ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 27th May 2021

Episode Date: May 26, 2021

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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche Vaughan and Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Download the Maccas app, buy five McCafe coffees and get one free. Now, I was just in the kitchen toasting white bread. And I am such a creature of habit of having porridge every single morning at work. When people saw me with white bread and Vegemite and butter, they were like, what's going on? What's happening?

Are you okay? Okay. Well, so you've spoken about this in previous podcasts, but you're getting your colonoscopy tomorrow. Yeah, and so I can't eat oats. Or grains or seeds. Grains or seeds. Oh, my gut's just rumbled.

And I tell you what, a couple of days without fiber is really like playing havoc with it. I can't wait till this afternoon at four o'clock when I drink my pooze juice, which is juice that causes poos, not made of poos. And it all comes flushing out And thank you to the people People send me nice messages Being like you are never going to have felt lighter Or skinnier And your skin's going to look radiant

And I was like why don't we all just get a sachet of poos juice once a month And just have a flush Isn't it weird that I want constant updates from you? I'll let you know I'm alive Okay You'll let us know the details. So I'm in the, I'm in the kitchen

toasting my white bread and, uh, soundkeeper Owls is in there who's now, she's no longer keeping sounds. So she's just, um,

back to intern, intern Owls. Yeah. And I'm kind of eavesdropping on a conversation that's happening. It's some spicy hot tea. And, but I watch her,

she comes into the studio, grabs a cup, plonks it down, grabs a tablespoon out of the cutlery drawer. I'm like, what's she up to? Is she making a cup of soup? Yeah, okay. Then grabs that cheap, rubbish, low-brand coffee that's in the clear container and takes two huge, scooped tablespoons of coffee. I'm like, what she's doing is she's squirreling some away

because the cup was dry at this stage. So I thought she might have been filling the cup up to have a little coffee stash at her desk. Oh, yep. But I thought her desk is also five steps from the kitchen, so why would she do that? I then watch her pour boiling hot water into it and stir it, and I said, did you just make a coffee with two heaped teaspoons of coffee?

Tablespoons. Yeah. So two, there's four teaspoons to a tablespoon. And these were heaped. So she's having like 10 teaspoons of coffee. The scoop showing in, the cup would have been an inch.

Well, like three quarts of an inch, I suppose. Deep of coffee. And then she stirred it and I said, how are you going to drink that? And she's like, I'm not really sure on the ratios. Oh my god.

I said, are you going to be able to drink that? And she took a sip and she's like, it's a bit strong I suppose. I was like, what were you raised on? Crack cocaine? Is that her first and only for the day? I don't know. She walked away with what looked like

good lord Chernobyl bloody toxic wash off. I guess if she collapses at her desk we've got the cause. I'm worried it's just an intense

amount of caffeine and I drink a lot of coffee but I stagger it throughout the day. Yeah, you're responsible with your drugs. Yeah, she was just like hey, heart, brain

and a digestive tract. Here we go. So no word if she shit herself or not yet, but we'll bring you updates. But you will be later. I will definitely be later. ZM. Head music. Lives here.

Fleecheforn and Megan. The podcast. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleecheforn and Megan. Happy Thursday morning. Welcome to the show. Fleach, Vaughan and Megan, happy Thursday morning. I always know it's a Thursday because on my way to work there's lots of police tipped over scooters, drunk students vomiting on the street.

More so than Friday. Oh, you're way more. Wednesday's a bigger night than Thursday. Yeah, Thursday coming to work is always a student night on Wednesday. So there's always bits of kebab all over the street. Have you seen anyone vomiting this morning? No, but I saw like five police cars so something must have gone down.

It was that chaotic blood moon energy. Yes, it was. It was making them crazy. Because apparently the last night's blood moon, which, God, I got to work and went through Instagram. Everybody had a bloody blood moon, didn't they? Fuzzy picture. A fuzzy zoom in.

Apparently that was meant to cause some relationship breakups. Have you heard of any? No. Because it's stupid. It's very calm. It's stupid. You know the moon's the same? This has got me so wound up yesterday, how many people I had to tell. The moon

is the same shape and size every day. Yeah. Just when it's right above us, it changes. That's when the Mercury's in retrograde, Vaughn. Absolutely unrelated. But doesn't the supermoon affect tides and stuff? The supermoon, because it's closer, it's like a little bit closer.

And you get like a really big tide. Oh, you might have an extra wave. You might have an extra wave on your beach house. There was a, oh my God. Oh, what a drama. Lord forbid. But also that was caused by, it was exacerbated by a low pressure system we've got currently

on either side of us. We've got one in the Tasman and one in the Pacific. So people should have been charging their crystals yesterday? No. Shouldn't have been. I thought this would be the ideal moon to charge one's crystals on because it was massive and bright and beautiful. That's the thing.

I'm not denying it wasn't an absolutely beautiful moon. Yeah. But apparently you don't charge your crystals on an eclipse because it's chaotic energy. Oh, really? And then you're just going to have like this wild... Crystal. Tormented crystal.

So you'd have to what? Throw out your crystal. Like let it run flat. Or let it run flat. Maybe run it, yeah, run it flat and run a purity... Okay. A defrag. How do you run it flat?

How do you run your crystal flat? You don't charge it next new moon. You're going to have a bit of a dud month, but that's because you charge your crystal on a chaotic moon. And then you've got to give it the saging. You've got to give it a thorough saging. And then put it in the hot water cupboard

in a bowl of rice. Try it out. And then you'll be, that's normal. That would suck the bad energy out of the crystal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then that, could you not put a little,

you know, those square nine volt batteries against it? To power it? Yeah, to power it. That's actually a really good call. Just give it a bit of extra juice. I remember when we were kids and we had a rechargeable battery station.

Did you have one of those growing up? Yes, yeah. They were cool. I liked all the different sizes, but no you have one of those growing up? Yes. They were cool. They were great. I liked all the different sizes, but no one was ever recharging a D cell battery. No, no. It was always the double A's and the triple A's you were trying to recharge for your remote control car. Nobody wants a D. And it used to decharge the battery before it recharged it.

Yeah, it would. So I'm thinking mum and dad might have one of those lying around because boomers don't throw anything out. Chuck your crystal in because there's lots of different sizes. It'll de-charge it. It'll de-charge it before it re-charges it. Oh, my God. We should sell crystal de-chargers to people that believe in crystals. If you've got some chaotic energy in your crystal, yeah, de-charge it.

Would you get done for false advertising on that? I don't know, but soon we're going to talk about Pete Evans. Pete Evans got fined $85,000 for what we've just been joking about kind of doing. Yeah. Also, coming up on the show, the top six. Yeah, the top six things you'll see on your Instagram feed this morning. Surprise. Spoiler.

It's pretty moon heavy. It's pretty moon heavy. Flesh, Vaughn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. It's pretty moon heavy. It's pretty moon heavy. I'll admit that I put a jacket on my dog in the winter because he gets a bit shivery. Because it's tiny. Yeah. And silly. I haven't yet stooped to the level of, like,

dressing any of us the same as him. Give me a chance, though. It may come. What about when you had that denim outfit? Didn't you and Mr. Toyboy dress up in denim as well? Yeah, but that's like, I mean, it wasn't identical. We were just all wearing denim. Wow.

It was similar enough though. From what you've just said, you stooped to that level. I just said, give me a chance, it'll probably happen. But this is a step level. Okay. I just said, like, give me a chance. It'll probably happen. But this is a step further. Okay. You can buy customised dog tags that will match your engagement ring. These are not cheap either. So, customised dog tags.

So, Leo's got a little bone tag. Yeah, with his name on it and his name. You get it engraved at the Mr. Minute. Yeah. So same thing. It's just a little tag that'll say their name but these are in whatever kind of like gold you want.

So it could be sterling silver, it could be 18 carat yellow or rose gold. Oh God no, this is just going to lead to people stealing your dog outside the dairy when you tie it up because you're just going in for a quick milk. So the prices start from £420. So like...

So $800, $900 New Zealand dollars? Yeah. Oh, no. That's like nearly as much as the dog itself. Yeah. And some of them can include a little diamond, if you like. So they basically take the picture of your engagement ring and they design it to match.

So if you've got like a hexagonal ring, you can have like a little hexagonal tag. And then some of them, they print a picture or engrave a little picture of your ring on it, on these gold tags. When I hear stuff like that, I'm thinking, maybe tax rates aren't high enough. If at the end of your pay cycle, you've got enough money left to be like, you know what, I'm going to buy something that costs a thousand bucks

to go around my dog's neck. Yeah, is the idea that you give it to your dog when you propose? To the dog? But it's a matching engagement ring, so is that the idea that you're like, I love you and this is also for little Timmy? Sure. Yeah. It's just saying that, you know,

like they're part of the family and make them feel a part of the human love. But I mean, you say that people won't spend that much money on it, but there's like Louis Vuitton. Oh, no, no, no, no. I'm saying people will definitely spend spend that much money on it, but there's like Louis Vuitton. Oh, no, no, no, no. I'm saying people will definitely spend that amount of money on it. It's nuts.

