ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 26th October 2021

Episode Date: October 26, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network. Clay. ZM's Fleets, Vaughan and Megan. Hello, welcome to the Fleets, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to Mick Cafe, Barista made coffee available from drive-thru and Mick Delivery at level 3 and also Dine-In at level 2. I just want to say thank you very much to Riley. I assume Riley's out there somewhere on podcast land listening. Riley sent through some stats from the long weekend group toot.

Now, I couldn't work out how far they go back. Is it every long week? 2018 looks to be. Okay. Looks to be the go here. Hold on. 2020. Yeah, 2018 Easter.

2018. Of course, it's been going for longer than that, but that would take a bit more hunting of... Some valuable stats, though. Locations, success rates. Yep, there are some areas with a 100% success. Okay. For example, Hastings.

Also, Mount Maunganui, Morrinsville, with a 100% success rate. But of course, Antianau and Waiheke Island. But the thing is that most of those have only had one entry with one positive response. Whereas Auckland's down below 50%, but a lot more entries from Auckland. If we do look at the main metros, Christchurch sitting just under 50%. Dunedin only above 30%. Hamilton's the best performance there.

It's over 50%. Great stats. I wonder if we could probably... They're in JPEG form. We could totally get this. Or we could get like a Google Drive spreadsheet happening and maybe the community could- Could add to it.

Yeah, take turns at going through previous. Yeah. It'd be great to get all the stats, wouldn't it? Yeah. Yeah. There's a Excel spreadsheet here that has where they're from, their name, if they got a reply, and any notes. Oh, wow.

For example, this one says Morgan got it but only on her second try. That is so great. I love that. Yeah, yeah. Thank you so much for taking the time to do that because it is fascinating looking through those this morning. It is, it is. And we can use those ahead of the next Long Weekend group toot which will be

White Tangy Weekend. Yeah. Yeah, it will be. Yep. Because Christmas is soon. Yeah, it will be. Yep. Because Christmas is soon. Yeah, but we're not going to do that. Yeah. Because we'll be gone. I'm not coming back.

I'm not coming back to do that. Okay, great. That's asking too much. Yeah. Thanks, Rachel. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fleach, Vaughan and Megan. Happy Tuesday.

It's Tuesday, but it feels like a Monday. No, not really. It feels like a Tuesday. It does feel like a Tuesday. Yeah. Good stuff. Do you go fishing at the weekend? Yeah.

Did I see you were at the beach? Caught a... No, didn't catch any fish. Caught a break in the weekend. Yeah. Did I see you were at the beach? Caught a... No, didn't catch any fish. Caught a break in the weather. Oh. It's the only thing you caught. Yeah. Yeah, right.

I didn't lose my drone, though, and that totally worked. That thing that I set up totally worked. So you could go and drop the fishing line out to sea. Here's the only problem.

You get two runs before the drone battery runs out because of the extra load that the drone's carrying. It gets through battery a bit quicker. Oh, okay. But it totally worked out beyond the breakers. One of my runs was 225 metres offshore.

Wow. Jeez. So that worked, yeah. Okay. That worked pretty sweet. Did it catch anything? Nah. Nah, because also it was just a trial more than anything.

Right. Did you get any nips? Got a couple of, but it could have been the surf. I don't know. The West Coast is hard to tell. But then also, like, we arrived and I was, like, getting it all set up. And then some surfers arrived on one side of us. I was like, oh, God.

At least they're up from where the direction is going. And then some surfers set up on the other side. I was like, I'm going to catch a surfer here. So, no, I didn't catch anything. But trial worked. Yeah, right. That's good. That's so boring, though.

You went and nothing happened. I've never seen Motowai Beach so busy. Like, the police were at the on-ramp checking that, because you have to have a permit. It doesn't cost anything, but you have to lodge your intention to drive on the beach, and they were just checking people had those. I've never seen it

so busy. Bogans, eh? Everybody. Shout out to everybody who thinks their lowered four-wheel drive can drive on soft sand because there was

a few years ago that wouldn't need to be pulled out by a Nissan Patrol. Fun times. All right, coming up on the show today, seven and eight,

your next shot at our secret sound. All thanks to Neon, the jackpot. Currently $20,000 cash. There was a clue yesterday that All thanks to Neon, the jackpot. Currently $20,000 cash. There was a clue yesterday that went out to Neon subscribers. So a little bit of an extra help there. But all the

guesses that we've had and the clues so far at the ZM Secret Sound Instagram page. So check those out today before you make some guesses. The top six is coming up. Yeah, Australia vaccinating their koalas against chlamydia. Huh. Yeah, but not all of them. Oh, heck no. The, Australia vaccinating their koalas against chlamydia. Huh. Yeah, but not all of them. Oh, heck no.

The top six signs from the koala anti-vaccination rallies. That'd be cute rallies. Right there, real cute. Smelly though. Smelly rallies. Next, why you fart more on planes? I mean, not me, but you probably do. Sure. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan.

Lots of people fart more when they're on the plane. Yeah, I'd say that's a thing. A well-known fact. Yeah. Because they've always wondered when they open that door at the end of a long-haul flight, they must just... I just always assumed it was because they're giving you that food that looks... So did I.

Like powdery and... Because I'm like, it's not what I'd usually eat, so it's a little bit... It's affecting your stomach. Well, you've had a couple of like free Bacardi and Cokes. Yeah. Gassy. Yep. The gas going through you.

It's not. Apparently it is due to the cabin pressure. Now, a clinical professor at the University of Copenhagen discovered this when he went on a long haul flight to New Zealand. We're in a study, guys. When did he come back? Did he get into MIQ or did he just get here and turn around? Might have been a wee while ago.

So, yeah, he noticed his water bottle did the expand and crinkle thing and was like, hmm, maybe this has something to do with why people fart a lot. So apparently the gas in your stomach expands by 30% and it needs to go somewhere. Right. So we're like that pressurized water bottle. Yeah. And it's just going out the orifice a can.

Okay, great. They have said that there's a couple of ways you can fight the farts on the plane. So when you're at the airport, apparently eating more carbohydrates, more carbs and less fiber before you go on your flight can help. Because it will... Oh, yeah, but you don't want too much fibre. You don't want to have to use a plain toilet. No, less fibre.

Oh, less fibre. More carbs and less fibre will limit your bloating. So block yourself up. Cheese then. Yeah. Do you know there's also flatulence filtering underwear? Yeah, hasn't that got carbon in it? Yeah, a carbon back panel that absorbs odours.

Oh, okay. I've heard about that. Your undies literally absorb the odour. I mean, it's not going to help if someone hears you, but... Like a fish tank filter or something. Don't they have carbon or charcoal in them? The filters? Yeah, they do. Don't they have carbon or charcoal in them? The filters? Yeah, they do.

They've got like little carbon charcoal strips. Because my cat, you know, I've got that cat water feeder thing. Yeah. That's got like a little charcoal-y carbon filter in it. And the water goes through it. Yeah. Only the best for Major Murray. Only the best.

Well, he's got a military title. He's earned it. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. Well, a study out of the United States has looked at if people are comfortable to go back to movie theatres now that it's... I mean, the US has been open for a while, haven't they? Yeah. They're kind of doing whatever they want and have been for a while.

Yeah. But I guess movie theatres want to know if people are comfortable to go back. And at the moment, people, most people in America, 54% are happy to go back to the movies now

or within the next few weeks. 10% of people want to wait about four months and over four months, 36% of people will be comfortable to go back. Right.

Because I guess a lot of people in America are still freaked out because they don't have high vaccination rates and there's a lot of COVID around. But they did ask people overall, COVID or not, would you rather go to the movies or would you just rather watch a movie at home?

And 71% said they'd rather watch a movie at home. Like a blockbuster movie release. I like going to the movies. You can't beat it, eh? You've been for the cinemas. Yeah. Because I can't focus at home. I pause it, go do something, and then like, you know,

I find myself drifting and then I'm on my phone. But when you're in a cinema, you can't be on your phone. You can't go anywhere. You focus better. But that's also because you've spent a lot of money. That too. By the time you've got the snacks and the ticket, you've invested heavily. You're not going to ruin

it, are you, by being on your phone? There's certain movies that it doesn't matter if you see it at home, but there's certain movies that need to be seen in a cinema. Oh, like the new James Bond. I'm hanging out to see that. I want to see that so bad. The Eternals. Yep.

