some pine. Yep. So you can smell the pine. Lovely. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:47 Okay. Well, that sounds like us, doesn't it? Sounds very New Zealand. Have some mussels. Yep. Have some mussels. Maybe you could put the mussels by the cheese so people could mix that if they want, but it's not necessary.
Starting point is 00:07:56 Yes. Just a big Kiwi charcuterie board. Oh, yes. With some yoghurt. Yep. Lovely. I mean, you've got to keep that cold, though. Yeah. So, yeah. Good gig
Starting point is 00:08:07 for 660. How much are they getting paid? Well, we can ask them. Next time they're in for an interview, why don't you just ask them to their face? How much are you guys getting paid for this tour? Well, the thing is, it's taxpayers' money, so I'm sure we'll find out. We're entitled to know. Well, they've come out today, last couple
Starting point is 00:08:23 of days, at Rod Stewart. I don't know if you saw this last weekend, because he sang that sailing song, right? We are sailing. And it was big in like a past America's Cup, like in the, what, the 80s or something? Or 90s? Yeah. And so he did an interview with Clark Gayford, and that was
Starting point is 00:08:39 online, and I think, did he sing? And it was maybe screened at the viewing points? Yeah, and it was sung along. Yeah, that was a million New Zealand dollars. Just under a million. Was that a million dollars well spent? That's up for debate, isn't it?
Starting point is 00:08:55 I mean, I could have thought of some better ways to spend a million dollars, but... I'm pretty sure we could have got Lady Gaga over here for a million dollars, or to stream in for at least one song. Well, she has to pay that half a million dollar reward for those dogs she got back. She'd do it. Would have done it. Yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.
Starting point is 00:09:11 Well, the University of North Carolina, a team has done a research, some study into micro breaks. And this is basically how you work, Vaughan, at work. Yeah. Your entire work day is a series of micro breaks. It's a series of micro breaks. Uh-huh. Now, they have found that five
Starting point is 00:09:31 minute micro breaks, otherwise to you, Vaughan, known as a song or an ad break. Or a solid bit of work. Or just drifting off during a meeting. Yeah. Taking a five minute micro break is enough to improve mental sharpness and help employees fight fatigue. So this is probably more in like your nine to five office job.
Starting point is 00:09:51 You've actually mistimed this break because I'm just going to need a clock out for five minutes to take a break because that song wasn't long enough. So you're due your micro break. So a micro break can be as simple as getting a coffee, doing a crossword, or checking Facebook. All of which you do on the regular. Constantly. Constantly at work. And if I have to do something at home, like if you're putting together a video or editing something,
Starting point is 00:10:15 I constantly need to stand up. Even if it's just walk to the window, look outside, walk back. I couldn't imagine you in an office doing an office job. God, no. I'd drive people crazy because I can't sit still. I'd need to be moving around. Yeah. So those breaks help complete tasks and make people feel better about their job. Just because it's a
Starting point is 00:10:36 little chance just to step away. And apparently, yeah, if you do this, you're more productive. Right. And you're more into it. As opposed to just working non-stop, non-stop, non-stop productive. Right. You're more into it. As opposed to just working non-stop, non-stop, non-stop. No Facebook, no coffee, no breaks. I couldn't agree more.
Starting point is 00:10:54 I think it's just in and out. Stop, start, stop, start. Do that, come back, concentrate. Yeah, and then they go on to talk about, like, obviously people are now working a lot from home. Microbreaks could be things like having a snack, crossword or playing with a pet, which is what you do at home anyway when you're working.
Starting point is 00:11:09 Yeah. Because we'll work in the afternoons at home. And yeah, I'll always do that. What? You don't work at home. Are we supposed to? Well, you do send through some work. Oh. That takes me all day. Does it?
Starting point is 00:11:21 I'm just constantly working at that. I'll find that. I'll just be like, I'll just turn around and the cat will be like on his back. Yeah. Just like, and I'll be like, oh, I've got to pat your tummy. That tummy needs a scratcher. Now I've just taken a micro break and I didn't even know it. Uh-huh.
Starting point is 00:11:34 Okay, I got you. So there you go, micro breaks. Well, that's exactly how I've worked my entire life. I know it is. Anyway, you play the song. I'm going to go for a look in the office. Okay. Maybe turn the photocopier off and on and then I'll come back.
Starting point is 00:11:45 Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. From the underground ZM Think Tank. This is the top six. Hi. Hi. Hi. I've started watching Schitt's Creek, so now
Starting point is 00:12:01 I get the David reference. She says it. I do laugh. David. It's like a mega cut, but wait until you've finished Schitt's Creek. Oh, I won't watch any mega cuts until I've finished. There's mega cuts of her saying David and also Moira saying baby. Baby. Moira, I don't think Moira said baby yet.
Starting point is 00:12:19 No. I think it just kind of. She's so good. She's incredible. The whole show is just. Every character, like, I think I'm six or seven episodes in, and every character already, I'm like, okay, I can see. These are going to be great.
Starting point is 00:12:32 Yeah. So very, very good. One of the just greatest shows. Sad that it's ended. This is not about Schitt's Creek. This is the top six songs that you should write if you want to make a million dollars one day on the off chance that New Zealand hosts something.
Starting point is 00:12:45 Do with it. Sure. So this is off the back that Rod Stewart, some like, when did that song come out? The 80s. So some 35 years after Sailing by Rod Stewart was released, he got paid a handsome sum. It was out in 1975, that song.
Starting point is 00:13:02 1975, so 46 years old. So they won't say exactly how much they paid Rockin' Rod Stewart, former husband of Rachel Hunter, BT Dubs. He's eaten a trumpet or two in his time. The whole hour-long show at the main stage at the America's Cup Village cost just under a million dollars. So I'm guessing that includes stage hiring, unless the stage was already there.
Starting point is 00:13:24 I think the stage is already there Right, so But maybe they It was a lot of money for basically An interview with Clark Gayford That aired on the media Yeah And in news
Starting point is 00:13:33 And then a sing-along where he zoomed in And sang along with the village Yeah, but I feel like it was definitely pre-recorded Yeah Yeah And they sang along A lot of money But good payday for Rod.
Starting point is 00:13:45 Yeah. Sat at home. He loves model trains. Did you know this? He does. I did see that. He's phenomenal. If you've got some time
Starting point is 00:13:52 and you like model trains like I do, I don't have any, but I can really admire the craftspersonship that goes into it. He's got like a whole room set up.
Starting point is 00:14:01 Yeah. It looks legit. Have you seen online this video of like cats walking through a model train set? Oh. They's like, it looks legit. Have you seen online this video of like cats walking through a model train set? Oh. They look like giant monsters. Yeah,
Starting point is 00:14:09 I'm down for that. Just Google it. It's quite funny and the trains like just go between the cats and then the cats knock the, yeah, it's real cute.
Starting point is 00:14:15 So, Rod made a lot of money because he wrote a song in the 70s about sailing. Yeah. So, this is a future investment. This is like the KiwiSaver
Starting point is 00:14:23 for songwriters. Yes. These are the top six songs you should write, what you should write about to make a million dollars one day off the off chance New Zealand has some high level involvement. Number six, tennis. Yep. Okay. I mean, I'll get you started. Whoa, you've served
Starting point is 00:14:37 the ball and now it's coming back. When will it end? Hit it back. Right. Here it comes. This is how it goes Tennis! I mean, his song kind of was big before the America's Cup and then it was used.
Starting point is 00:14:53 Well, I was playing to be a songwriter. I was just trying to get the... Just an idea. Like a songwriter might be listening and thought that was terrible. It would be better if it went. And then we go, that's all that was meant to be.
Starting point is 00:15:01 You were just the inspiration, the Kickstarter. Yeah. Okay. Number five on the list of the top six things you should write songs about to make a million dollars one day on the off chance New Zealand has some high-level involvement. Motorsport.
Starting point is 00:15:13 Yeah. Because that's another. Yeah, it's a big one. That's another one with a lot of money. Yeah. It's a big money sport. How would that song go? Oh, go the tires as they come around the bend.
Starting point is 00:15:22 I mean, it sounds similar to the tennis song, but it's different. It does sound different. Brum goes the car as it goes real fast. Brum, it's blasted past. It's Formula One. That's just your band's sound. You know, all bands have the same sound. Yeah, well, I'll try something different for number four.
Starting point is 00:15:40 The top six songs, top six things you should write songs about if you want to make a million dollars. I know that Off Chance New Zealand has some high-level involvement. Number four is horse racing. Okay. How would that song go? Clippity-clop, clippity-clop. Here come the horses.
Starting point is 00:15:56 Clippity-clop. Running reverse. They're never going to stop. It's horses. And they're racing, baby. One's falling and it's gonna be shot. The others are still going clippity-clop. The race is over.
Starting point is 00:16:10 A fat old man is a million dollars richer. I could still tell that was the same band. It was the same band. Yeah, same band. Just trying a new sound. I'll try something different for number three maybe on the top six things you should write songs about if you want to make a million dollars off the off chance New Zealand has some high level
Starting point is 00:16:25 involvement one day. Golf. Yep. This is going to be different. Okay. He's hitting the ball with the club. No, I don't know why I'm still doing the horse racing thing. It should have stopped at the horse racing thing. Hitting the ball and it's going real fast. It's going to
Starting point is 00:16:43 land up there on some nice green grass and then you've got to hit the ball into the hole. Whoa! You did it. It's in the hole. Fantastic. I'd actually rather pay you a million dollars and have heard that during the America's Cup
Starting point is 00:16:58 than Rod Stewart's song, just for pure entertainment value. Yes, yeah. Number two on the list are the top six things you should write songs about if you want to make a million dollars when Off Chance New Zealand has some high level involvement. I'm skiing.
