ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 28th May 2021

Episode Date: May 27, 2021

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Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe by 5 McCafe coffees and get one free on the Maccas app. Just us today, Meg, Meggie Poos. Yeah, Fletchy bum bums. Because Vaughan actually has a bum bum problem. He's got the colonoscopy today. We haven't heard from him for a few hours. I know he messaged me before about something.

He's like, what's the latest with this promo? He's sprung this promo on us today. We don't, what's the latest with this promo? Does that spring this promo on us today? We don't know what's happening. Are you ready? Ready for what? Yeah. We famously love being kept in the dark. Oh, absolutely.

So no, he was just asking about that. Oh, he's okay. But I didn't ask about his, I didn't want to know the details about the flushing. Yeah, right. The pre-flushing colonoscopy ordeal, that is. No. But I did just receive an email. This is also what Vaughn was messaging me

about because i sent him a screenshot and he uh swore at me because we both signed up for this i think we did this when you were away grab a seat announced they're doing a trial for a subscription i think it's 95 dollars yeah and you'll get access seven days out to half price flights for some flights, not all flights. And so you pay this $99 or $95 or whatever, and then you'll have the access through Grab-A-Site. And I just got an email saying, thanks for registering. You've been selected to join.

Someone's going to be in touch in five days. This is bullshit. And I tell you what, Anna, that's better than Club Jetstar. You could piss off. I didn't, when you signed up for it, I was like, you're not getting picked. I didn't even bother signing up. It's about time the little guy got a win. The little guy.

Yeah, but do you get $6 off baggage? Oh, no, I'll just buy a flight with baggage. No, I'll just carry on. Oh, well, la-dee-da, the 1%. This is very exciting. I didn't sign up because i was like we're not going to get picked for this well that's why i signed up because i just i willed the universe didn't i did that thing put it out there and it's happened this is great i can be like seven days

out i can be like i'm going to go somewhere and it will be half the price great i'm so happy for you well i mean you you can't sign up to anything like this because you've got a bear bear now. You're like screwed for the next few years. 18, I think it is. Oh, yeah, right. Yeah, until it can move out. Yeah. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch Va and Megan Sarnsbourne today. Sarnsbourne. Who is about to have a very invasive tiny camera put into his body. He's having a colonoscopy, but since what, 4pm yesterday, he's been drinking some kind of Evacuate Bodily Fluid liquid. This is well put, Evacuate Bodily Fluid.

Yeah, and we haven't actually heard a lot from him. I was saying to the producers, the fact that he hasn't been giving us constant updates means that he's probably in a bit of pain. No, I got a group chat message from a friend in London to Vaughan and I, and Vaughan replied at 3am.

So I'd imagine he was on the toilet at 3am. Or at least awake anyway. Oh, dear. And maybe a good thing he's not in today because we have arrived to work to some very, I'm going to say it, very creepy marketing targeted at us. Something's going on and I'm famously, Executive Intern Arnie, do you know about this? Do you know why there are billboards saying, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, are you ready?

No, sir, I'm in the dark. That little ad that just played before saying, Fletch, are you list, are you ready? I'm just like, this is creepy. It sounds like a Saw movie. Yeah. When I pulled into my car park, there's signs all over my car park being like, are you ready? And then our big billboard at work.

And there's a big, look, there's a big ad in the paper as well. Hey, Fleets, want to make an are you ready? It's creepier because it's pointed to us. Like, are you ready for what? Yeah. Oh, well, obviously something's coming. We famously love being kissed in the dark.

I do not. Like, nothing happens on the show unless we know about it, right? Or one of us knows about it. Don't wink at me. I don't, don't wink at me. I don't... Don't wink at me. The trouble is, like, if we don't like it, we're going to tell you about it. Well, no, we'll be stuck with it.

That's why they haven't told us. This is the whole plan. Yeah, exactly. It's a great way to sneak something past you. Yeah, isn't it? Okay, right. So it says on the ad Monday. See you Monday or something?

See you Monday. I don't know. So you can confirm I'm not going to be abduct the ad Monday. See you Monday or something? See you Monday. I don't know. So you can confirm I'm not going to be abducted before Monday. Because it sounded very creepy. Am I going to have a peaceful weekend? Yes. Okay. Only just.

Okay. I'm going to wait until Ross Boss gets to work over word with him. Interesting. Coming up on the show today, all the highlights from the Friends reunion last night. A lot of excitement. I didn't expect there to be like a few bombshells. I thought we knew everything. I know, there were.

Yeah. I actually, I really liked it. I was like, oh, James Corden, what's this going to be like? But there wasn't much James Corden, was there? There wasn't much. In fact, James Corden could have been skipped entirely. Superfluous. Which is how I live my life. Skipping James Corden entirely.

But yeah, I just loved like watching them reminisce. And redo the table reads and stuff. So cool. So cool, yeah. So all the big moments from that coming up on the show. Add to cart again today at 8 o'clock. We've got another chance here to win return flights

for two to Raro, all thanks to Air New Zealand's Grabber Seat. We'll add different items to the cart throughout the day and your chance to win with Bree and Clint

this afternoon. Next, someone's trying to copyright something beloved to the nation. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. If I say Aunty Helen, who am I talking about?

Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand from... In the 90s to 2000, right? Correct. Yeah. So everyone knows who Aunty Helen is, and that's partially why the trademark or the copyright for Aunty Helen was denied. So a man, a businessman, James Craig Benson, wanted to trademark Aunty Helen, the name Aunty Helen, for commercial activities,

including the production of clothing. Aunty Helen clothing. Aunty Helen t-shirts. Oh, my God. It's not the 2000s when everyone's starting a t-shirt company. What's the new version of that? I'm a big fan of Aunty Helen, but I don't think I'd get a t-shirt. No one's buying a t-shirt company. What's the new version of that? I'm a big fan of Auntie Helen, but I don't think I'd get a t-shirt.

No one's buying a t-shirt, no. So some lawyers have stepped in and opposed this and it's been halted. Yep. So with a trademark, am I right? Because you know all about trademarks. Well, I mean, I didn't go to law school, Megan, but I certainly was.

Someone certainly did try to trademark certainly was. You've had. Someone certainly did try to trademark by name. Yes. Yes. You can get a trademark as long as it's not opposed. You have a certain period of time to put the bid forward and then if it's opposed. It's a few months and then if it's opposed then they work out who gets it.

Yeah, they work out who gets it. But otherwise, as long as it's not offensive or anything, it slips through. But the thing is, Aunty Helen is, I've got an Aunty Helen. Yeah. Helen. And Nelson. Aunty Helen and Nelson.

So you couldn't copyright or trademark that because I couldn't call Aunty Helen, Aunty Helen. Unless what, I paid this guy a bit of money or something. Yeah. Well, there's that too. So producers, anyone have an Auntie Helen? I don't have an Auntie Helen. It's a common name. I've got an Uncle John and an Auntie Helen.

I have an Auntie Helen. See, I told you. Yeah, I told you. It's one of the top 10 Auntie names in New Zealand. 100%. So it hasn't gone ahead. It hasn't gone ahead. But as someone who's had their name trademarked,

was yours opposed? Well, look, let's not get into that, Megan. That's a long story for another time. But when you trademark your name, you say what? Because I've just Googled now. Yeah, you have to trademark it under a certain umbrella. Also, let's flag this with Vaughn when he trademark your name, you say what? Because I've just Googled now. Yeah, you have to trademark it under a certain umbrella. Also, let's flag this with Vaughn when he arrives on Monday, back from his colonoscopy.

It's owned by him. I thought it was a joint ownership. I think the payment lagged and he might have just paid it. He's cut me out of it. Do you not remember that? I remember that happening because you were like, you just pay for it. You just do it.

Can you just do it? It was like $100. I was like, you just do it. Now he owns my name. Which is amazing. So the name Fletch and Vaughn or Vaughn and Fletch is registered, owned by Vaughn, and the trademark is intended to be used in relation to the following goods and services classes.

Because you do have to put it under an umbrella, right? Yeah, yeah. So radio broadcasting. So nobody else could have a radio show and be called Fletch and Vaughn. Ha, take that. It's not actually a radio show currently either. I believe it's called Fletch, Vaughan. Ha, take that. It's not actually a radio show currently either. I believe it's called Fletch Horn Omega. Semantics.

Minor details. So you can't do anything like communication. There's a massive list. Here's some other things you can't do if you're thinking about starting a Fletch and Vaughan anything. You can't have a Fletch and Vaughan cruise ship. Yeah, who knew? How does that fall under entertainment?