Pretty much all of the Marvel movies. The Marvel movies you can watch at home, but it's not the same. No. No. Are people in America wearing masks? I'd probably go back and... Because, like, you're sitting in a room. I feel like this is going to be the case no matter where you go now.

Like, I'm sitting in a room and you feel someone sneeze. I'm just going to be like. Oh, yeah. I heard someone the other day sneeze or cough at a supermarket. Everyone just turned around. They were like. Looked at them. Have you got a mask on?

How close are you to me? The old hay fever sufferers, they're keeping it quiet. Oh, my God. What is that? What do you take? Telfast. Telfast. Yeah, yeah.

Those are flying off the shelves. Nobody wants to accidentally sneeze somebody because of hay fever and be shunned. From the vulnerable ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Hello there. Australia has started vaccinating their koalas against chlamydia. Human chlamydia, of course, treated with a bacterial infection that's treated with antibiotics.

Yeah. Same can't be done for a koala. The antibiotics messes with their gut bacteria and they need that to digest the eucalyptus leaves. Well, why don't they take a probiotic yogurt or something or a probiotic capsules? Keep it in the fridge. Again, they've got a very specific gut balance.

Right. They could take a Yakult. Yep. Those little Yakults. A little Yakult. Doesn't Jared, Producer Jared used to take a little Yakult. He put a little Yakult in the fridge every day. Do you still do that, Producer Jared? No, they're a bit out of my price range at the moment.

Oh, you've been priced out of the occult game. Have they gone up? God, everything's going up. No, they haven't gone up. Your vape juice went up, didn't it? Yeah, my vape juice went up. So you had to go the occult? Yeah, I'm on a hiatus.

You've made a health decision. You've made a health decision. Fair enough. I worry about your guts now. Maybe we could health decision. Fair enough. Okay. I worry about your guts now. Well, maybe we could give him one of these jabs. Sure.

Get him back on the track because they're giving them a small amount of C.pacurum. Now, I trust that the professionals are injecting these animals with the right thing. Yeah. And do you know why they're doing it?

Well, it's because koala numbers have dropped. They've had some bushfires that wiped out huge amounts of koalas. Yeah. And the chlamydia registers them, like, infertile a lot of the time. So they can't breed. Yeah, right. So they're the last of their... So then the gene pool gets smaller and smaller.

Yeah, right. Well, we can only have those cuties dying off. They're vaccinating them so they can. But not all koalas were happy about it. Some koalas took to the streets despite koala lockdown and protested. Okay. And these are the top six signs from the koala anti-vax rally. Yep. Number six, I only need eucalyptus to fight the virus.

I've got an immune system. Oh, we love. You eat nothing but eucalyptus and your people are dying of the virus. I would say take whatever help your immune system can get. You do have an immune system and this is just educating it. It's telling it a new way to fight a virus. Yeah, koalas. Thank God humans wouldn't be this foolish.

Number five on the list of the top six signs of the koala anti-vax rally. Chlamydia is a myth. It was invented in a lab. Sure, yeah. Cool. Yep. Okay.

Well, you've directly contradicted yourself there because you said it doesn't exist and then you said it did exist. Yeah. So, okay. Number four on the list of the top six signs at the Koala Anti-Vax Rally. The only truth comes to us from Q-Wala Anon.

Oh, my God. That's Q-Anon for koalas. Yeah. He's like their leader, right? Yeah, yeah. Q-Wala Anon. I wrote that down before I said it. I'm glad it came out somewhat.

You know, that didn't take too much explanation. Number three on the list of the top six signs at the Koala anti-vaccination rally. Ivermectin is the one true cure to chlamydia. Approved in the UK. It's not. It's not, but you can often say that it's approved somewhere else in the world and people... Yeah. Not going to question it.

Yeah, like-minded people who, of course, have done their own research wouldn't question that whatsoever. Number two on the list of the top six signs of the koala anti-vaccination rally. Chlamydia is no worse than the common bacterially sexually transmitted disease. Much like, I guess, people who don't think COVID's any worse than the common flu. Oh, these koalas. These koalas, yeah. I mean, not all of them. A lot of them very smart, but you know.

And number one on the list of the top six signs that the koala anti-vax rally is, you know who else vaccinated koalas against a disease that causes painful eye infections, blindness, bladder infections, slowly kills them and renders them infertile. Nazi Germany. And that's why they don't have any koalas left. Yeah. Oh, koalas, you silly, cute little not really bears. You smell a bit like your own wheeze, that's for sure.

That's today's top six. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. As I said, the show went to the beach, West Auckland, Murawai Beach yesterday. And I saw something poking up out of the sand. And I was like, what's that? Treasure. Well, yeah, maybe. And I reached down and I picked it up.

And it was like a glass vial. You put a picture up on social last night. Yeah. FVMZM, there's Facebook, Instagram. Yeah. I was, because you asked me what it was, and I said, God, I've got no idea, but I must find out. Which is this popper?

I said, because you know those party poppers? It doesn't look anything like that. Oh, no, that's not what I meant. Oh. I meant a different sort of. No. I meant a different sort of popper. I've heard that's not what they look like. Oh, no, that's not what I meant. Oh. I meant a different sort of... No. I meant a different sort of pop-up. I've heard that's not what they look like.

Oh, okay. I don't know. Yeah. So it was a small glass vial, I would say maybe like an inch and a half long. And it did look like one of those, if you've ever watched like period dramas, like you know how Sherlock Holmes,

if you're true to the story, Sherlock Holmes was a real cokehead. Right. He loved it. And so if you watch those like Victorian era things, they snap open a glass and they have a sniff. Seems very dangerous. Yeah.

You have a shard of glass up your nostril. Well, yeah, it's designed to like break. So then you can. But it did look very like hospital. Totally. Like a dose of something that you snap open. Yeah. And then would you put that into a syringe or would you pour it into something? You could do.

Very mysterious. Glug, glug, glug. So there was no writing on it whatsoever. No. So a British pharmacist got in touch with me and said there would have been paper around the thicker bottom part that would have told you what it was, which is obviously washed off because of its time in the ocean.

The blue dot means nothing. The blue dot just indicates- Where to snap it. Yeah, because there was a blue dot on the top. But yeah, yeah, you put your finger where the blue dot kind of is and you snap it at the weak part, the neck of it. Right. But then, you know, somebody said, oh, it could be anything.

It could be fentanyl. What? That's like really dangerous. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It could be somebody said, if you want to do some more research, they are called an A-M-P-O-U-L-E. Is the? Ampule.

Ampule. Ampule. Ampule. Ampule. Ampule. And this was just on the beach. It was just like sitting in the sand. Do you think someone was on like a fishing trip or on a boat and they just dropped it overboard accidentally? I don't know.

Because I didn't see any more. Yeah, right. So it's not like someone might have had a sketchy shipment of something in it. Yeah. And the bail of it came open when they chucked it off their trawler so that somebody could take their boat offshore and get it. What are you going to do? Chuck it in the bin?

Or put it in your coffee this morning. We'll see. Quarter it down. I was joking. I was joking. That's why I said if I'm not on the show tomorrow, curiosity will have gotten better in me. So many people are like, please don't do it.

You should never take unidentified drugs. I was like, yeah, of course I'm not going to. Apparently the pharmacies can dispose of stuff like that. Oh, just chuck them in. Yeah. Yeah, but then are you going to break it first? Yeah, I'm definitely going to break it and pour it down the sink. No, but then what about the rats that get into your rubbish?

No, but then the fish. No, but ours goes into a septic system, and then it just slowly leaches into the paddock, and then it'll be in the grass, and then one day someone's going to eat a blade of grass, and that one blade of grass is going to be like full of fentanyl, and the cow's going to be like, I never felt better!

Oh, God. What's lower with Warehouse Mobile and Fletchford and Megan? Well, it's your chance every day this week to win $500 cash. Emily joins us. Good morning, Emily. Good morning. How are you guys? Good, good.

How was your long weekend? Yes, yes, it was lovely. It was nice and sunny and I worked a wee bit too. Oh, okay. Sunny, lovely. Sorry. Sorry for you. Sorry.

Hey, don't be sorry. You had a great weekend. All right, well, we're going to try and make it better now, the start of the short week, by giving you some cash. And just like Warehouse Mobile, you've got to tell us what's lower. And we've got three landmarks in New Zealand. Three landmarks. Is it the Ohakuni carrot, the LMP statue of the bottle in Pairoa,

or the donut in Springfield in Canterbury? Oh, we've had photos in there, haven't we? Had photos of all three of these things. So when we say what's lower, we don't mean like... What's lower on the map. We literally mean from bottom to top of the landmark, the height. I'm hoping it's the donut in Springfield. Okay, you're going to lock that in?