But be like repulsed by the idea of the government wanting money for health systems. Or like the public education or like be, you know, money so that public servants can be paid more. The idea absolutely repulses them, but dropping a thousand bucks on an accessory for your dog, that seems normal to them. There's like kids who don't get breakfast

and then they put free schools and breakfast and people are like, these freeloaders. Anyway, my dog's got a $1,000 bangle. I love my dog, but he also rubs his face and shit. So he doesn't need his face and shit. So, like, he doesn't mean diamonds on his collar. No, absolutely not. ZM's Fletch Warner-Megan, the podcast.

Round of applause, please, Paki Paki, for the frontline workers, because it has been revealed that one New Zealander has undergone 106 COVID-19 nasal, what do they call them? Pharyngeal, you know, Ashley Bloomfield always uses it. Yeah. Like we call them swabs, but he calls them nasal pharyngealical or something. Yeah.

Pharyngealical. Where are we at with the other test, the other end? So the spit test is introduced for a lot of frontline workers. The bum. China was going for the spit test is introduced for a lot of frontline workers. The bum. China was going for the bum test. Yeah, that had some effect on their tourism numbers, I think. Right. Yeah.

Because tourism was about to boom there. Sure. So information released by the Ministry of Health, this was to the New Zealand Herald under the Official Information Act, revealed that the one and only to the New Zealand Herald under the Official Information Act, revealed that the one and only person in New Zealand to receive more than 100 tests as of May 17, yeah, was that

person with 106 tests. The foremost tested people in New Zealand for COVID-19, up the nausea, totaled 360 tests between them. That was 106, 90, 84, and 80 tests. Wow.

So these are obviously people working in like an MIQ facility at the airport at a port. Of the 20 most tested Kiwis, they accounted for an incredible 108 tests. Wow. Do you think the person that got the most tests, the 106 tests, that's right, eh? That's well beyond what they were required to do for mandatory testing as a frontline worker.

I'd say so, yeah. Because it was once a week, right? And even if it was once a week, it would be like 56 or 58, maybe 60 by now. So you're getting tested twice a week. So they're doing more than what is required just to be safe. That's very admirable. Yeah, exactly. They wouldn't have to. No, they wouldn't have to. As we saw. They were getting it done just to be safe. That's very admirable. Yeah, exactly. They wouldn't have to.

No, they wouldn't have to. But they were getting it done just to make sure. As we saw a couple of months ago, some people were like, ah, I'll skip that. Yeah. And I don't want to be vaccinated. I haven't had one. You haven't either, have you?

I haven't had one. Vaughn has. It's not pleasant, right? It's not pleasant, but it's certainly not the end of the world. It's one of those ones where you're like, oh, this is weird, this is weird, this is weird. And then afterwards you're like, maybe I'll do it again. You know, you experience one of those in life every now and then.

Like when have you experienced that before? Like a weird feeling. Cramp is another good example. You're the only one who's seen me enjoy cramp. And you're like, oh, cramp, cramp, cramp. Oh, horrible. And then later on you're like, I could cramp another run. No, I hate cramp.

Cramp, have you ever had cramp when you're like sleeping? Yeah. Oh, that's the worst. And it wakes you up and you're like, ah, I don't do cramp. And you're like, am I ever going to be able to bend my leg again? Yeah. And, yeah, I can't think of a huge range of safer discussion here, weird feelings that you'd try again.

But, you know, there's lots of them out there that are unusual, but maybe you'd go back. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. There are two million New Zealanders with a police alert beside their name. What does that mean? So it can range from things from family violence to trespassing, firearm-related incidents, warrants for arrest, and people can have more than one against their name. So that doesn't

count. There might be somebody with five, but that only counts as one in this two million. That's still a lot. I mean, we're in a country of not even five million. Four and a half million. Yeah. So the Bay of Plenty, percentage-wise, has the most people. 52% have. But here's...

And it runs through the different lists. Northland's got 78,000. Waitemata 188,000 and it goes on. And then the biggest area? Unknown. 400,000 people.

442,000 people of unknown area of New Zealand. Meaning they have moved around. And they don't know where they are. That's the biggest one. However, so Fodalize, family violence involvement, this is horrendous, but this also counts the people who were involved,

not necessarily the... So they could have been the victim. They could have been the victim. Right. 364,000 people have against mark against their name for involvement. And that's just under 10% of the New Zealand population, which is disgusting. Yeah, that's bad.

So the next one up is a photo driver license cancelled. How many? So I'm imagining this is also if your license gets lost or stolen. Yep. Then the mark against your name. So all of these, this isn't, the alerts, so the name isn't all bad. It's an association with a crime. So it might be lost or stolen driver's license.

Oh, there'd be heaps. Half a million. That was going to be my guess. Half a million. 554,000 people have had to cancel it. And that also could be because they lost their licence. Yeah, so if you've lost your licence and you're a law-abiding citizen, you've got a little

exclamation asterisk. A little mark against your name that your identity, if it was stolen, could be used for nefarious purpose. Okay. And then the number one most common alert, 628,000000 is a vetting monitor. What's a vetting monitor?

I don't know. I didn't assume it was the people that looked after animals. Like which vet clinic I'm with. It's if you need to be vetted by the police for a job. So basically if you're going to be in early childhood, if you're involved in early childhood education, you've definitely got an alert beside your name because the police, you're going to be in early childhood If you're involved in early childhood education You've definitely got an alert beside your name Because the police

You've had to be checked Because you're about to work with children So is that anyone that's had a police check then? Yeah pretty much anybody that's in vetting Is monitoring And then it can be looked at again Yeah right If you've got any marks against your name

To get a job I'm imagining the example used is early childhood, but I'm imagining there's lots of industries where you need to have a pretty crystal clear record, or at least a record that doesn't involve anything in that area, against your name. That's the most popular

sort of mark against the name. So, after you hear all that, it's kind of not surprising that it's two million New Zealanders who have because I'm imagining. Does the mark get cleared or is it just there forever? Well, it's,

yeah, it's not like a criminal record or anything, so it'll just stay beside your name forever, right? But it's that you have been involved in the system.

I think what Megan's asking is that shoplifting incident at Rickerton still beside her name? It's still beside your name, right? But it's not on your police record. It's not considered a crime. It's not going to stop you travelling.

Also, we went back to the Rickerton Mall with you, Megan. You're fine. They don't even know you anymore. Yeah, I was worried that I'd have like a face scanner and a tap on the shoulder. She was wearing the glass and the moustache. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Pete Evans, once much-loved television chef. I reckon he would have come in in the early days of us here.

Yeah. Doing breakfast, what, three times we would have interviewed him? Yeah. And there was, at that stage. The last one, there was definite, there was tension between him and Manu. That's right. They weren't getting on as well as they had previous. You feel they weren't even talking to each other.

He just posted that thing about what he cooks his daughter for breakfast every day. That's right. And said, you know, there's no excuse. And then came in and kind of questioned him on it. Not like aggressively, but I was just like, we didn't find the time. And then he just went in hard. Yeah. And so, yeah, that was kind of like the beginning of the end really

and now like, well now he's been fined $85,000 for unlawful advertising in Australia. But this is, and rightly so, because what was it last year when, you know, we're in the midst of the pandemic, the outbreak. Big COVID denier, anti-masker, said your immune system could take care of it. Yeah, he was selling, was it a missed, some kind of... See, the three things that he's been charged for selling and advertising, because he advertised therapeutic goods,

which had not been officially included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods. Right. And made wild claims about them, because you can't sell anything medicinal or therapeutic without an Australia or advertiser promising it can do things without passing a test before that. Yeah. And going on this register. So he's been fined $85,000 New Zealand dollars for the biocharger device. Yeah. biocharger device. That was like pretty much the USB stick that you plugged in

and it created a blocker of 5G, I think, which was the mobile 5G blocker. You don't need that because you want your data on your phone. Yeah. It comes through fast. And it didn't work, actually. It did nothing. A hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber and two oral medicines,

one of which related to COVID-19. So he was denying COVID-19, but also then making money and preying on the fact that people were scared of it. Yes. Yeah, making money off of it. Yeah. And people's fears of it. P.O.S.

Absolute P.. And then had shared misinformation about autism linked to vaccines. Yep. And then said there is no pandemic. There is a virus that's deadlier than the flu. They're using fake government prediction models. The recommended treatments are killing people. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Forced vaccines. Enslave humanity with microchips and engage a police surveillance

state. So I don't need to repeat that rubbish. 85, that's not enough, is it? That's New Zealand dollars too. That's not Australian. Yeah, right. Because he sold his property and then he's kind of disappeared, which is good, isn't it? But I mean,

he's still very much on socials. Oh, is he? Yeah. Did he get some of them taken away though? Like Instagram? He's had posts removed. Right, okay. I don't know if he's had any

since it really got stepped up about, like since the vaccine's been available. Yeah, right. Yeah, but we were talking to someone in Australia yesterday and they said the vaccination rates, the pickup of vaccination rates has been really slow. Yeah, yeah.

