ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 1st September 2020

Episode Date: August 31, 2020

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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to McDonald's, your favourites are available in drive-thru and McDelivery. Please save us from the memes that Vaughan is showing us. That was a good one. That was shit. Think training Raptors is hard? Imagine Dragons. And it's a picture of the band Imagine Dragons.

That's good stuff. Yeah. The picture didn't add anything either. You're not missing anything. My mate's messaging. He wants to know how he can get on the panel of people who Elon Musk is going to plant chips in as a trial. He wants a chip.

Yeah. I'm deaf getting one. That's how casual he is having a computer. His wife's crying because she's in tears about it. And I'm like, is she crying because you want to volunteer she's just scared of robots I was like well don't get one then

if it freaks her out which friend is this Orban nuts little Richard Hammond looking bastard that's the other thing where he looks like

he's like Richard Hammond from Top Gear isn't it great having a fight about something which isn't going to happen yeah yeah it's just ridiculous like a hypothetical

don't be so stupid. You're being stupid. Oh, I'm being stupid. You're the one that wants to bloody chip in your brain. Anyway. That's that. Enjoy the podcast. I don't know if that's all.

Yeah, that's that. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughn and Megan, the podcast. Good morning, welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Good morning. Oh my God, seriously? Well, Fletch just said head down and Vaughan because he didn't have his headphones out, so I thought I'd better live up to my reputation and not have my headphones ready. Did you notice how quickly it took me to plug in my headphones and grab them at speed? Smithy doesn't know anything at speed.

Nah. You'll hurt yourself. Especially if you ask him to. That's actually an ACC stat. That's when people hurt themselves when they're rushing. When they're rushing, right. More hastily speed. Tweak it.

Neck or something. Yeah. A bicep. You don't want to do a bicep. No. You don't. You don't. From what I've heard.

It's very hot in here. Shit, it's hot in here. That's the other thing what I've heard. It's very hot in here. Shit, it's hot in here. That's the other thing. I'm sleepy because it's so hot in here. Megan is so hot. Megan's wearing a neck curtain. Ha, ha, ha, ha. There we go.

It's out of the way. Wasn't going to say anything. I wasn't going to say anything either. I think that's a lovely top. Thanks. Have you worn that before? Yes. I've caught it in that curtain both times.

That's the time it got caught in that curtain. But usually you're in a puffer jacket. Yeah, I'll give you that. It's actually quite nice for me this morning. Quite neutral, really. It's like Caribbean beach hot. Yeah, it's good stuff. It's very hot in here.

Oh, well, first word problems. Coming up on the show, the top six. Correct. I can't remember what it was, though. Can you remember what it was, though. Can you remember what it was? Absolutely. No, it's not that one. It's not that one.

No, it wasn't. It wasn't that one. Oh, yeah, that's it. It was that one. The top six people that you probably need to wind in on the memes. Judith Collins, she said he's his own person. Yeah. About her husband posting some fairly anti-Jusinda memes. Yeah.

Yeah. You would think. Cool. You would think, wouldn't you? It would go without saying. You'd think what? You would think that. Someone would tell him not to?

Yeah. He wouldn't even need to be told. That if your wife was running, yeah, you just wouldn't... You don't share, like, lowbrow memes of the political opposition. Yeah, but coming from a guy who's never had to deal with the public, he's going to learn. Megan, he's had to deal with the public quite a lot in the lead-up to her being the opposition leader.

He's, like, works in business opposition leader. He's like, he works in business and stuff. It's not like... Yeah, because businessmen have always been very high calibre. But he should not come on. Yeah. But no, you're right. But also you can't tell some of these boomers

what not to post and stuff, can you? No. The top six sorts of people you need to keep an eye on when it comes to meme posting, especially in the election season. Yeah. Chance to win cash on the show again today. $8.25, our 50K fact of the day. And at 8 o'clock this morning, don't go anywhere.

Some show news that you'll want to hear. Sh-sh-sh-show news. We are getting control of the air conditioning, is that it? No. They already had control. Oh, I can feel a cool breeze. I think it's kicked in. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.

If you're looking for a side hustle, a girl in Melbourne, a female in Melbourne, has made a lot of money in her new business venture. She has earned $202,000 a month. A month? A month. Arbonne. Is it Arbonne? No, it's not Arbonne.

Tupperware. No. God. You make that much money from Tupperware. I'll do it. Genora. I don't even know what that is, but I've seen it online. Am I saying it right? Yeah. I didn't think it was Genora. It's just Genora. I've never heard it said. I only have read it. it is, but I've seen it online. Am I saying it right? Yeah. I didn't think it was Junora. It's Junora. Oh, I've never heard it said. I only have read it.

Junora, I guess. No, none of those. It's crystals. Selling crystals. That doesn't surprise me, though. I mean, $200,000 a month, that's an insane amount of money. But what are Melbournians? Melbournians?

Melbournians. Melbournians? Melbournians? Melbournians. Are they relying on crystals to get them out of this pandemic, are they? Is this a pandemic? Is this a lockdown hustle? Well, she had to do this side hustle because of coronavirus. And I guess has

really cornered the market because of it, maybe? But yeah, it is in Melbourne. Stoned Crystals is the name of it. Okay. And what, she just put up different crystals? Because what do you, I guess it's like anything, right? You source the product and then you sell them online.

But where do you get crystals from? Like, you have to dig them up. You buy them. You buy them up from a wholesaler. Yeah. Right, okay. But you have to get them shipped in, right? It's obviously taking a while to...

Well, no, it depends what kind of crystals they are and where they're coming from. Crystal drop shipping. Yeah, true. Does Australia have lots? Well, Australia's got like a huge amount of land and mines. It's got a lot of mines. And opals.

Yep. Do you remember they found some on McLeod's daughters? I'd never watched McLeod's daughters, but sure. They found some opals down the back of the farm. Oh, did they? That farm. What a miraculous place that was. The things they found.

But God, it was dangerous. Someone was always driving a ute into the bloody, into the dam. Yeah. Well, she said the popularity's growing. She's never been into hippie stuff. Yes, my girl. I don't believe in this nonsense, but if you're willing to pay me money. But she believes in this, is what she's saying.

She believes in making bank, is what she believes. She believes in taking money off fools. But the reason she really got behind it was years ago, she stepped into a giant crystal cave in China. Yeah. And she felt some vibration feeling and all of the hairs standing on end. So she was like, there's something in this.

It was probably the fact it was quite colder underground than it was on top. Sort of a cavernly breeze. Yeah. You can't let anyone just have it, can you? No. Just never. When there's science that backs it up.

Okay. Yeah. I'll believe it. But until then, hey, good on her. She's making $200,000 a month. Yeah. That is ridiculous. Yeah.

ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. So Adele popped up on Instagram. Did you, when you saw it in the news feed, this is happening so much with her lately, like it'll pop up a picture of Adele and you're like, I scroll past because I don't realise it's her. I honestly thought it was Katy Perry. Yeah.

Like a lot of people said that too in the comments when I clicked on it. I was like, what's Katy Perry doing in my feed? It looked like Katy Perry in the eyes. Yeah. Because she doesn't do her like famous winged eyeliner as much anymore. Right. And that was like how you recognise her. Well, it wasn't Katy Perry.

It was Adele. And she was on holiday? Yeah. She must have been. I don't know. I just get so surprised when I see friends from like... Wasn't she living in the Caribbean? Maybe.

Wasn't she living in the Caribbean? Hasn't she been there for a little bit? Because didn't... Was it Harry Styles went there and saw her and hung out? I think she was like living around there for some time. Okay. Well, she was in Jamaica, right? There was her in a bikini top.

It was a Jamaican flag bikini top. She had a hairstyle which is known as Bantu knots. Just like little rolled up knots on her head. And everyone is now slamming her for cultural appropriation.