Yep. You are correct. Damn. It is 3.5 metres. The Hoakuni carrot is 7.5 and the LMP statue, the bottle, is seven metres. So congratulations, Emily. $500 is all yours. It's all thanks to Warehouse Mobile,

New Zealand's low-cost mobile with top-ups from $5. Grab a SIM and join today. Well done. Another chance to play tomorrow. Play ZM's Fleshphone and Megan. If you were to ask anyone, I'm sure that most people would say women cry more than men. And maybe publicly they do.

We're not afraid to or slash can't help it when you cry. But apparently, according to this poll, men cry on average four times a month, whereas women, on the other hand, cry about three times a month. So that's 48 times a year for men and 36 for women. So men apparently cry, well, they say weep just a little more than women. Is a weeping a welling up? Like a little, just a little welling up? You'd have to get a tear, I reckon.

One would have to run, yeah. That would count as a weep, right? No, but sure, a welling's a weep, right? No. No, that's like welling up. That's a welling. Yeah. Okay.

Moana was on TV the other week and it got me again. What was? Moana. Oh, yeah. I've seen it so many times. Yeah. Still. I reckon you would cry like four times a month, right?

Easy. That's why I was saying the welling up. But also like with COVID, there have been less school assemblies and things at school for you to be proud at. And men, the stereotype is that they don't seek professional help. But according to this poll, they do. They just don't tell people.

So there's a lot of stigma around men's mental health. Yeah. And they wouldn't tell anyone because they were embarrassed. Half of the people said they were embarrassed. 40% said they felt shame and fear. 39% said that they were just scared to tell people around them they were going to therapy. So they're just hiding their feelings, crying at home and not telling anyone that they're just hiding their feelings Crying at home

And not telling anyone that they're getting help There is no shame in a good old cry No No, it's good for you Yeah, get it out Get it out Feels good, get it out Women love the vulnerability

Oh, not all the time though They don't want a blubbering mess It's finding your balance, you know Yeah, everyone feels awkward When someone starts ugly crying in front of them. They're like, whoa, what do I do? Pat them. Do I touch them? Do I stand back?

Pat them. You pat them. End of the first date. I don't want this to end. Okay. Pat, pat, pat. ZM's Fleshborn and Megan. Play ZM's $50,000 secret sound,

all thanks to Neon. Watch TV series and movies handpicked for Kiwis by Kiwis on Neon. Sarah joins us. Sarah, good morning. Good morning. Your first ever secret sound guess. It is. Okay, so

you heard this sound. How long have you been trying with this guess in mind to get through? A while. Okay, and you're like pretty certain this is it? Yeah, yeah. Something a bit different, but it seems

to match some of the clues, so we'll see. Soundkeeper Alice joins us. This is the secret sound. For $20,000 cash, what do you think it is, Sarah? Okay. I think it is a pogo stick. So when someone jumps on a pogo stick. Oh, okay.

That sounds like a pogo stick to me. Does it sound as springy as a pogo stick? Yeah, absolutely We've tried it with the kids Oh, have you got a pogo stick? Oh, okay I do Okay

Bloody hell, they're having the other half live, eh? Pogo stick Also, a risky manoeuvre to try to record a pogo stick because you have to put the microphone on the ground and pogo right beside it. Unless, of course, we don't know Al super well. She may be, you know, ex-pogo champion. I don't know if she's there.

Al's. Nah, she's not there, is she? She's not coming through on the line. Are you there, Al's? Oh, we may have an issue with the... Is it this thing? Is that what you kicked? You kicked it over! I did not kick it over. It fell on me. You'll remember I said

it fell on me. Because you pulled your chair in with absolute... I didn't! No, I didn't touch it. I was feetless. The door behind it fell over and pushed it onto me. Okay, that's the story. Your Honour, it's my story. I've got affidavits. Sarah, one moment.

We're just going to grab Soundkeeper Al's on the telephone line and she joins us. Good morning. I thought she was being mysterious. Al's, good morning. Good morning. Hi. It's Vaughn's phone going off. We believe Vaughn's kicked the broadcast unit under his desk, which is disconnected with you. I won't.

I won't stand here and be accused of this. Now, did you, Alice, did you hear the guess? I did not. Can I hear it one more time, please? Okay, we're saying pogo stick. Pogo stick. Ooh. I haven't heard the whole conversation, but

can I ask how confident are you? I was super confident before I rang. Off in the way. Off in the way. It's a wake-up call when we answer that. Hello, ZM. You're like, nope, I was wrong. Well, Sarah, I'm glad I'm here.

And a pogo stick is not the secret sound. All right, Sarah, back to the drawing board. Not a pogo stick. Back to the toy bin, I guess. Back to the toy, yeah. ZDM, Splashbone and Megan. Adele, Easy On Me on ZDM. That song setting huge records again over the weekend.

The most added song on radio stations. And the most streamed. Hey, it's good to see we're still relevant with some records. It's good stuff. Good to see radio's still putting its hand up. Nine minutes past seven. It was November last year that... Was it?

Yeah. I was going to say... Almost a year ago. February, March. That it started or that it finished? That it began. Okay. Yeah. The smeg knives. The New World knives. The New World knives. Yeah.

That you could get from the supermarket. And remember the stamps? People were begging on social media. People were selling stamps on Trade Me. I remember some people were sending them in. Yeah. Because I was like, I need the set. I need the whole set.

They were and continue to be great knives. Oh, yeah. I've got the set. They're amazing. So ACC have released figures that show there is 80 complaints and claims for accidents from the smeg knives. But when you fill out a, that's only people who have specified. They're bragging, it's a humble brag.

Yeah. How did you cut your finger off? Well, I got the whole set of smeg knives. Yeah. Because I would just put down, cut my hand with a knife. Same. I wouldn't get the brand name in there. People are like, oh, the Smeg knife that I got.

I recently crashed my Mercedes Benz. Yeah, so there was 80 claims. But do you think it's also a bit of a shot at the fact that these Smeg New World knives were so sharp and people weren't used to like a nice knife? So they came out of the packet ready to slice fingers. Because I jabbed myself with it when I got it out of the box. And I was like, there, shut up. Well, I grew up in a house where no money was spent on anything like knives.

The old man would just take it out and put it down on the angle grinder and the zit, zit, zit, and try to shave it if it got blunt. My grandfather was one of those prolific, like, he'd get out the steel every time before he carved anything. Oh, yeah. And the knife would be like a cinnamated thing. And I was like, ah, yeah.

It was hooked like a pirate's cutlass. Maybe you could get a new knife. No, that's sharp. Yeah, that's because half the blade's gone. It feels like you're cutting the meat with a nail. A nail with a handle. So we weren't used to like super sharp knives.

I remember the first time I used a really sharp knife, Sade's mum had this beautiful set of knives and I was like cutting and it just like nicked my thumb and I was like, ouch, and kept going and then I looked down and I was like, whoopsie. It was so sharp you didn't even feel it. Yeah, didn't even feel the cut. Cut through like butter. So if there were 80 ACC payouts because people mentioned the knives, how many were there for people that didn't mention the knives?

I would decline them primarily on the fact that they were rubbing it on my face. There was 13,000 claims for knife-related injuries. But yeah, 80 specified smeg knives. So you'd think it would be more. It would be way more. 11,750 by men compared to 7,500 by women. How many were the result of smacking an avocado stone with a knife when you cut the avocado in half and slipping it going into your hand? Yeah.

Dummy dum-dums. Every time I do that, I'm like, oh, you've dodged. And I'm going to do it again tomorrow. And I live to see another day. This is the perfect epilogue for this, like, absolute cluster fudge that was the Smeg knives. I'm not going to say cluster F. I would love to, but I...

Hey, radio still has its standards. Because it was just like... It was a wild promotion. It was madness. There was people wild promotion. It was madness. There was people almost in fist fights over it, people going through the bins to get the stickers. I've got a stat of how many of the knives were given out. Oh, yeah, go on.

1.2 million. Are you kidding me? More than 1.2 million knives were given out by New Rule. Did Smeg have some sort of supply agreement for the fact that they were advertised so much as Smeg knives? Must have. That's over three months. But then I remember at the time people were driving across towns, even to other towns and cities, just to go to a New World to get the knives that they hadn't got in the set.