Like we said, well, the latest study said 75% of New Zealanders over 16 were going to get, you know, were keen to get vaccinated. And he said, oh, it wouldn't be that high here. Definitely not. And that's why the Melbourne bubble at the moment is paused, still paused because of the outbreak there. And yeah, they're saying that some of the people that have caught COVID, if they'd been vaccinated,

they would have been allowed, you know, they were eligible to be vaccinated, but they'd be fine, you know? Oh, I just want travel to start again. Yeah, we gotta convince all these people to get vaccinated. Around the world. So apparently there was a news story yesterday. Major airlines are starting to sell overseas flights in 2022.

That's kind of where they're thinking. Okay. But are you going to purchase one? I'm not booking one. Who needs more credit? Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. From the exotic ZM think tank, this

is the top six. 1982. What a year. What. 1982. What a year. What a year. What a year. Beautiful babies were born. Beautiful, charming little cherubs. Grace the earth. Probably some real horrible babies too

actually now that they've grown up. Some 39 year old monsters are out there. But it was also the last time we had a super blood moon, which is where super moon eclipses. And there's an eclipse. Yeah. And it's red and it's pretty cool looking.

Now, some people in the North Island, especially the upper north in Auckland, were saying it wasn't as blood orange as they would have thought. But you had to be apparently, like, if you're in the South Island. A bit more south to get the full blood experience. And I just wish I was back at high school and had some cellophane. I would have put some orange cellophane up.

Oh yeah. Remember cellophane? Do I remember cellophane? It's still around. But I honestly thought my adult life would involve more cellophane. And it hasn't at all. Zero cellophane.

What do they call gels? They call them when they put them over lights. When they put them over lights, they call them gels. That's adult cellophane. Yeah, it is. They're just trying to differentiate themselves from arts and crafts. Where do you buy cellophane? From the supermarket.

Anywhere. They have it at the supermarket. I feel like we shouldn't be buying cellophane. No, it's a bit plasticky, yeah. Plasticky. But then it's not going to go up a turtle's nose. The turtle would probably actually like it if it got over their eyes. No, it's a bit plasticky, yeah. Plasticky. But then, like, it's not going to go up a turtle's nose. The turtle would probably

actually like it if it got over their eyes. It would give them a new perspective. Yeah, be like, oh my God, the water's purple. Yeah. Or put a blue one over their eyes and they'll be like,

just like the old days. Before pollution. Because, you know, long turtles, right? Yeah. So, with that, Supermoon and Fletcher not getting a cellophane,

today's top six is the top six things you'll see on Instagram this morning. Yeah. Number six, a tiny bright spot that the caption says is a massive moon, but it's tiny. But then they say this photo doesn't do it justice. That's what they say. Yeah. Well, don't put it up there.

Number five on the list of the top six things you'll see on Instagram this morning. The photo that someone with a really good camera took of the moon, but their tripod let them down because it didn't have a stabilizer on it, and it kind of wobbled a little bit. You've got to stop the wobble. And so you've got this kind of like jumpy around moon pattern. Yeah. Because they left it open for a long exposure.

Number four on the list of the top six things you'll see on Instagram this morning, the photo the class clown put up of some pun-rific moon alternative, like a photo of their ass, or an orange being like, oh yeah, look at that blood moon, but it was like an orange. Or maybe I saw a tin of eclipse mints,

and someone's like, oh, this eclipse isn't all it's cracked up to be. Yeah. Number three on the list of the top six things you'll see on Instagram this morning. The blurriest, most zoomed in photo taken on a tablet by a woman in her 60s. She waited up for that. Yeah, she got out the bloody 10.1 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab. I'm just exactly imagining what my mum would have done.

Is your mum on her Australian holiday? Is she taking the tablet? She's taking the tablet. But she knows her phone takes better photos. Yeah. But it's got a smaller screen. She likes looking at the big screen when she takes the photo. I said, you can put the photos from the small screen onto the big screen after you've taken them.

She's like, well, I'll just take them on the big screen. Cut out that thing. But it's less. And dad's phone takes a really cracking photo as well. Yeah, right. But then you can't be transferring from Dad to Mum. Yeah, it's too hard. Oh, God.

Yeah, and I said to her yesterday, I said, because I'd gone to Perth, I said, how's Perth? And Mum said, yeah, good. I said, what have you been doing? She said, went to Fremantle. Back now. I was like, cool. Any photos? Nothing

jumped out. Just take a photo of dad somewhere. Take a photo of you guys at the ocean or something. Always short and to the point. No need to elaborate on anything. It was like when she said oh we're going away and I said

I said something and made a joke about it because the house is old and I said, the house might burn down and she's like, well, it'd save us the job of cleaning it out and I said,

what about all the photo albums and stuff? And she was like, when was the last time I looked at those? Oh, wow. Just get into this, Andrew.

She's so sentimental. She's so brutal and brutal. Yeah. And number one on the list of the top six things you'll see on your Instagram feed this morning are sponsored posts for HelloFresh. Brutal. And number one on the list of the top six things you'll see on your Instagram feed this morning,

a sponsored post for HelloFresh. There's always one lurking. I've seen all of those things on my feed this morning. There's always one of those lurking. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Are we doing the clap? Are we doing the clap?

Just to hear you stuff it up This is an instrumental though So you're going to have to imagine the singing So no one told you that was going to be this way It's a joke you broke Low lives to your way It's like you're always stuck in second gear And it hasn't been your day, week, month, or even your year. I'll be there for you.

You did the harmony. I can fade him out. I'll be there for me. I'll be there for you. I mean, I don't, I think, if I'm going to be honest, I'll be there for you. If I'm honest, I think this will be turning people off. I'll be there for me too.

702. Give me two. 702. Tonight. Okay. TPN Z2, the Friends reunion hosted by James Corden. What is on between 7 and 702? Is that lots of ads? Like, why don't they just say 7 and play the ads?

No, I think it's 702 because aren't they getting it, like, live? They're getting it straight from the States? But then in the States. No, because that would be late at night. That would be late at night, yeah. I'm going to ask. Who are you going to ask? I don't know. Someone at TVNZ.

I get emails from these TVNZ people all the time that I don't read. What's his name? Kevin, the CEO. Yeah, email him. Kevin, why 702, not 7? So, Shortland Street fans, they're not getting rid of that episode. It's just going to be a late Shortland Street tonight. 840.

Shortland Street is being bumped. So we have an hour 40. There'll be ads. There'll be shit loads of ads in there as well. But it's an hour-ish, all up without ads, of Friends reunion. James Corden hosts it. A bunch of guests. It was going to be Alan, right? Now, there are a huge bunch of white guests.

This list came out, what, a few weeks ago. Yeah. David Beckham. Famously not diverse. David Beckham. Was he on it? Because there's a bunch of guests that have never been on Friends

and we're like, why are they on it? Yeah, it was weird. Was David Beckham on it? Yeah, I think they're just asking famous people what they thought of Friends. I don't know. Totally right. What's happening, right? Justin Bieber, BTS, who probably weren't even alive when Friends was on.

Nah. Fair to say. They would have been like babies. James Corden. Babass. Babass. Cindy Crawford's going to be on. She was on Friends, I like.

Didn't she date Joey momentarily or something? Might have been on momentarily. Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga, Elliot Gould, who played Monica's dad, Ross and Monica's dad,

Kit Harington, you know nothing, Jon Snow. Yeah, so what's he on It's a weird, yeah, right. I'm not sure we'll find out. Thomas Lennon,

Christina Pickles, James Michael, Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, Malala, you know Malala? Yep. She's going to be on it. Mindy Kaling is going to be on it.

So, yeah, there's going to be a reunion. Some reunion. Wow. People. So they have done multiple interviews in the lead up to this reunion. And they've discussed the pact. So I never really thought about it, but they never dated each other. And that's because there was apparently

a pact that they made. There was a rule that we had. It was really important to the six of us that we kept a friendship, that we were friends. And if we were hooking up or there was any strangeness going on, that might mess with things.

But apparently the girls didn't know about this. I don't remember a pact. I don't remember any pact. I was engaged. She was engaged. It's a smart idea, but I don't remember actually talking about it. They were like, they're probably going to be into us. We better not do this.

The guys are like, the only reason we didn't date is because we had a pact. Sounds like insane male arrogance there. I'm excited for this, but I think like everything in life, I've got to not expect too much from tonight, especially hearing Matthew Perry there. Yeah. We don't know what he's gone through.

No. And I want to cast judgment, but yeah. his speech is really slurred, right? It's interesting. So they've also talked about how they had a huddle. So before they did every episode, they had like a little huddle. Like a rugby huddle? Yeah, and just had a chat and a pep talk. Because it was filmed in front of a live studio audience, right?