Arranging musical entertainment. Cruise ship entertainment services. You can't be a mobile disc jockey and say you're a Fletch and Vaughan party DJ. That's right, because we've taken that. It's trademarked. No big deal. There's heaps of things.

Singing on novelty telegrams. You can't do a Fletch and Vaughan novelty telegram. I know that you might have wanted to start a business along those lines. But, like, for example, I don't know if you could do, like, say, Fletch and Vaughan chocolates because it doesn't say anything about it. It's all just entertainment. That would be under food and hospitality.

That would be under food. So we'd have to... Yeah, but that's another $150 a year. It's not cheap to have your name. It is really quite amazing that Vaughan put in the effort and the money to do that. Yeah, they ping you with emails. Yeah, right. Yeah, it's annoying. Well, I'm so glad you've got the cruise ship industry covered. Well, yeah, that was a market. That's a future market to get back into the cruise ship industry.

ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, Melbourne going into lockdown, a seven-day lockdown, and, you know, you'd think people would learn, but there was the panic buying again. Was it toilet paper again? It was the toilet paper. I don't understand how it happens every time. I've literally only just finished my toilet paper

that I stockpiled from, like, the first lockdown ever. I hope there's a documentary in the future into the psychology of this kind of thing, because I just don't understand. Yeah, like, I don't think I ever went to the supermarket during any lockdown and there was always toilet paper. Yeah. I was never short of it. No, exactly.

Crazy. And why is that the thing? So, Chris Hipkins, New Zealand announcing yesterday the pause in quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Victoria. It'll be extended for another seven days to match their seven days, their lockdown. So that'll be Friday at eight o'clock on June 4. So a week away. But did you

see that everyone was like leaving? There was like a mass exodus. It was a midnight lockdown, but everyone's just like leaving Melbourne and everyone's doing like a last minute dinner out and it's so bizarre. If you knew there was like some kind of community transmission going on, wouldn't you start your own lockdown a little bit earlier?

Yeah, you'd think so. Rather than do your last minute things out and about. Yeah. So a lot of COVID exposure sites, like 150 sites in Victoria. I think what they was 30 odd cases as of last night in Melbourne and yeah, Kiwis are stuck there. I've got a friend that's stuck there

and just like, what do you do? You just gotta lock down for a week. And what if you're holidaying there? Do you have to get a hotel or an Airbnb for another seven days? And when the lockdown lifts, are they able just to fly home quarantine free? Well, yeah, that's the other thing. are they able just to fly home quarantine free? Well, yeah, that's the other thing.

And they're talking about maybe they might have to bring some Kiwis back, but then would they have to go into MIQ? Yeah, right. They said that they were going to keep some MIQ-like space reserved if this kind of thing happened. Because it's generally booked up in advance, but then... Yeah. So now I'm thinking

about going in July I'm just like you know just go to Aussie for a week or two because we've got a couple of weeks off but I'm like what if you get stuck there

it's still so risky yeah just so quickly you can be stuck there yeah hmm but then you like you don't have to

come back to work I'm pretty sure they'll make me work somehow somehow yeah find a studio somewhere yeah we are you don't have to come back to work. I'm pretty sure they'll make me work somehow. Somehow. Yeah. Find a studio somewhere. We're so lucky, man.

Yeah, we are. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Updating the people. Yeah. I was just looking up what the average house price is in Auckland currently, up to around $680,000, which doesn't help someone who is trying to get into the property market on our show.

Producer Anya, good morning. Hello. Oh, that was a huffy hello. Yeah. I'd be very huffy as well, because you and Mr Bun Buns have been looking for your first house for a while now. We have, and we are over it. Was it your first, it was a big night last

night, was it your first auction? It was the first one we'd been to in rooms where there were several. So we've been to another auction before but we were the only ones there and no one bid so it got passed and it was very anticlimactic. Right. They were basically just looked at us and were like, do you want it? We were like, no.

We just wanted to see how this works. We're just watching. So you went into the auction for the house you wanted. Yes. And had you done any building checks and all of that? Yeah, mate. Had a building report. How much does that cost? That was $700. Also, as someone that just bought

a house, should you not know that? Our one was provided when we looked into it. Oh, that's good. Yeah, so I didn't know how much that cost. That's insane. We've also been chit-chatting a lot to the lawyer. Now, I haven't got an invoice from her,

but I feel that's going to be a few beans. They're cheap. Oh, are they? Your legal degrees are like underperforming arts degrees. They're so cheap. That's such a relief. That bill's probably going to be like $30. Great. Yeah. And so you probably going to be like $30. Right!

And so you've got a lot on the line. You've spent money on a building report and this is the pain people are feeling at the moment because those aren't cheap. And so you go into your first auction. Did you do my tip? Did you say have you fixed the leaky roof? And then everyone else in the auction room is like, we didn't know about the leaky

roof. Is that in the building report? Oh my god, let's just pull out. So there were seven properties last night. And one of them was, they came up and they were like, hey, look, new information's come to light. So we're going to have to withdraw that from tonight. They didn't find a body? What could possibly happen? We found a skeleton under the lounge. Yeah.

So how many other, like, people were bidding for the house that you were looking at? Three other parties. Okay, and also that's good. So there's only three others. Yes. We only need one other to beat you. Yeah, that's true. Now, what did the real estate agent say this was going to be? Do you want to say or you don't want to say? You don't have to.

The real estate agent said it would be within a $100,000 band, which we were comfortable with. Okay. And then it went for 50k over that. So, okay, if she'd been honest with you, would you have spent the money on the lawyer and the property?

Fletch, I certainly wouldn't. No. Yes. And this is now our third house that we've done all this for. I mean, I am friends with real estate agents and they're lovely people, but the rest of them are pretty shitty sometimes. So we were there for house number seven. Yep. And so we had to sit through,

it was about an hour and a half of all these other ones going. Yep. And the second house that we watched was this beautiful four bedrooms, sea views. Oh, okay, fancy. Lovely and some cashed up lads hanging out in the auction room for that one.

And so everyone, so I think the bidding started at 1.2. Jesus. Lovely. Okay, so we're climbing up, we're in 50k increments, and they're all just like, yep, slap it on, yep, let's go for it. And it's all, I'm like, oh, this is very exciting. Yeah. And then when it gets to 1.9,

my boyfriend Andy decides now is an opportune time for a nose scratch. No! And this is not the house you want. You're looking at this. What's he doing? 1.9. Yeah, which is, look, $2 or $3 more than we wanted to spend. It's quite a few bands more, isn't it?

It is, yeah. And the guy's like, right, 1.9 in the front. Hello, you lovely young couple. Right, well, okay, alright. No! Were you like, no, Andy, no! And Andy just goes bright red. Andy's like, oh, I'm so sorry.

No, I just had an itchy nose. I'm so sorry. And did the guy say, alright, we'll take that back. Can he do that? I don't know. No, thankfully the other an itchy nose. I'm so sorry. And did the guy say, all right, we'll take that back? Can he do that? I don't know. No, thankfully, the other parties were still interested. So someone came in and saved him. Imagine if you had to buy a $1.9 million mansion.

He'd be going to Ross Boss today for a little. Yeah. Never paying grace. Yeah. Brutal. Oh, my God. Imagine if that had ended in disaster. Like, what's, wow. I know. His mum was watching on the live stream and she messaged him. Oh, my God. Imagine if that had ended in disaster. Like, what's... Wow.

I know. His mum was watching on the live stream and she messaged him being like, sweet Jesus. Keep your hands to yourself and your pockets, please. All right. So that was bad news last night

and you didn't win. Yep. The hunt continues. Back to the drawing board then. Hey, but great news. I'm not in like $1.8 million worth of debt today. So that's good. That's good. I like that you're.8 million worth of debt today. So that's good. That's good.

I like that you're looking at the silver linings. Yeah, that's good. Also, the One Roof Property reports out on Monday. Can I just drop in a line for the company there? OneRoof.co.nz. Synergy. Beautiful. Synergy there.

All right. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. This company, Shiku, have 800,000 followers on TikTok. And they have more than 250,000 on Instagram. Oh, wow. Okay. So massive. Have you bought anything from them?

I have not. Have the producers bought anything? We're aware of the store. And you've seen on TikTok, right? Oh, yeah. Every time you open TikTok, I feel there's a new ad for it. Right, okay. Have you got anything from them?

