ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 20th October 2021

Episode Date: October 19, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network. Clay. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to McCafe, barista-made coffee available from drive-thru and McDelivery at level 3. And also dine-in at level 2. Received a package, just picked it up. In this cardboard box.

First of all, check the stock on that paper. Oh yeah, that's good stuff. Oh yeah, looks thick. I can hear that. What's at the GSM? You can hear the GSM in that one. Oh yeah, that's good stuff. Oh, yeah, it looks thick. I can hear that. Is it the GSM? You can hear the GSM in that one. Oh, yeah, that's thick. I would estimate 160? I don't know what.

Certainly thicker than your 80. I think 80 is standard, right? Oh, yeah, double that. Yeah, at least. Yeah, oh, that's nice. Beautiful paper. Graham from Forever Beards sent a beard package, but he said also, long-time listener, first-time caller,

has listened to the podcast podcast as I normally do and I heard you say that Vietnamese coffee is the best there is. Remember that? It's delicious coffee, yeah. Delicious Vietnamese coffee. I've been to Vietnam and had it in Vietnam. It's delicious. Oh, okay.

Cool, man. Yeah. Why did Baraga about traveling? You guys remember traveling? You know that's a sore spot at the moment. Oh, that's a good endorsement. I might go there. His coffee of choice would be Trung Nguyen,

Sang Tao 1 or 2 with a little bit of the old condensed milk added for good measure. Lovely stuff. Okay. Now, he then goes on to say the reason he sends the care package is if you like Vietnamese coffee, I think it must be from his leftovers. Wrong box.

He makes... Wrong box. Oh, Jesus. Oh, my God. You could have had the box ready. There's only two boxes left and there's two of them. Okay. Vietnamese coffee scrub, Forever Beads Body Bar.

Ingredients, coconut oil, sunflower oil, olive oil, castor oil, coffee, lye water. So does that mean he's from his scraps? His leftover coffee? Yeah, must be. Get a bit of that in there. That smells delicious, doesn't it? I know, yeah. Have a sniff of that. Oh, yes, that's lovely. And that's a body bar. That's lovely. You're a bit... You poo-poo a body bar, don't you? Yeah, you are. I love liquid.

Do you want to have a sniff, Megan? But that's also very specifically like, made for you. It's not going to dry you out like oil of Olana. What was the one with the sticker on the bar? Knights Castile. Knights Castile. Lux? No, it was Cleopatra.

Yeah, what was it? Cussins. Cussins. Because Cleopatra had a bath in the milk. And then it was like, do you want to bathe like Cleopatra? The year was an ad. Say that, say I want to bathe like Cleopatra, David. Why did they put a sticker on it?

Then it just floated in the bottom of the shower. Cussins Imperial Leather. Imperial Leather. Yeah, that was what I was thinking of. Cussins was the... Do you know they still sell that? I know. They just call their soap, like, such bougie names, Imperial Leather. Yeah, that was what I was thinking of. Custards was the... Do you know they still sell that? I know.

They go to the supermarket. They're just cool. They're such bougie names. Imperial Leather. Okay. Knight's Castile. I found the ad. What year do you think the Cleopatra ad... Keep in mind, this ad must have run for a long time.

What year do you think? 1998. Late 80s into the 90s. 1988. Yeah. Was the first one of this. Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. Cleopatra.

Her name is linked with the secret of beauty. Cream and perfume. Cleopatra. A new soap rich as a cream, sensual as a perfume. Sensual. A new soap that might well change the face of the world. Cleopatra, a secret of beauty. A new soap that might well change the world.

A mix of cream and perfume. Of course, people who have any sort of allergy to perfume would realise that it's an alcohol that completely dries you out. Yeah, and gets you all rashy. Yeah, gets you a bit rashy. I remember that ad, though, growing up. And, yeah, I remember Mum would buy it and you'd be like, oh, my God, we've got the soap from the TV.

Yeah. And I remember the ad because there was one stage in that ad where she drops her robe and it's implied that she's nude. Oh, okay. And they're like, oh, my God, boobies! The boobies on TV! Ted would be like, what? Oh, no, no, that's a bloody ad.

That's just a tease. So anyway, thanks for that, Graham. I don't know how you've been dragged into this Cleopatra badger. And if you're happy with that, but thanks. This is how I sniff soaps, by the way. I huff them. Thanks, Rachel.

Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Fawn and Megan. Three minutes past six. Secret sound. All thanks to Neon. Seven o'clock, eight o'clock this morning. And we might have a jackpot this morning. Cool.

Jackpot. Because there was a Facebook post that said if this gets a thousand likes or comments a thousand comments there'll be a jackpot and I believe

that we may have those comments so we could be playing for $20,000 a bit later this morning but if you can identify our secret sound 7 o'clock 8 o'clock this morning,

all thanks to Neon, the chance to call through. The top six is on the way. Some sad news for those in Canterbury. Yeah. Another RIP to Addington. Classic of the old, the old race day. They're still racing the horses. Yeah, but no crowd.

But no people. No crowds. Yeah, but no crowd. But no people. No crowds. So I've got the top six ways to recreate that famous cup day at home, which will be easy because I went once and I didn't see a horse the whole time. No horses. It's very possible, Megan. Oh, yeah, absolutely. Coming up next on the show,

I'll tell you what you can do with your partner to be more satisfied. Okay. Do you and your husband, Mr. Toyboy, do this? No. No. So safe to say you're not satisfied. There's room for further satisfaction increases

by the sounds of things. Okay. ZDM Splashbornch, Ron and Megan. This is actually being done as a study. A bunch of researchers have looked into the effect of adult content on relationships. And they've found that it really depends on how you use it. So if you are using porn together as a couple, it is likely to

result in more satisfaction in your relationship a better sex life and a better relationship overall as long as you're doing it together. So the use of adult content with a romantic partner is reliably associated with

better rather than worse sexual and relationship satisfaction. What was that look for, Vaughan? Is that because it's just... That sounds like a trap. It sounds like these researchers, real researchers, how much trouble are you going to get beat when you suggest to your partner that you settle into a nice evening of porn? Partners who frequently used porn alone tended to have reduced relationship and sexual satisfaction.

Well, they're not sorting it out. They're obviously not watching the right stuff. Are they branching out? Are they trying something new? No, because they're doing it solo. They're doing it alone. They're doing it alone. Just taking away from the couple time, isn't it?

Yeah. You've got to learn to love yourself before you can learn to love others. That's so me. It's wise words. Wise words. But do you think it's because it would lead

to like conversation? Everybody like, oh, I wouldn't like that. I mean, sure. Because otherwise like a lot of people would find it hard to discuss.

She seems to be enjoying that. Maybe I will give it a go. That sort of thing. Yeah. Don't do, yeah, no, don't do that. Don't do, yeah, no, don't do that.

What he's doing there, don't do that. No, that's just for the video. Yeah. They've taken creative license there. Yeah, that's not,

no one likes that. She acts like she's liking it, but she doesn't. She's being paid to like that. Not a lot. She's not being paid a lot, don't get me wrong, but she is being paid.

Yeah. So overall, it just also just seems like a way to get yourself in trouble, being like, oh, should we watch this one? You'd like that, wouldn't you? Yeah. If it's a category that

perhaps your partner doesn't fall into. Yeah. Yeah. Just, yeah, I don't know. You pick one. No, you pick one. Yeah. What do you want to watch? I don't know. What do you want to watch? Hard enough to pick what you want to watch every night on Neon.

Sponsor of the secret sound. Let alone if there was some sort of adult Neon and you had to decide what to watch. Do you watch all the trailers? To be honest, sometimes the trailers are enough. Yeah. Oh, Jesus. 13 past six. You've got an issue outside of the bedroom at home.

Yes, well outside of the bedroom. In the backyard. In the paddock, yes. It's a problem. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. Well, something was digging a hole in the vegetable garden to get down to some... A cat. Huh?

No, it was like a tunnel hole. Rabbits. Yeah. I didn't think it was rabbits. I thought it was rats. Rats don't dig big holes. Yeah, rats dig like tunnel holes. Yeah, they do.

No. Well, how do you think they like get down to things? Rats are big diggers. Sillars. Have you not seen Ninja Turtles? Have you not seen Ninja Turtles? Right, that's how they get down. Well, rats, no, Mike, they're...

I've had a rat dig a hole before. I'm just googling. It's too small for a rabbit. Oh, look at this hole, Megan. Oh my god. Yeah, they're real. Rats are so gross. Rats typically burrow 18 inches to nest. 18 inches. But they're capable of digging down much deeper in a foundation.

Yeah, wow. Okay. That's disgusting. I thought it might have been rats because the part of the garden they were digging in, I'd chucked some old cow meal that had gone a bit sour. Right. So I looked up what to do with it and I was like oh, they're full of microbes. And I was like

for the garden. Anyway, I buried it there so I thought the rats were going down to get all the old meal. Right. But anyway it turns out it is rabbits. And I know this because I was in the garden And I just saw something Move out of the corner of my eye

And I slowly looked And there was three Little bunny rabbits And they live under The goat's house Do they have white tails? Yeah Classic

Classic rabbit But they're pests aren't they? Yes This is the problem They're cute They're very cute And then I see Indy, our animal loving daughter,

all they always tell me bunnies are her favourite animal. Okay. So I'm damned. I'm buggered here. Right. I'm toast. Because I can't.