All the blocks. Talk to a person who did management at a small New World that was close to a big city. Yeah. But they were in a small town. I won't get into too many specifics. But apply this to your local small town near a big city. Or even just in your big city it was happening. Yeah.

But so the small town New Worlds obviously don't do as much business as the big town New Worlds. Everybody was sending allocation of knives on how much they moved, how much stickers and stock and how much groceries, dollars of groceries they sold. So the small New Worlds had the knives for their people, for their area. For their locals. The big towns ran out.

So all the big town people started going around to the small towns with their stickers. And clearing them out. Doing a small shop and then getting the knives. And that's why you, and one person I spoke to, $30,000 they paid out of their fund to get more knives. For their supermarket? Yeah, for the supermarket. Oh my God.

That's like how, it would be a really interesting study into, we don't have the facilities or the brainpower or the faculties or anything to look into this, but it would be a fascinating studying from like a marketing statistics point of view. Oh yeah, because everyone was just going crazy. I mean, everybody was talking about them. Here we are a year later, still talking about them and like, listen to our voices. We remember, it was a feeding frenzy for night. I mean, we're still talking about it because they're cutting people open.

Still sharp a year later. It's the biggest epilogue for this crazy story of a supermarket that was giving out insanely sharp knives. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughn and Megan. Well, our studies looked into sibling rivalry, and this could be quite confronting for you, Megan, because you're not the favourite child. Oh, sure.

Whereas Vaughn and I obviously are because you're not the favourite child. Whereas Vaughn and I obviously are. I'm definitely the favourite child. You're not even the executor of the will. No, but neither is he. So they don't like both of you. They don't trust either of us. But I'm definitely the best out of a bad situation. Yeah. I knew

this was a problem because we were at Megan's parents' place and Megan's mum was like, we all make mistakes. And then like put her hand out and, you know, pointed to her. That's why there's only two of us. She'll go for a third. I don't know. How many mistakes can you make before you're the fool?

So the study looked at adults and siblings in their adult years. Yeah. And they found that at least one sibling, sorry, they looked at couple siblings with at least one sibling. So not only child, only children. Get out of here. Well, they weren't like that.

And they found that 51% still have a competitive relationship with their brother and sisters and their sisters. So they still argue and they still compete. So they've found that many can't help but compete over career goals, 26%. Home ownership, 22%. And meanwhile, another 20% still argue over who is their parents' favorite in the family. I've only ever argued about that in jest.

Yeah, same. Nah, it's not like I've never seriously said to either of my siblings Well, I'm definitely the favourite Like, I've said it, but it's As a joke Of course, a joke So the same amount, 20% Will compete with their siblings in the kitchen

Also over better We compete on the culinary scale Okay, better vacation destinations, holiday destinations Who drives a nicer car? Just everything you're saying in my head I'm like, I win, I win There you go, there you go

You disagree What else? So, just under 1 in 5, 17% report that they've had a rivalry with their siblings at every stage of their lives. Wow. And a lot of them, 43% believe the competition heightens each year

around big gift-giving holidays like birthdays and Mother's Day because they're trying to outdo their sibling with presents as well. Isn't that nuts? My mum would be angry if we did that. She's a sort of, she'd be, if we said, like, elevating the cost of the presents, she'd be like, stop this! This is nonsense! Ma'am, I just

got you a new car. This is too much! This is too much! I can't even remember the last time my brother and I bought each other presents. We just don't. Oh, you think there'd be that competition as well, like buying them a present? Yeah. I thought that's, yeah. Oh, I thought it was like competing for mum and dad's.

That's how I took that as well. Right. But that totally makes sense. It's like buying your sibling something expensive just so they know that you've spent more money on them than they have on you. But no, that's not a win because you've spent a lot of money on them. And then you get something laid back. Who wins in that scenario? Yeah.

Nobody. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The new season of Love Island Australia is available on Neon and we are joined on the phone by host Sophie Monk. Good morning. Good morning, guys. How are you going? Good, thanks.

Very well. Now, the host of Love Island Australia, I want to know what this group of people were like because they've been locked down and then now they've been let out, released to socialise, you know, not wearing a lot. How have they handled that? You know what?

Pretty much what you'd expect when someone's been locked down for two years and then quarantined. So they were locked away without a phone for three weeks before and you can tell. Like, I walked in the house the first day and I was like, oh, how cute. And then second time I walked in, there was so many tears. Like, I was like, is anyone not crying?

It was just, like, it's like falling in love, like, in two days. Like, I've never seen anything like it, like this episode ever. Yeah, crazy. These two aren't huge Love Island followers, but I've heard you say that this season especially is something in it for everyone, even your gran. Yeah, I think so. I think initially, you know, the whole format is they meet in bathers

and, you know, kind of choose that way. And then once you see through their bathers, like, you know, you forget they've got them on, you know, and it becomes just about human nature. Sorry, what? They've got see-through bathers, and it becomes just about human nature. Sorry, what? They've got see-through bathers on. No, no, no. I'm tuning in. No, no.

No, I mean, you just forget. You look past all that and then it just becomes like the human nature of dating and how hard it is and emotional. And obviously they've got a timeframe to kind of partner up or they get kicked out. And it's just, yeah, for me, it's a psychological, you know, kind of way of being. It reminds me a little bit of high school

or that kind of first innocent love. You know, when you think, oh my God, it's the end of the world. I'm never going to find another partner ever again. And then, you know, when you're older, you realise, yes, you will. A billion of them if you have to. But yeah, it's just like that first innocent love,

you know, so it's so entertaining that first innocent love, you know. So it's so entertaining and there's so much comedy in it as well. You're so right. It is like high school. That's why, because the love stories go from like really hot to they hate each other and then moved on to someone else so quickly. I think that's why it's so great. Oh, it is.

This one, I was like, did I miss something? What's happened? Did I miss a week? Did I have enough? Like it's just gone so quickly and so intense. Like, it's definitely the most, you know, dramatic season I've done. I mean, I've only done three, but, you know, of all the three, yeah, it's pretty dramatic.

And it had to relocate, right? Yes. Well, you know, we all love COVID at the moment. It was meant to be in Port Douglas. So we love Ireland, but, you know, we all love COVID at the moment. It was meant to be in Port Douglas. So we love islands, but, you know, Australia is an island. That's how we're getting around it. But it's in Byron Bay. Yeah.

Yeah. We did a celebrity treasure island on the mainland. But you're technically on an island. We're an island. It was on the North Island. Yeah. Yeah. I know.

I mean, there you go. You guys and we can't be more island than that, really. Exactly. Because obviously season one was Spain, wasn't it? And then it was Fiji season two. And now it's Byron Bay, isn't it? Yes. Yeah.

How are the locals taking that? Is it close to Chris Hemsworth's house? Have you seen him? No, I haven't seen him. I do actually know. Oh, no, I don't know him that well. Look at me trying to name him. I don't know him that well. We haven't seen him around. The crew have put it together

so quickly. They only had a few weeks. I'd say it's the best filler. Happily engaged, I know, but have you ever had any of the contestants say afterwards, slide into the DMs? No, I've heard, like, my partner's actually heard one of them in the control room go, oh, I'd have a crack at the monk. Oh, my God. Yeah. That's very flattering.

That might be the most Australian sentence ever uttered. Isn't it? Shit, yeah, Matt, I'd have a crack at the monk. Oh, my God. Yeah. Wow. So how are the wedding plans going? Wedding?

Wedding. Oh, wedding. Not weeding. Getting out in the garden and pulling out all the weeds. Yeah, I was like, no, you don't know me at all. Well, we're just going to keep it low key, we think, and just kind of do it ourselves because all I care about really is the photos.

Every married couple I know, I go, I wish they weren't there. I don't talk to them anymore. So I thought, well, we'll just do really nice photos, have a nice dinner and no stress and have a party after. And then let your new husband have a crack at the monk. Exactly. I'll let you have a crack at the monk.

Yeah, exactly. Hey, Sophie, thank you so much for chatting to us this morning. Love Island Australia Season 3 is on Neon. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. So it turns out with all these Zoom calls that we're doing with fellow work colleagues, we're judging them

and, well, more importantly, their backgrounds, their rooms, their houses. Oh, yeah. Have you guys been doing that? We've done a lot of Zoom calls with work colleagues. I judge someone when they're sitting in bed and talking to... No, see, I don't because I would be in bed on a Zoom call if I had to Zoom from home.