Starting point is 00:17:10 Snow skiing. Yeah, yeah. That's quite like a well-to-do sport. Yeah. That'd be something like... Could it be a rap maybe? Yeah, okay.
Starting point is 00:17:20 I'll try a rap. Okay, here's a rap. Like an off-paste. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Off-paste. Yeah, on-paste. Yeah, on-paste. Yeah, on-paste.
Starting point is 00:17:26 Okay, it'd be like, Strapping into the skis down the hill. They're going real fast. They're gonna die if they don't do something cool. They need to jump. Oh, a spin and a flip. What's next? Oh, they're at the bottom of the hill.
Starting point is 00:17:43 Do it again. Yeah, something like that. Yeah, right. I think you've got more future in your D hill. Do it again. Yeah, something like that. Yeah, right. I think you've got more future in your Dane Rumbles cover band. Yeah, Dane Rumble. It's time to kick off Dane Rumble again. I think it's time to brush off Dane Rumble.
Starting point is 00:17:54 And number one on the list of the top six things you should write songs about if you want to make a million dollars on the Off Chance New Zealand has some high level involvement, just write it about the All Blacks. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:02 Yeah, just write about the All Blacks. Do you want to hear what... No, we can probably... Do you really think people can probably imagine it? We can probably imagine it, yeah. Just for those with a lack of imagination. They're scoring a try. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:12 Did I get it right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they're going into a rock and they're getting stomped on and they're going to have those ears that look a little bit yuck because they got... Oh, like the blood vessels got smushed in the rug. And I can't get over that our number one sex symbols have such gross ears. I'm stuck on the ears, but I can't help but look.
Starting point is 00:18:35 And every time I see one, I gotta have a look. And why wouldn't you wear headgear? Because you can't play rugby forever. But you'll always have those cauliflower ears. Freddie's a beautiful song. I couldn't imagine that opening the Rugby World Cup though, just saying. Oh, do you reckon closing it then? Closing the ceremony. Maybe.
Starting point is 00:18:53 Okay, that's great. That's today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Bakery of the Day. Well, it's time for Bakery of the Day. We do this every Friday. It's a tradition. It sure is.
Starting point is 00:19:08 We find out about you, Colin. This is a user-generated segment because without you, we could only do the bakeries in our area. But we want bakeries far and wide. We want you to call up, represent your local bakery. They don't even need to know what's happening. No, they don't have to know anything about this. Maybe you work at the bakery, that's also fine.
Starting point is 00:19:27 It is. Alright, let's get into it. Two callers now. Bakery number one. And Scott calls us. Good morning, Scott. Good morning. Good morning. Scott! Now, which bakery are you nominating, Scott?
Starting point is 00:19:43 The Oliver's Bakery in Thames. Oh, okay. Now, are you nominating, Scott? The Oliver's Bakery in Thames. Oh, okay. Now, are you a regular here or just when you're passing through? Just when I'm passing through. Okay. Now, there's an Oliver's Bakery in Whangamata as well. Is that sort of like a franchise or a different branch of Oliver's? Well-known sort of Coromandel-based bakery franchise?
Starting point is 00:20:06 I didn't even know there was one over those ways. Well, there's a treat next time you head over the hill. What's the one thing you look forward to there? Oh, the gourmet butter chicken. Oh, yes! Okay, that sounds delicious. You got me there. Oh, they haven't had a Facebook post
Starting point is 00:20:21 since 2014. I was like, they've got Valentine's treats on and I was like, oh, okay, that's a few weeks back. But I realised then I look and it's 2014 so I can't, like, look at any photos of... Right. Well, maybe they've given up on the social media. Maybe it's not for them.
Starting point is 00:20:37 Maybe they've, yeah, gone dark on social media and they just want to... So a butter chicken pie. You think the wild bean butter chicken pies are good. Well, these just need clever. Okay, okay. All right, so that's your go-to. All right, Scott.
Starting point is 00:20:50 Wait there, mate. John joins us. Good morning, John. Yeah, good morning, team. Good morning. All right, now, which bakery are you nominating for bakery of the day? Valare. Valare.
Starting point is 00:21:05 There's two of them, one in Te Amuru and one in Kihikihi. God, look at these bakeries just branching out with their multiple branches. Valare, V-O-L-A-R-E. That's it. And isn't there, there was one in Hamilton too, wasn't there? Didn't they have a bakery base in Hamilton? Yeah, I think they might do. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:21:26 I don't mean that way. What's your go-to there, John? A couple of things in the slices. A caramel slice, a very good, tasty caramel slice, full of caramel, and a peppermint slice as well. Oh, yeah, good. I've been to this bakery, Fletch. I've been to this bakery, and I can speak for everything it had.
Starting point is 00:21:45 You love it? Okay, what about the, do they do a good ginger slice, John? Because that's my go-to at a bakery. Yeah, they do do a ginger slice, but I'm a fan of the caramel one. Okay, you're more of a caramel. Now, what about the level of topping and icing and gooeyness? Is there a lot, is it thick? Yep, full of it.
Starting point is 00:22:06 I'm wondering, I've had correspondence from my sister's partner, a big fan of bakeries in the Taumuru area, and he said, do you mean Vian's Bakery, not Vilara's?
Starting point is 00:22:15 Vilara's Hamilton-based. Vian's is the Taumuru. Oh, is there some kind of... Some sort of Vian's. Sorry. Vian's is correct. He knows his bakeries. Wow.
Starting point is 00:22:26 Okay, goodness me. Right. All right. Well, I mean, I haven't been to Vianne's. I was thinking about Valare. Yeah, well, I'm probably going to side my vote today. And I do love a butter chicken pie, Scott, but I'm probably going to go with John because slices is where it's at for me.
Starting point is 00:22:41 Right. So that would be my vote if I'm being tempted into one of these two. Yeah, being a Waikato lad, I'd probably have to put my vote behind you as well, John. Even though there was the name confusion at the start, I was very excited that someone had called up to recommend Valero's because every time we drive through
Starting point is 00:22:57 between my parents and my in-laws, we'll stop it there and grab a couple of loaves of delicious bread, but we'll go with you. There we go, John. Winner there at Bakery of the Day. You can't go wrong with a caramel slice. Do they have a ginger crunch that'll make you go, huh?
Starting point is 00:23:09 Well, you just said they do, yeah. You know, but what I want to know about the ginger crunch is it makes you go a little bit puckered. You know when you eat a ginger crunch and you're a little bit like, ooh. Well, yeah, because there's lots of icing. The gingery, yeah, that gingery. All right, there we go. Bakery of the Day.
Starting point is 00:23:23 Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. So you may have, should you have attended a summer festival, or you might have seen this on Facebook, or you might have seen it on YouTube, it was the COVID alert level remix
Starting point is 00:23:37 featuring Dr. Ashley Bloomfield to promote COVID safety at festivals. Kia ora koutou. I saw, I don't think there was a single person that went to a festival that didn't post this
Starting point is 00:23:47 on their story. And that's what the idea of it, right? Yep. It was good, it was different, it grabbed the attention and,
Starting point is 00:23:55 if you'll excuse the pun, went viral. Wash and sanitise hands often. So, it is the estimates of the insights, if you're familiar with how social media insights the word.
Starting point is 00:24:08 Yeah, that's how many people view it and interact with it, share it, see it, have any... Let's unite against COVID-19. More than 46 million people saw that. Holy! So, 10 times the population of New Zealand. And so, it's come out that taxpayers money, we spent $40,000
Starting point is 00:24:28 I'm imagining an ad agency did this. Yeah. So there's probably their fee. Yeah, probably would have cost two and a half if they'd asked a student in the visual arts doing a visual arts degree to do it. Probably would have cost two and a half, but advertising agencies like to hike the price on these
Starting point is 00:24:44 things so they can go out for lunch on a Friday. And so $40,000 taxpayers' money for $46 million, which for 46 million people to view something, only $40,000 is actually really good. Yeah. A return on investment. Great. Great spending of taxpayers' money there. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:00 Yeah. And we'll probably live on. And it's still on Facebook and getting more shares and more views every day. $40,000. Money well spent? Yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM's $50,000 secret sound.
Starting point is 00:25:18 Well, Soundkeeper Al's joins us. Had a big night last night. You went out on a school night. Don't say that. There was no drinks involved. Just a late night last night. You went out on a school night. Don't say that. There was no drinks involved. Just a late one. Okay. Oh yeah, when you get up this early,
Starting point is 00:25:30 there doesn't need to be drinks involved to feel hungover. That's it. That's true. Well, ZM's $50,000 secret sound is thanks to Star Streaming now on Disney+. More comedy, more drama, more action.
Starting point is 00:25:40 You can learn more at disneyplus.com. $50,000 is the jackpot. It must be won. Angelina, good morning. Oh, my God. I'm actually on. Good morning. You've done it, Angelina.
