ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 21st October 2021

Episode Date: October 20, 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-bain coffee available from Drive-Thru and McDelivery at Level 3. Also, dine-in at Level 2 and it's great news in studio because Vaughan has finally found a mask to fit his giant head in the nicest possible way. No, absolutely. I'll take that. And I can speak through it

I can breathe in and out And it doesn't stick to my face I hate that I ask for a big one Because Oh my god I do apologise 10,000 times Maybe the name's on the back I know the Sleep Fighters Club

Is the company that this lady runs Made in Littleton I love Littleton You love Littleton as much as a this lady runs. Made in Littleton. I love Littleton. You know I love Littleton. You love Littleton as much as a lesbian Russian sailor loves Littleton. That's such a badass name, Sleepfighters Club. Yeah. God, these are great, aren't they?

Yeah. Oh, my God. I got an adult small. She said that about, I said, I must have mentioned on here that I have trouble finding them that fit my face that will stay on my face. So she made me an extra larger. And look at this thing. Look at this thing.

It's covering my face. It's also Christmas themed, which I enjoy. It's a festive themed mask. So I guess that counts towards some Christmas penetration. We're going to use this black and white checkered one. This is lovely. Thank you so much, Sleep Fighters Club. Yeah, this is really nice.

Thank you. Because I'm going through these wasting the planet, these disposable masks. Oh, you are showing little to no regard for the planet. But there is a Kiwi company that's worked out how to recycle those. Into what? And they're turning them into fence posts. What? Well, that sounds like it would be a floppy fence post.

No, it's like a compacted, hard. Yeah, they just make you floppy fence posts. They don't give a fuck. They're just like, ah, make them floppy. Farmers won't notice until it's too late. They will have already purchased them. And then they'll get them home and they're just like make them floppy farmers won't notice until it's too late they will have already purchased them and then they'll get them home and they'll be like oh they're floppy i don't know why a farmer has a pirate accent but in this case well a lot of pirates went into farming when the um ass dropped out of the pirate industry yes gold plundering all

those sorts of things the price plum plummeted, didn't they? Landlubbers. Thanks, Rachel. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan just had some intense Harry Styles discussion during the news, behind the scenes. I did not spoil that for you. For everybody else. No, no, no. I won't do that to anybody.

I don't think it's out there now. No, but for people who are actively avoiding it. No, no, no, no. You can't do that. How good am I? I am in level three. Yeah. So I haven't been to the movies.

I've had some aspects of Shang-Chi ruined for me. Yeah. And I've just had some aspects of the-Chi ruined for me. Yeah. And I've just had some aspects of the Eternals ruined for me. To the next phase of the MCU, which is like my favourite movie franchise. Yeah. Perhaps of all time. And I'm not doing it to anybody else. I just want to point out it wasn't me.

I'm awaiting my sainthood. It wasn't me. No, you dropped the crumbs yesterday and then Carmen at the social media desk just stomped right into her muddy boots. Mine were very loose, tiny little sprinkles and hers was the whole slice of bread. Yours brought in the rats and she's been feeding them and exploiting the population.

I think that movie will be out on VHS by the time we're out of lockdown, so everyone's going to know. Everyone's going to know that little surprise in the Marvel Universe. On the show today, Secret Sound returns $20,000 as our jackpot. We'll give you the chances this morning

at 7 and 8 to call through and identify our Secret Sound and win the cash. It's not $42 million. No. One person won $42 million last night with Lotto Powerball

Pocono. Yeah. So Bacon Buddies and Big Ice Creams are on their money. Just by the Bombays there just before you hit Auckland. That would have been

back in the day that would have been easy because only about 50 people lived in Pocono but then they sold that farm and it's just this huge Yeah,

be a bit harder to track down. Huge suburb now. Well, if you're listening, I've always been a friend. Yeah. I was there for you when you needed me. Remember when you headed north and your radio automatically switched from our Waikato frequency of 89.8 to 91 and we were there the whole time. Give me money! Giz, g there the whole time. Give me money!

Giz, giz, giz. Give me some of that money! Well, it's not $42 million, but it is still a lot of cash. $20,000 in your chance to play Secret Sound thanks to Neon at 7 and 8 this morning. The top six on the way. Yeah, there are top six new names for Facebook.

Considering a rebrand, so you forget they're an evil online empire. Can you a rebrand so you forget they're an evil online empire. Can you just rebrand one of the biggest brands and companies in the world like that? I don't know. It'd be like Darth Vader being like, getting some bad press.

My new name is Black Daddy. Big Black Daddy. Big Black Daddy. Yeah, I don't think. Which is kind of what Darth Vader stands for. Darth Dark Vader Father. Yeah. Big Black Daddy.

All right, well, you've got some names. Some new Facebook possibilities coming up. Yep. And while we might be doing secret sound next on the show, it's no secret what's making so much bloody noise, the most complained about people. And I'm not saying like areas like Christchurch, actual specific places that have received the most noise complaints.

In the whole country. Yep. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The most noise complaints in the country. What area do you think? What area? This is about one specific place, a single premises in

New Zealand that has received the most noise complaints. Oh, okay. Because I was going to say it'll either be Hamilton or West Auckland for your party noise complaints. First of all, how dare you? Those are my two areas. I know. Snitches get stitches in both of those areas as well. No, it comes to us from Rotorua.

Really? The Rotorua Lakes Council. So before I get to that one, Upper Hutt is second, and that is about the farras. Farras? I would say farras. I just eat their delicious wraps. I don't know.

Oh, yeah, good wraps. Are they the green? They do. I don't know. Oh, yeah. Good wraps. Are they the green? They do the spinach. Oh, yeah. The garlic one. The smoked chipotle. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Is it the super beet or something beet?

It's purple. Oh, it's pink. Yeah, yeah. Poo-poos and you think you're dying. So that's where they make them. Yeah. Okay. So that got a lot of noise complaints.

It's 204 noise complaints for that specific area. We talked about that before. It's been in the news before, eh? Yeah. So is it noisy? It was, and I said at the time, you move next to a factory. I'm willing to say I was wrong. Right.

The people who lived there lived next to a supermarket distribution warehouse that got changed into a factory. Oh, unlike the people that lived next to the airport. You moved there after the airport. Yeah, Or the people that decided to move next to the speedway and they're like, this is noisy once a week for a few hours. So what is the noisy part of making a wrap? Does something have to go bong and make

it flat? I imagine a big press. Yeah, right. And that's had 200... Would they be individual noise complaints or the same person ringing up every day for a year? I would imagine it wouldn't just be 204 individuals. It would be the same person making multiple complaints. Yeah, right.

Because what's the old saying? The squeaky wheel gets the oil. Oil, grease. The squeaky gate gets the CRC, the WD-40. Something like that. So they had 204. However, the most single complained about premises from Rotorua had 1,144. Nearly a thousand more.

What noisy place is this? They don't name it. They won't divulge the location or the specific address due to an ongoing investigation. But a Rotorua district councillor has said she's looking into the matter. So if you are listening, you've got to know, right? Oh.

If you're in Rotorua. You've got to. That's one noisy ass place. And it doesn't say how many different complainees. No. It doesn't go into individual complaints, but like 1,144 between November 2019 Complainees No It doesn't go into Individual complaints But like 1144

For the Between November 2019 And August 2021 So that's like Two a day That's a lot

Over two a day What are they doing there? Even if one individual Is complaining Every single day Maybe it's a hammer factory And every time They make the hammer

before they package it, they just have to give it a tap. A whack. Yeah. Test it on some corrugated iron. Yeah. Really like five times real hard. Yeah.

So I don't know, but if you know. Oh God, I'm dying to find out now. Because we're nosy. And we need to know. But we won't say it publicly. Maybe we'll set up a text response.

A text noise to... Is there a journalist on the news story? Yeah, usually you're asking about name suppressions. Yeah, just email them and say, I need to know what noise this is. Felix is the local democracy reporter. Oh, okay. Democracy reporter?

What does that mean? Local democracy reporting. Is that like, I think it's a news, is it like a website? Yeah. Okay. Individual or something. Goodness me. Wow, drama.

I want to know what it is. In Rotorua. Next on the show, there's a toy that we're probably all quite familiar with. Is it a geyser? Everyone's going to go. I don't know what the noise is, but it goes. No, I don't believe it's a commercial premises. Yeah.

From what we've heard. Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Megan. Well, the past has finally arrived. Your first telephone is now. Your latest telephone. Your new latest telephone. Because Fisher. I was going to say Fisher and Paykel.

Fisher Price. Fisher Price, the toy people, have turned the legendary chatter telephone into a mobile phone that you can just basically plug into with your phone and answer calls with the chatter phone. So good. Or putting it on speakerphone. There's a speakerphone button. What about, can you dial out?

Because it's one of the old rotary phones. You know the phone we're talking about, the phone you drag around as like a kid and they just keep making them and then they'd finally start making them and then it was in Toy Story 3 when they were at the kindergarten and Woody picks up the phone to make a call.