Yeah, and you can't say you've sent them to a farm because technically you've got a farm left and you're on the farm. Let's say I sent them to the South Island

and then they'll see the news when there's this rabbit population boom this summer and I'll be like there they are oh don't they look happy and then they'll have that day where they

all go out and shoot the rabbits and I'll be like so so if they made like a burrow are they going to have little burrows

well no they are the babies they must have been older they're about to have babies too because I don't know if you've heard the

Breeding like rabbits So I said to Indy Google how quickly rabbit populations can explode Because it'll blow your mind And she was like well apparently They have like five In a litter and they can have like Four litters a season or something

So every rabbit can have 20 and then when you add another Rabbit to it as soon as it reaches maturity like four litters a season or something. Oh, wow. So every rabbit can have 20. And then when you add another rabbit to it, as soon as it reaches maturity, it can be responsible for 20. It's like the R value of a rabbit. It is. And then I can see her thinking, and she's like, 25 rabbits? I was like, no, no, no.

That's how many one rabbit is responsible for. And then I showed her This is great maths at home This is a good teaching Yeah But a homeschooling A teaching But it was supposed to show them

How bad it is And how But then they got really excited Because they were like Then we won't be able to go outside Without seeing a rabbit And they're like Oh this is going to be great

Because we're going to have A hundred rabbits And they're cute And then that hundred rabbits Will automatically turn into Five hundred rabbits And then that 100 rabbits will automatically turn into 500 rabbits. And then 500 rabbits turns into... Oh, they've got to go. Yeah.

Two and a half thousand rabbits. But you can't because then they're going to be going outside looking for them every day. They went to a new home. No, I'm not condoning this. They're pissed. They're pissed. They're an absolute pest. But they're real cute. I've seen a this. They're an absolute pest. But they're real cute.

I've seen a video. They're real cute. Yeah. Do you know a really good recipe? Because when kids are sitting down and eating a pie, they're like, this is delicious. Oh, yeah. So you know why it's delicious?

It's rabbits. Yeah, so. What are you going to do? It's your prisoner's dilemma. Yeah, so what are you going to do? It's your prisoner's dilemma. Don't know. I was thinking about giving them some Robux dollars for the end of that computer game they love so much. And so they'll be inside for like two days straight. And then you can take them out.

Gone. Oh, my God. Just, I don't want to know. Don't put it on the group chat. I'm not a psychopath. Plus two hands on the gun. You do put a lot of dead animals in the group chat. Yeah, but I don't kill them. I just find them dead.

In the rat traps and stuff. Oh, yeah, but rats are like next level. We all just grossed at rats before, remember? Yeah, they are. Plus that trap I've got, that thing is shit hot. Take your foot off if you got caught in it. Well, good luck with that. Thanks.

Unless anyone listening wants some pet rabbits. Yeah, I could definitely trap them. Yeah. Would they be good pets or are they too wild? I don't think you're going to be able to cuddle them. No. Also, can't they bite your finger off? Will they nibble?

You've got to have some defence out there in the wild world. Yeah. All right. Well, if you'd like a rabbit, 0800-DARLS-AT-M. I'll trap it in a banana box for you. ZDM Splash, Ron and Megan. Well, guys, don't even worry about it because if you're stressed over COVID and lockdown and everything that's going on in the world right now,

all you need, a couple of memes. A couple of memes. It's a new medication, is it? Yeah. Just take a meme morning and night. Yeah. A big glass of water. Five milligrams of meme.

Yeah, with some food and you'll be fine. So some research has been done and it has found that funny memes, COVID-related funny memes, help people cope with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, making people feel calmer and more content. And this was actually a big study and they found that people that viewed memes compared with other types of media reported higher levels of humour

and more positive emotions, which was directly related to a decrease in stress about the pandemic. You can laugh or cry, right? That's the old saying. So they tested memes, like they'd get a cat meme and then they'd repurpose it as a COVID meme. Yes. Gotcha. And they'd test people

and when it was things like babies or animals and it was cuter, that also worked as well. And yeah, it's found to have a direct relation. That's good. Does that work for like TikTok? Well, I guess so.

There's humor on there. Funny algorithm on TikTok. And you think about NZ Lockdown memes, that page is like, people love that. Yeah. It always makes you chuckle, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah. I find that like, like really stupid things make me laugh now.

Is that just because I'm an easy target? Everybody's lowered their expectations of humanity, of the outcome. Yeah. Of the year. And maybe that's the overall lesson here. Lower your expectations. Yeah. From the majestic ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there.

For the first time in its 117-year history, Addington Cup Week will not be open to the public. This is big news. Like, that's big for Christchurch and Canterbury. Yep. Unless the entire region is moved to Level 1 restrictions, this would be called the Emancipation of the South Island. Yeah. And many people on the South Island are calling for it.

Yeah. I can see why. I can see why, too. Yeah. And many people on the South Island calling for it. Yeah. I can see why. I can see why too. Yeah. I mean. Set them free. Yeah. Why don't you babe? And if they come back they're yours or something. Yeah. Is that right? Yeah. God I hope they come back to us. I think

they will. We'd be doing the right thing. They'll be back. You'll be back. You'll be back. You'll be back. Yeah. You'll be back. So the races will still be going ahead. No public participation. And I know that Cup Day is a massive day for the lads and lasses of Christchurch.

Yeah. Now, I know some of the tickets were paused to go on sale, but some of the packages sold out. You can get your money back for those. Yeah. Now, I know some of the tickets were paused to go on sale, but some of the packages sold out. You can get your money back for those. Right. Well, the top six ways to recreate Cup Day at home. Number six, dress for success, but drink for the clink, because that's where some people end up at the end of the day.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Having a little sit down in the sober cell. But, gosh, dress impeccably. Yeah. Dress impeccably. Whether or not they've still got the undies at the end of the day, completely different story. Number five on the list of the top six ways to recreate Cup Day at home.

At least one person in your bubble must be a guy who looks like they're wearing a college shirt for the first time. No tie. Four buttons open. A pair of 1990s Oakley sunglasses on, a durry hanging out their mouth, a fair bit of Dax wax in the air, and just out for a bloody good time. And he's a big fella too.

He's real physically waxy on the back when he talks to you. Started the day with a tie. Started the day with a tie. Did he though? And he pulled one out and he was like, I don't know how to do this bloody thing. And immediately took it off unless it was one of those

elastic ones. Oh yeah. Number four on the list of the top six ways to recreate Cup Day at home are someone's going to need to be body painted. It doesn't have to be great

but they have to be there. That's the rule. We're going to need somebody else in wearable art as well. Good. That's just the rules. That was a big part of it. Yeah, a massive part of it.

Somebody's got to do it. Number three on the list of the top six ways to recreate Cup Day at home. Drink Lindau out of those little bottles on your homemade Lindau lawn. Yeah. Hey-o, put up some picket fencing. If you don't have a lawn, you could do the Prosecco patio. Yeah. Oh, nice.

The Lindau lounge. Yeah. You could just be in the lounge or the diesel deck. Yeah. Oh, nice. The Lindale lounge. Yeah. Could just be in the lounge. Or the diesel deck. That's where you drink. That's where you drink delicious, pre-mixed diesel out of a can. God, no. There must be a whole lot of Lindale stacked up somewhere in a warehouse.

No Lindale lawn. Oh. What a crime. Yeah. If you know a middle class white girl and she's like going and walking in one direction, follow her because she'll be sniffing out the Lindau. The huge stalks of Lindau. They do.

They're like a little fox terrier searching for truffles. Fox terrier will be like. Isn't that piggies searching for truffles? Piggies do them too. Yeah, right. But on Country Calendar this week, it's like a little fox terrier. Oh, is it? Searching out the truffles.

And they go... And that's the same noise the white girls will make when they find their Lindau. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six ways to recreate Cup Day at home. After you've finished on the Lindau lawn, take a piss in your garden and then fall into it. It's always important that somebody falls into their own piss. And gets a bit messy, doesn't it? you've finished on the Lindau lawn, take a piss in your garden and then fall into it. It's always important somebody falls into their own piss. It gets a bit messy, doesn't it?

She gets messy at the end of the day. You don't say that word. Urinate. Please say that. Take a urinate in your own garden and then fall into it. Yep. Thank you. Someone's got to fall into it.

Okay. And number one on the list of the top six ways to recreate Cup Day at home. Talk once or twice about horses, but never see horses. It's vitally important you don't know if they're the galloping horses or the toey little trailer horses. What's with the toey little trailer? It's the toey trailer horses. Tuesday's the toey trailer. If I was a jockey, I'd just want to do the toey one.

I know. Because it seems like less work. It's easier, yeah. Yeah, you're getting toned on a trailer rather than having, like, your groin smashed and your balls, like, smashed. Yeah, I hate it when my balls are smashed. That's horrible. Yeah.