So she's not from Jamaica and everyone's like, why don't you wear your own flag? I don't think the flag was the massive problem, but some people are calling that out as to be a problem. Right. But yeah,

it's the traditional African hairstyle, the bantu knots. When everyone's saying, look, it's a time when black women still face discrimination and you just like wear the hair do for a bit of fun.

In America, there is a legislation called the Crown Act which was introduced to ensure the protection against the discrimination based on race based hairstyles in the workplace and public schools. That was last year so that's still a massive thing

and she's... I don't want to see anybody shaving bald spots in. That's white men. Wear that towel. And as a white man you must feel under attack right now. Sometimes if I see somebody shaving a funny bald spot in, I think. Definitely throughout history, white men have been marginalised. Oh, because of our bald spots.

Discriminated. We get sunburn on the top of our head. And if we bump it, it bleeds. I mean, you definitely don't see any CEOs or anything that are bald. Definitely. I haven't. I don't know any CEOs or anything that are bald and definitely suffered. I don't know when I would have last seen one. So she was in LA, apparently.

And this is the first time in over 50 years that the West London traditional celebration of the Caribbean and black culture took place remotely because of COVID-19. They were like, well, we're not going to have the parades. We're not going to have the festival. Everybody celebrated from home. So she celebrated from her home in LA. Right. So she wasn't in Jamaica. It was a celebration of the Caribbean.

A lot of people were like, this is not cool. But then there was someone who was from Jamaica was like, we love seeing our flag everywhere. This made me smile. It shows how much impact

our little island has had on the world. So, I mean, some people were cool with it, but there was a big backlash for Adele after that photo. But she was, I mean, that's the first time we've seen her, like, wear a bikini, so she's feeling herself. Good on her. I was doing that thing where you were like, put a positive on the negative.

Followed it up. Well done. Just reading about some facial recognition software that apparently is being set up in New Zealand. Oh, okay. Is this the same kind of deal as what's in China? Well, I guess. Well, it's a Japanese company, so maybe not exactly the same, but the same sort of thing.

It can take a live feed of CCTV cameras and identify people from it. What was that TV show? Remind me of that. The one that was on Netflix. It's just been finished on TV. They changed the... I hope it's finished. Yeah, they hacked into the...

Well, I mean, it's obviously fiction, but they changed the surveillance to frame people for things they hadn't done. Oh, really? Kind of like deep faking surveillance. Oh, yeah, okay. And then it recognised their faces. Yeah.

Well, apparently... It's a good show. Yeah. Apparently, it will collect a whole lot of facial images and then slowly start to build it up. But I've watched a show called Connected on Netflix. It's like a documentary series. And basically, yeah, you're like,

well, they don't have my name. Well, they might have your Instagram or your Facebook. Yeah, and we've all been uploading stuff to the internet for the last forever. 20 years. Yeah. So, yeah, there's a way of linking it according to that documentary I watched.

And I was like, whoa, I'm in. It doesn't worry me particularly. At this stage? That's the thing. Like, you don't have anything to worry about because you're not a criminal and you're not doing bad things. But it gets to the point where, like, in China,

they have social credit scores and it's like a Black Mirror episode. Yeah, and you're not allowed to travel. Yeah, so you couldn't travel. You couldn't go to Queenstown if your score's under four, for example, or 3.8. And your score might be under four

because you are littered or you crossed. Well, that's actually a fair point because we don't want litterers coming to Queenstown. But if you are zipped across the road and not a pedestrian crossing. It's pretty scary.

So you kind of open the door to that. Or if the new conservatives get into power and homosexuality becomes illegal again. Good Lord. That's sort of neat stuff. So the thing I'm looking forward to is to see how your conspiracy theory people react to this because they don't want to be identified

but they also don't want to wear a mask. Honestly, wearing a mask doesn't stop them identifying the face. Yeah, because you can't see the majority of the face if you're wearing a, you know, your hair and then your eyes. Because have people also painted their faces weird kind of stripes and stuff? I don't know. In protests, has that also been a thing? What, like a zebra?

Yeah. So the stripes and that make it harder for the camera to... I don't know if that's a thing, but yeah, I feel like maybe that's something I read at one stage as well. Yeah, right. So they're rolling it out in New Zealand or it's being trialled. No, no, no. Wow.

There's been people saying, why is everybody being so quiet about this? And the police are like, well, we're just upgrading the software. So basically they're just... But the company that we got it off, this Japanese company made $44 billion last year, rolling out.

Oh, wow. These are the things around the world. So you're saying buy shares? Probably too late. It's probably too late to really ride that wave up. I like what you're thinking though. Yeah. God, everyone gets shares,

and all of a sudden they're bloody. Warren Buffett. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. A woman in the US has had a note left on her car and it's not, you parked stupidly or anything like that. And I'm keen to know whether you think this is the right approach or not. The note was left by a neighbour in the same apartment. It reads, FYI,

I bleep, your boyfriend. He said you were broken up. I live in 5D. One, wash your car. Two, dump him. In brackets, not in that order. Wow.

Why am I washing my car? What's wrong with the car um that would suggest that shenanigans happened in the car in the car oh yeah or on the on the bonnet of the car oh wow vacuum the car and then um what maybe do you think maybe her boyfriend gave the woman in 5D kind of a cold shoulder after that? And so she's like, well, I'll show you. Well, no, maybe she found out they were together because he said you were broken up. But don't say I live in 5D. No, I wouldn't have said that. Don't say where you live.

They'll come knocking. She wants to take it out on you. She knows exactly where you are now. But internet was divided on whether this was, some people were like, honestly, buy her a drink. She's being a great neighbour. Other people were like, this is just rude. Like, this is not the way to go about it.

Yeah, it's quite harsh because it's also like, clean your car. That's the harshest part. That just sounds, that's a lot of effort Isn't it? To clean the car Especially if it's just A take on how dirty Your car is

Yeah Like it's a bit of shade Oh I didn't No It's not Just like he Probably cheated on you Because you can't look

After your car I can only see part Of a windscreen It is dirty It does need a wash Okay So it might just be A comment on the state

Of your car. When you're giving that news, don't also put a dig in on how dirty your car is. Yeah, you don't need that. No. Maybe he mentioned it during the hookup. Oh, you're so hot. God, my ex's car was dirty.

I'm broken up with her. I told you that, eh? Yeah, I don't know why you keep saying it though. Oh, you know, as long as you've heard me say I broke up with her What a ruthless way to find out though But how, if you're that woman How are you supposed to, I'm not going to knock on the door And be like, hey, sorry Because you always

Shoot the messenger Or burn it down, but if she's in 5D You can't burn them down Because they're attached You'll be burning your house down Yeah, not burning your house down. Yeah. No burning your house down. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

ZM. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there. Does anybody else, just on a side note, every time they spell Judith, write Judich? No. J-U-D-I-T-C Judich? No. J-U-D-I-T-C-H. No.

I don't know. I cannot write Judith. I cannot type out Judith. Any Judith. This is Judith Collins but also anytime I write Judith I always write Judich. Yeah, I don't know

if I'm typing that out as much. It's not a very common name is it? Yeah, maybe not. Well, anyway, it's Judith Collins' husband that gets us onto today's top six. David Tong, he has been sharing a series of anti-Jusinda memes

on his Facebook page. But they're not, like like particularly highbrow. Yeah, classic boomer memes that you'd see, you know, a boomer sharing. Gender-based ones, which is when your wife is the same gender, albeit a different end of the political spectrum, but when your wife is also a female leader of a political party, the sort of things that I thought you would have steered away primarily on the fact that you've seen so many of those about her.

Yeah, and also I just think you'd want to play it safe, wouldn't you? And just not post anything. Never understand the misogynistic things because you've got a partner and then you've definitely got some women in your life. Yeah. The Incredible Sulk was one. That was a picture of Jacinda tinged green.