Oh. That phone. Yeah. That one. And now it can connect to your mobile phone and be like a phone. Is the handset red? Yeah. Yeah. That one. And now it can connect to your mobile phone and be like a phone. Is the handset red? Yeah.

Yeah. It's got eyes. It's exactly the same except you can use it to make calls. Oh, my God. That's so cool. The new updated chatter telephone has wheels for rolls. You know, it rolls, but you can lock those so it doesn't slide off your desk. And it's missing the blue pull string.

Yeah, because you used to pull it around. Yeah, but it does have plenty of other features. It's got smart fire, it's got Bluetooth. Yep. The rotary dial can actually be used to make calls. So yes, Warren, you're all good. And chatter rings and calls can be answered by picking up

the red handset or by pressing the speaker button. And then also hanging up the handset will hang up your call on your mobile phone. Cool, cool. This could help millennials and Gen Zers make phone calls. Because if I had a desk job, I would have this 100%. I'd be making my business calls. It's battery powered and it charges via USB.

It's got a talk time of 72 hours. And it's not actually expensive, but the catch is only in the US got a talk time of 72 hours and it's not actually expensive but the catch is only in the US for a limited time. US $60. So only $84 New Zealand dollars. So add some shipping you'll probably get that for $100. But I mean that's going to be hard to get these

because these will fly off the shelf. I want it. Absolutely. What is the release date? Do you think you could get them to New Zealand? Best Buy is where they're selling them in America, the big store, Best Buy. So not everywhere. That's so cool.

100% want one of these now. Yeah. It would totally help me make calls. Would you answer the call also? Yeah, if that was ringing, I'd be like, hello. It would be hard not to answer in a stupid voice, though. Yeah, well, you're working in a business. You can't answer the phone like a five-year-old.

Hello, this is Megan's phone. I just found some guy online. I wonder if this is, I mean, it was a sitter of an idea, right? Nostalgia alone is going to sell it. Somebody turned the original 1961. That's how long ago it is. So is that why it's also being done? Is it celebrating its 60th birthday?

Oh, yeah, right. He turned one into a phone. I remember my friend had a Garfield phone. Yes. Oh, my God. It was legit. I was so jealous. Novelty phones were massive late 80s early 90s you could answer the phone it'd

be a hamburger yeah like hello the lips oh i remember the hand the lips phone the house right elf's backpack was the phone you'd pick it up you'd talk and then you'd hang up elf's backpack there was another one too and you'd pick it up and it's i his eyes would do something i think that was god was that Was that the Garfield one? Yeah, Garfield's eyes were... That was legit. It was legit. I might go down a rabbit hole on the internet of novelty telephones from the 90s. But like, you can't even buy them and use them

now because no one has a landline, so there's really no point. Yeah. There's a banana one. Yeah, there's the Garfield one. So the phone was in Garfield's back. Yep. And when you picked it up, his eyes would open like he was just waking up. How much are they asking's the Garfield one. So the phone was in Garfield's back. Yep. And when you picked it up, his eyes would open like he was just waking up.

How much are they asking for a Garfield phone these days? No, that's just, I can't see a price on that one. Why are you keen? Well, they don't have a landline. So the lips are there. The apple, there's an apple. There's a Kermit the Frog. There's a Homer Simpson. And the phone's on the back of the

his seat that he's sitting on and he's asleep. That's another one when you picked it up, his eyes would open like you'd woken him up. It's great technology in the days, guys. Fantastic stuff. The great resignation. It's a term that's been used in America so far, but they're saying it could come to New

Zealand. This is from AUT business school professor, Dr. Jarrod. They did a survey at AUT on how many people were satisfied in their work. And just over it. Because I saw this was a thing in Australia as well. Yeah, the great resignation. News headlines, yeah. So the amount of people who are committed to sticking with their job this year compared with 2020 has gone down. So the proportion of employees not considering leaving their jobs has halved from 19% to 9%.

Right. 9% of people are not considering leaving their jobs. Then the people with high turnover intentions, so people who are actually keen to change their job, increased 10% up to 46.4%. So that's almost half. Wow. And I mean, people have had enough in the last year, especially if they've been locked down.

Yeah. Working from home, a lot of people are still, so they've had enough. But then like, what are you going to go to another job and just be working from home at that job? Well, so some of the reasons people want to do it is because of pay, how much they liked their job, and what opportunities existed for them.

Because mental health and your well-being and stuff is so high on people's radars right now, they're like, oh, I hate this. And do you think people are putting priority of enjoyment of job over, yeah, 100%. You know, like the pay might not be as good, but you're willing to go slightly lower because you're actually enjoying what you're doing. Because there's not as many holidays happening. You're restricted on how much fun you can have.

You need to have some fun at work. Yeah, that's true. If you work hard for those overseas breaks and you can't get those overseas breaks, then you've got to enjoy what you're doing in the meantime, right? Yeah. So, yeah, apparently they're saying employees need to watch out because the great resignation could happen in New Zealand,

so they need to hold on to their staff. So now's a good time to be like, hey, can you pay me a little bit more? A bit of money. And they say, no. And you're like, hey, can you pay me a little bit more? A bit of money. And they say, no. And you're like, but what about the resignation? And they're like, oh, my God, thank God. We've been looking for a way to get rid of you. If you could just do that, that would be.

Oh, imagine that. They're like, no, we've been waiting for you to leave. They're like, damn it. That wasn't meant to happen. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughn and Megan. Experts are predicting the most popular baby names of 2050. These are name, this is nameberry, the people that always predict the next year.

Right. They have decided to pick what today's babies will be naming their babies, is what they're saying. That's weird. That's like your baby. Yeah. Growing up and having babies and calling. Uh-huh, grandma.

Yeah, I'll be well and truly into the turtlenecks and stuff by then. Grammy. So they predicted names ending in O, nature baby names, unisex names and all that kind of stuff. So they've made a list of male and female names that they think will be popular in 2050. Are these all weird names or are they names that are used at the moment? Some of them you would have heard of. Some of them are a little bit strange. Okay.

I wouldn't say they're completely out there. So the boys, first of all, Ellery, starting with an E. Like celery. Yeah. Ellery. Ellery feels like an old Western name. I haven't heard that before. How do they, this is obviously, they've got no idea.

This is just for a laugh, right? I haven't heard that before. How do they, this is obviously, they've got no idea. This is just for a laugh, right? Or do they have some kind of data set that maybe you can see? They've been doing it for a while. Yeah, right. Franklin, this is for girls. Oh, I'm starting with girls, actually. Oh, it was Ellery for girls. Ellery's for girls, yeah.

Ellery Salary. You're never calling Ellery Ellery because of Ellery Salary. You get teased. Franklin. I-O-N-E. Ione. Ione. I don't know.

Yeah, Ione. Yeah, maybe. Luna Rose. Pandora is on the list for girls. Pixie. Prairie. Vita. Willoughby.

Vita is in the crackers. That's a cracker, yeah. V-I-T-A. That's Vita Willoughby Vita is in the crackers That's a cracker Yeah V-I-T-A That's Vita Vita wheat Vita wheat Vita crackers

Okay Willoughby and Zoe But X-O-E That would be Zoe right? X-O-E Yeah Yeah Okay

For the boys Clement Florian Florian Okay What is that? Margarine. That's Flor, isn't it?

Florian. Florian. Hail. Helix. Isidore. Isidore. Isidore. Isidore.

Isidore. This is for boys. Yeah. What are you laughing at? No, I'm just... Don't worry about it. Is that a story for later? Jupiter.

It's a door. It's a window. Yeah. It's a floor. It's a house. My name is a door. Carnor. Who will know, but this is for boys.

They reckon Carnor. Oaks. Oaks. Yeah. Like holy oaks. Or baked beans. The plural of oaks. O-A Yeah. Like holy oaks. Or baked beans. The plural of oaks. O-A-K-E-S.

Oh, okay. Oaks. Okay. Vision. And Wilbur. Wilbur, that's a... The predictions for boys. That's an old name, Wilbur.

Yeah, so something you would have heard, but then some like slightly odd. Well, maybe if you're needing a baby name, you could kind of skip. Yeah. 2050 and just get in there now. Get in there first and call your baby Oaks. ZDM's Fletchborn and Megan. What's lower? With Warehouse Mobile and Fletchborn and Megan.

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It was weird. What was it like? Stop using plastic? Yeah, I don't know. It was weird. I'm going to use tons of plastic. Some artist, he's done it to a few things. Okay. Well, that's

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Did you want to finish? No Okay The top six today The top six new names for Facebook Considering a rebrand Because Well

You guys know We'll all forget about how evil they are. Yeah, just for the quick name change. God, I saw, I think it was 60 Minutes and one of those shows did a bit on the people that work in the content centres. They outsource these centres and they have to go through all the videos to get flagged.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And they all got PTSD and stuff. And they all sued them. They all did a big suit against them. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And they all got like PTSD and stuff. And they all like sued them. They all did a big suit against them. It would be such a horrible job. And they would just like flag, delete or keep or whatever. And like the stuff that they see, horrible. I bet.

