ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 29th May 2020

Episode Date: May 28, 2020

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Hello and welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast, brought to you by McCafe. Grab yourself a delicious barista-made coffee for only $4. ZM. Head music. Live the air. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Now I don't want this, I don't want you to feel attacked ahead of the long weekend, but there are eight foods that you could be eating that could be putting you in a bad mood. And most of them are fun. Most of them are good foods. So comfort foods are pretty much leaving us agitated. They said it's a fleeting mix of pleasure-inducing dopamine.

And so you get like a hit. And then afterwards they say it's a mix of sluggishness, anxiety and guilt. Yeah, it's that euphoric lie in the middle of a packet of Maltesers. And then afterwards. And then afterwards it's that regret. Yeah, so they say it's a cynical process. You get in a low mood and you're like, I need to pick me up. I need a treat.

I need some comfort food. It's a vicious cycle, isn't it? You get a spike and then you go down again. So they've broken it down into eight exact foods that are the worst at doing this for you. Okay. Number one is alcohol. This is not what we want to hear ahead of the

long weekend. I mean, I know. But I don't think anyone's going into that knowing that, I mean, you know there's. But I don't think anyone's going into that knowing that. I mean, you know there's going to be some sort of. This is true. Hangover or something the next day. Small amounts can be fine, but excessive alcohol consumption. So shots.

Shots, not great. Yeah. That's a small amount though. I'm sorry, science. You can't have it both ways. You can't have it in small amounts and then have shots. No, it's a small amount because there's no mixer. It's still a large amount of alcohol. Yeah, Megan's got a great point there, Vaughan.

It's still the same amount of alcohol. It's just not mixer. Okay, so what if I just fill up a glass with nothing but alcohol then? Science mixer. No, it's still a large amount of alcohol. I don't know. Fizzy drinks. Obviously sugar, so you're

going to feel great, but then sluggish afterwards. But then you go the other way and you get the sugar-free versions and they're full of all the chemicals and you get a headache, so you can't win. Coffee. We hear this all the time. You can have a little bit, but not too many. They have said that more than four cups of coffee

per day is bad. Oh, wow. So, there can't be that many people that are having more than four cups of coffee per day is bad. Oh, wow. So there can't be that many people that are having more than four cups of coffee a day. Well, technically I just had three because I have three teaspoons in one coffee. Is one serving one teaspoon of that instance? I've always assumed so. Yeah, that's what I've assumed as well.

Okay, well, you're running on the line then. Baked goods. I did so much baking over lockdown. It was real naughty. Everything you've described is what we did over lockdown. I know, yeah. Drinking. Soft drinks.

Yeah. Drinking some more with soft drinks. Yeah. Baking. Baking. What else did you have on your list? We've only done fizzy drinks and alcohol. Oh, God.

Oh, caffeine. That was the morning. And the next one is what we did straight after we got out of lockdown. French fries. We were like, hit it hard. How good were the French fries after seven weeks, eight weeks locked up? Yeah, it's not a slow-releasing carbohydrate, in case you didn't know that. It's not going to fit.

What? Processed foods are not great bagels. Are you done with your bloody negative Nancy? What are you doing this for? What are you doing this for? What are you doing? Bagels. Bagels are sneaky bastards.

They are because they're so little and cute. And it's like four slices of bread. I know. Yeah, in one bagel. Yeah. Yeah. Ruby, you guys used to love after show bagels. Oh my God, after show. And one bagel. Yeah. Remember you guys used to love after show bagel? Oh my god, after show stroll for

a bagel. I think I put on like 8kgs of bagel. Because that wasn't breakfast, was it? It was just like a snack. It was a post-show snack. Post-show treat. I considered them a healthy version of a donut. Yeah. Absolutely not. There's so much carbohydrates in it. And packaged

deli meat. You think it's protein and the protein is good for your diet, but yeah, not so much. Why? Because of the salt levels? High salt and probably not as much protein as you think. Right. Yeah. Okay, well.

I said I don't want you to feel attacked ahead of the long weekend, but just think about that. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. The South Island can now say that it is COVID-free. No remaining cases of COVID-19 in the South Island. That's awesome. I remember when it didn't have any at the start. Yeah.