Starting point is 00:25:53 You've made it through. Oh, wow. Okay. I've been playing this for over a week now. It's been doing my head in. Wait, so have you only been playing for a week? Yeah. Wow, because you know this...
Starting point is 00:26:05 It was my son that actually was like, Mum, Mum, you should actually just guess. Just look at the clues and just make it. Wow, that's going to really annoy someone if you win and they've been trying for like the last five weeks. Yeah, people get very passionate about this. They do.
Starting point is 00:26:20 Alright, so Angelina, this is the secret sound. Which you'll be familiar with. We're all familiar with that staticky sound. What is it? Well, you get $50,000 if you can tell us what it is now. Okay, so my guess is manually spraying an aerosol can. And, you know, like, say, a spray paint can or, like, a hairspray can. Like, you actually manually just get initial spray.
Starting point is 00:26:50 Did you see a spray can or aerosol can in the video, the Clue video? Yep, I did. I actually took a screenshot of it, and it was in the initial, like, as the video actually started. It was up on the shelf. So an aerosol can. Yeah. That makes complete sense. Like, get the mic right up close to the nozzle and spray.
Starting point is 00:27:16 Yeah. I actually took a recording of it at home. And does it sound... And then it extended down. The only thing that I could possibly think of was putting the cap back on so that clip... Oh. So putting the clip...
Starting point is 00:27:32 Yeah, putting the cap back on. It's a spray cap. Yeah. So that's like clicking the cap back. Yeah, right. Okay, I like this. I didn't mean playing a week, but this is a very detailed thought process.
Starting point is 00:27:46 And it works in, does it work in with the clues? So with the clues, like, so the one clue that initially got me was the doll face one. Because when you paused it right on that time in the background,
Starting point is 00:28:02 she had a dresser that had a whole lot of hair products on it and then one of them was a can, a spray can. Okay. And it was blue and then the next clue
Starting point is 00:28:12 was the sapphire from the Titanic. So I just linked the blue to the blue can. Okay. And then with the dude in the, was it the Skypilot one?
Starting point is 00:28:25 He was a police officer and I just linked super spray. Okay, so you have thought about this. You have thought about this. How far into this like week-long investigation was your son like, I wish I had not suggested this. My mother has gone deep. Like I said, it's been really doing, I've looked at all the clues and I've tried to link every single one
Starting point is 00:28:45 and I've looked at the inside of Sam and everyone's been on some other track. So I don't know. And I've seen that there's been a couple of similar guesses, but not exactly this one. So I just wanted to point that out. Angelina. Yeah, it's time.
Starting point is 00:29:01 $50,000. Yeah. You've done a heck of amount of research. That's not the secret sound, mate. It's all good. And, Jelena, back to the drawing board. Do you have other guesses that you can continue playing with, or is it back to, like, square one?
Starting point is 00:29:23 No, that was my guess that I was on. So I wanted to go back to that. Actually, that makes me feel so much better. At least you know. It's a weight off your shoulders. The pass has been ripped off. Angelina, $100 for an incorrect guess. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast, ZM.
Starting point is 00:29:42 Video is going around, and I've seen a few videos like this, mostly out of America, where the average internet crusader knows better than the medical professionals. And places are opening more for business as the vaccine rolls out, but still masks are asked to be worn in public spaces, retail, anywhere you're going, cafes, et cetera. I think some states drop the mandatory requirements. Yep.
Starting point is 00:30:10 They're like, oh, we're fine now. Yeah, which is not the case. No. But video has gone around of a woman who is working at a coffee shop, quitting on the spot after somebody refuses to wear a mask and her manager won't... Do anything.
Starting point is 00:30:23 Do anything to make them put on a mask even though the woman has a mask because in this video later on there is a mask and she's like yeah happy now
Starting point is 00:30:31 I'm wearing a mask but this girl had quit in the meantime so she just there's a video of her just saying you're not making people wear masks
Starting point is 00:30:38 she's like I feel so unsafe even though she's wearing a mask she said I just want everybody to wear masks it's an easy thing to do
Starting point is 00:30:44 well and you'd imagine the workplace isn't making it safe for her, so she'd probably sue them. Yeah, well, good old America, right? And it's videoed, so they've got the proof. Yeah. But, yeah, she quits on the spot just with no mask. I love a good story about a quit on the spot. I love a quit. It's not a, I've had enough, I'm going to find a new job, I'm going to give this weeks of job searching, find the right job and then go.
Starting point is 00:31:05 Yeah. It's, I've had enough, I'm leaving right now. new job. I'm going to give this weeks of job searching, find the right job and then go. Yeah. It's I've had enough. I'm leaving right now. This is where I leave. I love that. It's brave. I think it's brave. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:31:13 I mean, it might be a bit hot. Some people might say it's hot headed. In spur of the moment. And probably something you're more likely to be able to do working at a cafe versus like in the middle of your high court proceedings as a judge or a lawyer. Well, yeah, if you're in the middle of your high court proceedings as a judge or a lawyer. Well, yeah, if you're in the middle of it, like your career. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:31:29 But then maybe people have, I don't know, I'd love to talk about this because I just think it's like, it's ballsy just to be like, I quit here and now and you walk off the job or you're like at the end of the day and you don't come back. Yeah. You just quit on the spot. Very intense.
Starting point is 00:31:44 Is there anybody listening who just quit on the spot very is it is there anybody listening who's quit on the spot the more the i won't lie to you the more dramatic the better like if things were thrown over spilled yeah um yeah just a dramatic quitting on the spot and leaving immediately love it when have you quit on the spot when have you been like that's it i'm out quite a video online going around of a woman just quitting judo the customer's not taking the Love it. When have you quit on the spot? When have you been like, that's it, I'm out? Quite a video online going around of a woman just quitting due to the customers not taking the company's mask requirements seriously. Yeah, in America. Yeah, which you can understand.
Starting point is 00:32:14 By the way, still, COVID's just absolutely rocking through. Yeah. Anonymous, you quit on the spot. I did, I did. Now, what kind of job were you doing where you were just like, see you later? Well, I was riding racehorses, actually. And, yeah, I was breaking a few
Starting point is 00:32:32 horses in. So, it's a bit of tough work, tough on the body. And... Okay, carry on. Sorry. No, I was going to say, you know, I had a really, really tough morning and I sat down for a bit of a break because I was sweating and couldn't really breathe.
Starting point is 00:32:49 And anyway, my boss come over and told me that I can't sit down and catch my breath. So I, yeah, told him to shove it and threw the bridle at him, and I left. There were six more horses still to work. Oh, yeah, now that'll show him. Old mates, get a bridle in the eye or the face.
Starting point is 00:33:06 Yeah, I didn't aim for the head, but it was in his direction. Right. And then that was it? He didn't try to, like, lure you back? Or he just...
Starting point is 00:33:15 Oh, he did. Yeah, no, he did, but I turned my phone off. Yeah, no, good. You got to stick to these brash decisions. Thank you, Anonymous. Brunner.
Starting point is 00:33:24 Is it Brunner or Brunner? Brunner. Brun, Anonymous. Brunner. Is it Brunner or Brunner? Brunner. Brunner. No. Brunner. Brunner. Yeah, Brunner. Many apologies, Brunner.
Starting point is 00:33:32 What's happened here is you've talked to the producers about your name. B-R-U-N-N-A. I was like, Brunner. No, it's not the first time. It's okay. Brunner. I apologize, Brunner.
Starting point is 00:33:44 Now, this is your boyfriend that quit on the spot yes it is so basically he had just gotten his um visa again he was on interim for a while so he wasn't working yeah and he um finally was able to work again but i got really sick so we both got covid tested so we were at home. He got pulled into work, and he said no, because he's in, you know, isolation, quarantine. And his boss said, enjoy your
Starting point is 00:34:13 extended, glorified holiday. You don't even seem that sick. This was a problem, eh? Good on him. This was a problem during the COVID thing. You'd hear about people whose bosses were like, will you just come in? It's like, you don't quite understand that.
Starting point is 00:34:30 No, yeah. If I am sick with it, you're going to be like enemy number one. Yeah. Exactly, exactly. So, no, I'm happy that he didn't go in, but yeah, it wasn't the first time that he said something like this either. Like, he he said a lot of rude things to him
Starting point is 00:34:46 and I think this was also just like the tipping point so yeah he just quit effective immediately yeah good on him okay Brenna thanks for your call some text messages in
Starting point is 00:34:54 um a mate was a work mate was having a large large a large loud argument large loud argument
Starting point is 00:35:03 a large loud argument a large loud argument it's time for warm up vocals vocal exercises large loud argument. Large, loud argument. A large, loud argument. A large, loud argument. It's time for warm-up. Vocal exercises. Large, loud argument with the boss about where the doors get stacked. We were working in joinery. Yeah. And the boss wasn't compromising at all.
Starting point is 00:35:16 He said, I've had enough. And grabbed all his stuff on the way out and said, I'm off. I'm out. And just left in the middle of the work day. I quit when a stacked pile of hundreds of pies fell over. I tried to go through and put the orders back in the individual trays, but it was far too much to do. So I just took the truck back to the yard and quit.