I bet. So the top six new names for Facebook if they have a rebrand. Number six, jungledudesdigpools.com. Let's face it, we all stumble watch those jungle dudes when we see them going, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. Do you get the guys digging pools? No. Maybe it's just a modernised algorithm.

It's not in my algorithm. These two guys, well, it's not just them, eh? There's a few guys that do it and they just build a pool in the middle of the jungle. Is it a deep, they're digging a deep pool in mud? They do all manner of things. No, no, no. It's hard ground and they dig it out and then they do a million trips to the river and back

and then some of the ones they work out how to make bamboos into like little aqueducts and then that fills up off the river and then they've got a pool in the jungle and have a swim. I'm wild. You need to go with all this stuff. I want to. Content I'm missing out on because of algorithms. Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig.

Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. They've got like YouTube channels and stuff as well. And I've seen the photo of them with, you know when you get 100, is it 100,000 or a million subscribers on YouTube and they give you the little plaque? I've seen them with that. Yeah, I just Googled.

Like, yeah. There's so many. Guy digs underground swimming pool in the jungle. Yeah. Yeah. But it's something that started out in Cambodia, but now a lot of them are just like in California doing it. Wow.

Okay, this is not what I imagined in my mind. Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig. Wow. It's always sped up, so the pats always are like, pep, pe dig, dig, dig, dig, dig. Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. It's always sped up, so the pats always are like, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. And then sometimes I get bored. I'm like, I just need to see this. Yeah, I skip through to the end. I chunk it through.

I'm like, fast forward a minute, fast forward a minute, fast forward a minute. I've got a TikTok attention span now. I need this done in 15 seconds. I need that done real quick. The top six new names for Facebook. Number five, the what did I Google to get that target at advertising.com? Yes.

Yeah. Don't remember and then you click on it because you're like, man, that's funny and then that's all you see for the next six months. Yeah.

Number four on the list of the top six new names for Facebook. You're seeing a lot about someone you went to school with and haven't seen since.com. Yeah.

Yeah. And they've gotten married and you can't remember who they are and you're like, oh. Yeah, the last name. You're like, well, Julie who? Yeah. It's a lot of Julies. And then, yeah, you do an investigation into it and you're like, oh, them.

See less of. Thanks. Number three on the list of the top six new names for Facebook. There's a ton of terrible people on here.com. Yeah. You might not see them because you might just be moving in your bubble, but they're out there and they've all got accounts. Number two on the list

of the top six new names for Facebook. Win this Range Rover with a bow around it by sharing the post on whatcoloryouwantedtobe.com. Those are still doing the rounds. Has your mum fallen for any of those lately? You've taught her well. Not lately.

You've got to use your wise hair right up. And number one on the list of the top six new names for Facebook. Oh, I'll save that recipe to try later slash never.com. Yeah. So many saved recipes. And then it comes to cooking, you're like, I'm just going to cook the same thing I do all the time. That is today's top six. All right, it's all thanks to Neon.

Get a Kiwi streaming service, get great value, get it on Neon, the current jackpot, $20,000 cash. Good morning, Summer. Good morning. It's your me on the current jackpot. $20,000 cash. Good morning, Summer. Good morning. It's your first ever guess for Secret Sound. Yes. You've managed to make it through season 10. You've done it.

$20,000. That's a lot of cash. What would you do if you won? I'd probably buy a new car and use the rest for my student loan of studying fees. Oh, okay. Good. You're so smart. But it's not like you can just be like,

I'm going to go blow it on a European holiday. No, not really. No. All right. Well, Summer, this is the secret sound. For $20,000 cash. What do you think it is? Is it when you push your foot on the foot pedal of a sewing machine

and the sewing machine goes up and down? Oh, it sounds like my mum's foot pedal. Hers is really clunky. What kind of sewing machine has your mum got? Banana. All right, well, Soundkeeper Owls, you do love a homemade T-shirt on the banana. A banana?

A banana. I'm a singer. She might be more of a singer. Yeah, you might be more of a singer. I'm now out of sewing machine brands. Oh, that's okay. No, I was just going to say something. What about Janome? Yeah, I was going to say Janome, but I wasn't sure. What are you? Are these brands? Naomi. Yeah, these are brands of sewing machine brands. Oh, that's okay. No, I was just going to say... What about Janome? Yeah, I was going to say Janome,

but I wasn't sure. What are you... Naomi. Yeah, these are brands of sewing machines. A brother? A brother. No, they do printers. And sewing machines.

Get out of there. You're not allowed to Google. Do you know who else has a sewing machine? Husqvarna. What? Oh, now you want one? It's called the Husqvarna Viking. Wow.

I do. That sounds like a great sewing machine. Does it print something out and cut down a tree? Yeah, and it's got horns on its helmet. Good stuff. All right. Well, this is not looking promising, Summer. We've lost Soundkeeper Owls with all of these brands of sewing machines.

Okay. I was going to say, Summer, a lot of people have been guessing this guess. I've seen it online, a foot pedal on a sewing machine. Oh, right. So, I think a few people are going to be panicked with this. Okay. Right? Yeah. No, I'll let you know now. I was panicked yesterday if anyone was going to say it. Well, there you go. Well done for getting through. Summer, 20K, a lot of money, and it would be great to use for your student loan and a car. No doubt.

But I'm going to have to say that's not the secret sound summer. Wow, but that is crossing a big one off the list. A lot of people have wanted to get through and say that summer. Unfortunately, though it is incorrect, there is another chance. Eight o'clock for Secret Sound, thanks to Neon. $20,000, the latest jackpot. Coming up on the show, we are 64 days. Don't panic.

64 days away from Christmas. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Reports of Christmas penetration well and truly seeping in all over the country soon on the show. Also coming up, I think I'm in a war with... You've got beef. I've got beef? Okay. With New Zealand authors?

Female authors? I think I've got an online beef. Right, okay. Well, we need to talk about this. I don't know. ZDM's Fletchborn and Megan. Wow, this comes after yesterday when three of us on the show

had a brush with death in a dodgy lift. Well, you nearly got stuck in the elevator at work. I can be pleased tonight's been fixed. I kind of, when I got to work and I saw that it had the numbers on again, indicating it's moving between floors and not just this big red circle with a cross through it, like it did when we were leaving work yesterday. Yeah.

I kind of hoped it was still clunking. Why? I didn't get in it. I used the other one. I got in it this morning. I was like, come on. Come at me. Life.

Give me a little fright. Make me feel alive. Wake at me. Life. Give me a little fright. Make me feel alive. Wake me up. Right. Wake me up inside. Oh, I went with wake me up. Before you go, go. Both are hot songs to face potential death with.

In an elevator. Absolutely. I didn't want to be the test dummy for it. I was like, I'll have the other one. But yeah, this was after three of us had a brush with death yesterday. Producer Anya has had another one. You left work yesterday

only to have another brush with death. Two in one day. I know. Well, after the first brush with death, I thought, heck, this could have been my last day. I will treat myself to a trip to the French bakery. Now, wait a minute. Is this the French bakery or a French bakery?

No, it's a French bakery. What makes it? Has it got a French title? What makes it? Lots of croissants. Pano chocolat. What about the croquette monsieur? Oui, oui.

Ah, oui, oui. Croquette monsieur. Just like a vacuum party. Croque Monsieur. Oui, oui. Oui, oui. Croque Monsieur. Just like a vacuum party. Exactly. I get that. Be my guest. Be our guest. Put our service to the test.

I would like to apologize to all French listeners now for that. Lumine from Beauty and the Beast is about as French as I've ever looked into. So my partner Andy and I were absolutely fizzing, jumped out of the car, ready to get a croissant in our gobs. So crossed the road with glee, only to be nearly hit by one of New Zealand's sporting superstars who will remain anonymous. Absolutely flying through the intersection.

What sport do they play? Basketball. Oh, okay, right. So they nearly hit you in your car. Yes. I've nearly been hit by former Mayor John Banks in his European sports car. And also, do you remember, I forget his name,

he was on play school. He nearly mowed. Pidipi. No, actually, I nearly mowed him down. You nearly mowed Pidipi down? I think it was me. Or Big Ted. Was it Big Ted you nearly mowed down?

Oh, my God. Because you know I was involved in that hit and run with Jemima. And I left her on the side of the road, lifeless, limp. Yeah, right. Oh, my God. Yeah. It's giving childhood me nightmares. Humpty, though.

Hit him. He rolled all the way down the hill. So he did do like one of those like, oh, shit, waves. roll all the way down the hill. So he did do one of those like, oh shit, waves. Wait, so he was at fault? Yeah, yeah. Were you jaywalking though? No, no, no. I was on a pedestrian crossing. I looked left, I looked right

and then I crossed. Did you come out of nowhere though? Because sometimes that happens. I'm quite cute and little so quite possibly. You're in the blind spot and you're like, shit, there's someone there. I don't know. I think we all had cro You're in the blind spot and you're like, is someone there? I don't know. I think we all had croissants on the mind. Yeah, okay.