I'm a big fan of getting my balls smashed for the right reason. That is today's top six. We're not going to the ad break just yet. What would be... No, actually, we're going to the ad break. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The three of us get up early, so we're going to be excluded from this,

but the average bedtime has been revealed. This is a study that went across 10 countries, but a similar average bedtime of 11.40pm on weekdays. Oh, that'd be nice, wouldn't it? I'm like so asleep by then. But we wake up like at ridiculous hours, so we're not normal. You guys wake up so late, we just found out this morning. I get up at four.

You wake up when I'm literally leaving the house. Well, because I live like 10 minutes walk from work. That's wild. And you just put your clothes on and go. Yeah, basically. Madness. And then get an e-scooter. So I had less time coming to work.

Wow. Do you think we influence the people we live with's bedtimes? 100%. Yeah, because Charlotte goes to bed way earlier than that. Yeah. Sometimes she'll even beat me to bed. I don't know. Wait, do you go to bed way earlier than that. Yeah. Sometimes she'll even beat me to bed on her. Wait, do you go to bed at different times? Yeah.

Oh, we always go to bed at the same time. Must be nice. Probably not. No. I can fall asleep in about two seconds flat. So sometimes we'll be going to bed at the same time, but the difference is she'll have a shower after, and I'll just get straight to bed and be like, gone.

Yeah, yeah. And she'll probably be on her phone for like two hours. Yeah, exactly. So 11.40 is the average bedtime on weekdays, and then on weekends it's 10 past 12, 10 past midnight. Okay. So then they go on to say it does depend on age. So older people have an earlier bedtime.

11.23 for 60 people 60 and older so our bedtime is still earlier than old people so people between 20 and 24 go to bed at like half past 12 at night Yeah but again they're not getting up at 4am Yeah

Why do you sound so angry when you say that? You sound so angry I don't know, I was just being defensive I googled, I've just Googled the average time people wake up. So they spend seven hours, 18 in bed each night. So if you go to bed at 11.39, you wake up at 7.09. Seven? Yeah.

It's not even seven yet. We've been at work for a while. I've still not awake. Wow. I always wake up. You've missed half the day. It's like when we go and have a holiday at Christmas and you actually get sleep and you're like,

wow, this is how my brain's supposed to feel. Yeah, and then you feel a little lethargic. Not so foggy. It's like I've slept too much. Yeah. Now I've got a headache from sleeping too much. But they have said it's not so much when your bedtime is, it's how much sleep you get.

Right. So you can go to bed in time as long as you're getting enough sleep. Seven or eight hours. Yeah. Straight into that question of like what time do they wake up. Yeah. What time does the average millionaire wake up? Oh, okay.

50% of self-made millionaires and 90% of executives get up before 6am. Okay. Or three hours before their workday begins. Well, that's us. Because their brain's just going. Well, that's us. Because their brain's just going. Well, that's us, but where's the money? Does it just appear in your account? Do I have to apply or send my...

Nope. It just magically happens. I think we'd all be... What time do billionaires wake up? Why are we mucking around with millionaires? I don't want to be a millionaire. What am I, a loser? What time?

Is it 4am? A journalist interviewed several billionaires and discovered they all seem to find 4am. That's me, baby. Where's my money? Yeah, exactly. As their most productive time of day, if you want to learn why this will only work out

for about 15% of the population, keep reading. 15%! Oh, man. It's not a productive time today. Now it sounds like it's going to be hard. ZM's Fleshborn and Megan. Play ZM. ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound.

Season 10. Well, it's all thanks to Neon. Watch TV series and movies handpicked for Kiwis by Kiwis on Neon. And the secret sound that could win you $15,000. That's it, Heidi. Good morning. How are you? Good, thank you.

All right, well, $15,000. It's all yours. You've just got to tell us what that sound is. Okay. I am... Oh, my God. I can't believe someone pushing the snooze button on an alarm clock. Oh, my God, Heidi, your phone just glitched.

It made you sound like a robot. You were like, I have a guess from the planet of the lemons. It made you sound like a robot. You were like, I have a guess from the planet Lebon. It made you sound like Evil Heidi. That was wild. So pushing the snooze button. Yes. Pushing the snooze button on an alarm. Let's have a listen.

Okay. Like an old school clock radio next to the bed Yeah Okay, Soundkeeper, owls, do you have one of those? I do I'm not going to lie, I did find it out of storage Just a few weeks ago Oh, okay, that works

Yep, it does. Heidi, have you had a look at the clues? How do they help? I figured By now now years later with time maybe and they made me as an person. Heidi,

you did the robot thing again. I don't know what's going on. Okay, well I'll let you know now, Heidi, before you turn evil on us again. Sorry, I've taken it off. I liked evil Heidi.. Take it off. Oh, right.

I liked evil Heidi. I liked evil Heidi. If you're not right, you'll be like, I'll kill you all. Humanity must die. I thought level three made me sleep in maybe. Okay. It works. That's relatable.

Well, Heidi, I'll let you know now. Yeah. We all hate an alarm'll let you know now. Yeah. We all hate an alarm clock, don't we? Yeah. So it could have been easily the secret sound, another thing to hate quite easily. Yeah. But, Heidi, that isn't the secret sound.

Oh. Heidi, it's not. All right, well, hey, another chance, 8 o'clock, and I believe, Soundkeeper Owls, you did promise us if the post on Facebook got 1,000 comments, you'd jackpot us. Yeah, I did. And the jackpot might be a thing. At 8 o'clock?

Yep, at 8 o'clock. Can we confirm that? Okay, we'll confirm that. After the 8 a.m. guest. Yep. ZDM's Fletchborn and Megan. This TikTok video has been viewed more than 274,000 times.

It is a New Zealand McDonald's employee who has spilled the beans that they can hear everything even when the mics are off. At the drive-thru. At the drive-thru. So you order and then they're like, alright, drive-thru to the window, but you can't drive-thru because the car's-thru. So you order. Yeah. And then they're like, all right, drive-thru to the window.

But you can't drive-thru because the car's in front of you. You haven't moved. Or even beforehand. So you're like discussing or something. Yeah. Or they're like, welcome to McDonald's. Can I please take your order? And you're like, hold on.

And they're like, okay. They can hear you. And then you silence on their end. They're just muting you. Yeah. See, I always assumed they could hear you, right? I didn't. Because they're like tapping in and then they're doing something else.

Oh, right, yeah. Or they're just sitting there waiting, like. Probably just sitting there waiting. So, yeah, they can hear everything you're saying they might throw. We've worked in a drive-thru twice. Yeah. And I could hear the people both times. Oh, I could hear people both times. Oh. Well, no, I didn't get to wear the headset. I was doing the handing twice. Yeah. And I could hear the people both times. Oh, I could hear people both times.

Oh. No, I didn't get to wear the headset. I was doing the handing out. Yeah. I still remember when we did the drive-through. Someone abused me for not putting the straw in. I was like, oh, my God. Ouch.

I'm a human being here. We were only doing it for like. No, something was wrong or something. I don't know. I was just like. Oh, it probably was wrong. Well, yeah, I couldn't remember the straw. I spat in their food.

That's my first day. But we were only doing it for a short amount of time and you got abused. I know. Yeah. You just be nice, especially because, yeah, they can hear you even when you think the mics are off. Also, their cameras take mug shots of you so they know which order is yours. Oh, I didn't know that.

So if you're picking your nose in your car or something. But you'd always be doing that look because you're looking at the menu and you're like, and they probably take it when they say, anything else? When you're giving them that contemplation to if you really need like a sundae or something, you're like, looking down, grabbing

a handful of your belly, being like, nah, nah. Is that so when you get to the window, they're like, they've got the photo of you next to your order so they know it's yours? Yeah, so they know whose is whose. Interesting. I didn't know that. Yeah.

So given the fact that they can hear you, even when the mic is off and you think they can't, I would like to know what you overheard a customer say. Oh, because you reckon what? You reckon they'd hear some goss. Ah, yeah. But like even in normal, like in retail or something, you walk, they think you're out of earshot and they sass you.

Yeah. Or what about, do you know another thing people don't realise is if you're on like the phone to the call centre. Ah, yeah. And they're like, just wait there, and then you hear some music, they can hear you. No, they can't. Yeah, they can.

They can. And you're just like, oh, my God, this person, blah, blah, blah, and you bag them out. And they're not going to be in any hurry to help you when you get back. Can they hear you? Yep. I mean, if you work at a call centre let us know. And you know how the call might be

recorded for training purposes. Yeah. Not that I say anything bad but like. Also that's not for training purposes. If it's your insurance it's so they can use it against you right? Yeah totally. They shouldn't have to specify this call's being recorded even when you're on hold and the music's playing we're still

recording you. So don't be like these suckers are going to pay out our insurance, even though we're lying. Bing. Oh, hi. That sort of thing. They'll hear you. Okay, well, so yeah, maybe you work in a call centre and you put a customer on hold and then you heard them say something about you or some juicy goss. They have such a beautiful voice. Did you hear them? They're so helpful. Yeah,'d be like, oh my God, that's such a beautiful voice. Did you hear them?