Remember that? Yeah. And then it got some. Yeah. And now it can, again, can say that it is COVID-free. Yeah. That's how it went. Yeah. They were like, whoa, can say that it is COVID free. Yep. That's how it went. Yeah.

They were like, whoa, North Island, stay away from us. And then there was that couple of big clusters, wasn't there? Yeah, there's the Bluff Wedding. And the Rest Home. And the conference in Queensland. That's right. Was that a conference? Yeah, but I think, yes, it was.

It was the Hereford conference, which will be interesting vibes next year at the Hereford. At the Hereford conference. So was that, because this is a question I had during that, because that would always come up at press conferences, that was a conference where they went and talked about cows. Specifically Hereford breed cows. Fascinating.

It was the World Hereford Conference. You know what a Hereford is? World Conference on one specific cow. Oh, yeah, that's just a cow. White, white hair, brown body. This used to be your eater. You'd eat these. These are your eaters.

Right. These are the New Zealand eaters, but everyone's getting a bit posh now, and farmers have got a couple of wagus running around. Oh, right, okay. My dad's got a couple of wagus. What does a wagu cow look like? Pretty cute. Well, if you went to the Wagyu Cow Conference You'd know these things

I only went to the Hereford one Did you get checked for COVID? Now New Zealand could be declared Coronavirus free in 21 days A study is suggesting Okay But then what? Are we allowed to

Well that's when we Can talk to other COVID free nations About opening up I know the Cook Islands. Yep, they're keen to get that going. And I'm guessing by then Australia will be down to very few cases. Yeah, see, everybody's pushing for that Australia and New Zealand bubble, but I don't think we hurry it.

You know? A lot of people do. But Winston's like, it should already be happening. But they had a little bit of a flare-up last week. Yeah. They had the numbers go back, you know, pull back up again. And then so we open our borders and then all of a sudden, but then people, surely people would still have to quarantine, would they not?

No, the whole point of the bubble is to not quarantine. It would make it easier. Yeah. You'll get thoroughly checked on the way in, but you'll get your, I'd imagine there'll be temperatures taken. Right. With a pointy laser and all that jazz. Yeah.

And then you'll, of course, have your tracking chip inserted in the back of your neck and you'll be synced up with your local 5G tower. But can I scan that at a self-serve checkout to pay? Yeah. Because I'm down for that. But the problem is it's in the back of your neck, so you've got to turn around and go over the paywall.

Oh, cute. You've got to shimmy on the paywall machine. Hush, hush, hush, hush, hush. But yeah, South Island have been COVID free. Fantastic. All right, next on the show, the top six. And with the fact that we are stuck in our beautiful, lovely country, tourism. Yep.

We're expected to go out and see and spend our tourist dollars in the lovely, beautiful spots around our countries. Yep, and there's a little bit of a mixed reaction to Dunedin's marketing campaign. Yes. I think this is a brilliant marketing campaign. Yeah. People in Dunedin don't think so, do they? Well, do you know what?

What? It's already working because we're talking about it. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And if they'd just brought out Dunedin, it's really lovely. We wouldn't be talking about it. Yeah. Oh, Dunedin, we're the best. We'd be like, just brought out Dunedin, it's really lovely. We wouldn't be talking about it. Yeah.

Oh, Dunedin, we're the best. We'd be like, are you, Dunedin? Because we're New Zealanders, and no one's allowed to say that they're the best. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there. Today's Top Six, Dunedin has launched a new campaign, a marketing campaign, better than I am Dunedin.

Is that what it was? That's what it was. I googled Dunedin slogan. I am Dunedin. What does that even mean? I'm a couch on fire on Castle Street. I'm a drunk student passed out. I'm a steep hill.

I'm David Bain passed out. I'm a steep hill. Yeah. I'm David Bain. Yeah. You know? Anyway, the new one is Dunedin, a pretty good plan D. And I like it. I like that. I like it. It's honest.

And it's Kiwi in its nature, self-deprecating. It is, self-deprecating campaign. That's right. Enterprise Dunedin said it was intriguing and high impact. And previously they had I am Dunedin and Dunedin It's All Right Here. What is? It's All Right Here. It's not great.