No. Okay. I couldn't fit anything. What? Yeah. I went to the store. Oh, right, okay. And, yeah, the size range.

At the time, it might have changed. Right. It wasn't huge. Really? Well, they are being investigated by the Consumer NZ. They've released a press release about Shiku. Right. Because some unhappy customers have waited months for items to turn up

and then they were told they weren't entitled to refunds. So you should be able to cancel online orders and get a refund if you feel like it's been an extended period of time. Like if you're waiting months. Yeah. At the same time though, it must be a nightmare for any retailer at the moment that's doing like drop shipping or overseas stuff. That is true.

Like shipping costs have gone up. It's insanely hard to get stuff here. It takes ages. But then your communications need to be on point, right? Yeah, totally, totally. So this is from Consumer NZ. They said, we think this risks misleading customers about their rights

when the trader's responsibility for delivery must get items to you on time or within a reasonable time if no dates have been agreed. And if they fail to do so, then you can get your money back, which is where people are getting upset because they're asking for refunds and they're not hearing back. So this press release, I was just reading this press release, Consumer NZ went to one of their pop-up stores.

I think they've got a pop-up store, Wellington, Auckland. Yeah. One garment Consumer NZ purchased didn't have a fibre content label. You know those labels that dig into your back? On the side. And you're just like, oh. And sometimes you can rip them off and they're great. But it's like the law.

So apparently their fibre content labels are required on new clothing. Companies can be fined up to $30,000 if they don't display them. Because I guess you've got to know how much nylon's in your T-shirt and how close you can stand to the heater. That's true, yeah. You know, I like to know how close I can get. And can you put it in the dryer without it shrinking? Never put clothes in the dryer.

And Consumer NZ, they also visited and asked which items were made from sustainably sourced fabrics, which is, you know, one of the things that they claim. And the sales rep replied, I don't think any of them are. She's in trouble. Wow. But then if they had fibre labels, they could, you know. Yeah, but then people are still getting stuff, right?

It's just some people have been waiting. Yeah. And there is quite a few complaints with consumer NZ. Okay. Well, something to keep in mind. Yeah. See, I'm too impatient for online clothes shopping. I know you love it.

But usually it doesn't take months. That's the thing. Like it's a few days or a week at most kind of thing. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. I went to a movie, A Quiet Place 2.

If you have not seen number one. I am excited for this. A Quiet Place 1 was very good. It was exceptional. Except we had like food in it and it's so quiet, you literally can't even chew. It took forever to eat.

That's never a problem for me. I'm always through my Maltesers before the ads finish. We had some popcorn and it was sitting there like I couldn't get through it. Partially because it's just anxiety ridden. Because they've got to be quiet otherwise the big creepy monsters get them, eh? It's so good. I'm excited to see this. The first one was amazing.

Yeah. And I was like, sequels. Yeah. The second one is amazing. Yeah, good. If not better. Because it's John Krzynski that. Krzynski. Krzynski. Is that right? No, Krzyns The second one is amazing, if not better. Because it's John Krasinski that... Krasinski.

Krasinski. Is that right? No, Krasinski's are those sausages, eh? God, I love those. They're yum. And Emily Blunt. Yes, Emily Blunt and the sausage. Now, I don't think it's a spoiler

because if you see any billboards for this movie, or the trailer or anything, you know she's got a child. Yes, it's in the trailer. anything, you know she's got a child. Yes. A baby. It's in the trailer. In the second one. So as a new mum, still breastfeeding, I hadn't anticipated this issue until I went to the movie. Are you about to gross me out?

Yes. Ugh. Ugh. That's partially why I wanted to talk about it. Oh, okay. Right, okay. So in the movie, you Yeah, that's partially why I wanted to talk about it. Oh, okay, right, okay. So, in the movie, you know, there's monsters and stuff, and you have to be quiet, and there's a baby.

So. Oh, what a device for the movie. I know. God. When will it go off? Because they do that, don't they? They do this at any moment. One moment it's happy, the next moment it's not,

and then monsters. Oh, my God. Anxiety. However, I have a problem that you don't have going to watch this movie. Okay. Fletch. When I hear a baby cry, my boobs leak. Like lactating?

Yeah. Because the- This is a thing. It is not a thing. Really? I was telling George yesterday, I thought it was common knowledge. But the thing is. I think mums would probably know. Because I'd gone such a long period of time with not feeding him because we were at the movies.

Yeah. They were good and ready. Isn't that amazing that the human body, the brain is just like, we can hear the baby. So I just, I looked it up. And if you think about your baby, because the other thing is it was so cute and it was smiling at one point. And I was like, oh my God, it made me think of Bashan.

And I was like, ah, scary monsters. What if they were coming for him? Even if you think about your child, it releases oxytocin and that's the thing that does it. So if you think about your child, you could hear, I could be in the mall and hear a stranger's baby crying. Yeah.

And I'd be like, can you shh, shh, shh. And that would set you off. You'd start leaking. Start leaking. Yeah. No. No. No.

No. Why would you do that? No. Oh, my god. I haven't got... You started this. You wanted to gross me. I don't think I've got... I don't have like... Now I'm like, I don't want to look. I did that, but I don't want to look.

Yeah, okay. I wanted to press invade me again, but I'm like, baby again Please do not cry Don't cry Don't cry Don't cry Don't cry So you were like

Leaking in the movie Yeah Because I hadn't anticipated that I was like We'll be fine I'm not going to be around a baby It's the cinema But then of course

There's got a baby in there Who's scared of the aliens Or the monsters So yeah That was a wee issue Alright let's just take a Thanks for that Let's just take a break I need to go to the bathroom in there who's scared of the aliens or the monsters. So yeah, that's a wee issue. Thanks for that. Let's just take a break. Need to go to the bathroom.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. There is a viral video. This is two bees. Now, I showed you because initially when I read this headline, I was like, this is not real. Like CGI? It is of two bees on the top of a Fanta bottle. Now, the lid has already been cracked, so someone's drinking it.

It's not as if the bees are cracking it, but the lid is on loosely. Yeah. Two bees are at opposite sides of the lid, and they work together to unscrew the lid and flick it off. We're screwed. I mean, yeah, like you say. We had a good run. The bottle's cracked, but, I mean,

they wouldn't be able to get it from shut tight. No. Like, ah, bees, you're not that smart. But, yeah, to see that, you're like, okay, we're screwed. They're definitely working together. We are screwed, yeah. Somehow, like, chatting, like, okay, ready, and you turn that way, and they flick the lid off.

Yeah, because they know there's some sweet sugar in that, some delicious hypo afternoon ahead of them. And it looks legit. Yeah, it's a pretty amazing video. It's gone viral in the last few days, isn't it? Yeah. So off the back of this, we'd love to know, because animals are always way smarter than we think they are, what human activity does your animal do?

I don't want to brag, but my cat can kind of do that. So I've got, you know, the SodaStream bottles. Yeah. That like, he likes chasing the lid because I'll often just put one on the table if I'm having lunch or dinner or whatever. Okay. Because I love my sparkling water.

I say to myself, do you want still or sparkling? And I'll be like, do you want still or sparkling? And I'll be like, sparkling. Treat yourself. Yeah, because I'm not paying like whatever restaurant. You know you always get tricked at restaurants and you're like sparkling and they're like, it's $800 a bottle. You're like. But do you always pretend to think?

Like, um. Well, I'm just like, maybe they've got a soda stream out the back. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, but if I, because if I put the lid down, he'll always chase it. Because it's like a hockey puck. It's just like an air hockey puck. He'll just chase it around the lounge. So if I leave the lid on, but it's not tight,

he'll get his paw and he can take it off. Without an opposable thumb. Without an opposable thumb. So advanced. I know, so advanced. So my cat can take a lid off. That's pretty. Like the bees.

I was trying to think what Leo can do. And he watches TV. He actually watched a bit of the Friends reunion last night with me. Me and my friend James watched it. He'll sit there, but only because when he sees balls or anything moving, he wants to pounce on them. Okay. What was his opinion on the Friends reunion?

He just seemed non-fast about it, especially the Justin Bieber bit. Is it? Yeah. But like anything moving or birds or anything, he'll go crazy and start jumping at the TV. Cute. Which is comical. So I could also say he watches TV. He watches TV.