Another one is Jacinda is a milkmaid and it says Jacinda's milking the Woo Flu for all it's worth. The Woo Flu of course a casual name for the pandemic that's tearing around the world killing thousands of people every day but yeah nah sure. But he's not

the only one. we are in a election season and these are the top six types you've got to watch posting memes and other things in an election season number six you're easily tricked auntie she may have shared a new conservative post

not really no just saying a tagline that's an easy buy in this is what political parties do. So you're like, well, that makes sense to me, not reading all of their other policies. Yeah. Classic. That's a classic, easily tricked anti-situation.

Number five on the list of the top six types you've got to watch posting memes in an election season are people who are huge fans of freedom of speech, but only when the free speech matches their ideals of what should be freely spoken about. Yes. I'm all for free speech. Oh, I'll say this. You can't say that.

But you said free speech. I meant about the free speech I want to speech freely about. So true. And there's plenty of those. Number four on the list of the top six types you've got to watch posting during an election season. Shitstrers. This is the absolute bread and butter season of their social posting. These are people that only post things to get a rise out of people.

They don't even believe half the stuff they share. They just want to watch the world burn in that chaotic manner. I've really just got to be, I'm the biter. I know. You don't. Don't bite. Block, don't bite. Yeah. I'm just going to be like, no. Scroll,'t. Don't bite. Block, don't bite. Yeah.

I'm just going to be like, no. Scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll. Hide, don't bite. Block, don't bite. But don't bite. Number three on the list of the top six types you've got to watch posting during election season. Dads.

We're the watch. Interesting to see the move in the wild environment of an election season online, especially if they aren't loudly political any given time of the year. My dad, I would not describe my dad as politically inclined in any facet. He doesn't even tell you who he's voting for. Right. I mean, it's obvious he's a farmer, he's voting national. But he's not

on social media, but like there's dads and they're just like, nothing to do with me. Couldn't give a damn, nothing to do with me. Number two on the list of the top six types you've got to watch posting memes

in an election season. Young anything. That's young Nats, young Labour, young Greens, young ACT. There's even a young New Zealand First.

Youth wings of political parties. Yeesh. Shouldn't you just be necking long whites and trying to hook up with people? We're trying to get young people into politics.

They can be like interested, they can cast a vote. But get back to your long whites? Yeah. Have you mastered the Vortec yet?

Because if not, get back to it. And number one on the list of the top six types you've got to watch posting anything, memes included,

in an election season, anyone that follows any social media outlet of the New Zealand Public Party. Slide. Are the conspiracy people. Yeah. That's today's top six. ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Fletch Vaughan and Megan's Audio Ninja Warrior. Well, Audio Ninja Warrior, you've got to get through the audio obstacle course the fastest. Yep, let me just open my... By making sound effects. Stopwatch. We're joined first by Tina. Good morning, Tina. Good morning, guys. How are you? I'm good. I'm staying dry and indoors, so I'm good.

Would you say, Tina, you're simply the best? I've not heard that one before. I'm sorry, Tina. Tina Turner joke there. I see what you did, Vaughn. Yeah, we're rolling our eyes, Tina. All right, so, Tina, we're going to give you sound effects. You've got to get through the fastest,

and then we'll pop you into the cone of silence where you're current. What have you got? The opposition, Hayden, is waiting. He's in the cone of silence. He's in the cone of silence right now. You've just got to beat Hayden. So are you ready?

I'm ready. Okay, here we go. And obstacle one, a squeaky door. Oh, that's good. Obstacle two, an animal from Africa. Stop, pause, pause. It sounds like a squeaky door. Was that the squeaky door again?

It was an elephant. I won't restart the time yet, but can we hear the elephant again? Now that I know it's an elephant. We're starting again. Unpause. Biting into an apple. Yep. That was good.

A perfume spray. Yep. A pedestrian crossing sound. That was really good. Really good. And finally, a pirate. I've done it. You managed to make it to the end of the Audio Ninja Warrior course, Tina.

But can you do it faster? I don't know. Is it the same question? Audio Ninja Warrior course, Tina, but can you do it faster? I don't know. Is it the same question? Yeah, but he's been in the cone of silence. He doesn't know what the... He doesn't know what they are. We'll get you to wait there, Tina, and we're going to bring in Hayden. Hayden, good morning.

Good morning, guys. Now, no pressure, Hayden, but while you were in the cone of silence, Tina finished the Audio Ninja Warrior course. Oh, okay. Alrighty, you're ready, Hayden. Yep. Alright, let's start the clock. Now, a squeaky door. Yep.

An animal from Africa. Yep. That was a lion, I'm assuming. Biting into an apple. Oh, good. That was a lot, I'm assuming. Biting into an apple. Oh, wow. Just pause in there to really appreciate that. That was really good crunch. Reminded me of the Big Crunch.

The late 80s, we're all school kids across New Zealand. Is it still on? Bit into a, huh? Is the Big Crunch still on? Good question, Hayden. I can bring it back. I don't remember this. We all crunched into an apple. The ENSA.

ENSA. Export New Zealand. Exporting New Zealand apples or whatever that was. They infiltrated schools. Yeah. Every. Like a box of apples arrived at school. And we all crunched into it.

It was like 9.30 on a Thursday morning. Everybody crunched into it. Okay. So there was. It says here a similar event was organised in 1992 with the late Sir Peter Blake, and that one happened in 2013. I guess that happened again. Good call, though, Hayden.

We had paused the clock, Hayden. Yeah, we have. We got very off topic. Are you ready to get back on topic? Yeah. Okay, next, starting the the clock and a perfume spraying. Yeah, that was good. A pedestrian crossing sound.

So good. And finally, a pirate. Arr, matey. Yes! Wow. God, Hayden, that had it all. Hayden, you also made it to the end of the Audio Ninja Warrior course. I'm going to bring Tina out of the cone of silence.

Tina. Hi. Both of you today, outstanding Audio Ninja Warriors. That also would have felt long, Tina, because we got a bit off topic. We talked about the big crunch. Do you remember that at school, Tina, with the apples? Oh, no. Okay.

Yeah, it was a big, we all bit an apple at the same time. Oh, what are you getting on board for now? You couldn't remember it a minute ago? You're like, I don't remember this now. All of a sudden he's... Oh, yeah, I remember it. Finally, a box of apples arrived at school. Your memory's stealing.

I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. You don't hijack other people's memories and rebrand them as your own. That's what I do. Ah, okay. You can't hijack other people's memories and rebrand them as your own. That's what I do. Ah, okay. You both finished. So it comes down to who was faster.

One of you did it in 37 seconds. One of you did it in 33 seconds. The winner today with 33 seconds. Hayden, you are the audio ninja warrior. The winner today with 33 seconds. Hayden, you are the Audio Ninja Warrior. How you doing? How you doing? Thank you, thank you. Great sportsmanship there from Tina.

Thanks for playing, Tina. Some great side effects, Tina. And congratulations, Hayden, our Audio Ninja Warrior. We should have like a gold, like a microphone stand. Like that could be the trophy, Like a $2 shop plastic microphone. Yes, send it out. And you win. Yeah, Ninja Warrior.

That'll only cost us $2 for a prize. That's pretty good stuff. We're in a recession. But priceless prize. Hayden, fantastic. Do you think we could go out again on your pedestrian crossing? Dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM.

By the way, BT dubs, we've got show news at 8 o'clock. Don't go anywhere. Show news. I bought a digger. I can't hold it in any longer, guys. I bought a digger. It's not. Of course you didn't buy a digger.

But I have seen this digger. No. I've seen this digger on the side of the road. It's been there for ages. How long is a digger allowed to sit there before you salvage rights? Um, squatting. You've got to live in it for a month. You can't steal a digger. They've all got the same

key. I remember that. Apparently. Like golf carts, they've all got the same key. There is something on the rise instead in place of the text message. People are sending voice memos instead. Which I have friends in particular who like to do it on Instagram.