Starting point is 00:35:38 So this is like when they say a pile of pies, it's a truckload of pies. It's a truckload of pies. It wasn't just like six pies on the way to their warmer I get that you just had enough I'm out I quit yeah
Starting point is 00:35:49 um somebody said I was working as a waitress at a restaurant in Ireland and the boss started shouting at me for something I hadn't even done
Starting point is 00:35:57 um so I quit and walked out it was quite dramatic because it was like in front of a restaurant full of people too so there was a good crowd there I would have walked out and yelled
Starting point is 00:36:05 at the same time, the whole time. And taken a couple of mints before I left. I would have taken a whole bowl. Handful of mints. Yeah, and some toothpicks. And I'd be like, I'm out. There's a sleep story out and when you work our hours, you're always drawn to a sleep
Starting point is 00:36:24 story. Anyone up at this time of the morning. Anyone up and at it. Maybe you've been at work for a couple of hours or maybe you've had a late night and an early start and getting kids ready for whatever. As executive intern, aren't you yawns? Do you think that yawn was because we were talking about sleep so it made you think about it?
Starting point is 00:36:40 And now we're talking about yawns. You've just yawned. I'm imagining hearing the word yawn is causing a whole lot of people listening to yawn I have not yet yawned I'm saying yawn so much that I'm hoping to like trick my brain
Starting point is 00:36:50 into not yawning you did it again I just made you yawn you double yawned because it is it's contagious isn't it yeah if you've got empathy right
Starting point is 00:36:57 wasn't that the thing if you can yawn in the face of somebody and they don't yawn they're a sociopath and you haven't so you're the sociopath here oh my god
Starting point is 00:37:04 I am so this story about sleep is that what you should They're a sociopath. And you haven't, so you're the sociopath here. I am. So this story about sleep is that what you should watch before bed, a US study asked 200 people to use sleep trackers for two weeks to record their sleep patterns. You're going to yawn again. I'm really tired. So watching TV, listening to a podcast, listening to music or having no technical
Starting point is 00:37:27 engagement for two hours before sleeping. Because that's what people will say if they listen to our podcast. They're like, I use it to go to sleep. And you're like, that's great. I mean, I'm glad you're listening. That's fantastic. But is this a compliment? It's not like we're an ASMR podcast. No, we're not like, hello and welcome to the podcast.
Starting point is 00:37:43 Now I want you to focus on your breathing slow and deep. That just sounded creepy. I'm a sociopath. So then they tracked people. Now, this is the interesting thing. The people that they tracked who watched TV before bed from those
Starting point is 00:38:02 four categories. Within that, they even had more breakdown within that because they found out what they were watching. And they were asked to sleep for nine hours from a specific time. Nine hours would be nice. If you watched reality, wouldn't that
Starting point is 00:38:18 be a dream? I just don't even know if I could. Reality TV before bed, they slept on average 32 minutes longer than those who watched romance films and rom-coms. And people who watched horrors or thrillers
Starting point is 00:38:31 slept the most. Trying to sleep nine hours, they slept seven hours, 50 minutes. Although it did take them a little bit longer to fall asleep, but once they fell asleep,
Starting point is 00:38:40 they lasted longer. Do you think it's because they'd gone on an emotional rollercoaster? Like heightened, they were so heightened by the thriller and the horror. The adrenaline had pumped They lasted longer. Do you think it's because they'd gone on an emotional roller coaster? They were so heightened by the thriller and the horror. The adrenaline had pumped and so it was there, but when it disappeared, they stinked better.
Starting point is 00:38:52 Maybe. Wow. So watch a horror or a thriller before bed for a bit of sleep. You wouldn't think that would be the right way around. And I don't think that works for everybody. There'll be people who watch those and then they're literally awake all night. Yeah. I was a part of Tom Sainsbury's show last night at the Auckland Arts Festival,
Starting point is 00:39:09 and he said, oh, you've got an Apple Watch. I said, yes. And he's like, I've got one too. And we had this big brainy moment about how we're both wearing Apple Watches. But then he's like, do you monitor your sleep? I said, no, that's when I charge mine. Yeah, because I always charge mine overnight too.
Starting point is 00:39:22 And people always say, because I've got a friend who's got a Fitbit, and he's always like, oh, my God, look at my sleep. And I'm like. Must be nice. Must be nice. A wearable. A wearable.
Starting point is 00:39:32 Well, that's what I charge mine, right? But he said, because he said, I didn't think I was getting enough sleep. So I've been using it to monitor my sleep. Yeah. And he said, you're supposed to get 25% of your sleep. It's supposed to be deep sleep. And deep sleep is where the body regenerates, heals, recharges. Yeah, because if you ever get woken up during a deep sleep, that's when it's horrible.
Starting point is 00:39:52 It's jolting. Yeah. Wildly jolting. So he said he's rocking at about 2.5% of his sleep is deep sleep. He said he's getting sleep enough. The hours are there. But not deep. But not the deep sleep.
Starting point is 00:40:04 Does he need earplugs maybe? Is he hearing noise or something? I don't know. Not enough to wake him up maybe, but enough to stop him falling into a deep sleep. Although who knows what's happening in his mind, eh? It'd be a busy place. I'm a very funny man.
Starting point is 00:40:17 It could be a very, very busy place. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Drax Project, brand new. It's called Over It. Yeah, and I'm looking them right in the face right now, two lads from the Drax Project mansion. Actually, just Drax Project. Know that.
Starting point is 00:40:32 Thank you. Know that. Very early for you guys. Thank you. Yeah. Any time, really, except, wow. Any time except any earlier than now. I just always think I need to apologise to comedians and musicians
Starting point is 00:40:47 for coming in this early. Yeah, you probably do. Yeah. Not sports stars though. No. Because they should be out going to the gym and such. Yeah. Because they're professional athletes.
Starting point is 00:40:56 Doing real work. They should be out. Full eight hours by now and be into their second gym workout and fourth protein shake of the day. You guys are sick of answering this, but what time do you get up? 4.30. Oh, no way. What?
Starting point is 00:41:10 Horrible, isn't it? A little bit earlier because I've got travel. So you guys have been going around a bit with 660? Yeah. How's that been over summer? Amazing. After having no gigs last year, really, doing these massive shows, 20,000 at least every time,
Starting point is 00:41:27 we're so grateful to them because even if the four, so they did six shows, we opened for four of them. But on all of them, they got us up to do Catching Feelings together. So we jumped up in their set and did that. So was that your favorite one where you just got to go along and do one song? And eat all the food. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly, yeah. Without actually having to like exert yourself too much. Exactly, yeah. Without actually having to exert yourself too much.
Starting point is 00:41:46 Exactly, yeah. No, it was awesome. It was that the catering was good. Was it? Yeah. So if 660 reached the level where their writers and their catering are good. No, the catering for all the Eccles shows are always good. Oh, really?
Starting point is 00:41:59 Eccles knows a thing or two about catering. They do. Talk me through it. You've hit my passion for their food. They had some 48-hour braised beef or something. Oh, my gosh. Cooking for ages. Cooking for weeks.
Starting point is 00:42:11 Wow. Yeah. 48 years. It was disgusting. It was moldy, but, God, it was tender. It was delicious. And it was during one of these shows that everyone, I mean, it was weird.
Starting point is 00:42:24 I know Sol and me were in the middle of a show in Christchurch. Yeah. We were like, weddings happening and you guys were at the gig on the Saturday night
Starting point is 00:42:30 where at nine o'clock we all got told six o'clock the next morning it was Level 3 in Auckland again. Six, six, six, he was still on stage. This was in Hamilton.
Starting point is 00:42:38 In Hamilton and we knew because we finished our set and we were in the green room waiting to come up to do catching with them and then everyone's phone's been off. Yeah. So they don't know they're on stage playing and we were in the green room waiting to come up to do catching with them and then everyone's phones been off
Starting point is 00:42:46 so they don't know they're on stage playing and we got jumped off the stage and play catching with them and we're not gonna stop everyone in the crowd knows they're about
Starting point is 00:42:52 to go to lockdown 660 don't know like and then people I saw videos of people leaving as soon as they got the alerts terrible timing
Starting point is 00:43:02 but at the same time so lucky to even get to do the gig same with the Wellington gig which was like 30, but at the same time, so lucky to even get to do the gig. Same with the Wellington gig, which was like 30,000. Yeah, the images have gone all over the world of the shows. It's just some incredible, people are like, what? No masks? Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:43:16 They will put up a video of us playing to some people, and then there's so many people like, why aren't you social distancing? People from overseas are like, what is going on? You're all idiots. It's like, well. Yeah. We've got actually
Starting point is 00:43:26 zero community cases. And then all the Kiwis just jump in and rush them. Yeah, yeah. That's actually true, right? Yeah. It's just Kiwis all high and mighty.
Starting point is 00:43:34 Yeah, yeah. We don't have COVID. Yeah. Yeah. So what is over and about the new song? Is it about COVID alerts during concerts?
Starting point is 00:43:41 Level changes, not being able to travel. Yeah. Over the early mornings as well. Yeah. Nah, it's about... The lyric is, If you're over it,
Starting point is 00:43:52 why'd you let me take you home? If you're over it. If you're over it. Why'd you stay until the morning? It's kind of like... It's like, I don't know. You had this thing and it's over, but... They say it's over.