I think I judge people more when they use a stupid background. Fake backgrounds? Because they look so fake. I don't like them. Yeah, but they don't want you seeing their house and where they are. I don't care where they live or what their room looks like. I was of the understanding that Celia in our promotions department was

zooming in from a French medieval village. And it turns out that was a fake background. There are some fake backgrounds. Like, I've seen people on CNN News or on a news whatever, and I'm like, wow, that's an impressive book collection.

And it's fake. And it's fake. And I'm just like, oh, okay, wow, that's a really good background. Well, some people just said it to blur the background. Oh, that's good. Yeah, so you can't judge wherever they are. That's even sketchier. Yeah, it is sketchier. What are you writing? So a study looked, and this was in America,

a study looked into people that are working remotely from home and talking to fellow work colleagues. More than half, 54% of all remote workers, admit to judging their colleagues' office decor or their furniture during virtual meetings. So they're like, oh, that doesn't go well. You say that you judge people when they have a background, but both of you would both're like, oh, that doesn't go well. You say that you judge people when they have a background, but both of you would both be like, oh, did you see their furniture?

I would not. I wouldn't have chosen. Bull shit. I wouldn't say that. You two would be like, oh, that was an ugly dining. I mean, I wouldn't judge their furniture, but I'd judge their, like, art. You two would totally judge their decor. 100%. So it goes both ways.

64% say they're so concerned about being judged by people they work with about their furniture and everything in their house that they've decided to upgrade their own space. So since early in the pandemic, nearly half of remote workers have purchased new office furniture. 40% have redecorated at least one room. And 33% have bought new living area furniture. Just so that it looks better on Zoom for people they work with.

Isn't that nuts? And you're stuck at home a whole lot more. So maybe you're like, I might hurry up that new lounge suite or whatever. So you're making one room real picture perfect. Yeah, like I said. And then people are adjusting their faces too because they're on the screen. So everything that's on the screen, people feel they need to make better. Yeah.

Isn't that crazy? But I thought, because we are Zooming quite a lot, or we have been for the last 18 months, nearly two years. Is there something that you've learned about someone you work with? Because of their like Zoom background. Right. What was behind them? Yeah.

Well, we've got Aileen who works here that has like a perfectly curated photo. Oh, that's symmetry. Now I've been meaning to ask you, do you think there's a blue tack to the wall? How has she attached those to the wall? There are dress photos to the wall. She eyeballed them. Did she eyeball them? Yeah.

I asked her if she'd measured the space between. She didn't. I thought she'd set out some light pencil dots over the corner of these six by four photos that she printed out, presumably at one of those little photo kiosks. She's too young to have taken a pack to the pharmacy on film,

that's for sure. She's definitely printed those out. I thought she would have pencil dotted. And are they blue tacked or? I'm not sure how. Just remember the blue tack rule, push on, roll off.

Otherwise you'll pull the paint off. Hard to roll off though when it's on the back of a photo. You've got to drag the photo down. Yeah. So let's take some calls. 0800 DARS at EM. You can text in as well. 9696. What have you learnt

from someone you work with or someone on Zoom about their lives? About where they live? Or seen in the background? Yeah. Or heard? We've had a couple of people on Have You Been Paying Attention Zooms that have had very noisy neighbours with cars.

Yeah, right. They're like, hold on, hold on, hold on, my car, my neighbour's leaving. And it's like... 12 minutes away from 8. Well, we're talking about what you've learnt from a colleague's co-worker's background on Zoom. Yeah. Some messages.

Somebody said, how many pets is too many? Because one guy that we worked with had three cats and three dogs. And they were all in his bedroom. We thought the fur throw on his bed was nothing more than that until it moved and it had multiple eyes. And it was a pile of cats and dogs. Three dogs, three cats on the bed. Oh, wow. Okay, that's too many.

That's too many. That's too many. We learned that one of our colleagues is a crazy crystal woman. She had crystals everywhere. Somebody went on a work break for 30 minutes and just never came back. They forgot that they were part of like an all day active Zoom call so anybody could ask questions. So we're trying to set up like a virtual office environment.

Right. Somebody else said we learned one of our workmates doesn't have curtains. They've got a Rastafarian flag in their room as curtains. That's good. It's going to be a bright start to the morning when the sun gets through that. Along that sort of situation somebody forgot to take the b start to the morning, wouldn't it? It's good stuff when the sun gets through that. Along that sort of situation,

somebody forgot to take the bong off the coffee table in the lounge before they started in on the Zoom call from the kitchen table where you could totally see it in the background. Just go a white wall to avoid all judgment. Just get a plain white wall. Just the wall straight behind you. There you go. People are judging.

Next on the show, it's 11 minutes away from 8. Vaughn is in trouble. Only because I'm such a fastidious worker. Said no one ever. Vaughn has ruined what would... I mean, it's still going to be great, but you've ruined a big surprise. Ah, well. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughn and Megan.

Last night, I logged on to the Fletch, Ron and Megan Instagram to put up the photo of the little glass vial thing I found at the beach. Yeah. To say like, what do you reckon this is? And then once I logged in to that, I went back to my Instagram account and it was like, you have notifications. And I was like, what? And so I went and I didn't have any notifications.

I was like, I hate when this happens. So I had to go back into the Fletchwater Megan Instagram account and get rid of those notifications. Because I can't have the red bubble. I shan't have the red bubble. People that have, you know when you see someone's phone and they have red bubbles for everything and they've got like 400,000 emails unread, I'm just like. Their life's a

shambles. Yeah, your life is a mess. I've got red bubbles. Yeah, your life is a mess. What I know is on Facebook. Because you get notifications for all kinds of things. I don't even go on there. Turn them off. Yeah. If you don't need them, turn them off.

Just ignore it. You'd be amazed how you can get used to seeing that red bubble. Just ignore it. So I went into the inbox. Yeah. And there was a couple of community notices, a spotting of Christmas. And then I was like, what? We had a message from someone that we talk about all the time

behind the scenes, all the time on the show. Because you know when these COVID times and these lockdown times, you need as much joy online as you can because online is such a horrible place. Sometimes it's hard to find. You've got to really search out the joy. And when you find the wholesome content, you must embrace it with both hands

and make it your wholesome content. Absolutely. And we've done that, as so many others have. Francis Bourgeois, I believe I'm saying. Yeah. Is his name right? He's a train enthusiast from the UK. He's a young fellow.

He straps a camera to his head that both looks at the train and at him. It's one of those GoPro 360 degree cameras. Yeah. And so you get this sort of like warped like alien head. Alien head. He's a handsome young man, but

when he's got the thing on, it's hard to tell. It's very humorous. It's a little like a goldfish or a porpoise of some sort. And he just gets really excited about trains. And he waves to them. And when they toot back, he does this laugh. And it's just the most wholesome thing. Like, I've seen trains in the last few weeks,

and I just smile because I imagine him. They bring him so much joy. Yeah. And, like, we get so much joy Out of watching his joy And so does 276,000 other people And that's What's he on TikTok though?

Because that's blown up Because TikTok was re-originally A couple of months ago He hadn't had anyone following him And he's just kind of Become this huge thing He's been on like British TV Celebrities

He's being invited on the trains now too This is the video he put up over the weekend. I'm staying up extra late tonight to see a test train pull into Brighton Station. One of my favourite locomotives might be on it, so we'll just have to wait and see. There's 73962. Oh, it's it.

It's it. Oh, quick, I've got to get round. I've got to get round to see it. Beautiful 73962. Dick my butt. What a beautiful locomotive she is. Check out all the gear in there. Right.

Another marvellous loco. I'm glad I stayed up late for this. This is a treat. He didn't do his little laugh. He does his little laugh when they toot back to him. But it's pure. Oh, yeah, when they toot, he's like, could I possibly get some tones?

Because they all, the train drivers know him, and they're like, g'day. And he's like, hello, could I possibly get some tones? And they toot, and he goes, hee, hee, hee, hee. Can you play another one? And like, well, we're going to laugh. Oh, this is the one where he almost got blown off his chair. He set up his chair.

This is one of my faves. He sets up his little like fold out picnic chair. Yeah. At a, at a, um. Coming up now is a class 377 from Little Hampton to South Hampton Central. He's waving. Yeah.

Yeah. He fell off his chair. It's so wholesome. You can't hear it. Just loves him. 736,000 followers on TikTok. He's just blown up in the last few weeks. Yeah.

And this is a surprise that you ruined, Vaughn. Yeah. Because in the inbox. There's a message from him saying, I would love to come on your show. Oh, my God. So he's going to be, yeah, and apparently this was a big secret. Executive Intern Anya, not happy. No.