And we went across the road. We got our goodies. We came back. I'm still absolutely chortling like this is the funniest thing that's ever happened to me because, look, it's lockdown and it's something interesting. Were you starstruck? I was starstruck.

And it was just something to brighten up these dull days. There's a weird starstruck here because you meet a lot of celebrities here that come into work and you don't get like this. You were getting very giggly. I think when you see a celeb in the wild, that's the fun part. Yeah, seeing your teacher out of school. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Like, oh, yuck, you leave school grounds? Yeah. So I then went to my Instagram story, close friends, I said, guys, hilarious update for you. What an honour to be nearly hit by XYZ. By a New Zealand sports

person. Yes. Now as I said this, at the end of the video you can just catch my boyfriend Andy saying, their car window is open and we are walking right past it. And at that point, this sports person, who I can only presume wife, popped her head out and said,

I'm really sorry about that. You got busted putting it on Instagram. And I looked so stupid. They would have appreciated that you were like quite upbeat about it That's what I said, I'm a big fan Thank you so much for the honour You couldn't have chosen a better person to almost mow down Yeah, any publicity is good publicity, eh?

Yeah, I don't know, running someone over doesn't bode well for them True I wonder what would have happened if he actually got you and you're on the ground like Oh my god, can I, when I get back up, can I have a photo? I would. I would have been like, can you bring me a crepe, please? Yeah, you would have been like, I need 10 cc's of pomme de chocolat. I won't press charges.

I like you. If you give me courtside seats. Wow, did you just want the earth to swallow you up in a big hole? Yes, I did. Thank God I had a mask on because I don't think you could tell that I was entirely a red tomato. Right. Gotcha. Yikes.

You be careful, please, because that's the second day. These things happen in three. Better get a go back to bakery. Yeah, I reckon you better don't take any chances. Better get another croissant. Ho, ho, ho. Ooh, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Ho, ho, ho, ho. Today, we are 64 days, 16 hours and 41 minutes away from Christmas. Do you know what I got just yesterday and I was tempted? Go on. Ads for like real Christmas trees and you order them now. Oh, you should do it. And they were doing like a, if you order this now, you get a free pack up. You know when it's dead and it's all brown?

Yeah, they come and get it. That's a good service to offer, I think. Yeah, because normally you just see people chuck them, especially in the central city, they just chuck them on roundabouts. Goats. Goats eat them. Goats bloody love pine needles. Oh, do they?

Yeah. Not plastic trees. I mean, goats will eat those. It's not good for them, though, but goats bloody love a pine tree. Yeah, but I was like, oh, that'd be good. Because you're always away for Christmas, usually. I know. You're at home.

You're going to be at home this year. You should do it. Tempting. You're going to be like Macaulay Culkin. Home alone. Yeah. At Christmas. Yeah.

And some robbers are going to come. Oh, my God. And you're going to be like, excuse meay Culkin. Home alone. Christmas. And some robbers are going to come. Oh, my God. And you're going to be like, excuse me. Excuse me. Are you wearing a mask? You're a robber, but please. Have some decorum. But a lot of reports of Christmas penetration creeping in.

I've got to apologize to my main man, Wilson. Every time around this, he gets very excited. About Christmas. Okay, so the last time Wilson messaged me was on the 24th of November 2020. Yep. And he said, because he's very fastidious about percentages. He said, you said it was 89 last week. And then that was all I heard from him.

That was it. He's popped up again. I first heard from him on the 9th of October. Lol, I'm back. Wellington-Wilson Street Christmas pop-up is open. Now, there's no chat with Wilson throughout the year. Wilson's never like, hey, buddy, happy Easter. No, he doesn't.

That's not his thing. That's not his season. He's about Christmas. All he cares about is Christmas penetration. Wellington's Willow Street Christmas pop-up is open, and he sent me a photo there. Oh, yeah, nice. So that was on the 9th of October.

Now, we did beginning to look a lot like Christmas just after that. And he said, RIP me, I didn't get featured. Oh. I said, suck it up, Wilson. No, I didn't. I said, Wilson, you're my number one contributor. And then he said, well, I'm back, baby. And has anybody reported this?

Traditional Christmas puddings. Your steamed pud. Already on sale. $7.50, says Wilson. A Countdown special. Yeah, Countdown. And he's like, well, since I've got your attention, I said, he's back. There he is.

He's like, there's also an end of aisle Christmas only. I've noticed end of aisle stuff creeping in. That's a big one for our Christmas penetration. He said, it's not only the end of aisle stuff creeping in. That's a big one for our Christmas penetration. He said it's not only the end of aisle, it's also taken over the majority of the chocolates and biscuits section. And a very special bag of farm-baked biscuits that say on it, For Santa. Oh.

Now, don't fall for this gimmick. Those are standard farm-baked biscuits. Oh, they're not a fancy flavor. No, they've just put full Santa on it. So there you go, Wilson. You are our most valued contributor. Yes, a fantastic job every year. Yeah, it's always a fantastic job.

And while we're in Wellington, Jess has messaged saying, the Christmas has arrived at David Jones Wellington with the Christmas Grotto is open. Oh, wow. And farmers seem to be setting theirs up. Courtney messaged in, these new items are on display at Countdown in Tauranga. It's got to be, there's a Christmas Toblerone there. What's Christmassy about it?

Just the packaging? Yeah, it's all just like Christmas packaging of new chocolates and stuff. Trying to fit that big triangle log in your gob at Christmas? You hear everyone on the way down. Nothing like trying to fit that big triangle log in your gob at Christmas. A guide to being vegan. Has some Christmas penetration to report. No more chocolate. The vegan advent calendars have hit the shelves. Goodness me.

This was at the warehouse in Eastgate in Christchurch. $8 a pop. Vegan and free from dairy, gluten, egg, and nuts. Well, that's what vegan is, though, isn't it? No, because nuts can be vegan. Oh, nuts, yeah. Yeah. Oh, so that's vegans with nut allergies.

Yeah. So there's an advent calendar for you. Eight bucks. Also Christmas, an international report from Janelle, one of our listeners on the Gold Coast in Australia. Christmas in full swing at the local Bunnings. There's a $149 lawn Santa. That must be, no size here, but that must be massive for a hundred footy.

I'd say the parking wardens have probably got their Santa hat on too. And the goldie. Dads love the Gold Coast parking wardens. I have not considered outdoor decoration, outdoor lights. Well, you've got, yeah, you've got a front lawn. Oh my God, okay. You should be that annoying person that puts it to the street that you become the street that everyone comes and looks at at Christmas.

Okay. Christmas at Salomon Community Pharmacy in Lincoln. Somebody said, check out this stand. It's got a bit of everything. Got your dancing Santas, your Santas, your ornaments, your bits and pieces. Rachel reckons that that would at least be a percentage point in itself. And I think a sexy little something event found this one. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas because there is a Hollywood Chris colouring book featuring Chris Hemsworth as Santa.

Oh, okay. You've got your Chris Evans and your Chris Pines. Yeah. Chris Pratt's fallen off the cover, probably because he's gone a bit... Loopy. But you can get your Hollywood Chris colouring, but with Chris Hemsworth as Santa. Lovely.

Yes, stay inside the line. Well, we are inching closer. When we get to 100% Christmas penetration, we play Mariah Carey's It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. You're damn right we do. But with all that in mind, and 64 days away from Christmas. Dasha, Domsa, get your reins on. Christmas penetration is at 52%.

Oh, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And if you see any reports of Christmas creeping in, screenshot them and send them to us, FVMZM, on Facebook. Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Megan. Now, we all make mistakes. When you talk this much shit every day, mistakes happen. I'd say like a good 90% of what I say

will at some stage regret. Absolutely. You can't live by your regrets. No. You've got to move on. Put it behind you. Or something. And the other day we were talking about authors writing under pseudonyms.

Yeah, like famous authors do it because then they can write different kind of stuff. And they want to know if they've still got it or if it's just their name selling books. Yeah. Which in your Stephen Kings and your J.K. Rowlings and all your really high profile authors. Isn't that the fun part of being successful? Yeah. Who cares? Totally. I mean, these people must have some sort of like

desire to know they're good or something I'd just be like good morning phone it in and phone it in and pay me. So I will now take you back in time to when we were waxing lyrical

about authors writing under pseudonyms. As New Zealanders, I wonder if Margaret Mahi ever did, you know. Something under a pseudonym. Yeah. Or Joy Cowley. I'm just thinking who wrote my favourite kids' books. Oh, or Annabelle Langbine. Tessa Duda.

Yeah. From Mary McCleary. From Donald's Hysteria. Yes. I don't know why you're wearing that. Hang on. We'releary. From Donald's Hysteria. Yes. I don't know why you're wearing that. Hang on. We're back in real time. Back in real time.

Sorry, because people might have thought we were back in the future. Yeah. In the past. I think as I said it, I was even like, you may have heard a little hesitation in my voice, but then I was like, meh, go with it. Well, I'd made the hilarious joke about Annabelle Langbine writing kids books when she writes cooking books. Yeah.