Starting point is 00:44:05 They're saying, no, we're done. But they keep coming back and hit you with that text or like, hey, what are you doing? But you're like, if you're over it, why did you? But also you don't, you're not a fan of this. Maybe you're not mad about it. But maybe you're not that mad about it. Yeah, because you think if there's a little spark there,
Starting point is 00:44:21 it could be rekindled into the roaring fire it once was. Roaring flame. Furnace, yeah. Personal experience. Everyone's probably had that, right? Song, right? Just a little bit of fantasy. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:44:32 Right. Nah. That's music, really. Not my personal experience. Writing songs about stuff we've never done, like walk on the moon and jet rides and space and stuff. Exactly. So what's next then? What do you guys,
Starting point is 00:44:46 what's on the calendar for like the next month? Yeah, I think it'll be shows soon. Yeah. We're just sorting all that stuff out at the moment.
Starting point is 00:44:53 Heaps more Mew music. Mew music. Yeah. Wow. Heaps of music. Mew music. Yeah. Okay, yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:00 We've got bangers and this one, we've just been excited for a while about. Yeah. Exciting stuff. All right, well, thanks for coming in, lads. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:45:09 Thanks, fellas. Well, considering the last year we've all put in the hard yards, the hard work, we've been pretty lucky. We've been able to go to concerts. We've been able to enjoy New Year's and summer. We've had a lot of freedom. We've been able to go on concerts. We've been able to enjoy New Year's and summer. We've had a lot of freedom. We've been able to go on dates. I was talking to somebody yesterday about the
Starting point is 00:45:29 Lion King coming to town. The cast of the Lion King have been approved to come and there was a lot of people saying, well, that's not fair because I wanted to come home to New Zealand for three months to the day and leave so I don't have to pay MIQ. But then you think about, and I thought this was a really good point,
Starting point is 00:45:45 people who have been in New Zealand the whole time, been working, haven't travelled overseas, they need some, like, a bit of entertainment, some reward, a little bit of culture. And the Lion King musical is world-renowned as being absolutely fantastic. And why shouldn't New Zealanders have that opportunity for entertainment? It's going to give us like 100 jobs.
Starting point is 00:46:06 But I mean, I know families are split up. And they haven't seen loved ones for a year. It's horrible. Well, in America, much the same. They've been locked in their houses for a year. And Tinder have recognised this because they have noticed that people just aren't dating as much in real life. Like they might be matching but they're obviously not meeting. They might be
Starting point is 00:46:28 matching and talking on Zoom until they can meet in real life. 40 as of the end of last year, 40% of Tinder users under the age of 30 had not met a match in person. Wow. And they say Do they have actual like, because that's like a percentage,
Starting point is 00:46:46 do they have actual numbers of how much? No, they don't. Because that would be huge. Hearing it as a percentage is one thing, but the actual numbers would be massive. Oh, yeah, when you think of all the people in America on Tinder, they say most of Gen Z have been stuck at home with their parents, 52% to be precise,
Starting point is 00:47:01 which means their social lives have basically been put on hold because they're locked up with mum and dad and they're not able to meet. So starting tomorrow in the US, Tinder will be giving out vouchers so you can match with somebody and then you both get a COVID test, an at-home COVID test. And then you send it away and you're both neggy. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:47:20 And then you can meet and have a date. What if you're posi? Well, then maybe stay at home. So they'll send you a test. A home collection kit. It's backed by the FDA so it's a legit test. Do you get the other person's results?
Starting point is 00:47:36 I don't know actually. I would know the other person's results because what if they were like photos and they were like really hot for it but they're posi and you're neggy and they're like, I'm neggy too and then they they're posse. And you're neggy. And they're like, oh yeah, I'm neggy too.
Starting point is 00:47:47 And then they make you posse. You just wait a couple of weeks, right? And then you'd meet them. Yeah. After it's all out of the system. If they're worth it, totally. But yeah, that's happening at the moment in the US. Wow. And I know they've just released a new feature as well,
Starting point is 00:48:00 background checks. We talked about this briefly yesterday. You've got to pay for it. But you do have to pay, which was weird. But you'd pay, wouldn't you? Well, it's better than getting. You've got to pay for it. But you do have to pay, which was weird. But, you'd pay, wouldn't you? Well, it's better than getting your... Your parents will pay for you,
Starting point is 00:48:09 by the way. If you've got a father, he will happily pay to have a background check. He would do that. Yeah, this is your future, paying for background checks. Oh, I know.
Starting point is 00:48:16 We'll pay for every background check just to be sure. Just to absolutely know. Well, it's better than asking your friend who's a cop to do it because they get in trouble, don't they?
Starting point is 00:48:24 Apparently, you're not allowed to just search random people in the police database anymore. Ugh! PC madness! Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast. ZM. ZM's $50,000 secret sound. The secret sound is...
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Starting point is 00:48:58 Ever since WandaVision finished, I've been itching for more MCU. And tonight I get some. Don't say that. Have you cleared the schedule tonight? Yep My thriving Friday night social I told you what I'm looking forward to doing on my Friday And you were like, oh what? And I was like, oh I'm going to mow the lawns
Starting point is 00:49:20 And you were just like, stop talking Roll my eyes, yeah Alright, joining us this morning With a shot at $50,000. Kelly, hello. Hello. All right, so you've managed to get through. It's the hardest bit.
Starting point is 00:49:32 And now that you're here, you need to tell us what this sound is to win $50,000 as she clears her throat. She's ready. Stretch it out, Kelly. What is it? I think it's a belt pack transmitter that's connected to a wireless microphone that's been dropped on the ground.
Starting point is 00:49:51 That is very specific. That's very specific. Now, this is something that a Britney would wear or a performer on stage. Like, they wear a little, they tuck it into their pants or they wear a belt. Yep. And they have the headpiece, microphone,
Starting point is 00:50:04 and that transmits back to a unit side of stage. Yeah, if you're out and you want to have fun pretending you're doing that, you can stick a straw in your hat or behind your ear and twist the bendy straw at the end there. But I prefer a compostable straw because I'm woke for the environment. For the environment. Pro turtle. Was there, Kelly Woods, did you see one of these belt pack transmitters
Starting point is 00:50:24 with wireless mic in the video? Well, she is wearing one in the actual video. Wow. Okay. So you think it could be that? How does that work with the clothes that we've given? Yeah. I think with the clothes and stuff,
Starting point is 00:50:38 I think they all kind of talk about weddings. Okay. Like each clue is kind of, I think it's like referred to weddings and stuff and obviously need microphones, you need to have wireless microphones at weddings for the speeches. True, true.
Starting point is 00:50:53 Okay. Is this your first, have you had this guess from the start? Is this your first guess? I've had this guess from the start, but I thought it was called something else. Okay. Right. Well, wait, what did I thought it was called something else. Okay. Right, well...
Starting point is 00:51:05 Wait, what did you think it was called? I thought it was called a PA system. Oh, right, okay. And we've had that guess. It's not a PA system. So are you like a sound engineer or are you just very invested in research? I'm just
Starting point is 00:51:22 convinced that's what it is. I rang the sound shop. What? You rang the sound shop? You is. I rang the sound shop. What? You rang the sound shop? You rang a who? The sound shop? Yeah. What, like rock shop or what is it?
Starting point is 00:51:33 No, I rang just our local audio shop. Right, Kelly, how did that conversation go? Hello, I'll be, I'll be, hello, audio shop. I was kind of just making out like I had dropped my wireless mic. What? So you wanted to know what it was called. You had one. You dropped it, but you didn't know what it was called.
Starting point is 00:51:56 Yeah. You should have just literally said, I think this could be the answer to a radio competition. And he would have been, ah. But he was already, yeah, yeah. Okay. All right, well, let's see if was already, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, let's see if it was worth it.
Starting point is 00:52:08 Sorry. Yeah. Was it worth it, Kelly? Wow. That's the most thorough research ever. Kelly. That's not the secret sound. Hey.
Starting point is 00:52:23 Oh, Kelly. Bring back the sound shop. Tell them they were wrong. Kelly, we've got $100 for an incorrect guess. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Friday Flashback. And it's a Friday tradition. It's got to be a song that's at least 10 years old.
Starting point is 00:52:43 It's got to be a banger. Not a problem. 1995, I incorrectly said 1992 earlier in the show. 1995, this song came out. Soundkeeper Owls, were you born at this stage? No. Mountain. 2000.
Starting point is 00:52:55 Mountain's birth year. Is it? Okay. So you're 2000. Yeah. I'm 20. So this was five years before you were born. You might be thinking to yourself,
Starting point is 00:53:06 how did this do in the New Zealand charts, Vaughn? This is where Vaughn says, disappointingly. 44. Yeah. It peaked at 44. However, number one on the US Hot Dance Club play. And it got to number six in the overall Billboard 100. Okay.
Starting point is 00:53:22 Number one in Sweden. Number one in Europe as a whole. The Canadian dance single's number one. Say what you want about Sweden, but they know a club banger. They do. Australia got to number two. You might think, what was number one in New Zealand at the time that this was released? Cotton Eye Joe by Rednecks was number one.
Starting point is 00:53:38 Goodness. So let's not scoff at other countries for having this as their number one when that was our number one at the time. Okay. Okay, so this band is German-American. Have you seen it? I've just seen it be inserted into the loft.