She said I ruined Christmas. You ruined Christmas. Everyone's been a bit glum lately. So I decided a little treat, a little surprise for a Wednesday morning would be chatting to the train guy. This hasn't dulled, this has lengthened, prolonged the positivity. You ruined Christmas for yourself and then your brother and sister. And so you reached out and said,

would you like to come on the show? And he said, yes. Yes. He's going to be on the show. We speak yesterday having a cute chat. He's delightful. And he'll be on the show Wednesday. Oh, neat.

Neat. So wholesome. So great. Neat. Well, if you'd like to, check out the Instagram account and share our joy and the wholesomeness it is. Francis Bourgeois 43.

Francis underscore Bourgeois? Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if you can be able to spell Bourgeois. You'll find it. Just type in B. Even if you Google train guy. British man loves trains.

Yeah, it'll come up. ZM's Flesh Warner Megan. Play ZM. ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound. Season 10. Secret Sound is all thanks to Neon. Watch the TV series and movies everybody's talking about on Neon, our favourite Kiwi streaming service.

The new episode of Kerber Enthusiasm came out last night for the new season. Ooh, that's on my watch list today. Have nay watched yet. You know what? Treat yourself today. It's the weather for it today. It's the weather it is. All right, joining us for Secret Sound this round is John. Good morning, John. Good morning, John.

Good morning, folks. How are you? Good, good. Now, $20,000, it's a lot of cash. What would you spend the money on if you won? So I work in an office with two of my very good friends, and we've always had this dream to buy three recliners, put them kind of like in a triangle back to back,

and do our work that way. Right, so you would buy three recliner sofas for the office? Absolutely. And put them all back to back? Put them kind of like in a triangle. I don't know if you've seen Minority Report, but like, you know, it's pretty loud from there. Why? Why?

We want to get that set up going on and then I think we can maximise efficiency. Right. That's the dream, anyway. So you want to win money to maximise your efficiency at work? I know. I live the dream, mate. I live.

You're a rib ray, John. You'd get some change from 20 grand, though. Which ends up sort of fine as you buy. I'm talking like, you know, monogrammed, like, you know, initials in the headrest. I'd go all out. mind. I'm talking like, you know, monogrammed, like, you know, initials in the head around something. Oh, that's a lot. Wow, I love that. I love that, John.

Well, Soundkeeper Owls, I believe, we'll just test the line. Good morning, Soundkeeper Owls. Good morning. Are we working? Yes, we're working. Vaughan kicked over the box under the desk and it disconnected you.

I did not kick over the box. It fell. Right, here we go. This is the secret sound. Let's see if we can get John those office chairs, those recliner office chairs. For $20,000, John, what is the secret sound? I think it's the sound of a landline being disconnected.

Right, so when the person on the phone hangs up. Yes, that kind of thing. Because I think that's what the clues are pointing to. Okay, John, you've looked at the clues. How confident are you? I'm putting it all on the line here. I mean, these office chairs are important to me, you know? Oh, man, I want to sit this guy in three reclining chairs

with his powers back to back. Well, John, let's confirm you've guessed a landline disconnecting. That's right. Okay. John, you're a funny guy and I'd love to give you those chairs, but that is not the secret sound. John, back to the standard office chairs for you. God, what a life. Okay.

I'm sorry, John. I really wish we could have made that. I really wanted John to win. Same. Well, back to the drawing board. 11 o'clock is your next chance to have a guess. All the wrong guesses are clues that we've had so far. You can find on Instagram, ZM's secret sound.

Next on the show. Jinx. Someone has had a bad date. Becky. Becky's had a bad date. She would like a refund. She's got good hair, though. That's a Beyonce reference.

Yeah, thanks. Thanks for that. Becky with the good hair. Please warn me again. Refund your date. Today, Becky is going to tell us about her date that she would like a refund on. Good morning, Becky. Good morning, guys. How are we?

Good. Well, let's start from the beginning. What happened on this date? I met this guy out in town one night, out with my mates. He seemed quite charismatic and whatnot. Wow, like the old-fashioned way. The old-fashioned way. Anyway, so I met him out, and I thought,

oh, this guy's quite charismatic. He'll get his number. So we exchanged numbers, set up a date for the following weekend. He insisted on picking me up, which was quite chivalrous. So I was like, all right, we'll go for this. Okay. Picks me up. We're going to a bar in town for the date.

So we drive into town, and we're looking for somewhere to park. And you know what the parking's like in town. It's all pretty much car parks. You have to pay. Horrible, horrible. Horrible, yeah. So I said to him, because he was about to pull into a Wilson's car park, I said to him, if you're not planning on paying for parking,

because he was a poor uni student, I was like, if you're not planning on paying, I'd probably recommend that you don't maybe park in a Wilson's one. Oh, yeah, they'll get you. Yeah, they'll get you. They'll get you, 100%. Yeah, so he does anyway, right? Of course he does.

Parking in the Wilsons. Yeah. And we go on for the date. Wait, wait, so when you say parking in the Wilsons, he wasn't paying? He wasn't paying. Oh, they'll get you. They're on you.

He had a tight budget being a uni student, so obviously he didn't want to pay for parking, because I think it was about $2.50 an hour back then. Anyway, so we go on for the date, and, you know, the bench is pretty subpar, I'm not want to pay for parking because I think it was about $2.50 an hour back then. Anyway, so we go on for the date and, you know, the banter's pretty subpar, I'm not going to lie. We sort of sit there for 45 minutes, a couple of pints, which I paid for myself, by the way. Okay. Which, you know, I don't mind if a date's going well and, you know, it's like, you know, next time he'll pay sort of thing.

Yeah. Anyway, we're at 45 minutes in and he says to me, and he just goes like dead silent. And I'm like, are you all right? And he's like, oh, sometimes I just run out of things to talk about. And we literally sit there in dead silence. And I've got like probably a good like two thirds of the client sitting in front of me thinking, oh my God, like I've sort of got like, this guy's going to take me home. This is horrible.

Yeah. So I was like, right, let's wrap it up. I paid the bill, headed off to the car park. Lo and behold, there's a parking ticket on his window. Oh, of course there is. After all that, so he drops me home. I hear nothing for three days, absolute

silence. I'm assuming it's like a ghost. Yeah. And then I get a text three days later saying, hey, do you want to go halves on that parking ticket? Absolutely not. No, no, no. And I'm obviously, I'm a nice person, so I said yes. Oh, what?

Are you kidding me? Being the lovely human being that I am. Couldn't you just have ignored the message? Oh, look, I thought about it, but I thought, you know what, I'm an adult now, I should probably start acting like one at some point in time. You were the one that said wisely at the start, don't park here. I warned him. I gave him full warning. And, yeah, he got one anyway. And being the poor, don't park here. I warned him.

I gave him full warning. And, yeah, he got one anyway. And being the poor uni student that he was, he asked me to go half. So I paid it and never heard from him again. Wow. And that was probably one of the worst dates. You know, my love life is an ongoing joke, but it's probably one of the worst ones. Okay, so how much do you want to claim for a refund here?

How much was half the parking and a couple of beers? Look, I'm asking for 70 bucks, because a couple of pints are $10 a pop, and then the ticket was about $100, and I paid half of that. Okay, well, let's... Okay, that's not bad, that's not bad. Vaughan, you've got that at the date refunded there. Yeah, the date refunded at $3,000, please.

This isn't just your entry-level date refunded. This is a mid-range, slightly more than a hobby usage date refunded. Okay, let's put that in. Your date refund request has been... Accepted. Yes, accepted. Oh, yes. Thank you so much.

Here you go. $70 so you can find someone else to pay the parking for and go on a date with. I hope the next date goes better, to be honest. But, oh, yeah, it's hard to tell this day and age, isn't it? It is, it is. And if you'd like to register, you can just go to ZM Online, the win section.

Tell us how bad this date was, how much you'd like us to refund. And we could be refunding your date. Thank you very much, guys. You have a good one. Next on the show, the age where we are most stressed has been revealed. Is it any age because of COVID? No. Yeah.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Apparently, you feel you're most stressed when you are, it's very specific, 36 years old. Oh, okay. That's when most people in this study revealed they felt the most stress. But once you get over the age of 30, people reckon they are better at managing their own stress than they were 10 years ago.

Is this asterisks pre-global pandemic and being locked in our homes for a while? You're just saying everyone's just stressed. I'm just saying everyone at the moment is probably, like, it doesn't matter if you're 36 or not, you're probably very stressed. Do you think that on the other side of this we'll be better at it because you'd just be like, well, nothing as bad as that?