You can't promise that. It's okay here. It's okay here. No, no, no, no, no. It's all collectively right here. Oh, right. No, no, it's all right. That's on you then.

You were like, it's all right here. It's all right here. Yeah. It's all right here. Oh, right. No, no, it's all right. That's on you then. You were like, it's all right here. It's all right here. Yeah. It's all right here. Yeah, it's all right here. Yeah, there you go. See, the confusion in that one alone makes it a terrible slogan. So your plan D, that's brilliant.

Yeah. It's brilliant. Because, you know, there's no luge there. There's no mountains. Well, no, we're trying to sell it. We're just trying to sell it. But, you know, it's D, plan D. Larnac Castle.

Yep. Let's do a little bit of a sell here on Dunners. Yep. Steepest straight. Yep. We go to every time we're there. The Cadbury Factory. Gone.

Oh. The Botanical Gardens at Dunedin are pretty good. Are they? Yeah. We went a few years ago now with some friends that moved down there. Okay. That mountain biking trail. It's got to be good. Oh, yeah, we did that.

They couldn't say no to it. That's right. I was on quarantine and it was like, I've got to give them a fix. That's a good selling point. Beaches. The beaches are really nice. It's like too cold to go in the water like 95% of the year, but there are actually really nice beaches down there.

It's a beautiful, beautiful part of the country. But with international travel plans being scrapped, you need a pretty good plan D. You know, that's... Yeah. That's fine. So, I have come up with six other

honest tourism slogans. If we're all getting on the honesty buzz. Okay. Number six is for Auckland. It's Auckland. Yes, you have to come here to get to Waiheke Island.

Because... Yeah. You do. You do. That's a fact. Yeah. You do. You do. That's a fact. Yeah. Right? Is there any other way of getting a, I mean, if you're rich enough to have your own boat.

You could, yeah. Get a boat up around. Otherwise, no. No, you've got to come here. The ferries all leave from here, right? Yeah. Number five on the list is for Wellington. Wellington.

No, it's not that good day that you always hear about. Can't beat Wellington on a good day and if you're there for a good day they're dead right yeah but when does that happen

on a dark day it's really oh my god it's cold really cold it blows right through you yeah it does and then if it's blowing and rainy

yeah and then you're staying in that accommodation we sat in that time that's not earthquake proof that has to be pulled down by 2027. With asbestos roofing.

Yeah, I know. Add that. I mean, I don't feel like you should judge Wellington on that awful hotel board. No, it has some beautiful hotels. It has beautiful hotels. Oh, it's got lovely hotels. Yeah, it's just that work never puts us in them. No.

I want to be their loss if there's an earthquake. What? You will be their loss. Shit, man. Sounds like the easy way out for them, honestly. Number four on the list of the top six honest tourism slogans for New Zealand cities, Palmerston North.

As you're pulling into Palmerston North, it says, welcome vet students and people who aren't taking State Highway 1. Because... Oh my god That's great Why? I'll leave that with you Have I been to Palmerston North? Yeah we went there

Oh my god We went there We went to Massey Oh yeah The place I flew the plane Yeah Oh yeah UniLife there is great

But yeah I flew a plane in Palmerston North Yeah We saw the kiwi Oh. We saw the Kiwi. Oh, yeah. We saw the Kiwi in the big sky. That's right, we saw the Kiwi. We saw the horse on the treadmill.

When have you seen a horse on a treadmill since? The university's got a lot happening. Yeah. But the rest. Vaughan, stop being so rude. People right now are listening in Palmerston North, and you've offended them. Well, they've got nothing else to do.

Number three on the list of the top six honest tourism slogans. No worry about offending people because no one here listens. New Plymouth. They do. My mum's probably listening. Apart from Bev. Morning, Bev. Good morning. We could just start the show every morning.

Good morning, Bev. Good morning, New Zealand and Bev in New Plymouth. Number three on the list of the top six honest tourism slogans for New Zealand cities in New Plymouth. Yes, surprisingly, we do have dentists. Oh, boy! You suck. They've got lots

of dentists. That's really mean. No, I know. That's what they're saying. They do have dentists. That's just because my brother has a missing tooth. It doesn't mean everybody does. That do have dentists. Just because my brother has a missing tooth, doesn't mean everybody does. That's the general look. Oh, my God. You have a missing tooth, don't you? No, I've got all my teeth.