Starting point is 00:53:54 It is their second single from their album Sweet Dreams. Do you know this song, Soundkeeper Else? I'm looking at it. But that's the thing. You won't know. You might not know the name of it or the name of the band, but when you hear the song, you'll definitely know the song. I want a boogie. It's quite infectious. It's very infectious.
Starting point is 00:54:09 I would say it's infectious, yeah. Where are they from? Did you say German? German-American. Oh, okay. German-American Eurodance Group. Okay. Okay? The album was Sweet Dreams. The year was 1995. The band is La Bouche and the song is Be My Lover.
Starting point is 00:54:26 Yes, Executive Internadio is ready for this. All right, it's your Friday flashback on ZM. Oh, my lover. Looking back on all the time we spent together. You ought to know by now. You want to be my lover. I want to be my lover. Go ahead and take your time.
Starting point is 00:55:02 Boy, you got to be secure. Before I make you mine. Baby, you have to be sure. You want to be my lover. I want to be my lover. Take your time. La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, yes, I wanna be your lover. Take a chance, my lover's like no other. On the dance floor, getting down. Hold tight, I'll never let you down. My love's definitely the key. Like what you've been, I'm on bend and beat. Loving you, not like your brother. Oh yeah, wanna be your lover.
Starting point is 00:56:18 I hear what you say, I see what you do. I know everything I need to know about you. And I want you to know that it's telling me You're gonna be my lover La-la-la-dee-da-da-da-da La-la-la-dee-da-da-da-da La-la-la-dee-da-da-da-da-dee-da La-la-dee-da-da-da-da-da Ah-ha-hey-hey Wanna be my lover
Starting point is 00:57:12 I'll be my lover I know you wanna be my lover I know you wanna be my lover I know you wanna be mine Na-na-na-dee-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-dee-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-dee-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-dee-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-dee-na-na-na-na
Starting point is 00:57:44 Na-na-na-dee-na-na-na-na Bye. I wanna be my lover I wanna be my lover I wanna be my lover And it's your Friday flashback. On to them, La Bouche. La Bouche. Be My Lover. I mean, it only made it to number 45, 44 in New Zealand in 1995. But I tell you what, elsewhere around the world, it was top five song.
Starting point is 00:58:26 Absolutely. Ripper. Do you know what? That was catchy. So catchy, right? It was infectious. You couldn't help but move. And I feel like the BPM through the roof.
Starting point is 00:58:36 Oh, absolutely. We were in the middle of a grunge revolution when that song hit the ground. Yeah, you're not wrong. Because Silverchair was number one in New Zealand just before that got released. I was looking at songs that were like number one at the time in New Zealand. Yeah, it was a big rock and grunge. And so for a track like that to
Starting point is 00:58:53 make it through. What's the feedback? What are people saying? Pretty good. Pretty good. I feel energised and ready to go for Friday. Someone said, you know it's an across the board banger when the bearded tradie in the ute in front of me is throwing his hands up. Yes.
Starting point is 00:59:09 And dancing. Good. Someone had a jazzercise flashback. Now, that's right, because that was an absolute jazzercise anthem. Yeah, we were just pretending to be on little trampolines, jazzercise trampolines. You remember those were big, too, in the 90s. Huge, because of the low impact on your knees.
Starting point is 00:59:21 Mums always had a trampoline, yeah. They were very worried about their knees, mums, and rightly so. They probably very worried about their knees, mums. And rightly so. They've probably had knee replacements by now. I had two screaming children in the car until the song came on. It's quietened them. Whether it be confusion on it, I'm not sure.
Starting point is 00:59:33 But a quietened child is... Again, it's beats per minute confuses a child, don't they? Yeah, they really will throw a child out. Someone said this used to go off in flesh in Wellington. Okay, right, yeah. So that's... I've done a little bit of research. That seems to be a gay club at the time. Yeah, right, okay. And I can totally see why. Okay, right, yeah. So that's, I've done a little bit of research. That seems to be a gay club
Starting point is 00:59:45 at the time. Yeah, right, okay. And I can totally see why. Yeah, Beats Per Minute. Beats Per Minute has always been key to a homosexual anthem. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:59:54 Yeah, lots of great feedback. Couple of people said they've never heard this song before. That's on them. That's not on me or you. I don't want anyone feeling bad about that apart from those people.
Starting point is 01:00:03 Coffee Cart, rocking it this morning. A Les Mills Body Attack classic. about that. Yeah. Apart from those people. Coffee Cart, rocking it this morning. A Les Mills body attack classic. It is. Yeah, you're right. Yeah. Imagine doing that in a class. Someone said, I woke up grumpy, but that's really hit the spot.
Starting point is 01:00:13 Good. You're welcome. That's good. I'm pleased. Some stats come to us now from Australia, across the ditch, about last names in marriage. And this is quite interesting. We wanted to talk about this. I'm married.
Starting point is 01:00:27 You are married. And my wife took my last name. But 80% of women who get married continue to take their husband's surname in the marriage. Now, apparently, pre-1970s, it wasn't the done thing. If there was a divorce or a separation, you could go back to your maiden name, but keeping it very little.
Starting point is 01:00:45 Nobody kept their last name as a female. No. You always went with the, okay, so 20% still quiet. I thought it might have been more kept their last name. Yeah. I mean, I know when, say there's a celebrity, they always keep their name. Yeah, because they're a brand, right? Yeah, because you know.
Starting point is 01:01:02 Or famous people do change their name. And that confuses me. Their stage name remains their name? Yeah, because you know, yeah. Or famous people do change their name. And that confuses me. Their stage name remains their name. Yeah, that's true. So on paper, on passport, official documentation, they have changed their name, but their stage name remains pre-marriage. The same.
Starting point is 01:01:16 Yeah. So 20%? Because there would be the odd name where you're like, I'm not. I don't want that. I don't want that name. I love the person. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:01:24 I don't love the name. I don't like that name. How was your wife? I mean, you've got one of the most common surnames in the world, Smith. Yes, but we've both got unusual first names, so unusual first name teamed up with a very common last name. It's a work. Born and Shoddy Smith. It works. Like it rolls.
Starting point is 01:01:39 Yeah. It rolls well. BNS. So she had two family names. One was always confused people because her dad's Thai. So his last name was Tana Tarikit. And I personally wanted to be born Tana Tarikit. I've talked about it on the show before. I would love to say Fletch and born Tana Tarikit. Tana.
Starting point is 01:01:59 Tana. Tana Tarikit. Tana Tarikit. You've got to dull the tongue. Tana Tarikit. Tana Tarikit. And Megan with Hayley Sproul at the moment. I think thatikit. You've got to delve a tongue into Tana Tarikit. Tana Tarikit. And Megan, with Hayley Sproul
Starting point is 01:02:06 at the moment. I think that would be great for me to say. It would just be eight more syllables to add to it. To add to the whole thing. Exactly.
Starting point is 01:02:13 And I've just learnt to spell it and how to say it properly and then she ditched it. Yeah. So yeah, she took on Smith and I think it's just
Starting point is 01:02:20 easier to spell. Executive intern Anya, your boyfriend, is he Dutch? Is that? Yep. Yeah, so his last name is Sluys. Yes, so it is S-L-U-Y-S. Sluys.
Starting point is 01:02:32 Now, if he proposes to you and you go down this. When he proposes to you, not this. Oh, get out of it. Are you happy with his last name? I am very happy with his last name for him to have it, but I would like to keep my name. Are you allowed? Now, what's the deal with that?
Starting point is 01:02:52 Can you still have the same last names and be married? Obviously, yes, but how many people do that, do you reckon? Do you know of anyone? Oh, of women that keep their name. Yeah, but then the other guy, doesn't the other guy go with her name? No. No, no, no. No, doesn't the other guy go with her name? No. No, no, no. No, no, no.
Starting point is 01:03:07 You just keep your names. I don't have the stats on how many guys change their names in marriages, but it would be few. Yeah. I've heard the hyphen. People will hyphen the names. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:03:19 But then who goes first? And also, like, my last name is Henbest. His last name is Sluice. Our poor future children having to spell that on thevest, his last name is Sluice. Our poor future children having to spell that on the phone. What a nightmare. Sluicevest. Or Hen Sluice. Yeah. Senvest.
Starting point is 01:03:34 Yeah, Senvest. Okay. But then what about your kids? Yeah, that's what I mean. We hyphenated it, Henvest Sluice. Yeah. That poor child having to spell out all those letters. Right. Yeah, so maybe we'll just make up a name.by Slows. Yeah. That poor child having to spell out all those letters. Right. Yeah. So maybe we'll just make up a name. People do that.
Starting point is 01:03:49 Smith. Yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah, I guess you could, right? You just deed poll your name when you get married to whatever name you choose. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know.
Starting point is 01:03:57 I don't think anybody would do that. Are family names that much anymore? Well, yeah, because some people want their name to continue, right? Yeah. So you ditching the name might cause a family issue. Well, insulting to people, but like, what are you, royal bloodline? Like, I can understand that, but otherwise, don't worry about it. It's just a name. Yeah, that is weird.