They're so helpful. And they come back and... Oh my God, that would be great. You could say stuff like that. Like, this person is so helpful. They're trying their best. I appreciate them so much. Oh, you there?

Yeah. They're a little sluggish on getting my details up and stuff. It's taking way longer than it should. But oh gosh, they've got such a lovely voice. And I reckon you'd hear people bag you out. You'd hear all kinds of stuff in a call centre. If they can listen to you while you're on holiday. Yeah, I would like confirmation on that, please.

They definitely can. We're talking about overhearing customers talking about you. It could be in a call centre. It could be at a drive-thru. It could just be because they talk loud. After they've served you. Somebody's revealed on TikTok that they can hear you and see you at the drive-thru. Even when the mics are off and they take mug shots of you so they know which order is yours.

Yeah, the see you is new to me, but I knew you could hear people. You could always hear them. And we asked if you work in a call centre, what's the vibe with when you can hear the people? Because you said when you're on hold, they can hear you. So the entire thing is recorded. Right. But someone said generally if the music is playing, we can't hear you because that's the system you get put into

when we have to talk to somebody else. Right. So if we're putting you through to another station or we have to go and ask a supervisor a question, you get the music. But if it's silent, guarantee you've just been muted and they'll be able to hear you. And it can often be used as a little bit of a testing.

Right. Okay. And they record the entire call. I work in a bank and we get the recordings back and it's literally the entire call. Oh, okay. From start to end. But do they ever listen to it?

Or is it just in case they need to? If they thought you were sketching, they might give it a listen, eh? Yeah. In my 20s, I used to work at a teleco call centre and whenever I had a rude or annoying customer, I used to transfer them to what we called

the Optus loop. It was basically you stayed on hold indefinitely. Oh, wow. So they'd end up hanging up and ringing back. That's quite funny. But hopefully to someone else. Yeah. My job when I was in quality control in a telco call centre

was to listen to the calls for training purposes. Really? Yeah. They'd hear all the stuff when you're on hold. Yeah. One of the ones I listened to, I heard the guys on the other end discussing how much weed they'd be able to buy once they got their money out.

I don't know what the money was for. Okay. Stacey, what did you overhear a customer say? I heard two older ladies that were walking behind me and they were like, I bet this chick, I bet she takes forever to do her hair in the morning, and I've got, like, bright orange hair with ringlet curls. And I was like, ha-ha, secretly,

I actually just have a shower and let it go ringlet-y, and that's it. There's no maintenance here. But it does sound, it sounded like a compliment. Well, yeah, kind of. But I was like, huh, rude. Yeah, what do you call that? Is that a backhanded compliment?

The fact that your hair looks great? Yeah, underhanded, yeah. Underhanded. That's high maintenance. Yeah, were they you call that? Is that a backhanded compliment? The fact that your hair looks great? Yeah, underhanded, yeah. Underhanded. That's high maintenance. Yeah, were they calling me high maintenance? Just your hair, I think. Yeah. Yeah.

Always a shock when customers are bagging you out, though, or talking about you. Oh, no. How rude. Say a few things. You call some messages. Someone said, when I used to work at a bank call centre, when you hear the music, it was recording the employee

and how the employee was handling the matter on their end. Oh, okay. So that's different to what we heard before. Yeah, right. It's recording the employee. It doesn't matter now what you say. I will be on my best behaviour at all times when the phone is in my hand. Because it's recording something.

Yeah. Somebody said, I've worked in insurance claims before and when people call up, there's a few signs that there's something sketchy going something. Yeah. Somebody said, I've worked in insurance claims before, and when people call up, there's a few signs that there's something sketchy going on. Yeah. But yeah, putting them on mute, and they think no one can hear them. They'll start discussing with somebody else there how it's all going. Oh, no, no, the signs are that they're sketchy. Yeah.

Tell us the red flags of a sketchy caller. Insurance fraud. Wow. Yeah. Tell us the red flags of a sketchy caller. Insurance fraud. Wow. Yeah. Somebody said we were holding aside an item for a customer. It had been five months. We'd call twice a month to see if they were still collecting. They always said, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sorry about this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We ordered it specifically for them. So it was taking up a lot of room. Called one time and somebody else answered. And they said, yeah, I'll just get them and they thought they'd put me on mute

and I heard them yell, someone's on the phone for you, who is it? It's that F word about that thing that we get picked up. Ah, for F sake. And we were just like,

okay, we'll sell it to somebody else. You ordered it. We're just trying to do your paper. They wanted them to run their storage unit. 19 past seven,

next on the show, the weird and wonderful things that you found on your local Facebook pages, community notices. If somebody's grandad lost their teeth down the toilet, found them. Oh, God. Found them. Yeah.

Are they good with a rinse? Great with a rinse. Bit of steroid in the way you go. Oh, my God. Fletchbourne and Megan's Community Notices. Hello and welcome to Community Notices, a segment of the show where we have a look at what's happening around New Zealand according to local Facebook pages. First up, Takapuna, Milford and nearby.

It's fairly vague, isn't it? Yeah. Glenfield, is that nearby? Other side of the motorway. Huh? Caster Bay. Caster Bay is nearby. Well, Bin is selling something on there.

It's a face lifting reduction of the double chin, elastic and comfortable face brace. Okay. Pick up on the North Shore of Auckland or post for an extra charge. I'll give you a look at one of these. It looks like what you wear after you have a facelift. To hold it all in... How would that reduce the double chin?

Squish it up. Squishes it up. It's like a Spanx for your head, isn't it? Yeah. It's like a push-up bra for your chin. Does it all get pushed up into your cheeks or something? You couldn't go out wearing that. No. Unless you're a superhero

you could wear it under your mask. Well then when you took that off your chin would just flop out again. Yeah. It'd be pointless. But then that's good if you're a superhero because it keeps your identity. They're like, could he be Spider-Man? No, because he's got the double chin and Spider-Man's got the front cheeks. Yeah, no, you bring up a really good point. That definitely can't be Spider-Man.

But if you order those, that's for sale on the shore. This is from the Mungify community group. Gerard writes, are the idiots at Mungify tonight celebrating that some idiot Auckland, are the fireworks at Mungify tonight celebrating that some idiot Aucklanders

have been able to move up here now that they've managed to drag us down to their level? Ooh, he's angry. Helena comments because this was over the weekend. Actually, Jared, you're currently in a higher level than Auckland. So just below a three, but

you are a three. We're traffic light three. They're three. They're flat three. Is that right? We're traffic light three. I've lost count. They're the OG three. They're flat three. We're traffic light three. I've lost count. OG three. They're the OG three. Yeah. The flat three. We're picnic three.

We're picnic three. We're three with picnics. Yeah. Three with picnics and physios. And they're three minus picnics and physios. No, they're back now? Oh, look, I don't know. At the weekend, yeah.

I can't keep up. Now, I can't work out what the autocorrect in this sentence is supposed to mean. But I'll read it to you. Oh, okay. And you try to tell me what it meant. Georgie writes, hey, long shot, but my flatmate lost his phone in Foreskin around Cuba Street last night. It's an iPhone 12. Anybody pick it up by chance. What could that actually mean?

Headphones? Headphones? God, that's a real faux pas if you type headphones and it comes up. I'm going to type headphones. What are those things called? Earbuds. Nah, that one's the autocorrect.

It's all the same amount of lever. Four. Lost his... God, I hope he hasn't lost his air buses. It's all the same amount of lever. Four. Lost his... God, I hope he hasn't lost his foreskin. That'd be a bloody... Well, I just typed in foreskin and it said, do you want to change it to foreshore? So maybe he lost his...

He lost his phone and his foreshore? No, it's not that. Foresight? Did he lose his foresight? I think he lost his foresight earlier in the evening. Yeah. Or forest. Yeah, I don't really know what that was meant to be.

He lost his phone and his... Car keys? Oh, yeah. Okay, here we go. Nah, carpets. That wasn't a change of carpets. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I don't know what autocorrect's doing there.

I'm having a couple of plays here and it's not coming up with anything. Yeah, no, neither. I'm just trying to think what you would have with your phone, you know? But you know when you're drunk and you're texting and typing, it gets a bit crazy, doesn't it? You get sidetracked.

You don't know. Big night. He could have lost it. Well, yeah, Megan does raise a good point there, Vaughan. Maybe there was some incident. Jesus. Maybe it's not a typo. Surely you'd just not be asking on the Facebook

page for it back then. You'd be, you know, that sounds like a criminal proceedings. Someone said maybe he lost it outside Foursquare. Let me have a look at this again. Lost his iPhone at Foursquare. Maybe? Is there a Foursquare on Cuba Street?

No. I don't think there is. I don't think there is. I don't think there is. Open to suggestions, by the way. We might revisit that before we end Community Notices today if anybody's ever had that pop up. I don't know. This one's been sent in a few times, and I feel like it's one of those Rick Rolls.

Oh, yeah. Ali Birch wrote on the Rolleston Community page, I'd like to get in touch with the singer Rick Astley to let him know how much I enjoy a particular song. Does anyone know how I would go about doing this?