Okay. I don't think my dog does anything. He waits to be tucked in into his head. Well, no, he sleeps like a human and barely gets tucked in like a human, doesn't he? Yeah, he does on his back with his blanket. Yeah. And he doesn't go to sleep until he gets tucked in. And sometimes you get a wee bark as if to be like,

uh-uh, can you hurry up, please? Okay, well, if you want to show off about your pet or your animal, 0800-DARLS-IT-HEM now. You can text her 9696. What human activity does your animal do? We want to know what human activity your animal does. There's a viral video that's doing

the rounds of two bees unscrewing the lid of a Fanta bottle, because obviously they want the sweet, sweet, sugary goodness inside. Pretty insane to watch two bees open a bottle. It's like, we're screwed. Yeah. So what human activity does your animal do? There's a few texts coming in.

Our cat worked out that using his litter box that he would wash his paws. He should wash his paws. So he does it in the toilet afterwards. So he goes to the litter box and then goes, because there are some cats

that can hover on the seat. Yeah, that's amazing. I don't know how you teach a cat to do that. To be fair, a lot of these are cats. I thought we'd get lots of dog stuff because they're smart, but lots of cats. No, they're really not. Jess calls us. Jess, what does your cat do? Our cat goes for walks with us without a lead.

So she follows us as we go around the block, and she pretty much tells us when she wants to go for a walk, so we don't really have a choice in the matter. It gets to 8.30 at night. She's like, come on, guys, let's go outside. But she's a cat. She knows that she can go for her own walk, right? Yeah, no, she doesn't want to go for her own walk.

She goes with us. Oh, my God. So how does she let you know that it's walk time? She hangs around us. She meows at us, and she also goes to her cat door, and she's like, that it's walk time? She hangs around us. She meows at us. And she also goes to her, like, cat door. And she's like, time to go. Time to go.

Oh, see, I get that. But it's just like, it's like grabbing my arm. And it's like, feed me. He doesn't want to walk. So she doesn't wander off, just like walks with you? Yeah, she follows us the whole way. Are you scared about, like, dogs or something? Yeah, if we do that, then we have to take like a different road or something like that.

But she's pretty good. She hides under cars if she gets too scared. And then we just have to like hang around. So you just have to wait for until the scary dog goes. Oh my God. Yep. That's amazing. I really thought for a moment you were going to be one of those people that takes your cat on a leash.

Because I've seen people like driving along. I've seen people do that. Yeah, my partner would be like, absolutely not. He'd be like, I won't be seen dead doing it. Thanks, you're cool, Jess. Diane, what does your animal do

that's human-like? Hi, yes, my son's pit bull is super, super clever. It's sort of like a competition between me and her who's got the most brains. Yep. We moved into a house we thought we were being burgled

because we'd come home, the windows would be open and everything, but we finally videoed her. What she does is we've got aluminium joinery. She opens the left catch, she opens the right catch, and then she pushes the window open with her nose. Oh, my God.

Wow, that is really smart. And then what? And she taught herself. And then she can get out and then she wants to. And then she's worked out how to open the laundry door so she gets her chin and she pushes the handle down and then she can escape through the laundry and out and around. I mean, that's great.

But, yeah, someone wants to. Yeah, I don't think AMI Insurance are going to like that, Diane. Yeah, don't tell them that story. Don't tell them that, otherwise your premiums will go up. Thanks for your call. Alia, good morning. Good morning. And what does your cat do that's human-like? My cat freaks out

when there's an earthquake. So I have a conflict, and you know how there was that big quake not long ago? That shook us all I, middle of the night, ran outside and he came with me and ever since then, just a little one there was a little one first thing this morning

and he jumps out of bed and meows at me and starts running down the hallway to the door and he's like, are you coming? Mum, we need to go So he gets because animals do that, they get a little sense that it's coming, don't they? Yeah, yeah. Oh, my God.

So advanced. Wow. And so looking out for you. Yeah, looking after mom. Good boy. Wow. Alia, thanks. You call some text messages.

My five-month-old kitten scrolls through Facebook on my phone. Because their paws do, like if my dog accidentally hits it. Yeah. But it sounds like they're like, oh, this is nice. Oh, what's next? See, they're addicted too.

We've all got problems. It's cool until they like someone's photo you don't want them to like. Jamie, what does your animal do? It's my auntie's animal and he wakes outside

the pub for them. And then drives them home. Oh, they live probably a seven minute walk away and they'll go after work and they have come out a few times and I was like, someone's cat's sitting out there on the path and, oh, that's our cat.

Oh, just like, come home and pat me. I need attention. Wow. He's their child. Very spoiled. Yeah, yeah. Very spoiled. Wow.

Very cool. Jamie, thanks. Cool. My dog tucks, waits for us to get out of bed every morning, then jumps into my spot. But if he wants to get out the door, he'll knock on the door.

Like a human. Do you think that they, yeah, do you think they just see you doing these things and they're like, okay, well, that's what I need to do. That's how, yeah. Knocks on the door,

please let me out. So advanced. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Vaughan's away getting his colonoscopy today. Precautionary. Yeah, he's not dying or anything. People have shown some concern, which is lovely, on the text machine. And I'm upset he's not here today for my gift to myself,

my online order, drop shipping. I found this out in the office today. It was like just a little square, tiny square box. I know. Because I think this came from Jaina. And it didn't take long. Really? It didn't take long and I'm pretty excited.

That's amazing. So, backstory slash setup for this thing that I've ordered online. I live in an apartment. Okay. And I'm useless at cleaning my windows. But like, how do you clean the outside? Like every now and again, maybe like once a year or something,

the building gets people on abseil ropes. Right. And they have a hose and they do it like, they're just like, you know, like the guy that traffic lights that you don't want to be touching your windscreen because it's like palm olive in a pump bottle. It's kind of like that.

And then you're like, oh, I can still see stuff. But you can't get out and do anything about it. Yeah. Because, you know, your floor's up. And I did, I have gone out there and I've used my arm with a stick. Because you don't have a little token balcony either. No.

And so you can kind of get out, but then at the same time, you are risking death falling out your window. Yeah. And I was just like, well, and then I started seeing some spots on the window and I was like, well, I've got to clean the window. How am I going to do this?

And then I remembered back to my childhood when we had a fish tank, a little fish tank, and we had this little magnetic strip, a little magnet, and on the back was a magnet and on both, on one side, it had a cleaning thing on the magnet and on the back was a magnet and on both on one side it had a cleaning thing

on the magnet and you dragged it around and it cleaned your fish tank and I was like well I'll get one of those and then I found online look

you get these pads What? and look ah you stick one on this on the window here is too thick

the studio I was saying we could try. So you put this. You reach out the window and you put this on your window. And then it sticks. Just like a fish tank. It sticks to it. Just like a fish tank.

Like, listen to the magnet. Look, listen. Oh, it's real strong magnets. And then you move it around. Like, ee, ee, ee, ee, ee. And I guess you're like a bit of Mr. Muscle on there. Ee, ee, ee, ee. Yeah.

And then it'll be clean. But is that little thing forever stuck on the outside of your window? Well, no, it's got a string. So this is what the string's for. Oh, a safety string. Like being adventurous with any kind of adult fun toy, always have a safety string. And so this, you tie this, I'm guessing, onto your hand.

Wow. Or, like, maybe the window latch. And then, because it's not like I've got a house. You can't just go outside and clean the window. Yeah. Because, you know, you're eight stories up or whatever. How cool is that? But I don't know if it's going to work or not.

I hope the magnet's strong enough, because otherwise someone walking underneath your apartment's going to... But also, where's the... Nah, see, that's got to have a cleaning pad. They left the cleaning pad out. That's got to have a cleaning... Oh, no, that's got to have a cleaning pad. They left the cleaning pad out. That's got to have a cleaning... Oh, no, it's got a thing here. Do you have to insert your own cleaning pad?

I don't know. We'll see how this goes. Either that, either that, or I'm going to forget the safety string and it's going to fall on someone's head and kill someone. And then, like, yeah, you'll see news reports of, like, a pedestrian that's been hospitalised with a magnet in their head.

Yeah. If you get scombed on the head with a triangle plastic thing with a magnet in it. And then I disappear from the radio because I'm facing manslaughter charges.

Oh, we love that. But hey, $19, that's not bad. That's actually genius. It's a Mr. Muscle. Yeah. I'm going to have to post it. I might actually be

accidentally influencing window magnets if I post about this at the weekend, but I'll let you know how that goes. Please do. Very excited about this. Are you excited as I am? I am, actually.