Starting point is 01:04:15 But I thought, could we take some calls this morning? Did you keep your name when you got married? Asking the females this morning. Or the males, maybe your new wife wanted to keep her name. And why? Because maybe her name, you didn't like it. We don't have a problem with it at all. But this article that was written,
Starting point is 01:04:34 woman told their stories as to why they didn't change it. And there was some really cool stories in there, some fascinating stories. So 0800DARLSATM, give us a text if you can't get through, 9696. Did you keep your last name when you got married and why? We are talking about why you kept your name when you got married. Your last name, yeah. Fascinating stories in an article about why a woman chose to keep their last name.
Starting point is 01:04:58 And a variety of reasons too. And heck, this might, if you're currently in the throes of this with your partner, this might help them understand. 20% of Australian women in this survey or in this research have kept their last name. Yeah. Not taking the man's. I honestly thought it would have been more. It's not a big deal these days.
Starting point is 01:05:18 Somebody messaged in and they were married for five years. They took their husband's name and then they changed it back. Oh. And everyone thought they were divorced, but they weren't. They just... That sounds like so much admin for passports. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:05:30 Do you reckon they did it like that? Do you think because they hadn't changed all their passports to their new married name and they were like, oh, it's probably just easy to go back to my old name. Uh-huh. I don't know.
Starting point is 01:05:41 Yeah. A lot of life admin. Ash has called in. Ash, did you take your partner's name? Or did they take yours? No, so when we get married, we're getting married in 23. Her name's Victoria and my last name's Vale. So I've asked if she can take my name so then she can be Vicky Vale
Starting point is 01:06:00 and I'll be a step closer to being Batman. Oh, yeah, hot play there. Vicky Vale, the romantic interest there, the reporter. Of Bruce Wayne, well not the Batman, but close enough for me. You get to do the fun part of being Batman, not so much getting beaten up
Starting point is 01:06:15 and people trying to kill you, you get to live the billionaire lifestyle. Yeah, how does she feel about that Ash? Exactly. Well, I just sort of got to roll her eyes. She doesn't really care but it was pretty big for me. She's just rolled her eyes is pretty much how whenever anybody asks me what was Sade's reaction to anything, I'm like, hold on, I'll check. She's rolling her eyes.
Starting point is 01:06:35 Brilliant, Ash. Thanks for your call. Yo-la-lia. Yo-la-lia. Yo-la-lia. Yo-la-lia. Did I say it? Yo-la-lia.
Starting point is 01:06:45 Yo-la-lia. It's a lovely Yo-yip. Eulalia. Did I say? Eulalia. Eulalia. That's a lovely name. It is. And rolls. Thank you. I'm also tongue-rolling Eulalia. I apologize for three takes there to get that right. Now, are you taking your husband's last name or not?
Starting point is 01:06:57 No. No, I'm not. We've been married for six years now. And when we got married, that's the time that I just had a new passport and a new New Zealand driver's license and stuff. So I had that as an excuse that it's too much of paperwork, too much of money.
Starting point is 01:07:09 Yes! Yes, yes, yes. I just keep my last name and I'll change another passport after that and I still keep my last name
Starting point is 01:07:17 and it's a forgotten story. That's amazing that it's all to do with admin. I totally agree. Admin sucks. Yeah, totally. It's like the worst part about losing your wallet
Starting point is 01:07:28 is getting the admin. You can cancel your cards. That's easy peasy. It's the admin. You can get your driver's license and cards. Everything. And now my three-year-old son as well now has taken it that he's got his father's last name,
Starting point is 01:07:38 but my last name is different. Right. That's the other stat from the story. It's a forgotten story. 96% of children Yep In marriages Where the mother
Starting point is 01:07:48 Kept her Take the father's name Right Yeah Which I thought Was interesting as well Yeah Okay brilliant
Starting point is 01:07:55 Hey thanks You called some text messages in Somebody said I couldn't take My husband's name I had a hyphenated Last name And then somebody said
Starting point is 01:08:03 Why don't you hyphenate Your already hyphenated name With his name And I was like Can you hear me It'll take a bit more like I won't fit it in When we're leaving the country And you've got to put your name
Starting point is 01:08:13 In all those boxes It's too long to fit Sometimes they don't give you Enough boxes Yeah My partner and I Are thinking about Merging our names
Starting point is 01:08:20 And becoming the Birdsons I don't know what their names Were originally But the Birdsons Like the Thompson The Thompson and Bird Or Birdsons. I don't know what their names were originally, but the Birdsons is a great name. Like the Thompson and Bird. Or Bird and Soms or something. Bird and Jasons. Hipsoms.
Starting point is 01:08:32 Hipsoms and Bird. I like making a hybrid name because then going forward on the family tree, you're like, you're a new branch. Whole new branch. Yeah. Birds and Thompsons, they said you're right.
Starting point is 01:08:43 Birds and Thompsons. There you go. Yeah, they're going to merge it to the Birdson's. I actually love that idea. Lots of people saying that merging the name was the ultimate problem solver for them in the end or hyphenating the names. Yeah. I always wonder, like, the names like Fraser Jones, you know that name?
Starting point is 01:08:58 Yeah. Was that the Frasers and the Jones, like a meeting of the clans? And then it became like its own hyphen? It's like when they say if you put your middle initial when you say your full name it just makes you sound smarter. Like Vaughan S. Smith.
Starting point is 01:09:12 You could be, I mean it's a plain last name but you could be a writer with that name. Yeah. But Vaughan Smith doesn't sound like an author does he? No. Vaughan A. Smith. Yeah, Vaughan A. Smith.
Starting point is 01:09:21 Yeah. Vaughan A. Tanatarikit again would have been a prolific writer. But again, hyphenating a name, I think you sound a bit flasher too. Yeah, you do. You sound a bit posher. And lots of people doing it. I kept my last name. We have the same first name
Starting point is 01:09:36 as we're Christine and Christopher. Oh, okay. And we both get called Chris. So if we had the same last name, we would be Chris. People would say our names and we wouldn't know who they were talking to You'd both turn around So they kept their last names As to have a bit of a differentiation there
Starting point is 01:09:49 Yeah Yeah Imagine paging that over the intercom For the late flight We're waiting for Christmas and Chris Smith Yeah To Christmas squared We will wait for your flight
Starting point is 01:09:58 We've started the offloading procedure My mum kept her last name Because her name is Joy And my father's last name is Hoy and she did not want to be called Joy Hoy. Brilliant. And lots of situations coming in like that. Like people whose names rhymed or just did not go with the name.
Starting point is 01:10:16 There was a Richard who was marrying his partner whose last name was Head. And he said, obviously, I don't want to be Richard Head. Dick Head is not suitable suitable so I'm going to keep my name he's going to keep his name and we're married
Starting point is 01:10:28 on paper legally as the court said as everybody sees it it's recognised as marriage we've just got
Starting point is 01:10:32 different names somebody else became the McLawsons after the McDonalds and Lawson clans joined
Starting point is 01:10:40 McLawsons to wage war on other clans that sounds like a very Scottish It does Clan hybrid It does
Starting point is 01:10:47 Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast ZM Fact of the day Day, day, day, day Look at this guy. What about? Do you know who his name is?
Starting point is 01:11:10 No. Vaughan Smith. Okay, what? Lives in Wellington. He's got a beard like you. He's bald and he's got a beard like me. I hope he's not trading too much on this fine name of his then. I hope you're not ruining his fine name more like it.
Starting point is 01:11:24 Yeah. Poor fella. That's not today's fact of the day. I hope you're not ruining his fine name more like it. Yeah, poor fella. That's not today's fact of the day. It just popped up. Today's fact of the day is about the origins. One of the supposed proposed origins to the hold my beer phrase. You'll be familiar
Starting point is 01:11:40 with hold my beer. It's taken on a whole new meme lifestyle in the last bit. Like someone does something and then it's like, Hold My Beer, and then they double down on it. Yeah. And go and do something or whatever. Like swine flu. Boy, I sure put a brake on everything.
Starting point is 01:11:53 COVID-19. Hold My Beer. That sort of thing. So where does the original, obviously this isn't going to take long, Hold My Beer while I get it done situation come from? Well, one of the possible origin stories happened in 1956, September 30th. Whilst in a drunken argument in a New York City bar, a man called Thomas Fitzpatrick said, I can fly an airplane from New Jersey to New York in under 15 minutes. Okay. People said, no, you can't. You're crazy. Do you even know how to fly a plane? And I've
Starting point is 01:12:23 looked into Thomas Fitzpatrick's past. He was a pilot. Okay. And he may have had flight experience in World War II. Okay, right. So he said, I can totally do it. They said, no, you can't. At 3 a.m., he stole an airplane from a New Jersey airfield.
Starting point is 01:12:40 So he went from New York to New Jersey. I don't know how long that would take to drive But he drove over there He caught a cab, got there somehow Because he had been drinking He got there at 3am, he began the journey He flew without lights or radio Because he'd stolen the plane So obviously he wanted to do it undercover
Starting point is 01:12:55 Boozed He landed the plane on the street in front of the bar Walked back and said I told you it'd take less than 15 minutes In downtown New York? Yeah Wow And he landed there and he said Because he said, I told you to take less than 15 minutes. In downtown New York? Yeah. Wow. And he landed there and he said, because he said it was only
Starting point is 01:13:07 going to take 15 minutes, apparently rumor has it. Yeah. He said to somebody, hold my beer, don't drink it because I'm going to be back. I'll be back. Very shortly to prove you that I was right. The longest part would have been getting from downtown New York to New Jersey. To New Jersey, yeah. Over the bridge or... Yeah. And then he flew it
Starting point is 01:13:23 back, landed it, walked back in. Obviously, then the police arrive. Why, is there a plane parked in the middle of the street? There's a very famous picture of the plane literally parked in the middle of downtown New York. Wow. The owner of the plane was so impressed, he said, I don't want to press charges.