Yeah. Which would be scary enough in itself. But they did mention the one time they didn't huddle. Mr. LeBlanc. Dislocated his shoulder. But big time. I think it was because of that incident that we kind of connected the dots. Like, oh no, you know what was different?

We didn't do the huddle. And then we basically, from that moment on, we're like, we will never not do the huddle. And then we basically, from that moment on, we're like, we will never not do the huddle. And then you'll see this everywhere today because we're obsessed with Jen and Brad. Yeah. When Brad Pitt was on Friends, they were married. Yeah.

And he was a guest. He was someone she went to high school with, like a nerdy dude who turned into an absolute hottie. That's right, yeah, yeah, yeah. And they give a long list of their favourite guests but this is Jennifer Aniston mentioning who her favourite guest

was. Mr Pitt was wonderful. He was fantastic. That's all we get. Just get back together. I know. Right. They talk to each other and stuff. Yeah, well the Friends reunion it's TVNZ2 tonight, 7.02. We'll find out why it's 7.02.

We're working on getting an answer for that. It's because of the international broadcasting timing. I told you. No, but that's what we were just saying. That means that California would be showing at midnight. I don't know, man. Unless it's being released at on the top of the hour at 7,

so they're giving themselves a two-minute buffer. So it might be broadcast in the States earlier, but it's not released to the international syndication broadcasters till that time, so they're just going to be pretty much... Semantics, Your Honour. Semantics, yeah. Well, two minutes past 7 tonight.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Okay, it needs to be discussed, the fact that Vaughan has been caught liking something on Instagram. It's not Rita Ora's photos specifically. Yeah, I got in so much trouble this week. I said to Shana, did you see those photos of the supposed three-way kiss between Tessa Thompson, Taika Waititi and Rita Ora? And she said, no. Suppose you liked that, did you? the supposed three-way kiss between Tessa Thompson, Taika Waititi, and Rita Ora.

And she said, no. Suppose you liked that, did you? And I said, well, yeah. Why didn't you say it was in the news? I said, my man, like that. That's your job to be all over the entertainment news. Yeah, I got in trouble. No, I don't think it was that I'd seen it. That wasn't the problem.

It was that I was so, like, stoked for Taika Waititi. The way you were asking her, your eyes are wide. And I showed her and she was like, oh, I suppose you like that, do you? I was like, yeah, my man. Yeah, she can see your eyes light up. She's like, oh, here we go. Here we bloody go. But it's not just Rita Ora.

No, I don't like those. I'm not a fool. I'm not an idiot. It was brought up this morning that you are one of the people who likes celebrity photos on Instagram. When I scroll through, I see, you know how people you follow, you see that they've liked a photo. You're a celebrity photo liker.

More examples cited. Now, the photo I liked was the photo of Chris Hemsworth walking with his son, saying, I'm walking hard on my little man's hand. And I asked him the age old question, what do you want to be when you grow up? And he said, Dad, I want to be Superman. And Chris Hemsworth said, lucky I've got two other kids. Yeah, right, because he's Thor. He's not Superman.

And that's Marvel, right? And that tickled you. Marvel versus DC. I liked it. I like all of Chris Hemsworth's. Oh, not the centre fit. He makes me feel wildly incapable of physical activity. I see you're afraid from liking the ones that make you feel bad.

Yeah, but I like the ones with him and his family because it's really cool that he's like one of the biggest movie stars in the world but just retreats to like Byron Bay and stuff when he's not making movies and just hangs out with his family and does stuff like, it was a cool video that we're on a quad bike chasing sheep. I was like like that's awesome and then he was riding a horse but most of us

his relationship with his partner seems really like genuine and cool I'm not saying it's not cool like I still appreciate all of his posts I look at Chris Hemsworth and I see myself

a man who loves retreating to a quieter life with his beautiful wife and his adorable children except you've got a Bunnings hammer and have a I've got a slnings hammer. And have a American.

I've got a sledgehammer. I found one recently. It's cool. It's not Paul's hammer. But most of us will look at that, but we won't like the post. Right. Are you like... I don't like them all.

But are you hoping he'll see? Or like... No. Chris needs my like on that. That's a good photo. I like that. I see friends all the time commenting on celebrities things. Like, oh, and Beyonce's not going to see that.

Oh, yeah. You know, like the memes? Like, oh, they're not going to. Yeah. Sam Smith isn't going to see that comment. Like, you go. Yeah. They're not going to see it.

Like, don't bother writing it. Yeah, I never like them because you're just scrolling through and you're like, oh, they've got lots of likes. They don't need mine. They're not going to see it. What's the point? Quick poll around the Room Producers studio. Do we think liking celebrities' photos, yes or no?

Real choogy. Yeah. Oh. Liking celebrities' photos. Carl Wayne on the social media desk. See, I'm one of those people that just likes every post on my feed. So, slightly guilty. But I also don't follow that many celebrities.

Right. So, what's the idea behind that? Why do I need to see? Because that's a good point. Why would you follow someone if you didn't like their photos? Unless it was sort of liking hot girls that could get you in trouble. Producer Jared? I don't have an Instagram.

Nah, jokes. I was going to say. I follow you on Instagram. Everybody's like, okay, who posted that photo? You're a minor influencer now, Jared. Micro influencer. Yeah. Yeah, I like famous people's photos.

I also DM occasionally. DM. Yeah, I like famous people's photos. Yeah. I also DM occasionally. DM! No, you don't. Will you ever comment though? Nah. Nah. Okay, Georgia.

What about Georgia? Hiding in the back there with her Garmin watch. She likes every photo on her feed because she's just like, oh, yay. You're wholesome.

You'd like celebrities' photos, wouldn't you? I sometimes comment as well because why not? You just got to interact with them. What why not you just gotta interact with them um i might be like damn what and who would you write tell us a celebrity you've commented on recently then sam hunt but he's my boy honestly if i meet him i would lose my mind yeah right what are you just like oh nice song no i'm like yes he's back did he like that comment no he wouldn't have seen it would he i don't even know who that is the other one is scott eastwood just because like he's hot yeah but then what are you writing you've got

a type haven't you yeah he wears rm williams doesn would. Yeah. He's also not fully my type just because he's a little bit short. Nothing against anyone who's short. I'm just saying. Okay, so Scott Eastwood posts like a topless photo. Would you be like, whoa, boy? No, okay. I would play it cool and probably send it to a friend. Would you like the photo?

Yeah, like the photo and then take a friend and be like, fire emoji. Right, gotcha. Yeah, right. Gotcha. So they the photo and then take a friend and be like, fire emoji. Right, gotcha. Yeah, right. Gotcha. So they see it and then, okay. But what about all the people you don't know that like your photos? Well, I honestly just forget that you even can like because you're just scrolling through. Right.

But you'd like your friends' photos. So you don't forget that you can like photos. Sometimes I forget. Seems a little bit hypocritical. Somebody who makes money off people who they don't know liking their posts. No, but in New Zealand, I can literally see them.

I'm in trouble for liking a wholesome post from Chris Hemsworth. I can literally see them. And also, I'm not getting 15 million comments on my photos, so I could actually reply to people. But then so could these people, right? No.

If one popped out to them. Not Chris Hemsworth. I mean, not Chris Hemsworth. But who did you mention? Georgia? No, not them Hemsworth. But who did you mention? Georgia? No, not them either. He might reply. Sell a couple of albums.

People don't buy albums anymore, do they? No. They stream them. Yeah. There's an opinion piece online that's got people talking. Airbnbs. And should you have to do all the cleaning before you leave one? Right.

Because, you know, that's the thing. When you book an Airbnb, you're searching for it, and then you're like, oh, that's a good price. And then it's like you get that additional cleaning fees. And some of them can be anywhere from like $30 to $100, depending on how many people and how nice it is. And then you're like, oh oh might as well just get a hotel and then I like they

do everything for you. Can walk absolutely just walk away from it. We've run a we've done a poll. Should you have to do the dishes at an Airbnb? Because that's something a

lot of them have the rules don't they like put at least put the dishwasher on. Yeah. Load up the dishwasher. Bins are the rubbish bags go in the bin

and if it's the rubbish they put it out. And you don't have to make, you just leave the beds. They'll clean those. But I mean, that's kind of how I would leave an Airbnb

but I still don't want to be, like if I'm paying a cleaning fee. That's what I was going to ask. Are you paying a cleaning fee? Yeah, you always pay a cleaning fee. So then,

why shouldn't you do that? Well, exactly. Well, because some people, because I wouldn't leave a place in. So then, why shouldn't you do that? Well, exactly. Well, because some people... I probably would. Because I wouldn't leave a place in an absolute mess, and I wouldn't leave, like, cans on the table

if we'd been drinking whatever, or bottles. I'd clean those up, but I guess some people wouldn't. Yeah. And so they end up having to do this massive clean, and I guess they're paying a cleaner. Yeah. I think there's a difference between, like, a tidy and a clean. So you tidy up. See, leave it tidy. Yeah, but you're's a difference between like a tidy and a clean. So you tidy up.