I was like, how are you going to make window cleaning exciting? But you've got me. I did it. Kia ora, this is Toby Mann. I'm the host of Gone By Lunchtime, a podcast for the spin-off podcast network all about politics and politicians, with me, Annabel Leigh-Mather, and Ben Thomas,

careering wildly from the very serious to the very ridiculous. It's not for everyone. I don't think it would be Ellen's cup of tea, but you, I reckon, will love it. Gone by lunchtime. Grab one now wherever you get your podcasts. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Special guests in studio are joined by the lifestyle editor, Jenny

Mortimer of The Herald. Good morning. Good morning. We want to pick your brain on fashion. Go on. You have five items that every Kiwi, not just females, every Kiwi needs in their wardrobe. Is this for winter or for just all year round? There are winter

specific items, but in general I think these items make up the I've called it forever wardrobe, a lot of people call it the capsule wardrobe. But they're items that can be, they kind of transcend season, except one of them that is very winter specific. Is this polo t-shirt

that I've worn to death, is that a capsule wardrobe because I wear it all the time? Yeah, 100%. That's your capsule wardrobe. I am fashion. Sure. So first item is a good pair of boots. Yeah, so I mean, in the Kiwi wardrobe, when we head out in winter, it's freezing. And so what's the first thing you put on?

You check on your dress as a female and then you go, okay, tights and boots. It's the go-to outfit. But it's not just for women. For men as well. If you're wanting to put together an outfit, whether it's jeans, a good pair of boots and a t-shirt, you look great wherever you're going. Chuck on like a button-up dress shirt over that, you're

going to town. It's literally for me, it's the shoe that can kind of be anywhere. You can see a good pair of RM Williams boots on the farm or in town. Yeah. And no matter if it's like daytime, nighttime, you're fine. Fletcher's got a nice pair of boots, actually. Thank you, I do, yes. You're going out fancy boots.

Yeah, I'm going out fancy boots. And my capture wardrobe. So what's the second thing on the must-have items? Must-have items. So the second thing was a good quality piece of merino. I can't remember, this is the order I wrote them in, but this is what we're going for. So a polyester knit just doesn't wear from season to season. You chuck it in the wash once or twice and it pills and it

looks terrible and you go, oh, I've got to replace that. Whereas a good quality piece of merino, it shouldn't itch. It should last five to 10 years. And if you choose the right fit, it's not going to shrink. I think that's what people are scared of with merino or wool. They're like, I'm going to chuck that in the wash and I'm going to ruin it. The thing is with merino is you get scared off by the price tag, but the point is you're investing in it. So it will last ages. If you buy, you know, three polyester jumpers that are like 50 to $75, you're not going to get the same wear out of that that you would out of one merino jumper that's like $100 to $150.

I've had some of mine for probably five years and they still look exactly how they look when I first bought them. So you've got to factor in the cost per wear, which is my reasoning for everything I buy. Do you want to know the cost per wear of my t-shirt? It's in the cents now.

It's in the point sense. Point zero zero. If Vaughn was here, he would get involved too. He's all about the cost per wear. Yeah, I notice you've done this today on a day when Vaughn's away. Thank you.

Now let's talk jeans because there's a lot of chat that skinny jeans are out. I mean, I don't know if I agree that skinny jeans are out, but I think there are some styles that are a bit more forever. So for me, one of those styles that was in in the 60s

when they came out and is in now is the Levi's 501 jeans. They look good on men. They look good on women. They look good on any body shape. Is it a straight cut? It's a straight cut. It's classic. It's tighter through the thighs than your standard straight cut,

but it is straighter at the bottom, and they look good now. They're so in fashion now that literally if you go on Trade Me right now, the prices are insane for a good vintage pair of Levi's 501s, and it's the Gen Zers trying to get in on what we already know is good. Get out of there. Now, the perfect leather bag is also on your list yes yes and despite what

some people say about chuggy which I think is just is just a mean way of it yeah well Megan's wearing a CNM top

man that's chuggy too it's been written off thanks I think the perfect sized leather bag which is a nice small to medium bag you can't go wrong

with Deadly Ponies and you can't go wrong with quality leather. If you have a Deadly Ponies bag that you bought probably five years ago, it's going to look exactly the same and it's going to wear beautifully. So investing in something like that, you'll have it forever.

It's not something that's going to go out of fashion. It's not chuggy. It's forever. And I've put it on many a floor that might disgust you, but it survives. It survives the wear. It survives places it shouldn't. Yeah.

Now, I want to talk to you. You've got puffer jackets on here. Now, when you say puffer jacket, because I did just buy one that's like, when I say this out loud, it's going to sound gross. It's a beige pleather. That does sound disgusting. But I get caught out by fads. But when you say puffer jacket, are you talking about like a Katmandu good quality down fill?

Yeah. So that's the item that, yep, it's strictly for winter. But if you think about the puffer jacket and what it's meant for New Zealand over the past like 10, 20 years, it's something that you buy or your parents like 10, 20 years. It's something that you buy or your parents buy for you when you're in uni or in high school and you still have it now. You chuck it on when you go do those coffee runs. You wear it to work in the mornings like and then you quickly take it off. But it's that item that it's always there when you need it. You know and maybe it's not the most fashionable. Granted, there are like incredible things.

I have some cool ones at the moment. The Huffer ones are so cool. And I think sometimes people, A, get scared off by the price tag. So when they're a bit younger or their budget is a bit lower, they go, oh, I'll just buy a cheap alternative. If you just buy that one Katmandu jacket on sale or that one Huffer jacket, it will last you forever. Yeah, they do.

Everyone still has it and they roll it out. And I saw one this morning and somebody just chucked some tape on their shoulder with it down and it was starting to come out. And it was like, that's just New Zealand for you. That'll do.

Got another 10 years in it. Like totally fine. We've got ZM puffer jackets that I've had for the longest time. And even when I'm like out and about just at the weekend, I look like a dick because I'm wearing my ZM jacket.

Well, people ask you for free stuff, don't they? They're like, have you got any free drinks? No, not at the moment. But you're right. The puffer jacket's up there. It's forever. And so is there anything else that is, what are you like on trend

that people should invest in this winter? I mean, or do you think staring away from trend items? Oh, look, the track pants post-COVID. Like, if you've got a good track pant, there's nothing more loyal in this whole world, I swear. You've got to have a good pair of trackies. 100%. I'm wearing them today.

If you can get your jumper to match, that's an ensemble. Like, you're very put together if you've got the bottoms and top of a track suit matching. That makes it very appropriate for going out even. Chuck on a puffer jacket and you're good to go. Yes, love this. Well, thank you so much for coming in and styling us. We'll make sure to pass

it on to Vaughan when he comes back. Jenny, thank you so much. Listen, thank you. And a big TV moment last night. I reckon when the viewership comes out for this, I reckon half the country was watching this last night. Imagine how many people around the world are going to watch this. Because the stat at the start was 100 and something billion views

over all platforms. Eva, that's insane. And 200 countries, however many languages. Is that the most successful TV show? Most celebrated TV show? The show that's still being watched, still being binged. And also, like, they had, because everyone was like, why are BTS on here?

Because they learnt English by watching Friends. I know people that have done that as well. Yeah. Like, just watching episodes and learning English. That's crazy, right? That's why they come out with an American accent. And they're very sarcastic, like Chandler Bing. Yeah.

Yeah. But some of our favourite moments from the show last night, from the Friends reunion, I really enjoyed how they explained first up how each of them, they got each role. How they cast them? Yeah, that was interesting, eh? They begged Ross, or they begged...

Like he'd given up on TV. They begged David. I'm going to confuse their names. They begged David with like gift baskets and everything. Yeah, because he'd had like such a bad kind of relationship with TV pilots and TV shows. And he was done with TV. Yeah. So we may never have had him.

Monica was originally, they wanted her to play Rachel, but she was like, I'm definitely more of a Monica. Which is all the conversations we have ever since Friends started. I'm definitely, yeah. But Joey discussed getting a callback. No, Matt LeBlanc, sorry. Again, I'm going to get their names wrong. Joey, Matt LeBlanc, discussed getting a callback,

but he decided to have a big night the night before. He thought that was a good idea. I remember I had gone in a bunch of times and I think it was on the final callback. I had gone with a friend of mine to run lines and he said, you know, so the show's about friends and being friends with, you know, just a group of friends.