When you say text message, you mean like Facebook message? Any kind. DMs. Because even text, like a friend texted me the other day and I was like, this is weird getting an actual SMS text.

Like it's normally all my messages would be Facebook or Insta now. Would you be the same? My parents, my best friend and my husband message me. No one else. Right, on text. Like it's normally all my messages be Facebook or Insta now. Would you be the same? I only have like my parents, my best friend and my husband message me. No one else. Right, on text. Yeah. But like this is, I have a group of friends that do this and it's

it is easier and you can tell someone's tone much better and quicker. Like we should all just adopt this right? So the rise in sending a voice message instead of typing out. Yeah. Yeah, I've got a couple of friends that are big on this. Because if you're really excited as well, writing like,

yay in capitals. Ha, ha, ha, ha, or something, yeah. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, in capitals. Also, I think people prefer it if they're driving as well. I mean, I know you shouldn't be on your phone in the first place because that's real naughty. But if you are, it's easier to send a voice message if you're driving, right? Yeah.

Like you could probably Siri that as well, right? Yeah. Or use your assistant on whatever phone you've got. I don't know. What do you mean like? To send a voice message. Send a voice message. Yeah.

I don't know. But I mean, it's certainly better than texting. You just hold your thumb down on the mic and a voice message. Yeah. I don't know. But I mean, it's certainly better than texting. You just hold your thumb down on the mic and send a message. Yeah. But it's definitely better for tone and stuff. And some people have said that, like, if you send a DM of some description to, like, someone you like, and they audio message you back, like, that is so cute. That's how you know it's real.

What? They send you an audio message back. But there is some pressure. If like, I'd do it with like good friends, but not like if you were chatting someone up or strangers or something, because then you just start talking. I mean, I know we talk for a job and stuff.

Yeah, what do you mean? What are you? You're only replying to what you're saying. You wouldn't do one if you don't have anything to say. But I know that some people get a bit anxious sending them because, you know, it's like they start talking and then they don't know what they're going to say next and then it just ends up being an awkward message.

Do you listen back to it? Definitely not. No, no. What is it? Your own message? Yeah. Is it WhatsApp the minute you take your finger off and it sends it automatically?

Yeah. That concerns me. Because if you're doing it and you're like, I've made a mistake or, oops, I shouldn't have said that. And you're like, how do I stop? Sometimes I panic and release the finger and it starts sending.

And then you have to remove it. And everyone's like, what was the removed message? It's so, it is a lot of panic that ensues once you start recording. You're like, what was I going to say? Do you listen back to it? Yeah, to make sure I've got everything. You'd love the sound of your own voice, eh?

But what if it's like 45 seconds? Oh, who's sending a 45-second audio message? Get on a roll, baby. All of my messages are long. Because you've got heaps to say. It's quicker than typing. Oh, no, mine are short, sharp, and cute. Oh, right, so you just punch it out.

Yeah. Do you send multiple voice messages to keep them short? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, okay. Because I wouldn't want to wait too long between voice messages. And then you'll listen

back to all of them. That's weird. Oh, okay. I didn't come here to be judged. If one's not great, do you re-record it? Think you could do better?

Yeah. Why don't you bring this sort of professionalism to the show? At least we made no secret about we waffle live. We waffle it on no secret about we waffle we waffle live we waffle it

on work time and we waffle on our personal time we can't get consistent. You'll just we'd just love to see some consistency from you. Yeah.

That's all. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan the podcast. We just started some charades through the window the guy cutting the hedge outside

has cut an incredible level hedge He's done a shit hot job. by hand. Not with hedge trimmers cut an incredible level hedge. He's done a shit-hot job. By hand. Not with hedge trimmers. That looks exactly level. I reckon my dad would even be impressed by that. He's a hard man to impress when it comes to a level hedge.

Yeah, but we gave him the thumbs up through the window, so he knows. He knows he's done a good job. I think it goes a bit up at that end, though. You're overanalyzing it now. Gerard, do you have a level on your iPhone? Maybe it does go up at that end. end though. You're over analysing it now. Gerard do you have a level on your iPhone? Maybe. Maybe it does go up at the end.

It'd be very hard to, where do you put the phone on the hedge? You'd need to put like If I trim hedges I'd have a laser level. And we're like no one who trims hedges has a laser level. Have you seen laser levels though? Mind blowing. How cool are they? Like you just press a button and it makes a laser line on

a surface. They pretty much are a cat. A cat with a high appreciation of a perfectly level surface. Exactly. A study has been done in America, this study. So they have

surveyed a few thousand people and they have found that 40% of those went to bed with a teddy bear or a stuffed toy. Who did this study? Okay, so it was commissioned by Build-A-Bear. I believe this is a skewed opinion survey.

Well, we have run our own poll. So their poll found that the adults in the study, 40% went to bed with a stuffed animal or toy of some kind. Wow. We have done our own poll, FVMZM. It's been up for an hour or so. We've had like, you know, it's been a few thousand, pretty more than the study already.

So we asked, do you sleep with a stuffed toy? 13% said yes. They do. Okay. I used to, like years ago though. As a kid Nah when I was a teenager I still slept with a stuffed toy

What stuffed toy was it? My rabbit My stuffed bunny rabbit It was pink and white Was that What was its origin story? I don't know Like had you had it forever

Or was it a gift from a boy No no no I had it since I was little Right okay But like I get it It's like a comfort thing. But then you get older and you get shamed out of it. But there are still people that do it.

And we've had a couple of comments. So I'm 27. I still sleep with my beer. I had since I was born. My boyfriend thinks he's so ugly he's trying to wean me off him. But it's not going to happen. Oh, wow. This one is someone dobbing in their partner.

I don't, but my six foot three tough guy hunter rugby playing husband does and always has. Wow. What does he say with a pig's head? No, he doesn't say. I need to know what toy that is. Does he cuddle it or is it just there? Oh, no, that's cute. Yeah, he's nice.

I feel bad shaming him. You just wake up in the middle of the night and your giant rugby playing boyfriend is spooning his toy. We need a spoon. We need number four. Tackle me to die where we hurt. No, I draw a line and suck in the thumb. Tell me, Teddy.

Nah, nah. Tomorrow we're going to go and slit a pig's throat in a bush. You're not yet, though, because it's nanny's time with Ted Ted. My feet hang over the end of the bed because I'm so tall. See, I had to work the height in there. I couldn't think of how to.

Yeah, yeah. Because he's a pig hunter, the rugby player, the height. Yikes. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. A lot of reports coming in of snow. Timaru Geraldine. Yeah, South Island getting a good... Somebody said dusting, but I would say more of a blanketing

if we were to pick an adjective to describe the snowfall. A blanketing dusting. A blanket dusting. No, it's definitely a blanketing. It's not an inch thick. That's a blanketing. Well, no, this is what I'm seeing. There's parts of it that are definitely more of a... Okay, look, that's got to be an inch thick.

Look, that's got to be an inch thick. On the grass there. No, that's puffy grass. What do you think, Megan? Is it a blanketing or a dusting? Or a sheeting. There's snow there. I don't think we need to debate how thick it is.

It probably varies from area to area. It does matter the thickness. Is it a blanket or is it a dust? It's more than a dust. It's whatever you want it to be. Do you want to call it a blanket? The top sheet. You can call it a dusting.

The duvet. There's snow. There's definitely snow. We can all agree. That's undeniable. Yeah, drive carefully. 25 to 8. Producer Mountie's done that classic thing

where she shares something with us behind the scenes and then we decide to talk about it. You'd think she'd learn by now. With her permission. Yes. Yeah. Absolutely. Mountie joins us from the social media desk.

Now, you have a younger sibling. Yes. How old is she? She's 19 Now, you have a younger sibling. Yes. How old is she? She's 19, so six years younger than me. Okay. How many siblings do you have? Three. Did not know that.