Thanks. That's Rick Astley's The Rick Rolling, right? Yeah. Never gonna give you a... He's probably on Twitter or something or Instagram.

Is it that song? Maybe it's another Rick Astley song she likes. Right. And she just feels everybody's all about that Rick Astley and not. Yeah.

Anyway, on the Upper Clutha community page, Emma's got a problem. Help! Urgent! Those are in capital letters. Does anyone know how to contact Storage King on Frederick Street after hours? My husband's locked inside. Oh my god. Wow.

Cherie, this is a bit of classic Cherie. Let them in there and enjoy your weekend. A little bit of banter there from old shoes. He'll survive to an office opening hours, won't he? Yeah. Pip also weighs in. I'd probably just give them a call Monday.

All these women. All these women are like, enjoy your freedom, sister. But Lydia's not mucking around. She said, I'd try the locksmith or the fire brigade if it's urgent. Yeah. How did he get locked inside Storage King? Is it a door where there's no lock on the inside or handle? Aren't they roller doors?

It's rolling up. But they're probably locked with a key, right? Maybe he's locked in the area. Because I know they've got the razor wire at the top to stop people climbing over. But then there's also a keypad that you push the code into and it opens the gate. Oh, certainly a great... I don't know. I probably need to know what happened there, though, Emma.

Yeah. And finally today from the Pirog, Korn, Wallace and Huya community page, Dawn writes, anyone missing these purlers and puts up a set of false teeth? Top. Oh, they might actually be bottom because all the teeth are the same size. Right. That's how you

tell the difference between top and bottom teeth, right? The top dentures have got more prominent front teeth. Is there any prominent canines or anything? Nah, it is. It's the bottom. It's the bottom set. It's the bottom set. Anyone missing these peelers, they're on the top of the gate post at the pumping station entrance opposite the lower Nihotupu

Dam. Hope they can find their owners. Would you want them back? Yeah. Those are expensive. Give them a good polydent. You'd be away. Just soak them in Listerine or something.

Yeah, overnight. Absolutely laughing. Those are today's community notices. Ah! Fountain. By the fountain. Oh, yes. Fountain may have corrected to foreskin.

But if you're using the word foreskin so often that your phone's like, they can't possibly be the fountain, they must mean foreskin. Something's up there. It's time to take a look at yourself. Those are today's community notices. If you see anything on your local Facebook page, screencap it, send it to us, FVMZM on Facebook. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.

When I arrived at work, I got into the studio, sat down, unpacked bag, and then said, what lift did you guys catch up from basement two this morning, knowing that Executive Intern Anya and Megan also park on basement level two? And they said the middle one. And I said, how about that noise it makes? I thought I was going to die. And then everybody was like, yes. I honestly thought my life flashed before my eyes this morning.

I was like, this is how I die today. You're not going up to level 82 in this lift. I wasn't even sure I was going up one level. When was the last time you jumped off something? You hit the ground a lot harder as an adult. As a kid, you could jump off a three-story high playground and hit some bark and roll and be like, oh, earth shock. Oh, well, shake that off and carry on.

Yeah. Jump off something now on your knees like, nope, your opposite ankle and thigh like, well, we're going to do this. What was the lift doing? So I jumped in and I pressed ground and it went, when it shut, it went. So the shutting, the door was shut quietly and softly. And it took a little drop, right? Yeah.

And actually like, you heard the noise and felt the... And I grabbed the rail. Yeah. That's when I like put my hands in, I put myself in the corner and I was holding on. And then as you went up, it was like... Like it was... Like it was laboring. Yeah.

Right. Now, you would have used the elevator first, Megan. Yeah. But you didn't think to tell Executive Intern Anya who used it second. No. And you didn't think to tell Vaughan who used it third. To be honest, I was a little bit like, is it just me? So you didn't want to say anything in case it didn't do that to anybody else.

Yeah. Right. Like, is it being offensive? Is it like, oh, okay. Well, they can take like 10 people, 600 kgs. I know that's why I was really offended. That's why you're not asking. And they've got emergency brakes.

Like, they can't brake full. Yeah, I know, but I didn't. You say it's two levels's two levels though to concrete so like that's still quite high down to stories. But they have emergency breaks. Like they can't just free fall. I've seen Final Destination sometimes those don't work either.

The perfect storm of lift falling. Yeah right. Okay. Yeah. Also is it clunk clunk clunk and then when it got to the floor, the ground floor where it stopped, it was like clunk. And then just kind of, it felt like it was hanging on by like, in my imagination, I was imagining the cable was frayed

and it was just like one little cable and it was slowly fraying. So the minute the doors opened, I like tried not to step. I tried to jump straight out of the lift onto solid ground. Because I imagined it like dropping as I jumped out. Right. Yeah. Because in that situation, if you knew something was hanging by one remaining thread, how would you get out?

Would you spring? Because it might be your double foot takeoff. A tiptoe. I'd go real gently. Or you'd take your chances with multiple steps. I jumped out. I went for the jump. Are there security cameras in the lift?

Because that would make a great montage of everybody arriving to work thinking they were going to die. There won't be a single person that gets in the lift that doesn't hear and feel it. That's how loud it was. I was like, clunk. But again, we haven't warned anyone or told anyone about it. Well, we suffered, so why should nobody else? Hey, you on the phone, I bet I can guess

your mum's name. Well, I bet I can guess your mum's name. Well, I bet I can guess your mum's name. Vaughn will attempt to guess somebody's mum's name. And we're joined by Casey. Good morning, Casey. Good morning. Now, Casey, Vaughn's got five questions for you about your mum, and then he'll have 15 seconds to guess her name.

Cool. It's writing down your name, Casey, but how do you choose to spell it? How did your mum choose to spell it? K-A-S-E-Y. Oh, Casey with a K. Okay, so mum could be quite hip. But my dad wanted it at KC, so it wasn't hard to spell. Fair enough. Okay, I like just KC in the Sunshine Gang.

Yeah, I was thinking With KC With a K KC Kasem Okay Yeah right Voices could be Shaggy in that

Alright I've got five questions What's mum's vintage? Like what year Was mum born? 1957 Okay She's like

In between my mum and dad Because dad was 56 And mum was 58 Okay 57 Okay, so I'm thinking around their era Okay I might chuck a Christine on the list

Just because, you know Just because, yeah If I don't, I'll regret it Okay Of course, I've always got to put A Karen on the list Yeah Because that one time I didn't

It was a Karen That's right, it was Can't be making those mistakes again I might also go for a A Barbara I didn't. It was a Karen. That's right, it was. Can't be making those mistakes again. I might also go for a Barbara. Okay. Do you reckon it'll be a Barb? You got a feeling for a Barb?

I've got a feeling for a Joanne. Oh, judging by that, probably not Barb. Are these your mum's friends? Gail. And Annette. Yeah, I'm just thinking of people around the area. Okay. Yeah, okay.

Oh, Wendy. Yep. Okay. Oh, what was her name? No, I know Nick. Oh, yep. Okay, that's what the nickname is. Okay.

All right, question number two. Where was mum born? She was born in Wellington. Oh, okay. Urban mum. She was born in an urban setting. You've just listed off all of your mum and dad's friends from a rural setting. Yeah, so now I've got to think of their, like, urban. They don't have different names in the city, though.

They do. Their names like Diane Classy names like Diane And Pamela Pamela Pamela about town Hello nice to meet you I'm Janet

From the country No Janet Janet's from town Janet's from town as well Janet She's a bloody townie mate She's a bloody townie Whereas Pauline

Yeah Rural Okay Jesus Okay She's a bloody townie, mate. She's a bloody townie, whereas Pauline... Yeah, right. Rural. Okay. Jesus. Okay. What's mum's favourite season? Summer.

Casey, have you got your radio on? I don't. Weird, we're getting some feedback here. It's just the phone, I think. Yeah, it's all right. Sorry, what was her favourite season? Summer. She loves summer. Yeah, my mum's a big her favourite season? Summer. She loves summer.

Yeah, my mum's a big summer gal. Tell you who else loves summer. Rosemary. Rosemary. Both the lady and the herb. I'm just trying to think of other... How good's rosemary in a roast?

Roast chicken. Roast chicken? Like potatoes as well. You wrap it around a roast. Roast chicken. Roast chicken? Roast chicken? Vegetable. Like potatoes as well. Oh, yeah. No, you wrap it around a roast lamb. Yeah. Get a long vine of rosemary

and wrap it around the lamb. Yeah. It fuses in the meats. Who else did we go to the beach with? I'm just trying to think of other people we used to have

around on the summer holidays. Yeah, okay. I've got you. Okay. What about a Jenny? Jenny? I don't have a Jenny. I'll put. I've got you. Okay. What about a Jenny? Jenny? I don't have a Jenny. I'll put a Jenny on the list.

That's our neighbour. Or a Jenny or a Jennifer. Who else? Who else? You know, who lived around the Kaiteri Mansion? The Sellers family mansion there. The granny flat. The batch.