I was like, yeah, kind of. He goes, then we should go out drinking. I was like, yeah, that's a good idea. So to make a long story short, I woke up in the middle of the night at his apartment and had to go to the bathroom and I got up too fast and I can't believe I'm telling this, but I kind of blacked out, as you do, and fell face first into the toilet and I hit my nose on the bottom of the toilet seat and a huge like chunk of meat came off my nose and I'm looking in the mirror and it's bleeding I was like oh my god so I have to go in for the big callback and it's like

a big ugly scab on my nose and Marta Kaufman said what happened to your face and I told the truth and got the job so this is Lisa Kudrow laughing in the background. But there's so many things. I thought by now we would have learned everything there was to know about the characters and everything. But there were your little bombshell. Including the one that everyone is talking about, the fact that Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer had a crush on each other.

Well, I mean, David? Yeah. Yeah, I mean mean the first season yeah the first season we i had a major crush on jen um i and and i think we both at some point we were both crushing hard on each other but it was like two ships passing because one of us was always in a relationship. So, and we never crossed that boundary, you know. We respected that, but we both... Bullshit.

Honestly, I remember saying one time to David, it's going to be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is going to be on national television. And it was. Oh my god, imagine if they met together

in real life. We didn't know that, right? I didn't know that. No, I didn't know that. Another thing that was kind of a bombshell and kind of sad is Matthew Perry discussing his anxiety. At least to me, I felt like I was going to die if they didn't laugh.

And it's not healthy, for sure. But I would sometimes say a line and they wouldn't laugh and I would sweat and just like go into convulsions. If I didn't get the laugh I was supposed to get, I would freak out. It would take you down. You didn't tell us that. Would you? No.

No, I don't remember you ever saying that. Oh yeah, I felt like that every single night. It was sad. And then that bit where they're saying, oh, yeah, we always talk to each other. And then he was like, no one calls me. I know. And everyone was like.

Many true things said in jest. Are they serious? Yeah, it was like, oh, awkward. Yeah. But also David Schwimmer admitted that he hated Marcel the monkey. Yeah. The trainer used to feed him grubs on his shoulder and he'd then touch his face.

So many fascinating bits. To the producers booth, Carwin, did you have a favourite moment last night? So I think my favourite part was when Matt LeBlanc, because I think Joey was one of my favourite characters, I don't know why, but he was, was saying that one day he found lines written on their coffee table.

And then Courtney Cox was like, just mind your own business. Just ignore that. Oh, yeah, she'd write her lines on the table. Yeah, and so he, before one of the live shows that they did, he rubbed them all out and she got very stressed out. Because when you say, I forget that there's a live studio audience, that's like doing stand-up. But they have to do like a live performance.

What? There's so much pressure. Producer Jared, you cried, didn't you? Yeah. And cried. I don't remember a part where I felt like I could cry. There was a bit where they cut to people around the world and there was a lady who was like,

I was so alone, but now I found the moniker to my Chandler and I was just like... Yes. No, see, I was so alone, but now I found the moniker to my Chandler and I was just like... Yes. No, see, I saw that. That's because we cried. Jared, that is the sweetest thing. I was sobbing.

Oh, buddy. Oh, I wasn't. No, because that's when the girlfriend came on. Yeah. But she took, like, 10 seconds to come on the camera. I was like, why didn't they do that again? Only you, Fletch. I was like, they could have reshot it

and she could have been standing there right with her. It's a heartfelt moment where she's like, I've found my partner, my life partner. Yeah, and the partner's like, come on, we're all waiting for the next Friends bit. Like, reshoot that part. Very sweet. So sweet. All right, well, to celebrate the fact that the Friends reunion was on last night, it's my pick for Friday Flashback next and it is Friends related.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Friday Flashback. Well I thought we've got to do this today. We just simply must. We have to. The whole world are today talking about the Friends reunion that was on TVNZ2 at two minutes

past seven. They couldn't have just said seven and played ads till two minutes past seven? No. It was lucky it wasn't three minutes past seven, or I would have had a real problem with that, because at least it was an even number. But I am going to play you the theme song to the iconic show, and they even talked about this on the show last night, didn't they? When they started hearing the theme song on the radio,

they're like, oh, this is not just a normal TV show. Yeah, it's on me. Because how often does that happen? Also partially written by the creators as well. They did the claps in the song as well. Four claps. Mate, yes. Let's not get into that again.

This song made it to number three in New Zealand. It made it to number three in Australia. It was number one in Canada. It was pretty much top ten around the world. In the US it was number one. I didn't know it was number one. Yeah. Wow. Absolutely humongous song.

Certified platinum in Australia, gold in New Zealand, platinum in the UK as well which means lots and lots and lots of in those days, CDs. And cassettes were actually sold of the song. Released in 19, recorded in 1994, released as a single, I'm guessing when the show started, in May. So how many years old is that? It was released in May. It's May now, 1995. Oh, so long ago. Isn't it 17 years or is that 17 years since the show ended? I don't know. It is really old. It came out in 1995, so yeah.

20. Isn't that insane? Yeah, 26 years old. Yeah. Good Lord. 26 years old. And it is our Friday flashback today. The Rembrandts, I'll Be There For You.

It's weird when it keeps going. You're like, oh, the show hasn't started. The song, it's actually three minutes long. To them. week, month, or even your year. But I'll be there for you. I'll be there for you. I'll be there for you. Cause you're there for me too. Still in bed at ten and work again at eight.

Burned your breakfast so far but things are going great Your mother warned you there'd be days like these But she didn't tell you when the world's rough Tell your niece that I'll be there for you I'll be there for you I'll be there for you I'll be there for you Cause you're there for me too No one could ever know me No one could ever see me

It seems you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me. Someone to face the day with. Make it through all of the rest of it. Someone I was halfway. Even if I was the best I could be. It's like you're always stuck in second gear When it hasn't been your day You weep amongst Even the gear

I'll be there for you I'll be there for you I'll be there for you Cause you're there for me too. I'll be there for you. I'll be there for you. I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too. It's Rembrandt's The Friends theme song. Today's Friday flashback after the Big Friends reunion last night,

which was very wholesome and nostalgic. You did what David Beckham did. You said Rembrandt's. It's Rembrandt's. Rembrandt's. How annoying was it when David Beckham was like Chandler? I'm like, it's Chandler, mate. Say Chandler.

Did that not annoy you? It was like Chandler. No, I just like, I. I'm like, it's Chandler, mate. Say Chandler. Did that not annoy you? He's like Chandler. No, I just like, I didn't feel like, I don't feel like they needed any of the celebrities. David Beckham. I don't feel they needed James Corden. I just would have watched them for two hours walking around the set just reminiscing.

Yeah, 100%. And like just surprise guests as well. They were on the show, right? Not David Beckham. I've been furiously Googling to see how much the Rembrandts still make. But I cannot find it anywhere. They will 100% be getting royalties

every year from that song because it's played on the TV show all the time. And the creators are worth like $400 million each. Can you Google how much a band is worth? No, I don't know. I mean, it's a lot of money, isn't it? I mean, I've spent two minutes and that's enough of my attention span. I don't think we'll ever know.

But yeah, great television. I don't care what the text machine says. No, everyone's for it. Very timely. Yeah, very timely. We cross now to Executive Intern Anya in the producer's studio next door. Hello. Revelations sometimes happen when we're planning the show

and we're discussing news stories and stuff. And to be honest, it was a news story. It was about a celebrity wearing Dad's tuxedo. We were like, oh, what have you got of your parents? What do you use of your parents? That story is nothing on what producer Anya is about to tell us. I think we should play Olivia Rodrigo. I think we should go and pop the kettle on and we should all move on.

I'm only playing Olivia Rodrigo when you tell us what you've got of your parents. That's man key. I am sleeping in my parents' bed. Your parents' old bed. It is 20... Look at Georgia's face behind you. What do you think of that, Georgia? What do you think?

Remember who your friends are. No, wait. How old are you? I am 25. How old's the bed? 25. Actually, I'm 24 and the bed is 25. So there's silly crossover periods.

You were made in that bed. Yeah. Okay, I think Olivia's really, she's ready to go. Let's hit play. Also, like, I mean, is it saggy in the middle? Yeah, like, how saggy is it? Are there stains? When you take off the fitted sheet or the mattress protector,

are there stains on there? Oh, it's Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. And it wasn't designed that way by the bed company, was it? It certainly was not. No. Yeah, no. Yeah. Look, it's on the list of things to upgrade.