Big family. So there's four of you in total. There's four kids all up. Three plus one. I'm the second oldest. Right. Now, yesterday you shared the news that your younger sibling has beaten you to something in the sibling wars. Yes, between friends.

What has she done? So I received a Snapchat the other day of my little sister holding her full licence piece of paper thing. And this is upsetting to me because I do not yet have my full license. God, and you only just got car insurance when we peer pressured you at the start of the year too. Yeah, one thing at a time, please. Was this Snapchat that she sent you like, was she bragging or just?

I wouldn't have taken it that way. It was just like, oh, look. And I was like, okay, cool. So why don't you have your full license? Because you can get it. I'm nervous. Because, I mean, you can't really be angry at her because you've had time. I'm definitely not.

I'm proud. But I'm also a little bit salty. I reckon your mum said, send that to your sister. That'll make her get her ass in bed. She would. This is why I told you, you should drive down to like Piedola or something. There's just one roundabout and a giant LMP bottle. Everyone passes there.

Is it? That LMP bottle's distracting. That'll grab your eye. They say, tell me the hazard. You're like, that giant LMP bottle. It could fall over and roll onto the road. It never has, but that doesn't mean it couldn't. Yeah, well, I was getting some tips

from her last night, and she said you didn't have to be so descriptive when I was giving examples like that. See, you can nail it easy, I'm sure. Thanks. Being overly descriptive in one area might make up for a shortfall in another, though.

Like, oh, I didn't indicate at all. But remember the last LMP bottle? I identified that as a possible hazard. The thing about the sibling thing, you can't let her beat you to things like this. I know. Especially when you're the oldest sister. Yeah, I've left it too late.

It's not on. Did you feel pressure as the oldest to get stuff done before your brother, Fletch? Not really. Right. But I guess, yeah, I don't know. I guess when you're the oldest to get stuff done before your brother, Fletch? Not really. Right. But I guess, yeah, I don't know. I guess when you're the oldest, you just do those things. I don't know.

Whereas if you were the middle child, did you ever want to beat your brother at anything? Or everything. Yeah. But things like driver's license, he knew that I was hot on his, if he mucked around, I could get mine close to his. I graduated before him

because I did a shorter thing and he did not like that really he did not like that I've never been able to beat my older brother but I do get pleasure

out of being like well you did it first but I did it better that's one day I'll beat him at something and he'll hear about it like first past the post beat.

Yeah. But quality, you know, quality of a firstness or whatever you say when you're not the oldest. But no, I think in my family, everything got done in order, pretty much, of birth. Because our mum was like behind us being like, do it, go, hurry up. Or your sibling, your sister will do it before you. I don't want her to do it before me.

Well, hurry up then. Christine liked the voice that you use for her? I was going to say, that makes my mum sound horrible, but she knew how to motivate. I'd love to take some calls on this. On 0800 DARS at M, you can text 9696. What did your sibling beat you to? Like maybe there was a competition with something

and your younger sibling got there first. Or like for societal milestones, technically you should have been first. Oh yeah, yeah. Like you're the oldest, maybe you should have got married first. But the younger siblings. Yeah, I thought about marriage.

Would that even be a thing people care about? Like siblings care about? I don't know. If siblings can argue about it, guaranteed they will have. They will have. Alright, so 0800DARLS at M. You can text 9696.

What did your sibling beat you to? We are talking about when your siblings, perhaps your youngest sibling has beat you. What did your societal morals do?

Very well put. And of course, they're not going to let you forget it. No. Like Mountie, maybe it was your youngest sister getting their full licence before you. And you're a grown adult and you've just been on your restricted, just getting by.

Yeah. Someone said, my sister-in-law, my friends. Just getting by. Just getting by. Just tickering. Or not caring too much about having a full. Yeah. My friend's sister-in-law announced her engagement

during the announcing of the engagement. She said how glad she was to have met her elder brother. Oh, come on. Who's living life like that? No, don't. Now it makes it sound

like you've just rushed into an engagement because you wanted to be first. When her brother then in turn announced the pregnancy with his partner, the sister-in-law's first reaction was, that's not fair, you beat me.

And everyone was like, oh, wow. Sandy, what was the situation? When did your sibling beat you? She had things. She beat me to getting a partner, getting a house, and she's got a baby on the way at the moment And is she the youngest? Yes

I mean, not that you're counting or anything No, no, no Does it actually make you salty? Or are you okay with it? No, I absolutely love her and go her But yeah, a little bit salty there I'm the oldest Yeah, what about mum and dad? I absolutely love her and go her, but yeah, it's a little bit salty there. But what about... I'm the oldest, so...

Yeah, what about mum and dad? Do they... Are they like, oh, come on, your sister's doing it? Nah, I think they just kind of... They've given up on me, probably, and just kind of go for her. Oh, that's worse. They've given up on me and they go for her. No.

No. No. Okay, so definitely no sibling rivalry there, Sandy. No, not at all. Hey, thanks for your call. Kimberly, what did your sibling beat you at? So I actually beat my sibling. So I'm 20 and I moved out of home first and they're in their late 20s. Oh, man.

You must be your parents' favourite. I think so. Yeah, they're just their late 20s. Oh, man. You must be your parents' favourite. I think so. Yeah, they're just like, say ya. They're like, well, your little sister moved out and you're still here, you two. Exactly. Do you go home and make jabs about it? Yes, all the time. I was going to say, otherwise you're missing an opportunity.

Yeah, I know. You've got to rub that in, definitely. Hey, Kimberly, thanks for your call. Jess, what did your sibling beat you to? So my little brother actually told me on the phone, oh, looks like we're going to beat you to the altar because we're engaged. It starts the conversation.

Looks like I'm going to beat you there. Wow. So me and my now husband have been together since high school, and him and his wife have been together. They were together for three years before they did get engaged. Yeah. But, yeah, they're like, oh, looks like we're going to beat you.

But was that just an awkward way for him to bring it up? Or is he actually really competitive? He is, yeah. Right. But we're really close in age anyway. There's only like 16 or 14 months between us. Right. So there're really close in age anyway. Like, there's only, like, 16 or 14 months between us. Right. So there's not a massive age difference,

but I did get the last laugh because we had the first grandchild. Oh, okay. That's worth more points. Yeah, totally. Definitely. Brilliant. Jess, thanks for your call. Jalyn, what did your sibling beat you to?

I'm five of, I'm number three out of five. Okay. And I'm the first one to get, like, the coolest car out of all my siblings. And do they hate that? Yeah, because we're a car family. Okay. They're like, the older two are mums, and my younger ones are, like, still working and stuff. But we all talk about who's going to get the flashiest car like dad's car.

And I made sure I got that. Brilliant. And you just rub it in their face. I love it. Doesn't matter what they do from here on out. You got the car. Yeah, exactly. I got the car.

Brilliant, Jaylen. You might be grandchildren, but your dad still prefers the grand cars. Exactly. Bring your grand car over. Thanks for your call, Jalen. Some text messages. Somebody said my younger sister beat me to growing boobs. That was very

heartbreaking as a child. Yeah, that would suck. That would hurt. I walked past the 50 note and as I turned around to pick it up, my brother picked it up. And he was like, I can't believe you walked past that. And I was very disappointed.

That would be the worst. That's just the tip of the iceberg. When did that happen? Is that something that was going on forever? Yeah, it feels like something you definitely – I'd be like, let's go halves. No. No, it's too late.

You walked past it. Yeah. You just passed up an investment opportunity of bending over, my friend. My older sister was the last to become engaged. And everyone was teasing her about it. And then the rest of us have become separated. And she's still the only one engaged. So I guess slow and steady wins the race.

Oh, there's plenty of time for her to get separated. Don't worry about that. No, I'm just looking for a way out. Bye. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Oh, God, you're just going to leave silence. Wait a minute, wait a minute. That's Vaughan shutting his laptop.