The mansion. Sandra? I love how you call the Kaiteri Mansion a granny flat. Ah, okay. Yeah, okay. It's a granny flat, but it's got room for the mansion. Sandra? I love how you call the Kaintere mansion a granny flat. Okay. It's a granny flat, but it's got room for the boat. Sandra? Okay, next question. From her favourite season to her favourite seasoning,

what's mum's favourite seasoning? What does she always put on food? Lots of salt. Mums love salt. Not pepper, too spicy. What do you call this? Mum, that's white pepper. Okay, so she's got a plain palate, you'd say.

Yeah. A mum palate. She's got the palate of a Denise. Denise? She's got the palette of a Denise. A Denise? She's got the palette of a... No, no. I was trying to... An F name would...

Faye? A Faye? Yeah, okay. Faye? We haven't had a Faye before, have we? We haven't had a Faye. Maybe today's the first time for Faye. And finally, what's mum's haircut?

What does mum's haircut look like? What's mum rocking for her? Like a bit of a bob. Okay, a mum bob. Like mum bob? Kind of, a bit. Now and again, she likes to go a bit style-y, but it's usually always a bob. Okay.

Is it like curled under at the bottom of the bob? Yeah, curled under, yep. A lot of bangs going on.. Got a bang going on. Got a bangs going on. Lovely. What a Andrea. Yeah. All right, Andrea with the bob.

Okay, yeah, I got it. I've got a lot of names. You've got a big list. All right, well, Casey, Vaughn now has 15 seconds to say your mum's name. If you hear it, say stop, that's my mum's name. Vaughan, your time starts now. Christine, Karen, Barbara, Joanne, Gail, Annette, Wendy, Judy, Raewyn, Gay, Philippa, Diane, Pamela, Janet.

That's my mum's name. Pamela? Which one? Philippa. Philippa. Philippa. Oh, you did not just do that. That's the one I said, what's her name?

Because, honestly, people around my parents, Pip Feast lives over the road. Pip. Pip Feast. Feast. Pip Feast. Like Fancy Feast. Like Fancy Feast. Feast is their last name.

Pip Feast. Pip Feast. Pippa Feast. Philippa, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pip is short for Philippa. Wow. Pippa Feast. Pippa Feast. Philippa, right? Pippa short for Philippa. Wow. Okay, well, $100. Wait, wait.

Your mum's not Pippa Feast, is it? No, it's Pippa. Oh, okay. But the way she reacted to Pippa, I thought maybe this was... But then I didn't have a daughter called Casey. Well, it's been triggered. The bonus round. While you're on the phone, I'll have a go at guessing your dad's name.

Can he do two in a row? Two doubles. Pip Feast is married to Murray Feast. Pip and Murray. But I can't. Do I go Murray? I've got a lot of time for the Feast. It's good people.

Okay. Well, you've got one guess, Warren. Pip. Philippa and who? Philippa and who is ita and... Who is it? Kevin. One guess. I like that.

I like the feeling of that. Philippa and Kev. That. Kev and Pip. That goes well. I'm really... I don't know. Let's go with...

I don't want to go Ian, but I feel like I'm just being led by my own father now. Could be Ian. Could go for a Nick. Too young. What was the last dad? John. John.

It's not going to be a double John. Nick feels too young. Do you reckon it's a double John? You're feeling a double John. I'm just thinking that's one reckon it's a double John? You're feeling a double John. I'm just thinking that's one of your dad's top five names.

Or a Bruce. What about a Bruce and Pip? Bruce and Pip? That works well. Bruce and Pip. Bruce and Pip? Happy to go with Bruce and Pip?

Well, it's your call. Yeah. Phillip and... Pip and Bruce. Pip and Ian. Pip and John. Philippa and Pepin Bros Pepin Ian Pepin John Pepin What are your other like Top tier dad names

Peter It's Michael Paul You've gone into a trance I know. My eye's unfocused and it was really nice. Sorry.

I got distracted. Philippa and. Per. Chew it. Philippa and. Perp and. Paul. Paul.

Can you just chew this one? Paul. Paul. Paul. I was going to go Murray. That's my uncle. One of my uncles. Yep.

Murray and Pip. And then Paul's my other uncle, and he's born about the same time. You're locking it in? I don't know. Yeah, sure. You're correct. What? You are effing kidding me.

I'm not kidding you. He's correct. It was the trance. It was the trance. I went into the... Now, every time I've got to go into the trance. I've got to go into the trance. You are a jimmy.

I've got to go into the trance, and I've got to chase it down the rabbit hole. You were going to go cave. I'm going to chase it down the rabbit hole. You were going to go cave. I was going to go cave. I'm not going to believe this. And then we went for a walk.

Didn't we? We went for a walk, didn't we? We went for a walk. That is something else. You are kidding me. You don't even believe in psychics and you are one. Oh, my God, guys, I am. And if you want to book a session, $120. Hey, Casey, well done.

You've unlocked the bonus $100. That's $200. Yay! Another double winner for Bet I can guess your mum's name. I very, very rarely will go a same letter. Yeah. God, like. I'm sorry, you win.

Wow. Are you popping? I'm exhausted. God, how is, oh my God, my like, burnt on enough calories for the day. Guys, let's have a treat. ZM's Fleshborn and Megan. Play ZM. ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound.

Season 10. All right. You know, just quickly, this time on Friday, we will be kicking off the long weekend group two after Secret Sound because we've got a long weekend ahead of us. Right now, though, it's all thanks to Neon. Season 10 of Secret Sound. Get a Kiwi streaming service.

Get great value. Get it on Neon. Great shows on there. Successions out. You just watched that yesterday. Yeah. The Neon. Great shows on there. Successions out. You just watched that last, yesterday? Yeah. The first episode. Do yourself a favour.

Watch a little recap. Because I'd forgotten so many. I knew the basics of how season two ended, and I started season three, and it doesn't do one of those previous lounge successions. It's just like whammy. Straight into it. Straight into it.

Joining us is TJ for a guess at $15,000. Good morning, TJ. Morning. All right, this is the secret sound. Some kind of mechanical movement, some kind of... Clunking. Clunking. Sound.

Who knows? TJ, what's your guess for $15,000? My guess would be a label gun. A label. Oh, like a price gun. Price gun, yeah. Yeah, right. Like they put on the best before date or the price.

Yeah, exactly, yeah. They're fun. Do you have one at home, TJ? No, I just used to work in retail, but when I was younger, so it was just something clicked. It's one of those trauma sounds. Especially around Christmas. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Yep. No, thank you. I worked, yes, in retail and Christmas once. That gives me shivers. I'll let you know, though, TJ, for $15,000, a price gun, hmm, good guess. I like it.

But that is not the secret sound. Oh, TJ. All right, well, sorry to relive that trauma. Yeah. Another shot at 11 with Georgia. Secret sound jackpot. And we were promised a jackpot if a social media post got a thousand comments and that has happened. Yeah, it blew up.

We've got a thousand comments. So you do get your $20,000 jackpot. Yes, all right. So at 11 with Georgia, it'll be $20,000. So you can check all the clues that we've had, all the guesses that have been made. ZM Secret Sound on Instagram. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. The author, Logan Urie,

she has written a book called How Not to Die Alone. How great is that? Wow. A step-by-step guide to modern dating. How not to die alone. Feels very dramatic, but that's very much modern. That's very much a fear for people. You don't want to die alone.

Dying alone. You can be with someone your whole life and then they die first. God damn it, now I have to die alone. Yeah, then you're dying alone and then your cat eats you. Yeah. It's hungry. Might as well put this old saggy skin bag to use. Tuck in.

Yeah, sure. Eat up. Yum, yum. Jeez. So she's written an article, and part of this is how to maintain your relationship, and there's these things called bids. And you might be like, what is a bid? What are you talking about?

Like B-I-D. But we all do it. So bids are a fundamental unit of emotional communication. They can be big or they can be small. It could be literally like you go, oh. Yeah. And your partner says, nothing. Interesting here.

Interesting. Let me psychoanalyze the situation. Megan's like, what? Because she's interested in her partner's gasp. What they're about to say. They've gasped. Yeah. It's like, what? Because she's interested in her partner's gasp. What they're about to say. They've gasped? Yeah. It's like, when you always like, and I'm like, oh, dare I ask?

Yeah, dare I ask? Because it's usually something geeky. So you don't ask, but if like, if Andrew gasps, you're like, what? Because you're in a relationship and this continues to grow you as a unit. What he gasped as, you're like, well, I also find this gasp worthy. I must know. So that's one way to react. The turn towards acknowledging it.

You, I'm just like, what are you fishing for now? Okay, wait. Because that's changed. You went, two was you ignored it. That's bad. And three, you turned against and you rejected the baby in an argument or belligerent way. Is the worst reaction. Yeah, 100%.

If you react to your partner in that such way, she has said, we have done a study on it and it says with no uncertain terms, those relationships won't last. Yeah, right. And so that's the one thing. Yep. How you acknowledge your other partner's bids. Now, every now and then, and I think you just have to find the person that you have to balance your bids with, right? Because, you know, sometimes you'll be hanging out with another couple or friends and one of them's quite dramatic and they'll always be like, oh my God.