Yeah. So you leave it tidy. Yeah. But you're not going to like vacuum and... No. I don't think anyone's ever asked people

to vacuum, have they? We got asked to vacuum. At Airbnb, we said over summer there was a list of things and you weren't allowed to leave the dishes in the dishwasher.

You had to run the dishwasher and like actually put them away. How much was the cleaning fee? I don't know. Standard whatever cleaning fee. Because it was a house. So there was a couple of families there.

So it was a bigger house. So it was probably a bigger cleaning fee. That means they're doing back-to-back bookings without even going there, right? Yeah, I think so. Or at least just changing the sheets. Also, the people that were in it before us filled up the recycling bin with bottles when they left. And the woman said, you're going to have to find something to do with your recycling because the bin's full. I'm like, I'm not sure that's how this works.

But yeah, we had to go. We didn't have that much recycling but yeah, the people before us had obviously been on it. So yeah, so should you have to do the dishes at an Airbnb? 78% of people said yes. Do the dishes. 22% said no way. Do the dishes, yeah, but I agree with the difference

in a tidy and a clean. A tidy up and a clean. Give it a tidy, you're paying for them to clean it. Saw a cracking meme the other day about hotels versus Airbnb, which there seems to be some memes out there about it. And it was Airbnb was like, you left rubbish in the rubbish bin. I'm charging you extra.

And a hotel was, oh, you did a little poos in the shower. That's okay, we'll take care of this. That is totally right. You're going to a hotel leaving it in a state. A state. Yeah, here's another meme. Oh no, you left garbage in the garbage can. You're getting

a one-star review. The hotel's like, just make sure you leave by 11. If not, that's fine. The hotel's been like, I drank too much last night. Can I go to a. The other hotel's like, just make sure you leave by 11. If not, that's fine. Yeah. And the hotel's been like, I drank too much last night. Can I go to a late checkout? They're like, okay.

I've been anti-Airbnb since like COVID because they screwed over so many people with bookings. Yeah. And like now, so if we had a lockdown and you've got an Airbnb booking, they don't do shit about it.

So I'll just book like a refundable hotel or motel and then if you want to change and find an Airbnb last minute, do it. If you know there's not going to be a lockdown. Yeah. But yeah, they just kind of like, I think they screwed like too many people over with lockdowns. Because they were keeping the fee. Yeah.

And not refunding any part, either party, either the host nor the person staying. Yeah. Right. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. We all know

what red flags are. Reasons not to date. You swung between them. Well, that too. But like, reasons not to date someone. Warning signals. Beep, beep, beep.

Red flag, red flag. Yes. Green flags. It's a trend on TikTok but these are reasons to date someone. So, waving a green flag like this is a good thing. And there's lots of videos on people's different

green flags. This is a very, very good one. First up, and quite frankly, maybe most importantly, if they have a minimal social media following and followers. Next up we have if he goes to or has been to therapy or is open to therapy. Take what you can get in this department, ladies. Even the thought of being open to it is huge. Let alone if they've been, oh my God, I'd be so happy for you. When his shampoo, conditioner, and body wash are in separate bottles. Consider yourself a winner if you find a man that does not have three in one everything. When he asks if you got home safe.

And major points if they walk you home. And last but not least, if he listens to female artists, huge green flag. Good luck. All of those are so, yes, yes, Who wouldn't listen to female artists? Yeah, I know, that's a weird one. Do you reckon there's people out there that are like, oh, I listen to female singers? Oh, I can't listen to that. Yeah, that's a weird one. They're missing out on

so much great music. Yeah. The Eurythmics, for example. Hey, Annie Lennox We listened the other day Yesterday And I was listening to You know that's all you ever were And then I was on a Eurythmics buzz

The whole way home And then I had some Annie Lennox solo work as well And I felt like an empowered female Sweet dreams There's been some great remixes of that. But okay, so green flags. Like things you like. Like say you're on a date and someone's like,

yes, let's do entrees. Oh. Because you know people are like, no dessert or no entrees. Who? That's a red flag. Who? Well, some people do.

I don't care. I'll order them anyway. Oh God, I can't believe there'd be people like that. That's all it takes for you if someone got you an entree. Oh God, you know order them anyway. Oh, God, I can't believe there'd be people out there like, what is it? That's all it takes for you if someone got you an entree. Oh, God, you know I'm easy. Just entrees and I'm just like, yes, great. But obviously, even entrees. Even entrees.

What do you mean? I've talked about this before. You know, the Thai, for example, a mixed entree. Oh, three, you get like three satay chicken. They bring out three satay skewers and there's two of you. No, no, no. Bring out four or two. But you can like sexily share the last one.

Yeah. Good lady and the tramp it and accidentally swallow the skewer. We want to take calls this morning and we want to ask you, what are your green flags? I literally said to my husband, Andrew, I was like, do you know the thing I think is like one of the most attractive things about you is you're never like too arrogant to learn some more. You're like always open

to like learning about different things. Because you know, some people are like, no, no, don't want to listen. Yeah. Well, what's he learning? Cantonese.

What's he doing? That's amazing. No, I don't know. I can't. It's not like learning French or anything like that. It's not like learning a language. But you know, like open to learning new things

about life in general. Just little things. I'm struggling. I need an example. You know, like, okay, we've been watching RuPaul's Drag Race and he's been like learning about, you know, like drag and everything.

Oh, the drag community. Yeah. Oh, right, right, right, right, right. He's like, I never knew this. And like, oh, that's cool. Right. Just like open and everything. Oh, the drag community. Yeah. Oh, right, right, right, right, right. He was like, I never knew this. And like, oh, that's cool. Right. And just like open to learning. I hear that's cool.

And not shut off to anything. Okay. Right. I think that's a green flag. So that would be a green flag, RuPaul's. Yeah. And just open mind. Like RuPaul's Drag Race is a green flag.

Open minded. Open minded is the word you want. It's a good green flag. Open minded. I thank you for mansplaining. I was happy with my explanation. My green flag is when a man explains to you what you meant. I was quite happy with open to learning and things.

Yeah. Maybe open-mindedness. Okay. All right. Well, I'll add $100 at the end. We want to take your calls, your texts as well. 9696. Maybe you met someone and you were like, they did something or said something and you're

like, oh yeah, that's good. Yes. And now with that, it's got a term. It's a green flag. Like something a guy would say or has said to you that you're just like, yes, I like you. You're in. Give us your green flag. We're talking green flags.

So red flags are warning signs in our relationship. But green flags are things that attract you. Yeah. So what? By the way, ladies and gentlemen, take note. Yeah, take note of some of these. This is a bunch of freebie tips. It really is.

Casey, what is your green flag in a guy? Not making a big deal about how gross periods are. Yes. Or like being super chill about buying you like sanitary products. Yeah, early on in our relationship, Yes. Or like being super chill about buying you like sanitary products. Yeah. Early on in our relationship, my boyfriend, I called him because I was in so much pain that I couldn't really get out of bed and I'd run out of Nurofen, the worst thing. And I just assumed to go to the cupboard in the house and pick up whatever was there and

come over. But he actually went to a pharmacy, spoke to the pharmacist about it, got period specific medication and came over and was like, they said to take it with food so I bought you a block of chocolate. I did. Marry him.

We said we're married in December. Yeah. Guys being grossed out about periods has always been weird to be seeing someone and it comes up and for a guy to be like, That's a maturity thing, right?

But that's even like, yeah, none of us would be here without them. Yeah, true, yeah. I don't know, it's crazy. Casey, thank you for your call. Monique, what's the green flag in guys? Okay, so I have two. I think the biggest one is when their family is their priority.

I think that's the most amazing thing. And then the second one is when they speak about their past relationships in a really respectful manner and they don't bag on their ex. I think that's a really great green flag. Yeah, that's a good one. Because, yeah, red flag if you're on a date with someone and they're just going on about their ex, eh? Yeah.

They'll be going on about you in the same manner one day. And they're pretty sure I'm no better than them. You talk about prioritising family, because a couple of text messages have come in from women saying it's impressive when a man has a good relationship with their mum but isn't afraid to stand up to her. 100%. So at what stage do you take priority over family?

I think there's a line where they have to measure it really well. But when family is in trouble, they have to be priority. When I'm in trouble, I'm priority. Right, right. What if you're both in prison? Then I guess I'll just hold hands when he comes to get us together. What did they do? Did you're both in prison? Then I guess I'll just hold hands and he comes to get us together. What did they do to end up in prison?

Maybe he wants to turn his back on a lot of them. I'm unsure. Monique, thanks. You're cool. Jessica, what's a green flag for you? So I started seeing a guy and he was just chilling at my house and I was like, do you want to stay?