Starting point is 01:13:37 The plane is without damage. Yep. And that's an amazing stunt. I wonder how they got rid of the plane. On a truck or did they fly it back out? There are trucks there, so they probably loaded it onto a truck rather than flew it out.
Starting point is 01:13:49 Okay. And he only got fined $1,000 for a stunt. Two years later. He did it? He got into another drunken argument in a bar saying he was the guy that flew the plane and landed it on the street in New York. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:14:01 And people said, no, you weren't. And he said, again, hold my beer. Hold my beer. He did it again. And landed in front of the bar. Uh-huh. Oh, my God. This time, however, he got himself six months in prison.
Starting point is 01:14:13 Right. So the origins, one of the possible origins of the hold my beer story is in 1956 when Thomas Fitzpatrick flew a plane drunkenly from New Jersey to New York in under 15 minutes and landed it outside the bar where he made the bet saying he could. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch Warner Meganughan and Megan, the podcast. Travel baby.
Starting point is 01:14:49 Baby. Hey, baby. Someone's watched Schitt's Creek. They have, haven't they? I'm well behind. I'll apologise. You're likely to get a few. Da-dat.
Starting point is 01:14:58 Da-dat. But I've only just started watching, so apologies to all the Schitt's Creek people who I'm years behind. But I am liking it a lot. Travel bubble, Chris Hipkins. Talk about a travel bubble, and Chris Farfoy said this week
Starting point is 01:15:13 that if there is a travel bubble with Trans-Tasman Travel Bubble... Wait, which Chris? Hipkins or Farfoy? No, no, no. Chris Hipkins has responded to Chris Farfoy. Oh, okay, right, okay. Or added to what Chris Farfoy? No, no, no. Chris Hipkins has responded to Chris Farfoy. Oh, okay, right, okay. Or added to what Chris Farfoy said.
Starting point is 01:15:28 It was a Chris squared situation. And different Chris's. One's with a K. Yeah. And the other's a C. No, one's with a CH. One's just a KR. One's a Chris Jenner.
Starting point is 01:15:37 One's a Christopher Hitchens. Yep. So Chris Farfoy said that if there was a trans-Tasman travel bubble, it would potentially free up 40% of space in MIQ. Now, that's only based on the amount of people coming from Australia to New Zealand. 40% of the current MIQ situations are Australians. We've just had friends come back,
Starting point is 01:16:00 spend a couple of weeks in Christchurch. And did you see that friend made an official request from the Information Act to see how many people coming from Australia to New Zealand were actually positive for COVID-19 and it was one in the calendar 2021. Yeah. That was fascinating.
Starting point is 01:16:15 It was, yeah. That was fascinating. I don't particularly think finding out where the imported COVID cases, what country they're coming from, would be particularly helpful. I think that could probably just lead to a bit of xenophobia to be honest. Yeah. I don't think that's going to help anybody
Starting point is 01:16:30 but it was interesting to know between Australia and New Zealand there'd been one case. I mean with the exception of the whole that whole Melbourne thing last year Australia have been pretty good like us at getting on top of things. Took them a while but then they got on top of it. And I know Queensland at the moment are
Starting point is 01:16:45 having a lot of people come in. They've got a lot of cases in MIQ, but we do at the moment as well. And they're on top of that. But there is a warning, and Chris Hipkins said this yesterday, that New Zealanders, if they're hoping that mid kind of April that it'll be available, this
Starting point is 01:17:01 bubble between New Zealand and Australia, but they're warning that if you get stuck there in a lockdown, like, for example, community cases happen and Australia, like us, have been very quick to shut the border, you're on your own. Yeah. Like, you're not getting a handout. If you're on the Goldie and your week at the hotel's run out,
Starting point is 01:17:19 you're not getting money to stay there for another month. No. Or two. Or two weeks. So, it's literally the trans-Tasman bubble You're not getting money to stay there for another month? No. Or two? Or two weeks? Whatever it is. The trans-Tasman bubble doesn't effectively mean it's business back on with Australia. No. Here we go back and forth, back and forth.
Starting point is 01:17:33 Would you risk it? It still means that when there is a case where it will be shut down, we're back to being individual countries. Would you risk it? Not Australasia. Nah. See, I would if I was vaccinated. Because I think when you're vaccinated,
Starting point is 01:17:47 I think they'll let you back through, right? Right. Don't know. I don't know because it hasn't been done before. This is the thing. People get angry about the situation. This is all new. This is all new.
Starting point is 01:17:57 Last time there was a pandemic of this, you know, epic nature and, like, I guess it would be the Spanish flu after World War I and everybody came home and would be the Spanish flu after World War I and everybody came home and just brought it with them after World War I. Like, millions of people died.
Starting point is 01:18:10 Yeah. And it was, there was no air travel. Everybody was on boats and took weeks to get anywhere and yeah, the whole thing.
Starting point is 01:18:17 The whole thing's new. So I know people are, not in a hurry. I'm happy. We're very lucky we're in this country. Yeah. Well,
Starting point is 01:18:23 fingers crossed here, could be a couple of weeks away. Mid, oh, sorry, a month. In saying that, though, old Vaughn E. Smith wouldn't mind a trip to Rarotonga. I know he wouldn't. He wouldn't mind getting on Murray Beach and sucking back a couple of pina coladas.
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Starting point is 01:18:45 Hello. This is a yummy, yummy little treat. Segment of the show where we take a look at new food items and products. Now, this has been released in the UK, but these are sold here. So. I don't know if these. These are also not the first time this has been for sale in the UK. Okay. Because I was like, I wonder if it has been.
Starting point is 01:19:05 Google tells me in 2018 they gave these a blast and they were very popular but did that thing where ice cream companies make you fall in love with something and always become dependent on it emotionally and then they strip it away from you only to bring it back. I'm looking at you, Fruit Juice Snow. And Caramilk. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:19:22 But then it's full-time, right? Because they realise they can make untold amounts of cash because they keep these things on the market. These are Cornetto ends. So it's Cornetto.
Starting point is 01:19:33 I've never really been a huge fan but they're basically trumpets. I'm a trumpet guy. I'm a trumpet guy too. I'm a trumpet guy. It's the Cornetto ends are like the end
Starting point is 01:19:41 of the trumpet where it's got the big chocolate filling. Yeah, so I don't, not all trumpets did it, but it was always a famous thing with Cornetto. They gave it a little chocolate squirt in the bottom. And it's clever because it adds a seal to it because if you've ever eaten one,
Starting point is 01:19:54 if you're taking your time, I mean, it's not a problem I have. I literally inhale them. But my kids take forever to eat an ice cream. It's easily the most disappointing part about parenthood. The bottom of the cone sogs out. Yeah. Now, the Cornetto plug keeps that from sogging out.
Starting point is 01:20:10 Now, do Cornetto, do they put more chocolate in? Do they fill the whole cone? No, no, no, just the bottom bit. And then there's the other stuff that makes up the actual ice cream part. Right. And then there's the ice cream that pops out the top of the part. So these, what they're selling, just the bottom bit. Is the Cornetto ends.
Starting point is 01:20:26 Is there any ice cream at all? No. It's chocolate and it's cone. It's the end of the cone. Is the whole thing chocolate in these? Yes. Okay. Oh, there you go.
Starting point is 01:20:37 So you're eating a frozen chocolate end of the cone. Yes. Wow. Cornetto tips. I'm here for this. So my problem is they're very small. Yeah. And they only come in a pack of five.
Starting point is 01:20:49 Well, just buy two packs. Two packs. Three packs. Four packs. Maybe buy five packs just to be sure on the first purchase. Nothing would be worse than getting home. Because I'm imagining if it's just the tip. You could eat five. Sure. Right? Yeah. Just the tip. You could eat five.
Starting point is 01:21:05 Sure. Right? Yeah. Just the tip is never enough. I know. I want the whole thing. I know you do. I don't want to be stuck with just don't tip me.
Starting point is 01:21:13 So that's what I'm thinking. How many tips are equal to a whole? Well, you might as well just buy the full packs, right? And then you're still getting- I like where you're headed there. Buy a family pack of actual full-size Cornettos, bite the bottom of all of them, and then eat the rest of the- Yeah. Okay, I'm happy with that. It sounds like these, you're headed there, buy a family pack of actual full-size cornettos, bite the bottom of all of them, and then eat the rest of the...
Starting point is 01:21:26 Yeah, although it sounds a bit easy getting more chocolate. And the cone. It's 100% chocolate and with a little bit of cone around it. But again, it's more like a snack than it is a full ice cream. It's delicious but also confusing. And if I was Trumpet, I would absolutely jump on this and just do it before they... Oh, copy it.
Starting point is 01:21:42 First to market. 100%. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, trumpet, I would absolutely jump on this and just do it before they first to mark it. 100%.

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