See? I did have a gap. No, I got a thing put in. Oh, you got it. A fake tooth, yeah. So that's tooth from tooth. No, to be fair, that got pulled out of Nelson. Oh, okay.

So, also toothless. Oh, to be fair, that got pulled out of Nelson. Oh, okay. So also toothless. Oh, no. Okay, Taranaki. That's because everyone in Nelson's like 88 years old and they've lost their dentures. That's why they're toothless. Number two on the list of the top six honest tourism slogans is Rotorua.

Are you pulling into Rotorua? It says, yes, it's now safe to blamelessly drop your guts. That would be so great. That's actually a great one. Yeah. Now it's now safe to blamelessly drop your guts. That would be so great. That's actually a great one. Yeah. Now it's safe to fart. Now, number one on the list of the top six honest tourism slogans is for Hamilton. Hamilton, we may have oversold this river.

Because you're always there. The lovely picture of the bridge is in the river. But then you get there and it's actually really hard to get down to the river. And then you get there and you're like, oh, this is dirty. This is dirty, dirty. And you can see a fridge just floating down. Yeah. It just needs to say, Hamilton, just go to the gardens.

Hamilton. Oh, yeah. Hamilton. The place with the gardens. That is today's top six. Fletchvorna Megan, the podcast. ZM. I can tell you the two names for a male and a female

that reveals the most financial success. This is done through stocks. So they've analysed 12 million people on this user database that invest in stocks. Okay. This will be you, Vaughan, on Sharesies. This is us on Sharesies. That's not fair because I don't do that.

Vaughn Warren Buffett Smith. Vaughn will message me, had a great day on Sharesies. I'm up a dollar. Can I put like cash out? I'm a small time player. Cash out. Can I put $5 in? Yeah, buddy.

I'm not putting much in. No, but I put $5 in and it'd be like, you've made $10. I'd be like, cash out. I got invited to a shareholders meeting the other day. What? For what? Because I bought shares in10. I'd be like, cash out. I got invited to a shareholders meeting the other day. What? For what? Because I bought shares in this. I can't remember.

But you buy shares, but then you're a shareholder. No, God, no. It was an online webinar or something. I was like, I don't have time for that. Yeah. I just love that you put in like a tiny bit of money, and it's just fun. Like, instead of spending it on a lotto ticket.

We're not in a great point for the share market, but I'm up $11. What if I put in $5 and then it's like, can I just lose it all in a heartbeat? It all goes negative, yeah. Does it go negative? It's a long game, Megan. It's a long game. Can it go positive again or have I just lost my money?

No, because if it went into negatives, am I correct in saying that the company you invested in would be gone, right? No, if it goes into negatives. Oh, like if you buy it at $13 and then it drops down to $12, you'd be in negatives. But you've got to ride it out. You've still got the shares. So you'd wait until it goes back up or until they go belly up. Might have a spare $5. I have no idea what I'm doing.

I know, it's so much fun. But I like to do this thing where I read a news article and I'll hear a business name and then I'll look for it and it says something good about it and I'll be like, well, I'll put my money there and I put like a dollar. Yeah. Buy a share. And then like the bell rings at Fonterra and they're like,

oh my God, Vaughan's invested a dollar, guys. And then there's a story about how they've got the big name investors coming on board. Yeah, right. Me and Fletch. Oh, okay. With a dollar. So whose names? Well, out of the 12 million people that are doing shares and other investing

stuff, like Wall Street and stuff. Yep. And the Dow Jones and the green back in those days. That's the share market, eh? FTSE. They don't have that on the news anymore, eh? Nah, because no one knew what it was. Yeah, no one cared. Everyone's just like, is it going to be raining tomorrow?

So the most successful men's name was Andrew. And I don't know if you know, but two of the people on the show go out with an Andrew. And two of the biggest financial hot messes on the show go out with an Andrew. Well, no, Andrew's very responsible. He reigns you in, doesn't he? But your Andrew, Executive Intern Anya, your Andrew, is he as loose goose as you, Mr Bun Buns? As loose goose as you.