And then we delved into that, didn't we? And I can't believe, listening back to that, I didn't pull you up on that because we all know who wrote Harry McCleary. I think I was focusing on the fact that you said Annabelle Langbine. And I was like, ha, it's an N, not an M. And you said that little tidbit and it brushed right over me. Yeah, because of the bigger mistake. Yeah. That's me doing some classic Vaughan deflection.

So you've now found yourself entwined. Astaush. An astaush. With legendary New Zealand author Tessa Duda, who of course did not write Harry McCleary. That would fall on Linley Dodd. Which we all know. We know this.

I can even picture the signature on the book. I know. Linley Dodd. But at the time I could picture the cat show one, where there's a cat show and there's some cabbage trees outside of the hall. And I could see Tessa Duda written on it. But of course, what a fool. Well, it was Tessa Duda herself that on Instagram said, funny story.

This morning I was told that over on ZMI I was quoted as being the author of Harry McCleary. I heard they were discussing New Zealand authors and they mentioned my name and went on to say that I was the author of Harry McCleary. While very flattered, no. You've made us look like a right tit. Actually, you have. You've made us look like a right tit. I don't like right tit loved into your

tit remarks we are now absolute tits in the literary world yeah we're not going to be taken seriously no we won't be in consideration for any literary awards not that we're in the running so i would like to formally apologize and get back on the good side of Tessa Duder and Linley Dodd, who I've confused here. And, of course, Tessa Duder wrote the Alex, the books. You would have read them at school. Yeah. And her herself won a silver medal, did you know, at the Commonwealth Games? She doesn't care that you're brown.

For swimming. Well, no, I'm just on her Wikipedia now. I don't want to make any other foolish mistakes. Has Linley been dragged into this as well? Well, no. I haven't heard from Linley personally, who I believe has an honorary doctorate. Yeah, right.

And she's already been through it this year because remember when the Scottish were like, Harry McClary's a Scottish book. Yeah. It's not get away, hands off. She's a dame. She's got no time for yours. Who, Linley?

Yeah. She's a dame and a doctor. Yeah. Dame, doctor. Which comes first, doctor, dame? Greedy on the titles. She's got no time for yours. Who, Lindley? Yeah. She's a dame and a doctor. Yeah. Dame, doctor. Which comes first, Dr. Dame? Greedy on the titles. Well, don't get that wrong. Dr. Dame.

Should we up your arse? God. Hold on. To distance myself. Apologies. Apologies to everybody involved in this rigmarole. Calm down this beef. We don't want any drive-bys happening.

A drive-by book throwing. Hard to throw a Harry McLeary. It's a thin book. You'd be better with one of the Alex books. But a Harry McLeary would be one of those things you'd throw and it'd be like, catch too much air. I'm horning, horning, horning, horning. Fletch Vaughan and Megan's long weekend group toot.

The unmissable event on tomorrow's podcast. ZM. Dating. Horrible. Horrible, horrible dating. Online. Is she an expert or did she just write an article? No, she's just gone viral because she's come up with the way she thinks weeds out guys. Quick and early. Yeah. Quick and early.

Yeah. Quick and early. She'll ask what their most controversial opinion is. And people are just like, this is genius. Because it gets it out in the open straight away. And whether it's something actually controversial or controversial as in like crunchy or smooth peanut butter. Yeah, yeah.

Or tomato sauce belongs in the fridge. Like, ha-ha, funny, not how I do my tomato sauce. Let's touch. But isn't that like a job interview when they're like, what's your worst trait? And you're like, I'm just a workhorse. I work too hard. It's probably mine.

I take monster dumps at work and never scrub the toilet afterwards. And they're like, no. Just for your next job interview, you're supposed to say you work too hard. You're supposed to lie. Yeah, you lie. We want you to lie here. Don't actually tell us a bad thing about yourself. But it's genius.

But then also, do you think, like, if someone was a white supremacist, they're going to tell you? Because they don't believe that that's controversial. Nah, these people, they know. They know what they're doing is a controversial opinion. You know what I mean? Well, actually, now, I'm glad you've asked.

You can imagine that. What's the most controversial opinion? Well, I'm glad you've asked because I've had enough of people pretending that climate change is real. They know. People who tout that sort of bullshit, they know it's a controversial thing. That's half of the appeal to it, I think.

They've got such a lack of an interesting personality that they get involved in this controversial stuff just to have a point of difference and some people blah, blah, blah. But then I don't think I could address my most controversial opinion, if someone asked. What is it? What's yours? No, I don't know what it is.

That's the thing. Because you believe it, so you don't think it's controversial. Do you know what I mean? Oh, yeah. But facts aren't controversial. So you're saying I'm quite fact-driven. I'd say you're a fact-driven person. Thank you.

That's a compliment. But you're right. If someone didn't know, if they weren't aware. Because you're in your own bubble. Surrounding yourself with people the same. It's a great idea, and we thought we would expand on this this morning, and take your calls on what controversial

opinions you've come across on dates. Whether it was the light-hearted, like, you know, the different kinds of peanut butter, marmite or Vegemite. Yeah. Goodness. Yeah. Those little kind of controversial deal breakers or actually something big and controversial. Like someone

brought something up at a date and you're like, oh my goodness. I'm actually just going to leave right this moment. My controversial opinion would be that the plainer flavoured ice creams are the better flavoured ice creams. So that's controversial. But if someone said, what's the best? I'd say, well, like, your maple walnut.

You see, I couldn't imagine a life together with you sharing plain ice cream. But that's what makes us work. Different ice cream. Because you don't touch my ice cream. You don't touch your ice cream. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You haven't touched my ice cream for years. Well, in your ice cream. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, well, I'll... You haven't touched my ice cream for years. Well, in the good old days, you were always licking my code.

Jesus. Getting your spoon right in my tub. He hasn't... He hasn't... See, he hasn't plucked out my goody gumdrops for... Swirled it round until it got runny. Yeah! It's been a while.

Microwaved me for too long. Then put me back in the freezer and I get those weird crystals on top. So a woman has gone viral because she claims on dating apps, you have to ask for somebody's most controversial opinion up front, straight away. And then that way... You can weed out the D-bags. Yeah. Or someone who's not aligned with your views.

Yeah. So we want to know from you the most controversial opinions you've encountered on dates. Yep. Somebody said, my controversial opinion, and I've seen somebody roll their eyes back on a date when I've started talking about Bitcoin. And how it's going to the moon, baby. It'll be the new global reserve currency. And they're just like, okay.

Like, how rich are you from it, like, right now? Because that's going to influence how the rest of this particular night's going to go. Yeah. Someone said they can remember Megan's most controversial theory and that it was you believed it was okay to fill your car up and then sit in the forecourt and answer the phone rather than move on, get out of the way. There was, I was on the phone when I pulled up and remember that person abused me. Have they messaged in?

I don't know if it's the same person. Or are you still clogging up the line at the service station? No. Get off your phone, pump your gas, move on. I'm not allowed out of the car when I'm on the phone, am I? Oh, Mythbusters. That's rubbish. Yeah, that's rubbish. The guy with the moustache is still around.

But then they'd have a go at me for doing that too. Now you've rolled me up. Alright, well keep your most controversial opinions you've encountered on a date coming in. Talking about controversial opinions you've come across on dates, somebody online believes you should ask what their most controversial opinion is early on rather than get into a relationship with someone and have it uncovered at a later date. Well, you've wasted all that time. So your controversial opinions on first dates, somebody messaged in my controversial opinion at a later date. Well, you've wasted all that time. So your controversial opinions on first dates,

somebody messaged in, my controversial opinion on a first date would be that religion is the worst concept man has created. You've gone for a swim in the deep end of the pool there. I admire your bravura. I guess if you believe that and then the other person is quite religious, then it's not going to work out, is it?

So you may as well find out first question. Yeah. Momo's controversial opinion would be that he pays for the first date. Oh, yeah. That's an opinion? Yeah. Be it controversial or not. Controversial opinion, childbirth is the most horrific thing.

The end result is magical But the birth itself is horrific And I don't know who's saying that It's pretty horrific It's horrific It's very surprising how often some people do it Yeah I'm like

I'll do that again It's because your body sends that drug around And makes you forget Yeah, the cuddle drug I have forgotten Oxycontin Oxycontin Oxycotin

Oxycotin One of them's a very addictive painkiller, and the other one's like the natural version of it, right? Yeah. Yeah. All right, Abby, what's the most controversial opinion on a first date? Shout out to team Long Time Listener First Time Caller. Welcome, welcome, welcome, Abby.

Yeah, so I was on this date, and it was a little bit weird anyway, and then the guy was like i hate all the hot drinks and i was like that's a little bit weird like okay all hot drinks are you sure like and he's like yeah they're just the way that adults waste time and i was like what do you mean and he's like you know when you're at work and you don't want to do work you like ask everyone if they want a cup of tea and you go to the kitchen and you make your hot drink and stuff. And I was like, interesting. He's angry at hot

beverages for affecting productivity. Why doesn't he just get on blood then? I asked a few more questions and it turns out the root of this was because his dad used to make a cup of tea and then he'd be like, Dad, come play football with me. And his dad would be like, yeah, when I finish my hot drink.