That's you. And then they look around. Yeah, it is me. But you've got to find the level of the right person that will be. Something in the Spideyverse. We're like, oh. In the Spideyverse. Oh my God.

And we're always just like, oh no. Excuse me, we're going to talk the multiverse. Let's talk the multiverse for a different time because I've got a lot of thoughts on the multiverse. But we have to do that to you a lot in our working relationship. We're like, oh, cool. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.

It's like Spidey guy's got a new web and we're like, oh, cool. No, but it's that you always go, and we're like, this time it's going to be good. And it's not. But you always ask, and that's why we last. Exactly. So that's the way. If you turn towards, which is acknowledging it, and it can be anything like boring, but they're your partner,

and they obviously want you to know this, even if you don't care, and it's the secret to a happy relationship. So can it be any kind of topic so for example like literally three times a day i'm not even exaggerating my husband has a business idea no preach preach i live with one of these as well three times a day but it goes into in-depth development stage and And then they forget about it. We've gone into spreadsheets and brainstorms just to humour this. And I'm like, please.

Oh, yeah, that's a lot. You're doing a lot now. If you're opening up Microsoft Excel, I think you're doing above and beyond. Yeah, right. But some days I'm just like, I can't today. Not today. I don't need a business idea. That's a good because, yeah, Sade has ideas. I'm like, oh, yeah.

And you just have to keep saying, oh, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, until they are on to the next one or forget about it or get distracted. Hey, but that's why it still works. Exactly. Yeah, right. Because you don't call it humoring them, do you? What? As much as she wouldn't call it humoring me when she has to listen

to some dumb story about how we've been playing Dungeons & Dragons lately. She's like, all right, cool. Yeah, I'm with her on that one. Yeah, but we're wondering what, if you're in a relationship, and this is like ringing true to you, like I do this a lot. Yeah. What are your partner's bids that you are, you know, interested in? Yeah.

What do they go on about that you have to humor them about? Yeah. Basically, yeah, does your partner do this? I mean, yeah, you'd be still. Business proposals, the Spideyverse, anything. All right, give us a call. What are you currently humouring your partner about? I guess it's lovingly humouring your partner.

Those things that they always go on about. But we have learnt it is the key to the relationship. If you find yourself ignoring or, what was that word I used before? For the belligerent or giving belligerent responses, maybe they're not for you and you just haven't realised it yet, but either way your relationship is going to crumble. Crumble like the Berlin Wall. So when you're going on about your nerd stuff.

She just needs to hear you and be like, that's lovely. I'm just thinking about the list of things that I would bore her with. Like Land Rover's chat. Sometimes I'm like, look at this Land Rover. And she's like, I don't. Oh, cool. That one's cool. She sees all cool.

Yeah, yeah. She does. I'm going to start being positive and doing it back. Because sometimes. But then I also feel like it's a trap. Like, recently she asked me what tiles I thought would look good in the bathroom. And I said, these ones. And she was like, mm. She doesn't really care for my opinion.

Right. But is that a bid? She's asking me because I feel like I'm being left out otherwise. Yeah, maybe. She's asking you hoping you choose the same as her. And then she's like, oh, you chose them, Vaughn. Just don't ask. Yeah. A, I don't care. B, I'm probably going to

go out of my way to pick the ones I know you don't like. To be like, you never let me pick anything. Executive Intern, you're currently having to humour Mr Bun Buns at home. Yeah, look, it's been a long two months of lockdown for my partner who is working from home, and the one thing that has got him through is our new bird.

Like Pet Bird? No, no, no. I wish. Just a bird that has made a nest right outside our little office window. He's named her Patricia. What kind of bird is it? Thrush. Oh!

Mm-hmm. And I get texted daily updates and photos while I'm here at work about Patricia. Patricia's recently had babies. Oh.

It's all good. Would he like, I should send him the video I got yesterday of the kingfishers. Oh my God. And so you're like, oh yeah, cool.

A bit of ornithology or whatever it's called. Do you humour his daily messages? Oh look, I feel like I was pretty engaged for the first six weeks.

I'm a breaking point now. Melissa, you have to humour your partner with something. Yes, I sure do. So we recently moved from the suburbs of the Te Atatū Peninsula out to the beautiful Waitakere and I now think I'm like the mad farm girl. So I got myself a couple of kuni kuni pigs when they were four months ago. They're now six months. And I'm also the biggest farm girl. So I got myself a couple of kuni kuni pigs when they were

four months ago, they're now six months. And I'm also the biggest Harry Potter fan on the planet, so they're called Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. And my poor husband, my husband absolutely, he's just like, oh my God, rolls his eyes, please stop talking about these pigs. But then he'll feed them for me every morning because I still have to go to work in lockdown.

And he also sends me pictures and videos of what they're doing because I pretty much at the dinner table with my children, saying, Mum, you love the pig more than me, and I'm like, yes, yes, I do. So he knows. So, right, he's humouring you quite a lot there. With the pig chat. Yeah, to be fair, he humours me a lot.

Like, I'm a massive board game fan. Like, I'm constantly playing D&D, and he's just constantly like... Are you me? God, do you sound like... We might be the same person. Yeah, yeah. Oh, God.

Imagine if I'm a twin and they just like offloaded me. Well, to be fair, I think, I don't know, you might be better looking. Oh, stop it. We're both ugly. It's true. No, we're both beautiful, no matter what they say. In your own way.

Melissa, thanks for your call. Jackson, you have to humour your partner? Oh, it's sort of like both, eh? Okay. Two-way street, that's good. So what do you humour each other on? So a little bit of background. So she studied forestry and she's a florist right now.

Yeah. And I study planning. And so I sort of try to humor her with listening to her talk about flowers. And honestly, I've got absolutely no idea about the difference between any of them really. Like the colors in that set, eh? Yeah, it's like that's a blue flower And then she's talking about like pastels and such

And like Yeah yeah flowers Cool yeah And then what does she have to put up with you Going on about I love talking about like I love talking about like Transport and like roundabouts

And intersections Oh my god So every time you pull into an intersection I love talking about like transport and like roundabouts. Oh my God. So every time you pull into an intersection, she knows she's about to be hit with a, this could be better. How much bad do you want to hear about a roundabout? Do you ever see a roundabout and you're like, that's a cool one or? Yeah, yeah, there have been times.

And then it's just like about, where the traffic flows and such. Like, at traffic lights, sometimes I'll, like, sit there and, like, judge how good they work. You're like, oh, you pull out the traffic lights and she's like, here we go. And you're like, phasing could be better. Yeah, or you're like, we could just rip these out and just have a roundabout. Yeah. And she's like, oh. You guys must. But I've just thought of a Venn diagram of your interests and her interests.

And that sweet spot right in the middle is when the seasons change and they replant the roundabouts with a different flower. Yeah. You guys must be like, let's go home and make love. I think we just heard Jackson have an orgasm on the radio. Oh, my God, marigolds. Oh, in the middle of the room. And I've got the flow in, flow off good. Christy, good morning.

Good morning. How are you? Good. Now, what do you have to humour your husband about? Okay, not my husband, but partner. We don't live together. Okay. So he likes me to call him every night so he can talk about his day.

And every night, without fail, it's every driver that puts him off on the way to work, what speed they're winning, what unit is the detail, I'll get what colour car, what type, then it's work, how much he has a job. That's got to be that's got to be like that's got to wear you down though. You want some positive stuff to bed, right?

I get like a puzzle, a jigsaw puzzle or something on my phone ready before I call. And then when he starts talking, I just start playing my game. I must be my game. And then he's like, I'm not going to be there. Oh my God.

That's brilliant, Christy. How long have you guys been together? Nearly six years. Oh, okay. Do you think it's going to last? What's our feeling going forward? Feeling positive about it? I know she's playing the game. She hears him out and he gets a vent.

Yeah, but this is that one where you're ignoring them. That was that middle one. But you're not. You and he gets a vent. Yeah, but this is that one where you're ignoring them. That was that middle one. But you're not. You're still giving them something. Yeah, maybe slightly more towards that. No, no. He seems quite happy with that arrangement.

Also, we haven't talked to him, so I wonder what Christy's bloody gnawing his ear off with, you know? No, I generally don't speak. Oh, that's even worse. Oh, Christy. I don't get a chance to. What? She doesn't get a chance.

Because he's still going on about the white car that cut him off at the intersection. It was probably bloody Jackson looking at the roundabout. Turning into the roundabout, flowers all over the castle. Christy, thanks. you called some messages in. My partner has a Land Cruiser. It's all he talks about, bits and pieces. Sometimes I'll see him on the computer and he looks really interested in something.

I'm like, what are you doing? And he'll turn around the screen, it's Land Cruiser. I'm like, don't worry about it. Cool, man. Don't worry about it. My partner talks nonstop about pistachio trees. How much banter can one have? How about pistachio trees?