He's very good at saving. Okay, right. Yeah, until he sees a bloody... Until he sees a car that he likes. Yeah, a 1978 bloody Mazda Rotary or something, and he's like, oh, buy it. So Andrew and then Sam, Alex, Christopher and Darren are the other top five.

Darren, Darren. When was the last time you met a Darren? For the females, Anna. Oh, you're financially responsible. Anna is the most, she will see the most financial success. Maybe you should get on to the Shazies thing. This is news to us all.

It's about you and your boyfriend atop of the list. It doesn't really ring true to our reality. No. Followed up by Maria, Laura, Helen and Sarah. But this is just like one of those lists of people who are going to get pregnant. No, this is done off a 12 million user database. Yeah, I know, but that's just the most common name. Yeah, right.

Don't get jealous just because it's like that. They need to take the percentages of how many annas are in there and how well those annas are doing. Not just like how many annas are in this. No, it's not how many annas are in this. It's how well they were doing. Compared to Christine's. Yeah.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We're joined on the phone now, though, by Margie from 660. Good morning. Morning, guys. How you doing? Very good. How's lockdown been for you? Bit of a rollercoaster, to be honest.

Yeah. Good days and bad days. Ooh. How have you pushed through the bad days? It's always interesting to hear how different people, especially creative people such as yourself, have pushed through those bad days. I'd either kind of sit down and try to write a song or open a bottle of wine.

Open a bottle of wine, I'm there. Maybe I should try writing a song after a couple of bottles of wine. Have you written a few songs in lockdown? It was pretty hard to, you know, it wasn't a very inspirational time. Yeah. But, you know, you kind of sit down and just, it was actually quite nice to just play music without that kind of pressure of trying to make a song out of it.

Yeah. But what you find is that you actually kind of collect a lot of new ideas, fresh ideas, so it was good in that regard. Nothing really concrete, but lots of little things. Little bits and pieces. Well, we are going to see some concrete songs that you've put together over your musical history thus far. Yeah.

This Saturday night, May 30, TV One at 8.45. It is your 6.60 Live at Western Springs show that was filmed before this whole weird madness that we're currently experiencing back in February. Yeah, man. How cool. We get to have it played on the national TV for everyone to see.

Does it feel like forever ago that that concert happened? Oh, hard out. I mean, after it felt like lockdown just went forever. So February just feels like years and years ago, like a whole life ago. And of course, a big part of this on TV NZ1

on Saturday, tomorrow night night is the fact that you will be helping musichelpslive.co.nz this is a charity that is helping those that have been I guess affected in the industry because you know you see you guys fronting the show but there are a lot of people behind the scenes

that make those shows happen and they're in need at the moment aren't they? Yeah absolutely we're really happy to be able to partner with Music Helps. And as you said, a show like that takes literally hundreds of people a long time to put together and execute. And when COVID-19 came around, these friends and colleagues of ours never go four days without having a gig to work on. And the music industry spans so far, even from radio to venues

to booking agents to merchandise. I mean, it's not just artists and not just songs. And it's not just people's livelihood, but their love. These are music people and it's their passion. So a lot of people have been

really affected by this. So again, we're just really happy to be able to, one, for people to see the work, the hard work that it took for all these people to put on a show. And that hopefully we can raise a lot of money for them to help so that we have a music industry when this thing is all done. If we're watching the show at home, what can we do at home to make the atmosphere slightly more like being at a 660 gig? Well, I guess it depends on the kind of person you are. Maybe you could open that bottle of wine.

Yeah, okay. Maybe you could get your little bubble together. I'm not sure how many people are allowed now, 10 or 100. Yeah. Because, I mean, you get a great view. You must see some things in the crowd. Yeah, yeah. And that see some things in the crowd. Yeah.

Would you like me to flash my boobies at you through the television? Go on, man. Okay. I'll get on my wife's shoulders after the bottles of wine and I'll flash my hairy breasts. Hey, well, looking forward to it. 660 live at Western Springs. It's on tomorrow night.