Oh my God. He's got childhood trauma. Over tea. I know, but I was like, mate, at least try a hot chocolate. Like, come on. Wow. Well, that poor guy. Hot drinks ruin for life.

My dude. But hey, at least you find this out On the date The first date right I know The first date was a shamble Wait so that was That was enough to derail

The possibility of a future relationship Well no There was a lot of other Strange questions Like When was the last time you cried But it can't be at a funeral And

When's the time you've been Most shocked in your life And then he was like 9-11. This guy sounds like he works in radio and he's coming up with daily phoning topics. When was the last time you cried in a car, be at a funeral, call us, 0800-DOLLS-N-A-M-O-T-E-X-I-X-I-X-I-X-I.

Abby, thanks for your call. Rachel, what was the controversial opinion they shared on a date? Well, they were pretty up front with it straight away. So they said that they were against the vaccinations and I was like, okay. But they said they were against it

because they believed it was going to change their DNA and that if I got vaccinated, then that would mean that we could not date. Oh, wow. Okay. You're like, oh no,

I've been vaccinated against heaps of things. Oh, well, I better get out of here. Yeah, so, I mean, I guess that saved you a lot of time rather than finding that out in, like, six months. Well, yeah, yeah, it did save a bit of time, but the complication was that he was French and it had been a very long time since I'd been with anyone

and I thought, oh, that gives me an end date so I can get vaccinated and then, oh, well, I can't be with you anymore. Right, and let's not forget that the French did nuclear testing down here in the South Pacific and that's far more likely to alter our DNA. True. Hey, Rachel, thanks for your

question. ZM's Fleshworn and Megan. Play ZM. ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound. Season 10. On the eve of the long weekend group tour, which we're going to kick off this time tomorrow, Secret Sound, it's all thanks to Neon. Watch the TV series and movies everybody's talking about on Neon,

our favourite Kiwi streaming service. And we welcome Rico. Good morning, Rico. G'day. Your first time on Secret Sound. It is, it is. I've always wanted to say this. Long time listener, first time caller.

Yay! Good to have you along, mate. All right, so this is the Secret Sound that's doing everybody's head in. It's currently worth $20,000. Now, if you can just tell us what that is, you get the $20,000. It's if you can just tell us what that is, you get the $20,000. It's the easiest competition in radio.

Okay. No pressure. My guess is going to be pretty out the gate, but it's been bugging me, so I have to say it. Okay. So imagine, you know, when you're driving over a bridge in a car and I've got the bridge joiners that connects the bridge to the other side of the road, et cetera.

Yeah. That's what it sounds like when you go over and it goes, ba-boom. Like those metal plates. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it goes, ka-choo, ka-choo. Oh, yeah. Kind of like also when you're on a train, right? Yeah.

And it's doing that as well. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, we've had train hitting the train tracks, so we can't go with that. We've got to go with the car if you want to lock that in. Yeah? Yeah, okay.

Okay. What would you do with the 20K? Haven't really thought about it, but I do need some new jandals for summer. Good man. You can go top of the line jandals. Oh, yeah, I'll be able to get Volcom ones. Oh, okay. I like that. What about some Crocs? I do love Crocs as well. Oh, yeah, I'll be able to get Volcom ones. Oh, okay. I like that.

What about some Crocs? I do love Crocs as well. Oh, God, get out of here. Oh, no, no. Alrighty then, I'll tie you myself. That's a written warning. Give her a written warning for that. I'll tell you now, though, if that is the secret sound,

you're pretty certain a car hitting the bridge joiners. Yes, yeah. Okay, well, it's not the train, and it is not the car going over the bridge joiners either. Oh, no. Well, I don't know what you're going to do for jandals now, Rico. Oh, let's ask the missus to buy me some. Yep, Christmas.

Christmas present. I'm just looking now. I'm seeing some classic, you know those classic para rubber jandals? Oh, yeah. Kiwi too. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. 20 bucks.

Oh, that's all good. 20 bucks. All right, Rico, thanks, mate. Another chance coming up at 11 with Georgia. ZDM's Fletch Vaughan and Megan. Yesterday after the show Megan said I'm just going to treat myself With a little ribbon shopping

And that was too out of the ordinary Loves a ribbon You do love ribbons I was like I'm going to buy myself A ribbon spool A spool of ribbon Yeah

Maybe a wire edged one I was looking on Spotlight Or wire edged You can have a shape can't you You can have a flow Such good stuff Such good stuff. Such good stuff. Loves a ribbon.

Can shape the bow. Then she said, what's it? I was going to say 64 days till Christmas. That's why you're getting thoughts about your... Well, I've got presents already.

I bought presents. And they need to be wrapped. And if you don't know, she runs a theme every year, a wrapping theme. And this year she said, I need some... Is it acrylic? Yeah year she said, I need some acrylic. Yeah, acrylic paint.

I need acrylic paint, but it needs to be like a fluid acrylic paint for flicking. I need to be able to flick my fluid paint. And acrylic paints don't flick well. I didn't say it like that. It kind of was like that. Yeah. Because your Christmas theme this year, you're flicking paint on the presents. Because I've got time.

I've got all the time at home. I thought I'd get crafty on it. So I thought I'd get white paper and flick paint on. What colour paint? I was thinking bronze. Oh, my god. White paper with some bronze flicks.

What colour ribbon? I was going to do a double ribbon, so like a fat, like, bronzy one. Fat, bronzy ribbon. And then like a thinner white one. But, okay, so ribbon, flicky of paint, white. I think that this year's theme's gone next level, though,

because what were you looking to buy a packet of? They were just some duck feathers. I found a packet of brown and white multi-different duck feathers. Duck feathers? You're making me sound crazy. Oh, I'm doing, you're doing a great job with that all by yourself. I just thought I'd tuck one of these

fluffy little feathers in the ribbon. You know the rest of us just get a roll from the warehouse or Kmart for a dollar and it's all the same. Do you know, it's just like, I appreciate people giving at Christmas, but my pet peeve is when you have Christmas at your house

and I've got all these presents unicorned and people bring their presents. I reckon sometimes I'll wrap a Christmas present in a happy birthday wrap if it's all I've got. Yeah, do it. Who cares? Haphazardly wrapped. It's all crinkled.

It's all going to end up in a pile on the floor anyway. This is, I think it's trauma from when I was younger because my mum, she doesn't even fold the paper at the ends. She just scrunches it up, tapes it on. There'll be holes in the wrapping. We've got some wrapping, like these bags from the 70s that are orange and had those retro flowers on them. She's still using those.

Good, waste not, want not. Oh, it drives me nuts. Comes from the generation you buy something, it lasts forever. Like everybody's mum's got some orange Tupperware somewhere. I just need all the presents to match under the tree. You want it to be matchy-matchy. Yeah. But then is this brown, no, I do apologise, bronze.

Bronze. White paper, bronze splatter, bronze ribbon, white ribbon, duck feather combo. Going to go with your Christmas tree? Yeah, well, the decorations on the tree are like champagne colour and white. Okay. So that's why. Have you changed up the decorations this year?

Or were they the same as last year? No, they're the same. But I do have an emergency set. I said you could borrow my emergency decoration set. What? It's the emergency set in case the current decorations run away. Yeah, like I've got another tree

so in case I wanted to go double tree it's the other tree. Because I didn't want to throw the other tree out. And I didn't want to throw the decorations out. That's been used a couple of times. You are out of control. Have you thought about having two Christmas trees? You've got two living areas. Yeah, no I have.

The smaller one can go on the other living area. Yeah. With the little decorations. I just like to be festive. Okay? And I like my presents to match. It's going to look like you've got a dead duck under your Christmas tree. Well, I think I might have gone off the feathers. Why? Because I don't want to like...

I don't know how the feathers came to be. Oh, you're not sure of the ethical source of the feathers. Oh, yeah. Imagine if you were cancelled by Peter for your Christmas. They didn't gift me those feathers. No, but that makes sense. The ducks weren't like, here, this one's falling out. You can have it.

That fur you've got didn't gift itself either. I don't have any fur. Stop saying that. You've got those historic furs. You've got those historic furs. She's got foxes. No, I never. But they were. You've got those historic furs. You've got those historic furs. She's got foxes. No, I never. But they were already dead.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was Nana's fox and I didn't take it because I was like, no. Also, like, let's not forget the fact that she puts her Christmas tree on a polar bear rug. Yeah. No, that's called a skirt for the tree and it's not real fur. Sure. Sure, it's not. Tell the polar bears.