And he's like, no, I have to go home because my dad is very unwell and he's kind of dying. So I have to go home and be to stay? And he's like, no, I have to go home because my dad is very unwell and he's kind of dying. So I have to go home and be with him. So green flag, he cares. Green flag, he's a nurturer and that he actually cares about people. Yeah. So where's it at with this guy then?

I'm engaged to him. Hey! Chicken flag. There you go. Chicken flag There you go Chicken flag Brilliant Because I was going to say How do we know he wasn't lying about his dad

But now I know that you're engaged to him So you must have been telling the truth I want to say the box in our spare bedroom If his ashes really tells us his dad was there Right, gotcha That's certainly proof Alright Jessica, thanks for your call Some other text messages in.

Someone said financial, having a budget and sticking to it. Financial independence and also financial just smarts, super hot. Massive green flag. A balanced Excel spreadsheet. Nothing turns me on. Until they start telling you that you can't spend money and then it's like. I love that. I love a balance to assets,

liability, shit. Auto-columating. I mean, I can't do it, but I... If you can. Find it very hard. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM.

Hey, you on the phone. I bet I can guess your mum's name. Good morning, Ella. How are you? Good, thank you. How are you? Good. What part of the country are you in? I'm in Timaru. Oh, it's minus five there at the moment. Is it? I'll tell you.

Oh, it is cold. It's pretty cold. Minus five, minus three, one, minus three. Okay, well, Ella, we're going to ask you five questions now about your mum, and then Vaughan will have 15 seconds to guess her name if he can do that, and he's on an absolute hot streak this year. You win $100 cash.

Perfect. First question. Let's do this. Does your mum like summer or winter better? Summer. Definitely summer. Summer. Yeah.

Summer, Sarah. I love a wine on the deck. Yeah. Mums love a wine on the dick. Yeah. Mums love a wine on the dick. With the girls. A shardy. A shardy. I'm just assuming it's a shardy.

Let's not make any assumptions. You know who loves summers? Kylie's. Do they? And Alice sounds young enough to have a mum called Kylie. Okay, right. Yep, yep. And I'll tell you who else loves a summer.

Tracy. Tracy's love a summer, right. Check her mum called Kylie. Okay, right. And I'll tell you, who else loves a summer? Tracy. Tracy's love of summer, right. Check her on the list. What is mum's job? She's a property valuer. Oh, God, she must be flat tack at the moment. Yep, she loves him now. Ella, is your radio on in the background?

If I could just, that's interfering with my psychic waves. I'm getting a bit of feedback, and that can affect my cerebral cortex. It's not? I think it's just the phone line. The echoey phone line. I can tell. That'll be Vaughan's excuse of you. You're all right, Ella.

If I don't get it, yeah, totally. I'm full of excuses ready to roll. Okay. Are you just writing down some names? Yeah, I've got a Jennifer there. Okay. I can imagine a Jennifer or a Jenny coming around it. Yeah, totally. I'm full of excuses ready to roll. Okay. You're just writing down some names. Yeah, I've got a Jennifer there. Okay. I can imagine a Jennifer

or a Jenny coming around to value it. And a Natalie. Yeah, and a Natalie. Okay, all right. Next question. My next question is what are your mum's

best friend's names? What's mum's little click? What are their names? So she's got Anne Yep And They have lots of couple friends Like Anne and Ron and Henry and Helen

Henry and Helen That's almost my goat's names That's almost my goat's names Yeah wow Okay Is that moving your vintage a little bit? That has moved my vintage. I was going to say, because you were going a bit younger, weren't you?

I was. I was. I'm going to chuck a Joe in there for good measure. That could be a Joanne or a Joanna. Okay. I might just specify there. I'd hate to miss out on a technicality. Okay.

Next question. Hold on. Wait a minute. I'm not going to pause. Sorry. I'm interrupting the process. Don't interrupt the flow. What type of cell phone has your mum got?

What type of mobile? She's got an iPhone. Oh, I want to say like an 8. Has it got a home button? Yes. Megan's got a home button. Relatable. Yeah, I don't know which one that is.

Okay. It's got a home button. Right, and does she ask you for help with it a lot or is she pretty good with it? Is she good with it? She's actually pretty good. She did ask me how to post a picture on Instagram the other day. Oh, that's cute.

She's got a gram. She's got a gram. That's a little freebie there. Yeah, a little free clue. Okay. And what's your mum's, your Okay. And what's your mum's... Your final question. What's your mum's favourite dessert?

Ooh. By the way, it doesn't have to be sweet. Oh, she loves... Go on. Oh, she loves tiramisu. I was thinking she sounds like a tiramisu mum. But that's... Like one of those supermarket tiramisu's?

Of course. Yeah. Of course. Does Aunt Betty's do a tiramisu? Of course. I bet they do. I'll Betty's do a tiramisu? Of course. I bet they do. I'll be writing on that. Sara Lee or is it Sara Lee?

I always said Sara Lee, but then it doesn't have an H. It doesn't have an H. I think it's Sara Lee. Okay. Nah, she's a homemade kind of person. Oh, I get it. She'll make a tiramisu. What?

From scratch? She'll make her own sponge or she'll buy the sponge? Oh, she'd buy the sponge. Buy the sponge. Okay, so. No working on it. There is a Sara a surly term, by the way. This is a mum that will take a shortcut with a sponge, Vaughn. Take that into account.

Take that into account. Alright, now Vaughn is going to have 15 seconds to guess your mum's name. If you hear your mum's name, yell out stop, that's my mum's name. Your time, Vaughn Smith, starts now. Sarah, Susan,ughan Smith, starts now. Sarah, Susan, Kylie, Tracy, Nicole, Jennifer, Katrina, Natalie, Julie, Belinda, Kelly,

Joanne or Joanna, Emma, Sandra, Louise, Leanne. Yep, that's my mum's name. What? Which one? Louise? Sandra. Sandra. Sandra. Sandra.

Run, Sandra. I said Sandra. So otherwise known as Sandy. Yeah. Sandy. Sandra. Yeah, right. Okay.

I can't believe you got that again. Jeez. That came off the back of type of cell phone. Why? Because you know a Sandy with an iPhone? A Sandra? An iPhone with a home button. Okay.

All right. Well, the bonus round. While you're on the phone, I'll have a go at guessing your dad's name. Well, Ella, you have won $100 and you've triggered the bonus round. $100. If Vaughn can guess your dad's name, one guess.

So I had neighbours Steve and Sandra. And I know a New Plymouth mum. Mum and dad are good friends with Sandra and Neil. Right. Neil, that's a classic. Sandy and Neil. That's a dad's name for sure. A Neil.

You don't have many babies called Neil. Hello, little Neil. And what have you decided to call the little fella? We've decided to go with Neil. Bigger pun? Neil Gary Smith. Oh, hey, don't drag Smith

into the Neil and Gary fiasco. Ah, Gary, Gary. Gary's a good one. I'm just trying to think of Sandra. The Sandra I know that's like a middle-aged woman is divorced, and I don't think I ever met her husband.

She doesn't speak of him. Speak not. Speak not of Sandra's husband. Is that like Rob? Robert? We need a name. It's definitely going to be real, like Alan. It's going to be a real traditional name.

Peter? Michael? Vaughn Smith, we need a name. Okay, Bradley Walsh. Me and the other panel members of the chase are just conferring slightly. This is a pushback. That is what I hate on the chase when they're taking too long to come up with an answer. They never take too long.

Someone's always like, we need an answer, and then they just bust out with it. We need an answer. I'm not sure. Go with your gut. Ian. What? Sandra and Ian Go with your gut. Ian. Sandra and Ian. Sandra and Ian. Is your dad's name Ian Aller?

No, it's not. Was it one of the other names that was said in the lead up to Ian? No, it's David. Classic. Dave and Sandra. Dave and Sandy. Do they get Dave and Sandy? Sandy and Dave and Sandra. Dave and Sandy. Do they get Dave and Sandy?

Sandy and Dave? They're Dave and Sandy. Yeah. How about congratulations? We've got $100 cash. You've won. I bet I can guess your mum's name. Have a fantastic day.

I hope it warms up. Thank you. I hope it warms up in Timaru with whatever temperature it is. Whatever the Met service have made up. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast You may remember if you listen to the show You may remember producer Jared

Dipped his toe into the pool of influencing Social media influencing With a drink It was talked about that he enjoys An energy drink most mornings And a pie You didn't do an energy drink this morning No you did an up and go Nah see I've been on a health kick this week drink most mornings. And a pie. You didn't do an energy drink this morning, though.

You did an up and go. Nah, see, I've been on a health kick this week. See, I love that someone's idea of a health kick is an up and go. Yeah. Yeah. I fell asleep before I made my lunch last night. Right. Yeah, I got caught short this morning.