TBNZ1 at 8.45, Munchie from 660. Thanks for talking to us, mate. Yeah, thanks for the time. Cheers, guys. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Yesterday on the show, if you were listening, we talked about a couple that actually got their tattooed wedding dates

on their body. The wedding got postponed because of COVID-19. Now they've got dates on their body of their proposed but not actual wedding date. Now we were talking about that, having a laugh about it, after we talked about it on air. And that's when we hear from Producer Jarrod, who's new to the show, so we're learning all about it.

Every day. We're learning something. Already this week we've learned he likes ant farming no that was last week that was last week oh that was that's old news he's got a date the girl messaged him about ants too so he might have a hot ant based hook up there okay so there's someone for everybody yeah um and he told us about his um planned matching tattoo now what's that you've still got this tattoo and i'm correct if I'm wrong, it's on your wrist. Yep, on my left wrist,

I've got a very masculine infinity symbol. Totes mask. So that's like the number eight on the side, right? Infinity. So you got this with your friend. Yeah, we were young, dumb 17-year-olds and decided to get magic infinity tattoos. So would you say you were best friends?

Best friends for life. Best friends for infinity. Okay. So you were at school together, besties? We've been best mates for about 11 years now. So still friends? Yep. Okay.

So you got your infinity tattoos at 17 and then you get on with life. Yep. He went overseas with his fiancee and then came back with a covered up infinity loop, which is pretty hurtful. He covered up. Was this this new bitch on the block she's got in his ear? I wouldn't say that.

He's a grown man. He makes his own choice. No, he doesn't. It was a big tattoo dedicated to someone he cares about, so it's all right. I'm fine with it. Wait a minute. Who?

Her. Yeah. Oh! The thing is, all we knew was he had the tattoo covered up with another tattoo, but he had the tattoo dedicated to you for your infinity friendship covered up with a tattoo dedicated to this fiancée, this flash in the pan.

Why couldn't he get one for her as well as your infinity tattoo? Because it's taken up his whole forearm. He's got two arms? This one's already covered up. Oh, right. He's tatted up. Should have left a gap in the middle of the tattoo for her for you. He's going to move it somewhere. So he covered up the original one. He's going to get a fancy fresh one. He's going to up. Should have left a gap in the middle of the tattoo for her for you. He's going to move it somewhere.

So he covered up the original one. He's going to get a fancy fresh one. He told you he's going to get a new one. What a loader he is now. Does she even let him out to see you? She's jealous of him. This sounds like there's more to this. There does.

So how did you find out about it? Oh, well, I saw it. The giant tattoo. The giant forearm tattoo. out about it? Oh, well, I saw it. This giant tattoo with a giant forearm. He didn't tell you, though. You just saw that it was gone. He had brought it up previously, but he never said he was actually going to cover it up. Cover it up.

You're like, wow, you've got a tattoo that accentuates the Infinity tattoo because we are forever. And he's like, oh, yeah, that's what's happened. I think we should open up the phone lines and delve into this kind of thing like has anybody listening

got a matching tattoo with someone and then either you break up or the friendship stomps or you're still friends or you're still friends

and someone covers it up I never thought about that because people get matching tattoos and then they're like oh we've grown apart or I don't know but I never thought

about them getting covered over. Yeah. Especially when you're still freaking. Well, lots of people do it in relationships, get the matching tattoos. Yeah.

And of course, they don't always end at last. Yeah. So I would just love to hear if anyone's been in the same situation where you've got

a matching tattoo. And one of you covered it up. And then someone bails on it. And then someone bails on it or changes it up. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and or changes it up. We're talking about matching tattoos. And if you had one and then someone bailed on you for the matching tat,

producer Jared has let us in on a little hurtful secret. Him and his best friend got infinity wrist tattoos. They're going to be best friends forever. Yeah. And now it's covered up with a tattoo dedicated to his fiancée. I don't think the fiancée likes you. Jared, I don't think she likes you. No, she's lovely.

I'm actually best man at their wedding. Okay, so she does like you. This is odd. Maybe she likes you too much. Maybe she likes you too much. When's this wedding, Anna? I haven't been to a wedding for a while. Should we go?