Yeah, maybe. Because maybe. We'll just be shells of our former selves. Yeah. Unable to handle anything. Yeah, maybe. Because we'll just be shells of our former selves. Yeah. Unable to handle anything. Yeah. So more than half of people said they didn't realise they were stressed until they had some kind of like

symptoms. So either they lost sleep, 50%. 45% said until they had a headache. 38% said food cravings. Or brain fog, 34%. Yeah, right. That's just like all the time, those at the moment.

Yeah. Should I have some chocolate? Yeah. Why not? And then you're like, I feel bad because I had all that chocolate. That's weakness. Don't feel bad. Don't feel bad. Don't feel bad.

Don't feel bad about that. Anything to get you through currently. Yeah. You probably just need to balance it out with some savoury snacks, actually, if anything. Yeah. You need something salty. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's balance.

Yeah. Yeah. Life's all about balance. And now we've headed down this path, we might as well have a drink. Sure. Make it a stiff one. Yeah. Away we go.

But then does it say When you get older You're just less Stressed and less worried So it's kind of You've just got to get to 36 And then it's downhill Shall I just say yes To make you feel better

I mean I reckon Yeah I reckon just say yes Does it not say that The older you get Just the life gets sweeter Right

Well you know You see all these old people in rest homes. They don't care about anything, do they? They're just super chill. Things start to sag and you're like. You're like, who cares? Yeah, you don't care about your body. Gravity's got a hold of it already. You're just like.

Yeah. When does that kick in? Because I feel like gravity's kicked in, but my will to care is still high. It's still high, yeah. Don't know. Don't have an answer beyond that one. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Yeah. Can I have my auxiliary chord? Absolutely. Here we go. Phantom of the Opera. Bingo, she got that. The Phantom of the Opera is here. So that's the Phantom of the Opera is here. So that's The Phantom of the Opera. That was beautiful, guys.

The Phantom of the Opera. That's Michael Crawford. Still blows my mind that the guy that played Frank Spencer was a world-renowned opera singer for The Phantom of the Opera. So this is the fact of the day about The Phantom of the Opera. Familiar with The Phantom of the Opera, Fletch? Yeah, absolutely. What do you know about the Phantom of the Opera. Familiar with Phantom of the Opera, Fletch? Yeah, absolutely. What do you know about Phantom of the Opera?

They wear a mask. Yes. Tell me more about the mask. I don't know. It hides half his face. Yes. Half his face. Yes.

Well, that's exactly what today's fact of the day is about. The Phantom's original mask covered his entire face. Oh. But of course... Half of his face was disfigured? They altered the story because when they tested it, the mask meant muffled singing and not having the freedom of the mouth as you would need to.

The Phantom of the Opera is here. You need your mouth to be able to move. So literally, if you look at the Phantom's mask, it comes down half the face and then uncovers the whole mouth so that the person performing could project and sing and not be muffled. But the original mask here covered the entire face and remained in place throughout the entire thing.

And so it was no good, obviously. So then it got changed and they changed the story to be that half of his face was mangled rather than the whole thing. So that explained why the half on show had no... How did he get his burns? What's that story? I've never seen it. I just know of it. Yeah. I don't know how did he get his burns? What's that story? I've never seen it. I just know of it.

Yeah. I don't know. How did he get his? I can't remember. How did he get his burns? He was there when it burnt down, right? The fire? Yeah.

Yeah, there was a fire and he died. Oh, the hunchback. Semi. Yeah, right. Semi hunchback vibes to it. Yeah, right. But he was, yeah, there was a fire and he was the star, right? And then he got burns and everyone thought he was dead, but he wasn't.

He was just like, I'm ugly, don't look at me. Yeah. Right. But then he was, so worldwide, how much do you think the worldwide gross receipts of The Phantom of the Opera is? Oh, I just heard, Vaughn, it was a chandelier incident. Was it? It was a chandelier incident. Is it? It was a chandelier incident.

Is that the musical with the chandelier? Yeah. And whenever you say it, there's got to be a big chandelier in the... The chandelier inspired the novel on which the musical is based. Yeah. Right. Because there's always got to be the chandelier, doesn't there? Yeah.

How much do you think? Worldwide gross receipts for Phantom of the Opera? $500 million. $10 billion. $10 billion. $6 billion. It's grossed over a billion on Broadway. That's crazy. Yeah.

It was the most financially successful entertainment event ever until The Lion King surpassed it in 2014. Wow. In 2011, it had been seen by 130 million people in 145 cities over 27 countries. He'd be so rich, that guy. Andrew Lloyd Webber. Yeah, he is a... He's done okay.

He's pretty rich, yeah. I reckon he's done alright. But still, they made that movie with the cat buttholes, didn't they? No, no buttholes. Oh, no buttholes. But was that him? Is he involved in that? I mean, cats was in it a bit? Cat, was he involved in that? I mean, Cats was in a bit too much.

Yeah, so he's not perfect. He was so traumatised by the movie that he bought a support dog. I mean, that's how bad the movie was. He turned his back on the species entirely. Now, you're thinking of the person that got the movie Cats and photoshopped buttholes onto all the cats because they're like the cats walk around with their tails high, but they didn't have buttholes in the movies.

Yeah. Yeah, which is weird. This is unnatural. Yeah. So somebody put the butts on the cats. And now Andrew Lloyd Webber can't see cats. Any cats. No, no.

He's gone full dog. But he's so rich. To be fair, unpopular opinion. Even that musical is weird when you see the Andrew Lloyd Webber one. The cats version. What is it? What? Yeah. Even that musical's weird when you see the Andrew Lloyd Webber one. The Cats version. What is it? What? Yeah. Skip that one. I've never seen it, but it's like warring cats, right?

Yeah. It's not great. Right. I'm just looking at what else he's done. I mean, it's made lots of money, but it's, yeah. Yeah, this guy's... Are you going to Google his net worth? Yes. Because he did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Starlight Express,

Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard and School of Rock. Oh, my God. Calm down, overachiever. 820 million pounds. Yeah. So it's over a billion dollars. New Zealand billion dollars. Wow.

Yeah. So, yeah, he's a... He doesn't care I don't like cats. So, today's fact of the day is the original story of the Phantom out of the opera had the Phantom in an entire mask, but it made it very hard to sing and very hard to understand what he was saying, so a special costume design and slight story rewrite meant that his mouth was free to move.

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, do. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. An Australian weatherman, Sam, was headbutted by a horse on live television on a trip to Tamworth, which is where the Warriors were based. Right. That's the only thing I know about Tamworth. Where is that?

I don't know, Australia? Australia? Somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Tamworth? I don't know, Australia? Tamworth, yeah, because they were like the Tamworth Warriors. Right. Was it 2020?

Yeah, I don't know where they were this year. Maybe Tamworth again. Northwest. Northwest what? New South Wales.'t know where they were this year. Maybe Tamworth again. Northwest. Northwest what? New South Wales. Oh, Northwest, New South Wales. There you go. And yeah, he was trying to look the part.

He was trying to get on a horse and the horse like head-butted him. He wore it. Knocked his hat off. Horses are dangerous, eh? Always freak me out. Too powerful to be that dumb. But they're like intuitive, right? It's only if you're a dick.

Oh yeah, I don't know. If you rock up to them too fast and frighten them. Tell you what I don't mind watching every time it pops up on Facebook is when there's a person changing it. What are you smirking my ass for? I know, what? I'm just wondering what you like. When a farrier is doing the horse hooves.

Oh, that's really fascinating. No, I do like it. I watch it every time it pops up. Even though it's pretty much the Why do you like changing the shoe? No, I do like it. I watch it every time it pops up. Even though it's pretty much the same video 90% of the time. Yeah. I don't know. It just looks like a really good,

they get the nail off, they give that a trim, they scoop out all the gunk, they get a new shoe on, they whack some nails in. Okay. They clip them off and the horse just seems to chill out

and be like, it's getting a mani-pedi. It looks painful, but yeah, it is just like a nail trim, right? It's just like getting through your fingernails and stuff. So yeah, he got headbutted by a horse on live television.

Apparently handled it like a champ. Is he alright? I don't know. Before I laughed? They didn't see any blood or anything, but back in the studio. I wonder if the video went low. Coochie, you know. Yeah, Coochie's the guy, the old Australian guy.