Okay. Play. ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Megan. Sure, sure it's not Tell the polar bears There are apparently four things that every couple Crucial topics that they should discuss before they get married What side of the bed do you sleep on? I think you would know that by then No, you never sleep in the same bed until you're married I won't, I won't I'm sorry If that's your opinion I've got to leave

I'm sorry I must leave Take your heathenness to Christ Go, get out of here Four topics I'm sorry. If that's your opinion, I've got to leave. I'm sorry. I must leave. Take your heathenness to Christ. Go. Get out of here. Four topics. The first one seems fairly obvious to me.

We'll just come up and banter, I think, before you get married. But whether you want children to make sure that you're aligned. Because if you get into the marriage and they say they don't want kids and you want a massive family, obviously that's not going to be great news. Who's finding that out after they're married? Yeah, that's... Do people actually? Surely if you're marrying someone, you just assume, right? Some people would assume.

Surely you talk about it. You talk about marriage and you talk about your future, like kids. I don't know. Because some people would be like, well, I don't want to get married. They'll be like, I don't want to get married either. But do you want children? You know, like you have those conversations about your future.

Surely. But you hear about it happening where their views on kids aren't aligned. Finances. So many couples have a vague financial plan, but others fail to discuss money at all before they get married. It's kind of one of those sensitive topics, isn't it?

It is, it's a hard one to discuss. And how do you, it's not really a sexy topic. Like, how do you start that? Do you spend a lot of money? Like, where do you, are you a saver? I mean, I guess your husbands just knew that you loved shopping, so they just deal with that. Yeah, I mean, it's not like they can complain afterwards.

I was very transparent the whole time. Sure. Sexpectations is a big one that people don't talk about and then it becomes a problem later in marriage because obviously lust is a big thing at the start and then lots of people joke that once you get married, nothing happens. So you need to have a frank and honest conversation

about your sexual compatibility and what your expectations are, especially after marriage. Why are you smirking? Don't worry, nothing I can share on the radio. I'll share it on your behalf. Now, Fletch has a Word document saved on his computer. Some would call it a contract. Now, before you enter into any sort of relationship,

the contract must be signed, witnessed, and, of course, filed with his legal representation. What are you talking about? The United Nations have said this is a breach of human rights. It goes against the Geneva Convention. And Fletch said, well, if you signed it, you signed it. Okay, so read it before you sign it. Even down to like details about like open marriages

and like inviting other people in. Yeah, dare you to be the first person to bring that up. Dare you to be the person that's like, we should try. Okay. What about like bringing another person? That's the hardest thing though, being like, we should try. Yeah, but then you just do that thing where if they're really aghast and shocked, you just say, I was only joking.

Does that work all the time? Yeah. Maybe, yeah. Not like, I was only joking. Oh, I didn't even want to go out with you. I was joking. Does that work all the time? Yeah. Maybe, yeah. I didn't even want to go out with you. I was joking. You know me. Classic joker. In alone time, how much time you expect to spend with each other? Because some people might

need a lot of alone time and someone might be really needy and expect you to be together all the time. That's you. Excuse me, do you actually think it's me? It is not me. Oh, you're very needy. My husband is the one that texts me and is like, where are you?

Like, how far away are you? Well, you're both needy. I wasn't saying you're mutually needy. Mutually needy. Yeah, I think I'm somewhere in the middle. But then you see couples that are like, I haven't seen them for three weeks. With the boys?

Yeah. He's just like, what? They could be dead. Yeah. You're reportedly missing after 48 hours. Those couples that when you could travel, they'd be like, oh, yeah, Barry's just off doing three months in Europe. You'd be like, he's what?

Barry's not only doing three months in Europe while he's having a rotation. But it works for them. So those are the big four things. The big four, yeah. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is about the world's first incubators for eggs.

Oh, yeah? So if you get those, a lot of them now are like as large as a platter sort of size, and you put the fertilized chicken eggs or duck eggs or whatever eggs in, and then you set it at a certain temperature, and that replicates the – there's a certain humidity to it as well, I think, that replicates the conditions of being sat on by whatever bird is trying to hatch those eggs. And then they just pop out.

Pop out. In the little machine. Well, today's fact of the day is that ancient Egyptians made a system over 2,000 years ago, still being used, that was capable of hatching 4,500 eggs. This was inside the pyramids, wasn't it? In two to three weeks. Oh, I was joking. Was it actually really?

Well, not the pyramids, not the Great Pyramids, but they did look like little pyramids. So this was built into the... I told you they love pyramids. I don't know if you've seen. They love a triangular pyramid thing. They'd build it into the ground because, of course, it's easier to keep temperatures consistent when you're underground

because there's not as much air hitting the side. And the tops would be little pyramids with little holes at the top to let out excess heat. Right. Now, from what I can see of the designs, two-layered. Fires were lit on the bottom, very small fires, smouldering fires, and the heat would go up through the clay, through little vents, and it was on the second layer that they would literally just lay eggs out.

Huh. But then you wouldn't want too much because otherwise you'd cook them. Exactly. So the idea was to keep it at the perfect temperature, and it was far easier to regulate this heat underground and with the fires indirectly heating. I'm imagining there was a lot of trial and error and some hard eggs.

There would have been some. Some soft-boiled, some poached. Yeah, before they settled on a width of clay. Yeah, well, the reason they did it is they were like, if we can take care of the sitting on the eggs part, it will mean that the chickens and the ducks and the geese can continue to lay eggs. Yeah.

And then we'll just have more eggs. We can hatch these ones that we want to turn into more layers or we can eat the eggs that need to be eaten. So I've got a photo here of kind of some areas. I mean, this is no good for anybody watching at home, but like see how, look at all those eggs sat next to each other. My goodness. That is a gigantic cavern of eggs.

Of eggs. So how they'd do it is they'd have like a different part of the cavern every day of the week. Yeah. And a lot of them would have 14 to 21 like egg cabins. And every day they'd load up the next one. And of course, they'd have been emptied the day before. Right.

And they were just keeping the heat consistent. And they'd every now and then bring a bit more water in if it needed to be more humid. And it is still being used today, by the way. In rural Egypt, you can still go and see these things working as they did for over 2,000 years. Wow. So today's fact of the day is ancient Egyptians not only built a pretty mean pyramid and a... Big cat thing. Cat guy.

I mean, the nose was structurally not obviously up to task. Not only built a pretty mean pyramid and a big cat thing. Cat guy with a cat. I mean, the nose was structurally not obviously up to task. It's still doing all right considering. No, the nose fell off. Yeah, but still in the scheme of things. Oh, yeah, but I'm just saying a few. It's been a long time. It's been a long time, but, you know, the nose fell off.

They also figured out a way to hatch like four and a half thousand eggs a fortnight. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. So you were looking up something, you're like, I feel like, I don't know, a lasagna. Yep. And how would you go about finding like a recipe? Best lasagna recipe ever.

That's exactly what I do. Every time I need a recipe, I go best whatever recipe ever. And every time I'm looking for a recipe. Because when you do that, you know you're getting extra cheese, right? I want someone who's so confident in this recipe, they're so bold in the fact that this is the best I've ever tasted. They will literally title it

Best Whatever Recipe Ever. Or I'll Google a recipe, but I'll put NZ at the end of it, so I don't get any Fahrenheit and pounds and ounces. Oh, that's easy. Yeah, you can convert that. Yeah. And you know, Americans call things weird things. Yeah.

They've got names for different things. It turns out you are not alone, and recipes that are handed down in your family just aren't, they're being lost because people aren't using them anymore. I remember mum would have like little cookbooks and notepads of recipes. Yeah.

Yeah. That would be favourites. Mum still got her a red hard-covered book, but all the pages are falling out and stuff. Is it a 1D5? Nah, smaller. Yeah, okay. It said recipes.

It was like specifically for recipes. Oh, okay. I've got a maroon clear file with like Nana's recipes and Mum's recipes all in there. Oh, yeah, I'd love my Nana's cookbook. That was like legendary, the recipes in there. But most people are looking towards TV shows, 50% of people.

Social media, 45% of people. The average person follows at least four food-related accounts on TikTok and other social media platforms. Do you guys find it weird, though, cooking something and then following a video? I can't do it. I can't do it either. I prefer the recipe.

Yeah, I'd never go to YouTube for a... And if there's one on Facebook or Instagram, you just click the link that gives you the written... Yeah. 35% of people turn to YouTube, but I find that they're making the video too snippy and nifty. Yeah. You've got to be pausing all the time.

Wait, how much of that did you put? Yeah. It's too quick. I haven't looked on YouTube, Like snippy and nifty Yeah You gotta be pausing All the time Wait how much of that Did you put Yeah It's too quick I haven't looked on YouTube But do they do that thing That websites do Where they tell you Some real long winded story

About Uncle Steve's coleslaw Uncle Steve I think people do that To get around copyright Right Oh right They do The more original content

On the page The less The less likely They're gonna get pinged For the recipe Not being Uncle Steve's coleslaw recipe. Because they just ripped it off someone else's Uncle Steve. And one day Uncle Steve was walking

past this coleslaw with a bowl of peanuts and he slipped and he threw the peanuts in the air and they landed in the coleslaw and he tasted it and he said, that's delicious. And that's how we got peanuts in Uncle Steve's special coleslaw. Yeah, it's definitely not because I copied this other recipe. From somebody else who just put peanuts in special coleslaw. Yeah, it's definitely not because I copied this other recipe.