So it's an up and go and a pie. And have you eaten the pie yet? Not yet. Oh, damn it. It drives me crazy. He buys a hot pie and then lets it go cold. I know. Do you reheat that? Yeah, of course. In the microwave. Well, a drinks

company decided, they import it, don't they? They sent some Calypso drink through to producer Jarrod, who was so happy and he did his social media post and then the next morning this happened. I woke up to a DM from Calypso this morning being like,

hey, who are you? We didn't organise this. We haven't signed off on this. This is false advertising. You need to untag us. Untag us. Untag us. Untag us.

Oh, no. You gave them a freebie and they were like, no, thank you. So it tagged an official Calypso. They didn't know. It was the people that imported into New Zealand that had sent in the Calypso. A rocky start to his social media influence in Korea. Yeah. Being able to take down a post or to take down the mention.

But we've just learned somebody else, another brand has been brave enough to align themselves with this rebel of social media influencing. Another brand has come to suckle on the rich teeth of my influence. Rich teeth. I don't know. Some of that creamy colostrum of influence. Media influencing. Another brand has come to suckle on the rich teeth of my... Rich teeth. I don't know. Some of that creamy colostrum of influence.

Would we call it a rich teeth of influence? I'd call it a rich teeth. Okay. Well, right. What brand has come on board or has approached you? Grumpy Monkey Socks. Okay. Grumpy Monkey Socks.

Yeah. Okay. I actually already wear some of these socks. I'm super stoked to be getting... Well, that's good because you're influencing something you're already familiar with and you obviously like. Yeah. Okay. I actually already wear some of these socks. I'm super stoked to be getting... Well, that's good because you're influencing something you're already familiar with and you obviously like. Yep. Very kind. Very zooty. I like them. Because you obviously have

had, last time it was a little bit rocky. A bit rocky. So you need some advice. Yeah. I was hoping maybe you guys could like each walk me through the various aspects. See, what I'd do is I'd just give them to my children and be like, work your cute magic. Your ugly

father has nothing. I'm nothing without you. I would put them on my cat so people just see a photo of a cat wearing socks and they're like, like. My dog passed away last year so I probably can't do that one. That's awkward Yep Moving on

Do you want to borrow Borrow one from the SPCA And then take it back later And be like Actually it's not Oh my god no I think what you need to do If you're doing clothing

You need to do a thirst trap So you need to be Standing there Like wearing nothing But the socks Yeah So like two on my feet One on my

Yep you can put one on your... I was more just thinking slightly like the socks on and then... Like classy, not... Yeah. Or put like a pant, a pot over it. Like a naked glamour shot. Yes. But just in socks.

Just in the socks. This actually sounds like we're going to be taking an HR to me. Do portrait mode on a phone and have your foot out with the sock on it so the socks clear that's your focal point and then yeah the depth of field means that everything all the nakedness is blurry but obviously there and then i can also use that photo on my only fans yeah but but that on the only fans it serves a different purpose because the socks are the blockade to the good stuff yeah the people the people want the little the photo the little, but you've got to make sure you've got your socks on. Yeah.

Because if people see your bare feet, you'll end up on a website. Oh, they'll go. Maybe one foot with a sock on and one foot with no sock on, so there's something for everybody. Yeah. I feel like you're going to wake up to another DM from the company. We have made a grave and foolish mistake. Flesh, fawn and Megan.

The podcast. The Podcast. ZM. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day. 88 years ago today, 88 years ago, Walt Disney's short film The Three Little Pigs was released and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 1934.

Which came first? Was that a story before or did Disney make it? No, Disney didn't make it, but it was one of those stories that Disney kind of, I don't know, acquired the rights to or purchased the rights of. Or it was so old there were no rights. So the first, this is today's fact of the day, the original story of the three little pigs. It wasn't three little pigs.

And it wasn't a big bad wolf. What was it? It was three little pixies and a clever fox. Oh, goodness. Pixies. And this story originated in Cornwall in England. Yeah. They're also called Pixies, spout P-I-X-Y. This is the traditional P-I-X-I-E.

Yeah. Pixies and Pixies. So one of the pronunciations of Pixie in the area of Cornwall is pigsy. Right. So the story went from being about three little pixies to three little pigsies. Oh, yeah. And then turned into three little pigs. Right.

Not three little pixies. So I actually, and the wolf was a fox. Right. Not like a big bad wolf. Wasn't what I was expecting. I thought you were going to say there were three little ducks or something. Um, nope. Pixies. But then you're right

because ducks couldn't build a house, could they? Or neither could pigs. I'd trust a pig to build a house before I trusted a duck. Would you? Is it because there's... What, wings versus trotters? That feels... I know it's not, but it feels racist. It feels racist to tell me a duck couldn't make a house because it's got wings, but a pig good with trotters that feels i know it's not but it feels racist it feels racist to tell me a duck couldn't make ours because if it's got wings but a pig good

with trotters yeah i feel like they just push up i don't know yeah saying the trotters are stronger than the wings more solid but yeah birds can build a nest can't they they can't very good goodness filters so very good i'll go back to duck actually whereas pigs just kind of make a burrow don't know they didn? You know what, together if they put their heads together, a duck and a pig could probably make a pretty good house together. The pig could burrow down a bit, the duck could line it, maybe build it up around the sides.

Yeah, that sounds nice. So, one of those colour steel roofs, God, it'd be lovely. Oh, yes. It'd be lovely. Get that on Home and Architecture magazine. Yeah, I mean, maybe this is the answer to the KiwiBuild problem. Are we employing enough ducks and pigs to work together to provide warm, dry housing for New Zealanders?

Let's cut that red tape and get the pigs and ducks out there. This is what I'm saying. The Resource Management Act specifically bans ducks and pigs from working together to build houses. God, let's... Racist. Get rid of the RMA. It's anti-piggist.

I don't know what that means, but sure. So the original story was called Fox and the Three Pixies. There's a few differences. Nobody built a house. So there was a fox prowling by night in the search of prey and came unexpectedly on a colony of pixies. And each pixie had a separate house. The first one he came to was a wooden house.

Right. Let me in, said the fox. I won't, said the pixie. The door house. The first one he came to was a wooden house. Right. Let me in, said the fox. I won't, said the pixie. The door's locked. So that's not nearly as catchy as

No. Let me in, three little people, let me in, I'll blow your house down. Muff and a puff and I'll blow your house down. Not by the image

and each and every inch. So a little similar. The next one was a stone and house. So a house made of stone. Yep. And the next one, and they got eaten as well.

So you're two pixies down already. The third pixie, the house is made of iron. Oh, right. So this is a step up from the pigs. You remember they were straw, dumb thing to build your house out of, sticks, very average.

And then the third was stone, and that stood the test of time. So then the original story was also the longer version where the fox then tries to trick the pixie into leaving the house to go to a turnip field. You've heard that version of the three little pigs, right? Yeah. So he doesn't.

He goes earlier, et cetera. So how it ends up is the pixie tricks the fox to get into this box and then locks it and lets the fox die in the box of salvation. Well, that's not a good Disney movie, is it? Yeah, nah. It's like a turn for the worst. Because foxes are a bit cute. so I see why they went with wolves. They're a bit more of a nastier situation.

So today's fact of the day is originally the story wasn't the three little pigs. It was the three little pixies. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Tomorrow, Gumboot Friday A day where we try to raise money So that people who are in need of counselling Can receive that counselling Quicker and at no cost And the man that's been championing it, Mike King, joins us.

Hello. That mic's not working, Mike. Sorry. Come on this one. How's that one? How's that one? Hello. Good morning, beautiful people. How are you? Good morning. Good. This is a much better position. I can stretch my calves.

I need it, bro. I did one lap. I did one lap in preparation. I pulled a calf. I've got blisters. Oh, I need it, bro. I did one lap. I did one lap in preparation. I pulled a calf. I've got blisters. So I figured, nah, that's it. No more practice. But you've got your gummies on still. I've been wearing them since the beginning of May.

And they're not very comfortable. But I went and bought, you know, because they give you blisters. So I went and bought those fancy, you know, those fancy sole things. Insoles? Yeah, insoles and some fancy socks. Cost me $134. All that happened was now I get blisters on the top of my foot. Oh, right.

Not on him. No. You need some of those thick, in a gumboot. It sounds silly because you'll be sweating so much but you need those thick, yeah, there we go. The Red Band socks. Red Band socks. Great socks.

A wool sock, absolutely vital. So what are you doing? When does this kick off? So it kicks off at midnight tonight and we're going to just walk for 24 hours. The goals are 100km for 100K for 100K. But we're probably going to walk further than that. And that'll go towards our $5 million goal,

which is about 38,000 free sessions for anyone under 25 and under. Wow. That's awesome. Well, we have to do it. I mean, like under our current system, the only way anyone can get free counselling, go to a doctor. The doctor diagnoses you mentally ill.

Then you go on an excruciatingly long wait list and then often you're met with a burnt out mental health professional at the end. Under our system, you go to gumbootfriday.com, put in your location, the counsellors come up, click on one, the counsellors come up, click on one, the counsellor gets in touch with you inside 48 hours and the average wait time is less than six days.