I know you're living at home because you're saving for your first house, but, I mean, you had a bed at your old flat when you flatted, right? Yeah, we did. What did you do with that? Oh, well, before this, we were in an apartment which came furnished. Oh, right. So I got to sleep on a new bed, and, wow, I tell you what, my posture's never been better.

No, we're back to having a certain kink in my back. Okay, this is not good for you. It's grim, but it's your parents. Like, what does your partner, Mr. Boon Boons, think about it? Has he thought about it? Does he know? He knows. He knows.

Because I've said many times, hey, I think it might be time to upgrade. Let's really treat us, even if we just get another secondhand one, something different. Just a mattress. Yeah. And for him, if we don't another second hand one, something different. Just a matron. Yeah. For him, if we don't think about it, it's not an issue. It's his approach. So you're

choosing to live in ignorant bliss. Basically. Okay, wow. I mean, everyone's thinking it, but I'll just say it out loud, your parents have had sex in that bed. No, they haven't. I refuse to believe. Many, many times. At least once that we are certain of. I don't want to be on this earth anymore.

It's just so gross. That is blah. Yeah. Yeah. It's a king, though. It's a king. It's nice and big. It's very roomy.

Oh, yeah, okay. Well, it has to be, doesn't it? Because you've got to sleep on either side of the dip. Yeah, I'm actually just half hanging off every night. Oh, yeah, okay. Well, it has to be, doesn't it? Because you've got to sleep on either side of the dip. Yeah, I'm actually just half hanging off every night. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You wave goodbye to the boyfriend and then go to your edges of the bed. Yeah.

So we want to ask this morning, I mean, I don't know if it's going to get as grim as manky as that, but, you know, there might be someone that's wearing their dad's undies. God, I hope not. You know how sometimes you see undies at an op shop? You're like, who? Who?

But people must. People must buy them. They must be. You know, I'm not. Yeah, I mean, but undies, you can get super cheap. It came out the warehouse. The supermarket. Yeah, exactly.

Nobody has to be op shopping undies. No, thanks. That's like the tear below Anna sleeping on her parents' bed. So we want to know this morning, what have you got that your parents hand me down? What have you got that your parents once had? And you know, you might have mum and dad's old microwave, and that's fine.

God, that would be great. You know, just give it a clean. What brand is that that's still cracking a lot? Yeah, but maybe that's the thing. Maybe it's still going because, you know, those old appliances. Last forever. Like my mum's got a crock pot that's, I think, from the 80s. And it's like, it's kind of crock potted itself so much,

the white's turned orange, like a, you know, a faded. I mean, it might eventually burn her house down. It looks like an appliance fire waiting to go. Absolutely. Same with the dryer that's from the 80s as well that she won't let go. Yeah. So what have you got of your parents? Oh, 800 dials at M.

And can you beat Executive Intern Anya's story of sleeping in her parents' old saggy bed? That she was made in. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Well, a revelation this morning that Executive Intern Anya is sleeping on her parents' 25-year-old bed. She's 24. Do the math.

Do the math. So we want to know what you have of your parents. It doesn't have to be as grim as that. No. Some responses on our gram. Who was talking about the iron? Did you say you had your mum's iron? No, lots of people have their parents' iron.

There's someone who has their grandparents' iron. I have my mum's iron, and you were like, just get one, they're super cheap. The trouble is, this thing is like a brick, and it's still going. I know, but they were the ones

with like fabric cords, and they start fraying, and you're like, oh, that's going to electrocute me. I mean, I think it's on going. I know, but they were the ones with like fabric cords and they start fraying. I mean, I think it's on its third cord. Yeah. I've got an iron that has like different LED disco lights. Oh, okay. I know. My iron, you don't even need to turn on to flatten something.

What do you mean? It's just heavy. Yeah. Okay. Did you have to warm it up in a fireplace? Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, okay. Did you have to warm it up in a fireplace? Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, okay. My house, my mum didn't want to look after the acreage anymore,

so I bought it. Oh, la la. Oh, la la. That's a fancy one. Yeah. Someone else said basically all our house furniture. My brother lives in London. He's very dark about it.

My dad's old school brick radio, one of those ones you could walk around with on your shoulder. It's still dark about it. My dad's old school brick radio. One of those ones you could walk around with on your shoulder. It's still going. Like a boom box. That's cool. My dad's Kenwood cake mixer he brought in 1972. I think mum had one of those and

she's only just got a new one but it's still there. But that thing went forever. This is just a great advertisement for brands that'll just keep on going. Yeah, I feel like now appliance makers put a chip in them that after like three years, they just like shit themselves and you have to buy a new one. Matt, what have you got to hand me down from the parents? Well, when I was a teenager, I went to boarding school and I was embarrassed

because I had old um like budget warehouse undies and everyone who's branded undies so i told my nana that i needed just jockey undies like the other boys in my boarding school okay because my granddad wore jockey and oh matt matt matt he just cut out he just out. He didn't wear granddad's undies. Are you there now? Matt. No, is this Nicole? Hi, yeah.

Oh, I don't know. We've been jumped to Nicole. Our phone lines are playing up. We are calling back. We are calling back Matt. But, Nicole, we'll just go to text messages. Wait there. I think our phone lines are playing up. Some text messages

My mum keeps wearing my undies Now I buy sexier undies and she sees them in the wash and thinks they're hers. Oh no, that's not on. No, but she said I don't have enough money to do it. Okay, I believe we've got Matt back. Matt, we've had a phone issue there but you're back. Hi

You left us at an absolute cliffhanger there. Because your grandad wears those jockey undies. Yeah, so they were like big kind of like nappy size undies. He was like a six foot tall man and I was probably around five foot something at that age.

So I had to wear his jockey undies and they were like these giant nappy kind of undies on me But you were having the brand When I came in the boarding school They had like these tight jockey undies And I was that little fat short kid In these little

Nappy kind of undies At least you had a brand on Right, you had the brand undies Yeah, I don't think that really mattered It didn't seem to help out at all Yeah, aww Isn't that so bad. It didn't seem to help out at all. Yeah, oh. Isn't that so bad with... Did you put them in the dryer or something? Isn't that so bad with peer pressure?

You're like, you can't wear warehouse undies. You have to wear the brand. That's so bad. And everyone had to line up to use the showers and stuff. So, like, everyone would always say it and everyone would always have a laugh about it. I would have gone to the warehouse brand, Matt. I don't know if I would have risked granddad's undies.

Well, all my clothes before that were hand-me-downs too, so the warehouse ones had holes and stuff in them, so that's going better. And do you buy your own nice undies now, Matt? Yeah, I do buy my own undies now. Speaks volumes on the quality of the fabric, though. Doesn't it? Doesn't it?

The longevity of those clothing. Yeah, exactly. Thanks for your call, Matt. Aidan, what's your hand-me-down from the parents? I've got a mint blanket that used to be my dad's in the 70s, and then it was also my parents' bed after they got married. Oh, okay. So that's like a step up from Anna's parents' bed.

Yeah. I don't know if it's quite as bad as a bed. But it was on a bed, so you can imagine it's seen some things, but, you know, give it a wash. Yeah, well, I've definitely seen some things. It's followed me around. Like, I've moved around the place, so it came to me with Hawke's Bay and then Wellington and then Rotorua and Invercargill, so it's everywhere.

Yeah, I don't think you can get a blanket now with that longevity, Aidan. No, well, it was actually made in East Germany. I've seen the logo the other day so right okay what kind of brand of blanket is that i'm actually not 100 what the brand is oh well maybe like um volkswagen got into blankets you know their kind of cars last forever don't they um aiden thinks you call some text messages in to finish. I have a Talus vacuum cleaner that's older than me, 35 years, still goes mint. Does it? God.

Says the Dyson influence over here. Yeah, which was my first Dyson last in a year, so I've got no comeback there. I have my parents' crockpot, which is ironic because I used to hate the crockpot when I was younger. Oh, you can't hate the crockpot. Someone has said that on the back of Anya sleeping in her parents' bed, they have their grandparents' bed.

It's over 40 years old now, and they have only just thought about the fact that it was handed down to their parents, and now them. Oh, yeah, so the whole family's done it on that bed. Grim. All right, fact of the day is next. Selena Gomez on ZM. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Vaughan's actually away today getting his precautionary colonoscopy. So it's time for, but it'll be missing the high pitch. Because I normally take care of the low end. The bass? Yeah, I'm the bass. I feel like I'm the bass. No, I'm the bass. And you're that mid-range. Right. And Vaughan takes care of the, yeah., on the bass. I feel like I'm the bass. No, I'm the bass. And you're that mid-range.