Wow, you have Vaughan's undivided attention. That's very unlike Vaughan to shut his laptop. I'm listening. Okay. So I've written something. Oh God, I'm already emotional. Okay. I've written something because my emotions will get the better of me and I won't say what I want to say. Fletch,

think about your body language. You've got your arm out. Well, I'm waiting for the end. You're shutting yourself off. I'm like, okay, how should I put my hands? I reckon like this. I do want to discuss something personal for a moment. I feel like I often say that you should never ask anyone

about whether they're planning on having children or not or when or another baby even. But unless you've been on the other side of these questions, you probably don't understand why it's such a big deal. So if I can for a moment, I'd like to explain it from mine and my husband's point of view. We assumed, like many couples do, that we would have no trouble having a baby. So we decided we wanted to start... Oh no. Okay, I can do this. We wanted to start near the end of 2018.

After about 10 months of trying, we had no luck. So we thought we would get checked out to make everything, make sure everything was working as it should be. We went to a fertility clinic, which is very expensive and it's a luxury I know that not everyone can afford. We had scans and tests done and much to our frustration, everything was normal. It probably would have been better if there was something wrong because then we could explain what was happening and we could work something out. But after about a year of trying, we decided we would get some help. So we tried a drug called clomiphene. It gave me headaches. It made me feel sick. I had massive mood swings, which I'm happy

to admit. We tried four rounds of this and to no avail. At this point, it's so hard to not blame your body. I felt like I couldn't do what I was supposed to do as a woman. I was pretty despondent to say the least. And my husband was feeling more and more helpless. So we worked through our options with a doctor and we were told that IVF was our next choice. I got this. So keeping all this in mind, okay, we have been constantly fielding questions from people about when are we planning on having kids? When are we going to start a family? I'm so sorry. I can't come over because that's only going to make it worse, right? Yeah, I've got this. Okay.

I had the TikToks, which was really painful. And each time I wanted to sit down and cry or just scream at the person that was asking, we were trying. Every month we were met with disappointment. And at least a couple of those moments I found out we weren't pregnant when I was on here and I wanted to hang out in the bathroom and just pack it in for the day but I had to come back in and continue an entertaining show like nothing was wrong. Okay, I'm not saying this because I want sympathy. I would love for people to understand why fertility and the journey to having a baby is so complicated

and can be a painful one for so many couples. I was told by at least three of my friends that they were pregnant over this time and at least a couple of those times I went home and cried. Not because I wasn't so happy for them. I just couldn't understand what was wrong with us and how unfair it was that we had to pay to have a baby. So anyway, IVF was locked and loaded. We did all the paperwork. We learned how to administer the injections and we

were all set to go. And the next day, New Zealand went into lockdown and it was all cancelled. It was disappointing, but we've always remained positive because we knew we could try at a later date. This was so important for me to explain because people struggle. Please be kind. And although your questions are sweet and innocent, it's hugely painful for the people on the receiving end. So, sorry, that was gross.

With that being said, I would love to share the news that Andrew and I are 17 weeks pregnant with our first child, who was a surprise during lockdown. And I'm done. You got there. Do you want some tissues?. You got there. Do you want some tissues? I've got one. I just keep sniffing.

Here's the main thing. Man, the mascara right over there. Oh, no. Other side, other side, other side. A lot there. There's a lot there. Nice and time. Oh, okay, great.

Yeah, I know you'll be. Okay. That was very well done. That was harder than I thought it was going to be, saying out loud. Because it's very personal and we've only spoken about it to my parents and a few people and, yeah, it's hard. It's hard seeing so many couples at these fertility clinics going through, I mean, so much more than us because some of them have been trying for like seven years

and it's just like heartbreak after heartbreak. And then people had these like innocent questions like, are you guys going to have babies? Like, are you baby people? When are you going to have babies? Oh, you're getting a bit older. And I know it's innocent, but man, it's gutting. Yeah, when you're going through, it's like a lot of things,

innocent questions from people who hadn't thought through who they were asking to it and what that person's going through behind the scenes. They do like a lot of things. Innocent questions from people who hadn't thought through who they were asking to it and what that person's going through behind the scenes. They do. They don't know. But yeah, it pays to ask yourself a couple of questions before you start asking people about those sorts of things. But congratulations.

Thank you. We had no idea, did we? No. Until you told us the other day. It's a hard topic to bring. It's not that I wouldn't tell you guys, but like IVF, I never knew how to bring that up with anyone or like talk to anyone about it,

which again is why it's so hard because it's very hard to share. But then, so you were about to start the IVF when level four lockdown in March, April happened. All of New Zealand, yeah. And then it happened without the IV April. Yeah. Happened. All of New Zealand, yeah. And then it happened without the IVF. Yeah. Wow.

Yeah. They say as soon as you stop trying, everything falls into place. I've heard that from a couple of friends. And I hated hearing that, but now we are the product of that. And 17 weeks. Yeah. So that means due date. February.

Ooh, that's my birthday, so I don't like to share. Hey, you did make it about yourself. It's a very short month. A little loaded with birthdays. No, it's so awesome. It's so awesome. Yeah. Congrats.

Now, you told us the news last week. Yes. And you actually, you lured us in to thinking we were doing some stupid TikTok. Do you know how hard it is? It is so hard to keep anything from you, to like pull the wool over your eyes in any way. It's so hard. Because what did I say when you told me? I was like, I did notice you changed your breakfast.

Yeah. And I had thought to myself, I was like, I did notice you changed your breakfast. Yeah. And I had thought to myself, I was like, hmm. She's eating more? That was also. She's eating proper food for breakfast. Hmm. That was, Fletch is like, you might be thinking that would have been after the congratulations and oh my God, no.

It was like. I bloody knew it. I bloody knew it. I knew it. Thank you. I've started eating a proper breakfast. Yeah. But you lured've started eating a proper breakfast. Yeah. But you lured us in with a silly game.

Yeah, we work in radio, so of course I recorded it. Do we have the audio of before we played the game where we bitched for like 10 minutes about having to do work outside of work? That would have been neat. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Many lovely messages coming in Thank you You spoke about the journey

Your journey to becoming pregnant And how it wasn't, you know An easy road And lots of people Can we print off the text machine? Wouldn't it be nice to have like a record of What's a webpage? You just press control P, don't you?

Do you just? Well, okay, smartass I'll do that And I'll see what happens. Print 103 sheets of paper. Oh, yeah, it'd be really great to have it printed off like this, wouldn't it? Mr. Control-P will do it. 103 pages of half-nonsense, long-column bullshit.

Oh, fantastic. Let's relive a happy moment. Hey, press pics and trophy. Emotions are running high. I mean, you could control a copy and then paste into a Word document. You cannot. To sort out. You don't even open the text machine at work. Don't you start coming in here

telling me my business, devil woman. It can't happen. We've got to figure out a way to do it. Lots of lovely messages. So thank you for that. A lot of people are in the same situation. Yeah. It was important to not just be disingenuous and be like,

yay, pregnant, because that was not our journey. The journey needs a nod, doesn't it? Because it often is. And that's what so many people are saying. It is a fraught journey and a hard road. Not everybody is lucky enough to just try and have. Yeah. So, I mean, Megan can just say, hey, guys, you know,

take us aside before the show or after the show or maybe take us out to coffee in a nice setting in a park and say, hey, guys, we've got some lovely news. I'm pregnant. No. We work in radio. Yeah, no. And now aren't you glad that you can listen back to this? No.

Fletch and I had retired to the nook. That's two chairs in the corner of the studio. I was eating my porridge as I do every morning. And we were winding down. We were done for the day. Done for the day. And then there was a call to record some evergreen content, which I'm hearing a lot.

We gave a giant eye roll. We've got a film with TikTok challenge. And it's the TikTok whisper challenge. I said, I'm familiar. And then I said, haven't we already done one of those? And they're like, no, no, this is different. I was like, ugh. This is how hard it is to get stuff past me.