And it's all free. That's amazing. That's so good. It is good. You know, like we want to be proactive. You know, we've got a system that's reactive and crisis driven and when you fund crisis, you get more crisis. What I've discovered being on the road for the last eight years

and speaking to about a quarter of a million kids and listening to about a quarter of a million kids is our kids are proactive. They don't want to see a counsellor when they're mentally ill. They want to go and see a counsellor to stay well. And so, you know, we're going to do whatever we can do to make that happen. I remember hearing that it was your mental health,

like your physical fitness, like you don't wait until you're hurt to go to the gym. You go to the gym to build strength and stuff. Hearing that compared to a counsellor, I was like, that just makes perfect sense. Well, Fletch, you know, like that's a great analogy. Like 10 years ago, you know, fat blokes didn't go to the gym. Fat blokes like me didn't go to the gym. Fat blokes like me

didn't go to the gym because we thought we looked weird and we thought people were going to talk about us. It's the same with mental health now. You know, people my age think that if you go and see a counsellor, everyone's going to think you're mentally ill. But our kids, you know, kids lead change. The young people that are listening to your show lead change. So they've accepted that mental health is probably more vital than physical health. And they're really proactive about it. 80% of young people in crisis never ask for help because they're worried about what people are going to think, people are going to say, and people are going to do. And if they're a family kid, then it's, you you know i'm worried about disappointing my

parents my parents work so hard for me and i don't want to put this on them you know they've sacrificed so much so they just don't say anything and and our kids need to talk they need to talk that's what's so great about this is not only is it giving the free counseling but in in the same time it's destigmatising it. Yeah, it's changing culture. Yeah, exactly, which is what we need. That's why people say, why do you focus on young people?

Because young people lead change. And a classic example of that was when Heni Wihi Mohe sang the New Zealand Maori National Anthem at Cardiff Arms Park in 1999 without singing the English anthem and Talkback Radio went nuts for years. Nuts. Nuts.

The only ones who didn't care were our kids, you know, probably because they got to say fucker on the, you know. And that is the Māori word people out there are about to complain. But so they got to say, you know, and they did it. Cut to the last World Cup, you know, the camera went to the, to probably like, and I mean this lovingly, the three whitest men in New Zealand, Steve Hansen, Wayne Smith and Grant Fox,

who were all singing the national anthem in Maori, you know, because their kids sing it, their grandkids sing it, you know, so kids lead change. Totally. And my generation needs to wake up and give our young people the credit that they deserve. They're an amazing generation of kids. I can't believe how awesome they are.

They've taught me so much, not only about their generation, but about myself. Is there a change, like there's more talking now than there would have been in your generation and even our generation. There's more like open talk about it, which is helpful. Being able to confide in mates

and have like raw and open, honest chats with mates that you know there's not going to be judgment with. But then there's also, it feels like a whole lot more external stresses in the world. So is there still the balance? Yeah, the balance is not right. And still a lot of people don't know how to have a mental health conversation

because no one wants to talk to this guy. Oh, how am I, Fletch? Oh, sit down, it started when I was two. No one wants that conversation. That's way too big. So the biggest problem in mental health today isn't depression, anxiety. It isn't bullying. It isn't suicide ideation.

The biggest problem in mental health today is the conversations we all have with ourselves. Our inner critic, that little voice that says, they're talking about you, those people don't like you, you're a burden to everyone. So if we can normalise the inner critic, then things will be different. So when people say to me now, how are you today? Instead of going, I'm good, you know, and lying,

what I say now, well, my inner critic is smashing me today. And now it's not a mental health talk, it's gossip. Oh, what happened? You know, I've walked down the hall today and I said hi to Fletch and he just completely ignored me. And I'm thinking, what the hell did you do to Fletch? Has he been talking to me? Vaughan, does he talk to you?

Did he say anything to me? Because, you know, he's got a big mouth. So what happens in this situation? Any young person watching goes, I have that conversation every single day yeah and often the other person can provide context now he hasn't been gossiping but you know his girl's in hospital eh yeah instantly it's like oh my god thanks man i'm gonna go and check on the bro yeah yeah you know so it's that's how we normalize you know the inner critic is the biggest problem because we've got a bunch of kids out there with a massive inner critic looking at everyone

who's pretending they've got it together and are thinking, their inner critic's going, it's just you, everyone else is perfect. Look, Fletcher's having a good day, Vaughan's having a good day, Megan's having a good day. Everyone's living the life and it's just you. You're the loser. So let's stop pretending we've got it together

and take off our maskasha, more vulnerability, and give our kids a chance at a better life. Well, Gumboot Friday at the Domain kicks off tonight in Auckland at midnight. Otherwise, it is Gumboot Day tomorrow all over the country. And this is, as you've just heard Mike say, this is to raise money for all of these free counselling sessions that are available to people under 25. You can go to gumbootfriday.org.nz.

Is that the best way to give money if people are listening and they want to donate a couple of dollars? If you see a Gumboot anywhere, you know, or we've got a text number, but I forgot what it is. I think it's on our website there somewhere on Gumboot Friday. Gumbootfriday.com, that's my idea. It'll take you to gumbootfriday.org.nz, but it's so much easier to say.

Say.com, yeah, yeah, yeah. So the text number, if it's not there, I'll make sure it's up there, and that's an automatic $3 donation. You can drop into any Kiwi bank, throw some money over at Kiwi bank, or give a little. So there's lots of options.

But for me, just as important as the money is the awareness and the conversation. And if you're in Auckland tomorrow night, we've got Buck Shelford at 6 o'clock doing a 654-man haka at the domain, man, woman and child. Because last year, 654 people took their lives and we want to recognize them. But we also want to show people what 654 people actually look like.

Yeah. Actually look like. So it's going to be there. It's not going to be a somber affair. It's going to be a whole lot of fun. And I love you ZM listeners. Everyone who comes down to see me from midnight tonight to midnight Friday, no one leaves without a hug.

Okay, awesome. That's awesome. Mike, thanks so much. Always great to chat. Love you guys. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. This appeared on the Vic Deals Facebook page. I feel like Vic Deals is really toned down lately.

You always used to hear of Vic Deals. Yeah, Vic Deals was absolutely a hot, rocking community page. Front-leading community page. And then it got sold. Do you remember when it got sold for like $20,000 or something?

It was way back. And then everyone's like, that's weird. Yeah. Sell out, man. A Wellington woman called Jenna posted a video

on the Vic Deals Facebook page of a New World recipe card. Now, this would page of a New World recipe card. Now, this would have put the New World PR department into an absolute spin yesterday. Not since the knives. You know, when there was all that bad PR. The knives is the good PR, though.

I've got my stickers, but I need more knives. Insane demand. People are going back all the time to check if there are knives in. Well, very eagle-eyed is Jenna because she zoomed into this recipe card, a baked cheesy crumbed chicken with kumita chips. And they look amazing. Like, I feel like you'd need like a deep fryer, though. Air fryer? Yeah, an air fryer would be perfect for these.

But on the dish of the baked cheesy crumb chicken is like a ramekin, and there are some half-cut, like, tomatoes, little cherry tomatoes. Side salad. And sticks of cucumber. Now, when you zoom in, and you can't actually see, if you're just, like, looking at this, you can't see it, but on the very tippity tip of one of the cucumber sticks, almost like exactly where the border is.

Where it sits against the plate, the background. There's a whole lot happening in this very specific part. There's a fly. There's a tiny tiny little fly. Those teeny tiny flies that you cannot catch. They're like the world's quickest little reactors.

It's kind of in the perfect position because it's like you've got the flesh of the cucumber and then the dark green outside of the cucumber skin and then the edge of the plate. And it just looks like it's the edge of the stick. Compliments to Jenna for her eagle eye picking up on that. Even when she's like zooming in, I still can't see the fly there and I know it's there somewhere until she's right in on it.

Yeah. Is it a weird choice for the fly? Like there's delicious crumb chicken and it's sitting on the cucumber. But I don't know if they're going to pull these cards or not, but it's pretty funny. There's a fly on the coupon. I'd bring out another one as an ad for fly spray.

I'd say we did that on purpose. We were waiting for someone to notice. Black flags on special this week, guys. Or raid or more teen or whatever. Yeah. And then say, you did it on purpose. I don't know if people would believe that, though, would they? That's, that's, yeah.

It's on, yeah, there's a news story of it if you want to see the fly on the thing, but pretty funny. And I would get in quick if you want that recipe as well for the cheesy, the baked cheesy crumb chicken with kumita chips, because I'd imagine that'll be taken off the little rack that they have. Yeah. It'll be collector's edition. Or they'll just put a sticker over the fly. That's a good idea. Like some kind of special sticker or something. That's a good have. Yeah. It'll be collector's edition. Or they'll just put a sticker over the fly. That's a good idea. Like some kind of special sticker or something.

That's a good idea. Yeah.