I don't know. Has he got some? Got to be in the industry, right? Surely he'd be out of pistachio tree facts by the end of the week. Like one week's enough. That's a lot of... My wife tells me bullshitshit about Instagram influencers lives Like it wasn't all

Curated for content I love giving her Oh wow Really Well my personal favourite Is no way You're kidding me Oh that's

You're doing it My wife humours me When I start talking About trading cards But she also crochets hats And wants to talk about that So this is a two way street Yeah yeah My partner Always talking about How and wants to talk about that. So this is a two-way street. Yeah, yeah.

My partner always talking about how he wants to buy a gold claim one day because he watches the shows where they do gold, find gold. Yeah. He belongs to New Zealand's gold panning Facebook groups. Talks nonstop about...

There's only so much I need to hear about Winston Churchill and his bathroom habits. By now I love Winston Churchill, but I just don't need to hear it at dinner. That was, by the way, that's Britain's World War II leader. If anybody's wondering who Winston Churchill is,

apparently a big fan. My partner pretty much humours me every day when I tell him about new leaves that are growing on any of their indoor plants. Oh no, that's good stuff. Or the fact that they're cutting instead of growing roots or something. He just stands with a smile on his face and he's like, yep, cool. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. Today's fact of the day is about Texas A&M University. Okay. This is, I think I'm going to enroll. A&M is sort of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, but now it is the, oh, it's changed. It's the Agricultural and Life Sciences. Okay. Ironically in Texas.

Yeah. Yes. Sometimes science is just straight up ignored. It was established in 1871. What's this football team? Because, you know, they were always like the home of the... Tigers. Aggies.

Bears. Oh, what? The Aggies. Because of agricultural. Right, okay. They got the longhorn. Anyway, what? The Aggies. Because of agricultural. Right, okay. They've got the longhorn. Anyway, this is the university that I'm going to because at the Texas A&M University, they have a paper called the ANSC 117.

Right. It is the official college paper of Texas barbecue. You can go to uni and do bar and study. Texas style barbecue. Get out of here uni and do bar and study. Texas style barbecue. Get out of here. I'm not even joking. So 25 freshmen get taken into the course. That's quite like a hard to get into course.

You don't want to be that adult student though. 100% I do. Introduction, expectations, brief history of barbecue, food safety overview. Then your next paper is cooking methodology, pits, kettles, water smokers and barrel smokers. Types of fuel. You know, you smoke what wood to use for the smoke. The flavourings, your seasonings, marinades, rubs and sauces.

The next paper is pork. Southwestern style pulled pork on a Hawaiian inspired pork loin. Next paper, ribs, ribs, ribs. Is there a better university paper ever than ribs, ribs, ribs? But imagine going back after your uni holidays and your first week back is ribs, ribs, ribs.

Ribs, ribs, ribs. Everyone's like, oh, man, we have to go back to uni. You're like, we're going back to uni. We're going to uni. Baby back versus St. Louis style versus Memphis style versus Canberra City style, Asian-inspired ribs and sauces. Wow. Then there's chicken.

Then there's barbecuing lamb and goat. Brisket is one of the big glass papers you work on. And then you work on to smoking other cuts of beef. Cooking beef, South American style. So they've even got some beautiful Brazilian and Argentinian style. How to cook a Thanksgiving turkey. Cooking whole pigs. Oh my God.

And Hawaiian, Cuban and Cajun style. And then the last part of the paper is the course wrap-up, which I'm imagining is some sort of celebratory barbecue. Wow. So that sounds like a bit of you. Yeah, balls in your court. Yeah. Today's fact of the day is at a Texas university, they have an entire paper dedicated to barbecue.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Contestants for a new reality show. A dating reality show that the picture is of an island. So what does that mean? Or like people are saying it could be Love Island, New Zealand. So we thought we would talk to a casting director, a New Zealand casting director, and do a shallow dive into reality TV. Shallow dive. TVNZ is looking for sexy singles to take part in a dating show.

A massive prize of money up for grabs. When the picture here's got the sea and what looks to be an island. And an ocean. Hmm. Hmm. So we thought we'd do a shallow dive into reality TV. And who better to talk to than Candice McNabb.

She is the casting director for Warner Brothers. Good morning. Good morning, Morena. Now, what an exciting job you have. I have the best job in the world, maybe besides you guys. So if you're seeing reality shows made by Warner Brothers, you get to pick the people who are on it. I do for this particular one.

It depends what it is. So sometimes I story produce. Sometimes I chaperone. Yeah, we all kind of do a lot of different things. killer one. It depends what it is. So sometimes I story produce, sometimes I chaperone. Yeah, we all kind of do a lot of different things. Wait, so what do you mean story produce? It's reality. Stoke the fire of drama fire with.

Yeah, what does that mean for like a reality show? Okay, so story producing is we're basically the interviewers, the observers, the people who know what is going on for all of the contestants. The director has an overall view,

needs to make sure that everything's captured on camera, but doesn't have time to pay attention to how does Jane feel about this situation jumping into this tank of sharks. So it's for us to observe. You know, we see she starts crying and shaking.

Later on, I'll sit down with, you know, an interviewer, and I'll say, hey, so why were you shaking? You know, so we're kind of observing the contestants so we know what to ask them. Right, and she's like, well, when I was five, I fell into a shark of tanks. A shark of tanks? Sorry, a tank of sharks.

No, I want to know more about this shark of tanks. And then you would what, like kind of like poke and prod at that kind of more to kind of get info out of her or get more out of her on camera? Yeah, well, some people are very open. And so that's what we like. You know, some people will just tell you what's going on for them. Kiwi blokes, not so much known for that. So, you know, we do have to poke and prod them a little bit, you know,

especially about maybe feelings. Do you ever feel bad though? You're just like, oh, this will make great TV, but... Yeah, like a lot of people who leave reality shows are always like, oh, it was the edit. That doesn't represent me well. Well, yeah.

So we're filming for 10 hours a day and it's going to get edited down. So sometimes I think people feel disgruntled that, oh, they didn't, you know, they didn't show this part of what happened for me. But we have to work towards the, you know, the end of the show. Like if, say it's The Bachelor,

you know, it's about his connection with who. Who is he connecting with? And so, you know, sometimes a lot happens for someone on the show and it's not covered at all. And they feel like, oh man, this wasn't represented. But it's because we have 45 minutes to tell the story of what happened that day. When you're casting a reality show,

what's like a red flag of a contestant? You're like, no, we won't have them. And then alternatively, what's like a green flag that you're like, yes, I must have you. So people who are really open about who they are and have a lot of energy are great because they're going to tell you what's going on for them. And that's what the viewer wants to know.

Like, oh my God, what were you thinking in that situation? And as you would know, you know, people are a bit extra because it's TV. And the same with the radio, right? You have to have the energy to carry, you know, the shooting. You'll actually just have to have a lot of energy to do the show. You know, they're pretty fun, but they're full on. This is exactly why Bourne wants to be on the next Celebrity Treasure Island. No, I actually...

Ooh. What type of beans would you like? I'll put in a request now. I'm a closed book and I'm very boring and I'm super low energy. Sorry, I'm not what you're looking for. You'd literally be like, how are you feeling, Bourne? You'd be like, oh. I don't know.

He'd be your worst nightmare actually, to be honest. No, radio hosts make great talent. So what positive things are you looking for then? Because the casting call, it has between 18 and 30, a mix of diversity, some ethnicities. Male, female, hotties.

Male and female, how exciting, you know? It's not just one male or one female. I'm really excited about the It's not just one male or one female. I'm really excited about the show because it's going to be a blast. It is fun and it's not so... I don't know if you've noticed, but we're calling it a dating game show. It's not as serious as

some other shows, you know, where the only goal at the end is to find love. You know, I'm interested... Usually my first question to people is like, what captured your interest about the post? Was it the, well, just mystery location? Do you just want to get out of your parents' house? Money.

Money. Money. Money, money. Is it because you want a bunch of bromances? I don't know. Do you just want more Instagram followers? Like, what caught your attention? Do you need to rebuild your reputation after you recorded a North Shore party

at the weekend and no one wants anything to do with you anymore? See, I don't know if we could endorse that either. Now, is this an existing show we've seen overseas or a whole new show or a show that we've already seen on New Zealand screens? The network

this is my political part, the network is going to release more details when we get closer. Oh, are we going to be excited when they do? Yes. Yeah, right. This one is, yeah, I'm going to say there's probably more fun, less romance

from what I know about it. Okay. And how much do you know about it? Well, I don't want to lie to you, I'm going to play dumb. No, I mean, you can. Hopefully, the end goal is we love it when we get a happy ending. Take that how you will. Okay. You know, like, Art Green, Matilda, amazing, right?

If everyone fell in love, that's great. The problem is, like, a connection is out of anyone's control. You know, it's up to, like, how much manifesting you've done that week. You know, it's up to like how much manifesting you've done that week. You know, what's your relationship like with the universe? People like my job is to put people there that are going to like

turn your head at least. Like, I don't know if anyone would watch Friend Island. I mean, maybe they would. Friend Island! You want to be my friend? No.

Next week on Friend Island. Well, an exciting shallow dive, Candice, into the world of reality TV. You can head to tvnz.co.nz slash summer show if you would like to take part in whatever this show is going to be. Candice, thank you so much. You're welcome. ZM's Flesh Warner Megan.