And then Megan was like, okay, well, I'll read the whisper. She jumped at it. And I was like, fine. So then we had to. I handed a note of what I was going to say to you. So the idea is we would put on headphones and you say a phrase and we have to guess what you're saying by just reading your lips.

Your mouth moving. Because you've got music in your headphones. And we chose Denise Williams' song from the Footloose soundtrack, Let's Hear It For The Boy. A jam. Yeah. Do you want me to play it well i mean just so set the set the same um why did we choose this song and then it's like let's hear it for my baby because i read a meme um yeah i read a meme about how she spends every verse saying how useless her man is and how like and then it gets to the chorus and she's like, oh, but he's trying his best. Let's hear it for the boy. And how much songs have changed.

Okay. So we're going to go. This happened last week. Oh, I had my headphones on. We'll just wait for you then, shall we? Okay. Yeah. So we've got our headphones on and this is blaring.

We're jamming. Cranking this. And we can't hear a single other thing. And this is when Megan tells us the news. Hey, it's Harry from the book! No idea what they're in for. Did you say it? No.

Okay, you ready? Yeah. Ready? I am pregnant. Did you say it? Yeah. Say it again. Your mouth doesn't move.

I am pregnant. Do you even move your mouth when you talk? Have we started? Yeah. Say it again. Your mouth doesn't move. I am pregnant. Do you even move your mouth when you talk? Have we started? Yeah. Yeah. I am pregnant. Move the mic away. I can't see you go.

I am pregnant. Open your mouth when you speak. Oh, my God. Are you saying one word or a sentence? You have to guess. Say it again. Go. Ready?

Yep. I am pregnant. Pass it off. You don't even, like, what are you saying, peaches? You're like, no, no. Does it start with B? No. I am pregnant.

What are you talking about? Move your mouth. Pizza? Move your mouth Pizza Move your mouth Well kind of Okay ready I am pregnant I am pregnant I am

What did you say I am hungry Biscuits Not biscuits I am hungry. Biscuits. Not biscuits. Not biscuits. Okay. I am not biscuits.

Boobies. Not boobies. Not boobies. Doesn't start with B. Go again. I am pregnant. I am pregnant. Did I get it?

Yay. I don't know. See, get it. Wait, are you actually? What was it? What was it? Repeat it. What was it? Repeat it. Wait, are you actually? What was it? What was it? Repeat it. What was it?

Repeat it. She's pregnant. I am pregnant. What? Whatever. Are you joking? No. Okay, drink a glass of wine. No, I can't.

She is. This was a wacky challenge. No. This is a fake note. Yeah. So you're pregnant? Yes. That's awesome.

Thanks. That's great news. What was we doing this stupid thing for? What was this stupid wacky thing for? I thought it was a wacky internet challenge. Why can't we just have a half-time moment? Does everything have to be wacky? That is so good. Thanks? That is so good.

Thanks. That is so great. Wacky internet video, which ended up being a video. Yeah, it's a bit meta, right? Quite levelled, that. Yeah, wow. So that was the moment last week when Megan revealed the news. That I was biscuits.

Or burpees. Peaches. It's very hard because you don't move your mouth when you speak much. I noticed during that. Well, I didn't want to give it away. You moved your mouth way more then. See there? I didn't want to give it away. I didn't want to give it away.

Move your mouth and say it now. I am pregnant. No, you can roll through there without moving your mouth. Perfect. Well, congrats. Thanks. Next on the show, our 50K Fact of the Day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fact of the Day,, you know that sign,

oh, by the way, this is the fact of the day, I could win you some cash, be listening to a album for. 50k, fact of the day. Oh, let me take care of that, please. Well, usually you jump in. And I let you. Well, I was going to wait till the end today. I like to mix it up.

Top a toilet. Seeing as you've jumped in there, I'll say thanks to till the end today. I like to mix it up. Top of the toilet. Seeing as you've jumped in there, I'll say thanks to Save My Bacon helping you borrow money online and growing your credit score at the same time. We'll ask you a question about this fact at midday and four. Like you mentioned, Vaughan, $500 a pop each time. Uh-huh.

So today's fact of the day is that, you know that symbol that indicates radioactive material? Yes. Yeah. Do you know it's got radioactive material? Yes. Yeah. Do you know it's got a name? No. Radioactive emoji. Is it an emoji?

Does it feature in the emojis? Yeah, it's an emoji. Because remember when I went to Chernobyl, I used it. You could use it. What do you type into? Get it. Radioactive. Yeah, so click that.

Type radioactive. And then if it offers you an emoji instead of the word, click that. That's the symbol I'm talking about. Like the yellow with the, is that it? Yeah. Yeah. I always thought it was weird because to me it always reminded me of an old reel-to-reel film or audio tape. Right.

That's what it looked like to me. Yeah, it does look like that. It looked like the bit in that and it would spin around. It has a name. It is the trefoil symbol. Trefoil symbol. Now, I have looked into the origins of the trefoil symbol. Trefoil symbol. Now, I have looked into the origins of the trefoil symbol. Tre, because it's got three parts to it,

and the foil is to try to stop, like... You going anywhere? It's intended purpose was to stop you and whatever you were doing when you saw this. Okay. However, it was deemed not scary enough. The yellow and the symbol didn't

stop some people who were just like what could be in here? Some real tapes and get into it. However, it is now red and it radiates jiggly lines and one of the jiggly lines points to a skull and crossbones. Oh yeah. And one of them

points to a skull and crossbones. Oh, yeah. And one of them points to a human shape exiting. Yeah, see, that's not a sign I'd walk past, whereas the other sign I'd be like, eh, I'm curious. Hello, emoji. What could this ever be? Yeah. If you have a radioactive material and it does not

include that signage, you're in for a big fine. Oh, really? Yeah. Big fine. And also, to put it on things that aren't radioactive is internationally recognised as a no-no. Naughty. Like you shouldn't graffiti at places that aren't radioactive. You shouldn't put it on stickers for just like a laugh

or like symbolic usage. Well, they won't touch it though. Well, that's not a good thing if you're trying to sell music, for example. There was a band that used it on the cover of their CD and well, they were excused because obviously CDs aren't radioactive. Yeah.

You wouldn't put it on buildings or anything because that would indicate they are radioactive and you could face a fine. Right. So today's fact of the day is the radioactive symbol has a name. It's called the trefoil symbol. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Well, there's a new app and it's going to launch in Christchurch first Before rolling out by the looks of it to the rest of the country Mutu M-U-T-U Now, the idea with this app Is that you If you've got stuff lying around the house You can rent it out

Like, loan it to people And they pay for it Not to keep, but they pay for a loan So it's like your own little, like, hire pool place or whatever Right, yeah And they pay for it. Not to keep, but they pay for a loan. So it's like your own little hire pool place or whatever. Right, yeah. But with anything you've got around your house. So say, for example, if you were doing some renos and you didn't have a really expensive drill or a saw,

you would just jump on the app and find it and rent it for a day or two. What's the deal with paying a bond? Yeah, what if they ruin it? Why, I think you register with the app. You'd register with the app. And like every app, you probably put your credit card down and you're probably responsible. I don't know.

Or another example they use is if you were going away for a camping weekend or a week, rather than buy like a $600 family tent, you might be able to hire one for like 40 or 50 bucks. Yeah, I just don't want... You wouldn't want other people in your tent? What if they stink up the tent? I don't know, they air it out?

They air it out, yeah. But that's the thing, if you've got a tent that's in your garage that you haven't used for years and years, why not make a few hundred dollars off of it? And also, it means that there's not wastage of people going out and also buying a tent that they're only going to use once every 10 years.

You're using tents as an example and tent people right now are like, time to shut up. Time to shut up. But anything like, you imagine you do a job around the house or the garden and you need something so you buy it, but then you never use it again. Like a power tool or a digger. Exactly. You might have a digger in your back garden that people could borrow. Can you do this with friends?