From somebody else who just put peanuts in a coleslaw. But yeah, grandma's recipes, grandpa's recipes being lost because, yeah, people just aren't. Yeah, they're becoming a thing of the past. They're forgetting family, secret family recipes. But then how, if it's something like a chocolate cake, how's that? No, but there might be a special ingredient.

It's like sour cream in your chocolate cake. Or like. Oh, be a special ingredient. It's like sour cream in your chocolate cake. Now we're talking. Kumara or, you know, like it might have a... You had us on sour cream. What did you have to go into that for? It's sweet. I love kumara. But not in chocolate cake.

So we want to talk right now on the show. If you've got a secret family recipe or a family recipe that is just the absolutely go-to. What does your mum make? She made us the chicken. Chicken casserole is her absolute go-to. With the nacho chips,

that's amazing. Her chocolate chip biscuits are just amazing. She is a special lady. What's special about those? Well, I don't really want to tell you. It's a special chocolate chippy biscuit. Is there something in there?

Yeah. Or is it the way she does it? Is it technique or ingredient? No, there's something in there. Is it margarine? No. Oh. No.

You know I wouldn't entertain margarine in a house. I know, yeah. I think that was the secret to my mum's moist muffins. Marge. A dollop of marge. Yeah. Mum's margy muffins. Margy muffins. Margie muffins.

A new study, new research shows that most people hit the internet for a new recipe. And that means, and that's no surprise, but that means that the age-old family secret recipes are dying. Yeah. Because people are like, well, I'll just get a recipe online. You're not passing down grandma's recipe. No. So we want to know from you today on the show, right now, the secret family recipe that does surround and has for years. Rebecca, this is a marshmallow-y, chocolate-y, biscuity thing.

We call it, I mean, I've been doing it for 40 years. My grandmother taught me. Wow. Yeah. It was just something she taught me, and it's a marshmallow treat. So is it a slice? No, not a slice.

Right, so you use marshmallows. You're playing all coy with what it even is. No, it's not a slice. Keep guessing. But you said when you called initially it's got biscuits in it. Yeah, so I make the chocolate. Yeah. All run make the chocolate. Yeah. All runny and so good.

And then I add the malt biscuits, the crushed malt biscuits to it. Yeah. And then we get the marshmallow and we roll this chocolate yummy gooey around the marshmallow. Then we roll it in coconut. I was going to say, I said coconut.

Oh, shit. So that's almost like a little bit of a lolly cake. It sounds like Auntie Eve's Christmas balls. It's a hundred times better than a lolly cake. Oh, God, it sounds good. It sounds so good. Because it's got chocolate in it. Every year, there have been many teachers over 25 years

that have had marshmallow treats as Christmas presents. Every year for the teachers. Yeah. And so we triple the batch and the kids eat probably a third of it. Oh yeah, good, good. While we're rolling.

That's part of it. And this is the secret family recipe. Yeah. Oh, love it. Rebecca, thank you. Once I had given it to a teacher and she put it in a book and I was a bit... Oh my God, she printed your

secret recipe without asking. And my grandmother's name was Meg and it was just the thing we always did. We'd always make marshmallow treats. Meg's Marshmallow Treats. Meg's Marshmallow Melts. Oh make marshmallow treats. Meg's marshmallow treats. Meg's marshmallow melts.

Oh yeah, melts. It's a good one. Alright, Rebecca, thank you for sharing that secret family recipe. So many messages coming in. My mum's just sent in a picture out of her recipe book of Johnny Allsorts. This was what my nana used to make. What's a Johnny Allsort? It's just like an insanely rich slice. Are you allowed to share that with us?

I assume so. Rita was never one to keep these cards too close to her chest. Golden syrup. What's it got in it? Sweet. Butter. Golden syrup. Sugar.

Cocoa. Wheat bix. Sultanas. Ooh, sultanas. You've lost me. Cut up. I'm so hungry now. Me too.

I'm so hungry. We're too. I'm so hungry. We're talking about your secret family recipes. The internet is now where, of course, everybody gets their recipes from, the vast majority of people, and that is apparently, according to a study and research, the death of secret family recipes.

Yeah. No longer recipe books been handed down. Some text messages. My grandma taught me how to make parkin, which is an old English cake that they used to make during the war for the soldiers. It lasted ages and it had no eggs. This sounds disgusting. It's like treacle golden syrup type loaf.

Okay. My grandma's grandma used to make it. And my grandma finally gave in to giving me the recipe only a few years ago. There's nothing like it that I've tasted in bakeries or anything in New Zealand. Because when you say something that has to stay good enough for going to war, it doesn't sound

attractive, doesn't it? Well, that's the same thing that gave us Anzac biscuits, isn't it? And I hate those. Yeah, I'm a big fan. When they're like chewy and stuff. Yeah. My grandmother who died when she was 102 had all of these handwritten recipes. We were all dying to get our hands on them.

We found out at a later date when my uncle returned to New Zealand that these weren't prized family recipes. She'd literally copied them out of the Edmonds cookbook. But she'd go into a bookstore with her blank recipe book and do one recipe at a time because she didn't want to have to buy it. So that was all handwritten, but it was just out of the Edmonds cookbook. And now all you do is you just go into the bookstore and take a photo of it, right?

Yeah. On your phone. Yeah. Annika, what's the secret family recipe? Oh, hey, it's sweet potato pralines. It's actually not my family recipe. It's my best friend's and she was actually sworn to never share, but she did with me. So now I have to take it to my grave or to my children one day.

Wow. Okay. And so she trusted you enough to have this recipe. So what's like roughly what's in it without giving away the secret recipe? Okay. So it was, like, roughly what's in it without giving away the secret recipe? Okay, so it was a Thanksgiving I spent with her and it was the side dish. It sounds really sweet but it's actually like a side dish for your

turkey and all that. So it's sweet potato and pecans and brown sugar. That's all I can give you, otherwise I might die. You keep going! So is it like a mash? Oh my gosh. And brown sugar, that's all I can give you. Otherwise, I might die. No, keep going. You keep going. So is it like a mash? Oh, my God. Like a sweet.

Yeah. Oh, my God. I can't say without giving it away. So, yeah, but it's actually absolutely amazing. It's kind of like when you have cranberry sauce on the side with it, if that makes sense. Yeah. It's like sweet with the salty.

It just really, really goes well. Yeah. Okay, see, now I really want to know what else. Yeah, now I yeah, yeah. It's like sweet with the salty. It just really, really goes well. Yeah. Okay, see, now I really want to know what else. Yeah, now I want to try it. I mean, it is America, so probably mayonnaise. Yeah, mayonnaise, tomato sauce. Amazing. Oh, there's no mayonnaise in there.

Okay, okay. Annika, wow, what a tease. Thank you so much. My family recipe is chocolate chip pudding. Griffin's chocolate chip biscuits. Soak them in tropical fruit punch, line the bowl with them, then whip cream on top

and chocolate chippies on top of the whipped cream. It's the die for. You can't eat too much of it. It's yummy. Fruit punch soaked biscuits. Because you know what Bev does, my mum, she'll soak those Griffin's chocolate chip cookies. It's yummy.

Fruit punch soaked biscuits. Because you know what Bev does, my mum, she'll soak those Griffin's chocolate chip cookies In Contro And then cream them together with whipped cream In some kind of chocolatey log Wait, wait, wait Once they're soaked in Contro

I think you have to water it down A little bit with something I was going to say, because you're going to be pissed A bite would be a shot Yeah, 100% But yeah, real delicious And then you sandwich them together with cream I was going to say, because you're going to be pissed. A bite would be a shot. Yeah, 100%. But yeah, real delicious. And then you sandwich them together with cream to make a log and then drizzle it with like chocolate or hundreds and thousands.

She does have a secret family recipe. Yeah. Oh, she's just messaged. Sherry. It's Sherry. It's not Contro. That makes more sense. There you go.

Like a trifle's always got a fair bit of... Yeah, she's always lining up at the liquor store to refill her flagon. No. Does she have a glass sherry flagon? She goes every Thursday. Is it a glass handle? Every Thursday. Oh, shit.

I don't want to boo shame you, Bev, but... But that was always the vibe, eh? Cooking sherry in one for you and one for the trifle. Yeah. People turn, you can tell who's in charge of the trifle because they turn out to Christmas half ripped. This is not my shit, mate. She's calling me a liar.

She did give that to us as pudding when we were six, though. Yeah. So I remember when my nan asked my auntie to tone down the, to tone down the birds in the trifle because we were all just like, um, um, um, um, um. Yeah. Yum. We do the same in Koola to cookie train, but you soak it in pineapple juice.

Oh, God, all these teetotalers. Bloody hell. If you want to know where society went wrong, when they stopped soaking everything in sherry. ZM's Fleshborn and Megan.