Right. And Vaughn takes care of the... Soprano. Yeah, that's normally how it goes. So, I mean, it'll be a bit off today. It's just a little disclaimer. It's time for... Fact of the Day.

Day, day, day, day. I always feel very exposed when it's just the two of us. It's a friends factor today because last night. It'd be rude not to. It'd be rude not to. So I thought I'd try and find something that we don't know, either from last night or we've heard over the years. Do you know what it was originally supposed to be called? Friends.

Friends, no. It was. It had several different names. So when the initial seven-page pitch for this new sitcom was put forward, it was originally titled Insomnia Cafe. Oh. It doesn't. Not a good ring to it.

But I mean, the essence of the show still would have been there, but we could have been like, oh my God, Insomnia Cafe reunion tonight. Just wouldn't have worked. Doesn't have the same ring. So it had several different titles. The plot was different as well. Ross and Rachel weren't the key relationship.

Joey and Monica were supposed to be love interests. And then NBC bought the pilot and they changed it to Friends Like Us was the next working title. They then also considered Across the Hall because the two apartments across the hall. Yeah. They shot it and then they changed the pilot to Six of One because there's six of them. Again, still not as catchy.

Oh, that's silly as well. No. It wasn't until the show premiered on September 22nd, 1994, that they landed just straight up Friends. Wow. So they went through multiple different... Simple. One word. Keep it simple, stupid.

So today's fact of the day is Friends was originally supposed to be titled Insomnia Cafe. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. We're joined in studio by micro-influencer and producer of our show, Jared. Good morning. Good morning. That's what you call people on Instagram with a thousand followers, micro-influencers. Okay, I'm happy to take that title.

No, it's an actual term. I'm not just, I'm not. Yeah, no, 100%. We're not taking the mic, Jared. You are. No, we're not belittling you. You are a micro-influencer. You are influencing a micro-portion of the internet. You've got a very niche group, you know.

And don't say a thousand. He's got 1,167 followers. I apologise. That's all right. I apologise. Now, this all started with the free drink that you got sent. The head company in America asked you

to retract your post because they had nothing to do with it. They had not approved this ad. It was a rocky, you can catch that in a previous podcast. It was a great, it was a rocky, you can catch that in a previous podcast. It was a great, it was a rocky adventure. And you got contacted

to do some more influencing. Yeah, Grumpy Monkey Socks, New Zealand, sent me a couple pairs of some lovely socks. They're very funky. I don't think

I could pull these off. Very zooty. Was there any expectation from them to like, put up a post? I don't think so. Because they send you one pair of socks. They send you two pairs of socks. But they're not paying you.

Nah. You're doing this wrong. Am I? Yeah. You are. You need to get paid for it. It's like your hashtag ad, but is it an ad? Because you're not getting paid.

But I received payment in the form of socks. I don't know if the IRD or the advertising standards is going to take you to court for a $10 pair of socks. No, but that is the rules now. If you receive gifts, you have to put ad. Now, you put up a post yesterday and God, I laugh. This is brilliant. And I would encourage everybody to see this micro-influencing

on Jared's Instagram. Jared, J-R- J-A-R-E-D. I was like, oh, Mr. Val. Letters. J-A-R-E-D. There's a million different ways to spell Jared. Dot ski, S-K-I.

And I tell you what, this is, you put a fuzz on your face. You've got your slender legs out there. fuzz on your face yep you've got your slender legs out there you're wearing a robe and you've got it's off the shoulder there's a bit of shoulder there

it's the in the second photo it's the toe point for me oh yeah it's beautiful it's something to behold

yeah I did a little bit of research into like Instagram sexy poses yep okay is that a little bit of butt cheek it is I poses. Yep, okay. Is that a little bit of butt cheek? It is.

I don't know. I feel like, should I be, as your colleague, should I be looking at this? I don't feel like it's appropriate. Last time I sent you the pictures to try and get you to edit them, but I didn't feel comfortable sending you them. I don't think you can send pictures. I really could have made that colour pop on the purple socks,

but yeah, I mean, I appreciate you not sending me those. Yeah, there's pictures you shouldn't send workmates and leave these in some of them. It almost looks like your balls could be poking out the bottom there. There was a few things I had to retake. Yes. Well, that's the problem when you're doing a risque shoot. Yeah.

Is this on self-timer or is this something your lovely girlfriend did? No, the girlfriend was at work, so I nicked her robe and chucked the self-timer on is this something your lovely girlfriend did? No, but the girlfriend was at work, so I nicked her robe and checked the self-timer on. Wow. Yeah. Beautiful. And how many photos? Because, like, famously, you know,

it takes people a lot of photos to get a good grant. Well, I'll just scroll up. There's about 50 pictures. Okay, yeah, you're taking a lot. What if I feel like I can see something I'm not supposed to see? There's one that you probably shouldn't have seen. Yeah, right. Okay, wow. Well, there you go. I'm going to to see. There's one that you probably shouldn't have said. Yeah, right. Okay, wow.

Well, there you go. I'm going to say leading the field with this content. Now, your last ad, the company weren't a fan of. Have you heard back from the company this time, Grumpy Monkey? Yeah, they were stoked. They loved it. They were happy with it. Okay.

Well, if you can't spell Jared, you can go to our Instagram, FVMZN. We've got a slide there and you can actually vote for what you think about this post. Be kind. I don't think people are. Should we be asking the internet? Producer Jared's latest ad post.

I'm going to give you fire right to the end. That's the most common answer. Oh, you've got a full flame. Early days, though. He's a taken man. Early days he is, but it's a fantastic. I tell you what, I think after this, companies are going to be, they might even want to pay. Oh, that's taken mad. Early days he is, but it's a fantastic. I tell you what, I think after this, companies are going to be, they might even want to pay.

Oh, that's the dream. I know. Then I've made it. That's one day producer Jared might get paid for an Instagram post. Stay tuned. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. So I love seeing all the things that are coming out, like us getting back to normality.

And this is one, but I don't know if I'm ready to jump on board myself. You say this, but we just forget, like, even Melbourne now is in a seven-day lockdown. India's still out of control. Like, the US is getting vaccinated, which is fantastic. Yeah. And their rates are plummeting, which is great. It's easy

for New Zealanders to be impatient because we've had it good. But yeah, we bring this story to you as Melbourne goes into lockdown. Yeah. But the first big cruise ships carrying passengers from the United States will leave on the 20th of June.

And these are like to test, right? These are test sailings. Right. So they need to, the CDC, which is the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in the States, they have given the cruise companies or Royal Caribbean International

the approval to do these test sailings. So they need to have at least 10% of their total capacity. We don't know too much about the rules and regulations of the sailings, but if they can in the future prove that they have at least 98 regulations of the sailings, but if they can in the future prove that they have at least 98% of the crew

and 95% of the passengers fully vaccinated, they can skip doing these test cruises. And just go cruising. Yeah. But basically they have to figure out before they sail the quickest route at any point to get back to a port if something should go wrong. Right.

They have to have like all these measures in place to make sure if there's an outbreak on the ship, they've got it under control. How do we know what that would be like? What could go wrong when a cruise ship ravaged with COVID? It was sarcasm. Because, wow. I mean, that's how New Zealand's big outbreak started, right?

Do you remember that cruise ship? And then everyone got off and then they all got off in Sydney and it just went crazy. It's not like you can very easily isolate. No. We say that. I don't think I would jump on board, but 250,000 people have applied to be on the test sailing

for this cruise ship. Yeah. So another sign that I don't think travels are quite back to levels it was, a man, and I know it's been very hard for people to get flights out of India, and a lot of countries won't let people from India in. Yeah. A man was flying from Mumbai to Dubai on Emirates

on a 777, you know, the big planes. The big daddy planes. He was the only person on the plane. Oh, my God. What would you do? That's so weird. If you had an economy seat And you know how the pilots

Like normally does the Bing bong hi Apparently just came up to the guy And was like Oh you're the only one On the flight today So we're just gonna fly 30,000 or whatever

Put your seatbelt on Laters Kind of thing That's so weird But no word If they got like a free upgrade To first class of business Or anything

Wow That's so weird Probably just got a whole four row of economy. Surely you just get to sit up the front and be like, hey. Surely they'd let you in. Because especially if the pilot's coming to give you a personal chat, he doesn't want to walk down the back of the plane. Yeah.

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