So do you reckon people would get offended if they're like, hey, can I borrow your blah, blah, blah? Well, no, that's friends. Go through Motu. Go through Motu. Yeah. What's listed on Motu? Yeah, so you'll have to book it on there.

But then you're making your friends pay for something that's probably not that cool. No, you wouldn't, yeah. I love a good borrow. I've always loved a good borrow. My dad, I come from a family of borrowers but lenders as well. My granddad was, he had everything. Do you remember the days back in the 2000s

of having an extensive DVD collection? Oh, and lending people your DVDs. You'd lend your DVDs, your box sets, and then you'd be like, well, where's that gone? And then you'd have to run some kind of video-easy blockbuster system of who's got your DVDs. The worst was when the person who borrowed it said, hey, is it right if I just pass it on to so-and-so?

I know. Because they want to borrow it. And you've been told, but at the same time, now it's out of your lending. There's some sub-lending. Yeah. And that was when you dangerously never got your DVDs back. But then is there an option on this app to register your mates for free

just so you're remembered they've got it? No, I don't believe so. Because that would be a good way to track it. Who was it? See, you've still got my... Was it you who had an Excel spreadsheet of your DVDs? Who else would it be? I think you did.

I might have actually. I think you did. And if you lent it out, you popped it in the Excel, and when you got them back, you removed it from the Excel. Is that something I did? I mean, it sounds like something I would do. I had a lot of great DVDs, Megan. He had a wonderful DVD collection.

I had a wonderful DVD collection. And some of them were like, great DVDs. And I was like, well, I don't want these going missing. And it was more the fact that I think my memory was shot that there were so many DVDs out. Yeah.

I didn't know who, but this is a problem. If you loan something off a friend, you finish, you take it back. Yeah. You don't just keep it like old smithy. I'm a shocker.

I'll borrow something and then just not forget I've got it, but just be like, well, I assume they'll say, hey, I wanted to. I'm bad at being like, oh, well, if it's sitting in my shed, if it's just going to sit in your shed. It's mine now. Well, no, no, I don't claim it. But you might finish with it and you might be like,

I'll give that a claim one day and then you forget. And then I just wait to be asked for it back. And then five years later, you've got something and you're like, oh, I guess this is mine now. And someone's written it off. Yeah, people write it off. I've done that with my dad a couple of times. I borrowed something and he's like, oh, I was going to get a new one anyway.

And then I'll score it. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah, that's a good one for the parents. Well, I wonder on the back of that, could we take some calls? What have you borrowed and still to this day not given back? And maybe you know that you should probably return this to a friend, and it could be anything, but you're just like, well, it's mine now, and they obviously don't care.

They haven't said anything. It's been years. Secretly that's June 19. Who's got the longest? I'm going to wait for this bastard to put his hand up, so he's still got that. Who's got the longest borrow as well? I'd love to take some calls.

0800 DARS at M, 9696 to text. What did you borrow and you still haven't given back? Or maybe you borrowed something for years and they finally hit you up about it. Talking about the long-term borrowing or just taking something and borrowing it and never returning it. The classic Vaughan Smith move.

No, it's not the classic. Stop lying there. What is the classic Vaughan Smith move? Let's go through your garage. I reckon I'd be pretty safe at the moment. Okay. Got dad's water blaster. Have you still got my sander?

Oh, no, you gave that back. That took you a while, though. Do you remember when you borrowed my sander? No, what sander? You definitely did. Your orbital sander. Yeah, you did. Did I fletch borrow a drone?

And it took him a, a what? Well, no, that was a half shares drone. That was a shares, yeah. What happened to that? What happened to that drone? Gave it away. It was rubbish. It wasn't like drones today.

Somebody said, someone borrowed my sewing machine. She was on her way to drop it off, but just didn't show up. I asked what happened and was left unseen. That's dot, dot,

dot. That's team BC. You need your sewing machine because everyone's making their own masks. To be fair, you borrowed my sewing machine and you gave it back. I did.

Gave it straight back. I did, but I didn't just do it. And then I, well, Sade said, don't leave that there. Yeah, in fact, if it wasn't for Sade, you would have so much more stuff.

Don't leave that there. There's no room without that. Somebody else said that their ex-friend borrowed their expensive dog clippers and scissors. That was in January. They waited until August when they were very annoyed and they said, can I have them back? And she said, you come and pick them up.

And I said, you borrowed them, you return them. And that was it. It went off. We're no longer friends. Over some dog clippers. Katie, what about you? What did you borrow and not give back? I have borrowed a school viola,

which is a musical instrument like a violin. Wow, and you're not at school now? No, actually, I borrowed it when I was about 14, and I'm now 40. Oh, they're not missing that anymore. No, they're not, are they? I guess the worst part is I moved countries with it as well. I'm from Australia. Oh, they're not missing that. No, they're not. Are they? I guess the worst part is I moved countries with it as well. I'm from Australia.

Oh, different jurisdiction. That's it. I was about to say that. I was about to say our public schools are state funded. Blah, blah, blah, but it's Australia, so I don't care. It doesn't matter. They won't know. Do you actually play it?

Yes, I do. Not anymore, but it's not mine. Brilliant, Katie. Thanks for your call. Dan, what did you borrow and just not give back? A BMW. A BMW. Dan, how did you pull that off?

Well, I moved back from Australia about five years ago and my auntie said that I could borrow her car and yeah, just I still have it. Who's paying the insurance in the WAF and the rego? Well, I think she's still paying the insurance because I haven't seen anything about that, but

my mum is actually paying for the warrant for this in the rego at the moment. Dan, you are sucking on the teats of the family here. I love it. I've got a job, I've got my own family. I've said I'll pay for everything and they're just like, well, no, no, we'll take care of it because it's not your

car. Okay. I'm so confused. She's just letting this happen. What's Aunty doing for a car? Just walking everywhere. Yeah, so she's quite in touch with nature and everything. So she prefers the bus and she travels a lot for work.

I was going to say she's quite in touch with nature. She's off the grid. She's living there. She takes a bus. Well, quite often she'll go on a two-week retreat away from all technology and everything like that. Oh, yeah. She doesn't need a German BMW.

No, does she? No, exactly. Dan, thanks for your call. Some other text messages. Somebody said, a friend of mine borrowed my hair straightener. I had it for about a year. She gave it back

and then asked to borrow it a couple of weeks later and three years later still has it. I'm sorry, but buy your own. That's not a thing you borrow, eh? Yeah. Because that's an... Well, I mean, you might not need a straightener here I'm sorry, but buy your own. That's not a thing you borrow, eh? Yeah. Because that's an well, I mean, you might not need a straightening hair all the time, but.

Yeah, well, how often are you just borrow it once and give it back? Somebody said borrowed a pony or a free lease, apparently, a pony. Ten years later, we couldn't get hold of the owner. How many years? Ten years later. Surely this owner would have been keeping in touch. Yeah, well, that's...

Throughout. I was giving up riding, so I wanted to give the pony back, but then I couldn't get in touch with the person. I borrowed the pony off. So they ate it. They fought... Fletch! A fitting...

I mean, it's 2020. There's worse things that's happened than eating it. It would be old and chewy. You'd want a slow cook pony. It would be a slow cook pony. Very much want a slow cook. I know they re-homed it To another person

Oh that's nice I can't speak to what They did to it Maybe they ate it Probably ate it Yeah Push comes to shove You gotta eat

When I first went flatting I borrowed mum's hair clippers It's been eight years And every now and then She'd still say Look I was thinking about Giving your father a haircut What happened to those hair clippers

Eight years later Let it go mum Let it go mum Yeah mum Let it go, Mum. Yeah, Mum, you're dreaming, mate. It's time to spend $20 more on another set. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast,

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