Cushie. Coochie. No, it's not. It's not Coochie, it's, the old Australian guy. Cushie. Coochie. No, it's not. It's not Coochie. It's Cushie. It's Cushie. Well, no, he likes it. It said Cushie.

Right. But the family pronunciation's Coochie, but obviously that had a few connotations when he got into the telly. The video won't lie because I'd love to play the audio right now, but I wonder if they've just taken it down because the guy's embarrassed.

He's like, I'm not going to be an internet viral meme. Absolutely smashed in the face by it. Oh, buddy. Yeah, knocked his hat off and everything. But it's been a while, so we wanted to ask your stories of when animals went rogue.

When you've been taken out by an animal. Yeah. The smaller the animal, the better too, I find. Yeah. I find it's always funnier if it's like a small bird. People are so scared of birds. They've got a weapon that picks you. No, but it's quite a rational feel.

They don't come at you. Yeah, they do. What about like magpies and... Yeah, very rarely. What are those, plovers and stuff? All of the ones at Western Springs. They get... The swans. The geese, the ducks, they're all very aggressive.

But the ducks aren't aggressive. Yes, they are. They're just following the lead set by the geese. The geese and the swans are the real problem there. Even though those beaks are blunt, it really hurts. But yeah, I do love seeing a video of someone getting taken out by a swan because those things get angry. Yeah, I love just seeing someone run frantically from a small animal.

All right, so we want to know, when you've been taken out by an animal, the smaller the better or the cuter and fluffier the better. We're talking about when animals attack. An Australian weatherman was trying to get on a horse. COVID. Not COVID. I got some dust up my nose before and I was just rubbing it. I was about to blow, but then that just happened.

Not COVID. Sure. No, about to blow, but then that just happened. Not covered. Sure. No, no, no, not covered. He was trying to get on a horse. The horse reared up, smashed him in the face. He got headbutted by the horse, lost his hat. Right on tally. So we want to know when animals attack.

Yeah, when you've been taken out by an animal. Yeah. The smaller, the better. I got taken out by a lamb. They look cute and fluffy, but sometimes they're mean. This red lamb was just super excited to be fed. It just literally ran through my legs and took me out of the ankles. Tori, when did you get taken out by an animal?

Well, I was taking a video of my cat because my partner always says that she's not a savage cat and she'll never catch an animal. And she had a bird in her mouth. And I was kind of focusing on my video, and then she threw the bird at me, and I screamed a lot. And I locked up my bathroom getting away from this bird. Oh, so the bird ended up inside.

I love when a bird ends up inside. It's panic stations, eh? When, like, a thrash of birds inside. It was everywhere, and my cat just let it go. Close a cat. Well, you shouldn't have talked trash about that cat. Never. Never again. Never again. All right. Thanks, you shouldn't have talked trash about that cat. Never. Never again. Never again.

Alright, thanks for your call, Tori. Keep your texts coming in. 9696 0800 dials at M. When has an animal taken you out or attacked? Do a leaper. Baby goat was hand-raising me, giving me a cuddle. And then she just kicked me in the face, split my lip wide open. When do animals attack? When have they gone at you?

A lot of dogs doing a lot of damage, but not in like an attack way, just an excited way. Yeah, right. Somebody said my dog was really excited to see me. I was on my bike and it just ran and absolutely like just tackled me off my bike. Someone else said my dog could smell something and it just ran straight through my legs, absolutely smashed me.

Somebody else got knocked over, broke ribs when they landed on the ground. After their dog smashed them. I got bitten on the leg by a tiger cub in Thailand at the Tiger Temple. Well, I tell you what, that's a... We've cancelled that, eh? Yeah, you're not allowed to go there. I wonder why those tigers were so sleepy. They said it was the sun. Yeah, no. The allowed to go there. I wonder why those tigers were so sleepy. They said it was the sun. Yeah, no.

The drugs they gave them. The pain, it was so strong, such a strong little bugger. I yelled out the F word. So, okay. Yeah. And nothing else happened? Like, they didn't need a new leg or did they lose their leg? No, no.

Or stitches? Luckily, it was just a tiger cub and probably still under the influence. Because has their place been shut down? Yeah, because remember they found all the dead bodies in the... And that's right. Yeah, and they were selling the dead bodies. Dead bodies? Yeah, the tiger cubs would die and they had freezers for them.

No, not humans. Humans? Well, that's just as bad. You just feed it to the tiger cubs. Ebony, when did an animal attack and take you out? Okay, so this wasn't me. It was my mum.

They were out in the middle of the paddock feeding the sheep that they've raised since baby lamb. Yep. And the sheep was just too excited and bowled mum over, broke her eye socket,

her cheekbone, and her jaw. Oh, my God. Yes. And she was like that for two weeks bowl from over, broke her eye socket, her cheekbone and her jaw. Oh my god! Yes, and she was like that for two weeks because the hospital just said it was bruising and we went out for her birthday and she couldn't even eat because obviously her jaw was broken.

She was absolutely gutted and then she went to the hospital and the dentist was like, oh, we'll get an x-ray and they're like, you're booked into surgery at one o'clock. This is 10 o'clock in the morning. Wow. Sheep, eh? All because of sheep.

Sheep. A big old sheep. They're not sheep anymore. Amazing. Ebony, thanks for your call. Alice, when did an animal attack? It attacked whilst we were at Vaughan's place doing his sheep. What?

Now. What is happening here? This requires explanation. Alice works in the veterinarian field. It's such a party where I get... What's up? Also, I was just going to say, you've got to work on a better way of saying it than doing Vaughan's

sheep. That is very true. To the untrained ear, that could really mean anything. I'm sorry you have to put up with Vaughn and all of his million animals. Oh, they're some big sheep. Have they lost weight? Have they lost weight, Vaughn? God, no.

No, no. They're getting bigger. Are you fan shaming your sheep? They are monsters. They are monsters. And they run low and they run hard. Yeah. And they, like, washing machine you around in the pen.

Yeah. And you've got to hold on. Hold on for life. Yeah, that's part of the training. Yeah. And they like washing machine you around in the pen. Yeah. And you've got to hold on. Hold on for life. Yeah, that's part of the training. Yeah. Oh, God. You need to train your sheep better or something. Yeah, he's really got to make them on a diet too, because, you know, flipping those things. Whoa. How do you put a sheep on a diet

that's not feeded as much? Or do you get a little treadmill? Well, it depends what you feed them. It's just grass and stuff, you know, we're good. Yeah, that's all they're getting. They just eat a lot of it.

Yeah. Wooly Weight Watchers is what they need. It is. It is. Weight Watchers for born sheep. Love it.

Brilliant, Alice, thanks for your call. Some text messages in. Our kitten was sleeping peacefully in front of the fire. I thought it'd be funny to commando crawl over to the cat

and then scream at the top of my lungs. Why would you do that? I don't know. The kitten immediately leapt into the air straight away looked up at my work

grinning with glee and then I saw the kitten coming down all four legs claws extended landed on my face scratched me. I looked like an evil villain

for over a month. That's karma. Yeah. While we were on holiday in Australia my mum got punched and kicked by a kangaroo at one of the wildlife parks.

You've got to be careful at those wildlife parks. They can kick you so hard. I manage a deer farm, always handling the 300kg stags with absolute respect, but it was a baby deer or fawn that kicked me in the face and knocked me out and broke my nose. Whoa. Jeez.

Lots of more stories about dogs knocking people off bikes. Someone said I was biking and my dog was in front of me. I was like, get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way. And he just turned around and ran straight into the wheel. Oh, stupid. That's a dumb dog. Yeah. That's a dumb old dog.

My husband claims he was bitten by a snail. Says it had really sharp teeth. Whenever he tells a story, he just gets laughed at and gets really annoyed. They can't bite you, can they? Do any snails have teeth that could hurt? Maybe some in the Amazon rainforest.

Did you see that the snail question's making a comeback? You know the slow-moving snail? The snail that'll chase you forever. $10 million but a snail pursues you forever and never stops. And if it touches you once, you die. So snails don't bite the way a dog would bite as an aggressive or defensive behaviour.

Your snail was probably just rasping on you in an exploratory manner. Rasping? The snail rasped you. Like a bit of sandpaper. I think that's like, yeah, could you say that for a hickey as well? You were just rasped on the neck.

By a snail. What is rasping? A hash brown? But it does say snails have teeth. They may get tiny teeth. Because they scrape surfaces for food, but they're not going to bite a human. I'd still laugh at your husband's story. Yeah, I would too.

He's right.