I'd love to go. Thanks for the invite. When is this? It was going to be in March. Oh, shit. Oh, no, you've stuck with an infinity. I haven't been to a wedding for a while. Should we go? I'd love to go. Thanks for the invite. When is this? It was going to be in March. Oh, shit. Oh, next year. Oh, next year. That's too long.

That's too far away to commit. Thanks for the invite. We'll see what happens. So we want to know if you've got matching tattoos and somebody bowed on it or changed it. Yeah. They're just little stories of matching tattoos. Ben, this happened to you?

Hey, mate. So what did you get as a matching tattoo? So me and my best mate, we both got the word faded tattooed on the inside of our bottom lip. Faded? What's the story there? It was just a really drunk night, but it was a good night. Right. Okay.

And then so what happened? Did he not do it? No, no. So we both got done. And the whole point behind it was these tattoos, because it's on your lip, they meant to fade really quick. Right. So we thought they would be quite appropriate.

Anyway, a year later, his one's completely gone and mine still looks brand new. He must have a higher pH in his saliva or something. Yeah, maybe. Oh my God, his is gone

and he was like, oh, that's terrible. Wow. At least it's the type of tattoo where you have to like, actually show someone.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. You can't see it unless you soak a lot and drop the bottom. Yeah, do that.

Yeah. Oh, brilliant. All right, Ben, thanks for your call, mate. Ask some text messages. Somebody said,

an ex of mine copied one of my tattoos without telling me, thinking it was a romantic gesture. He had no idea what the meaning was behind it

and I've since had to alter it as it was a constant reminder of the absolute idiot that I briefly involved myself with. Oh. Imagine someone just comes home

and they're like, I've got the same tattoo as you. Yeah, that feels... Yeah. That's like, I've got the same tattoo as you. Yeah, that feels... Yeah. That's like, bye. That's like, you have to ask. Yeah, that's weird.

My girlfriend has a matching tattoo with her ex. It's a queen symbol on the back of her neck. She lives in Canada. I'm here in New Zealand. I'm waiting to get over there so I can propose and almost immediately say, let's get rid of that tattoo and cover it up with a matching one that we can both have. Right. Helen, you got matching tattoos with your ex.

Me? Yeah. No, I got a tattoo with his name scrolled through a hearty sort of thing. Yeah. And we split up. And then when I met my now husband in a compromising position,

he looked and he goes, who the F is that? And we went straight down to the tattoo shop and had it scrolled over. You were in a compromising position and he's like, wait a minute, wait, who's that? Wow, that is brilliant.

Oh, yeah. Brilliant, thanks, Helen. I got matching tattoo with my mother The Libra star sign As we're both Libras And it was our birthdays Absolutely regretted I'm going to get that removed as soon as possible

Could you imagine getting a matching tattoo with your mum? No People would be like, no bloody way We're both Pisces, me and my mum Maybe we go and get the fish Get a fish Yeah Or it'd just look like the town and country sign

Or a mother and son going in and getting some like Have you seen the Pisces fish. Yeah. Or it'll just look like the town and countryside. Or a mother and son going in and getting some like... Have you seen the Pisces fish? Yeah. It's a little bit like a six and a nine on the side. Get an emo. That could be the new Pisces. Disney would sue you. Flesh, fawn and Megan.

The podcast. ZM. Ah, the location we're about to talk about is my Achilles heel. Is it? Because it's one of those words that I want to say right every time, but I freak out about is my Achilles heel. Is it? Because it's one of those words that I want to say right every time, but I freak out about saying it every time. Oh, really? Yeah, toe-pore.

Toe-pore. Toe-pore. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, I've got to think about it being toe and then pore. Yeah. But I freak out every time I'm coming up to it. It's like jumping a hurdle for me. I know it's coming, and then I go toe-pore.

Toe-pore. And you can hear in my voice, I'm just trying to do it right So please forgive me if I Yeah If I incorrectly go Teopay No I'm not going to Taupo

So in Taupo There is a Very famous landmark It's not the lake No it's not the lake No It's not The Hook Falls

It's What else is there It's not The Debrets Debrets Which of course Are naturally occurring Hot pools the hook falls. What else is there? It's not... Debrits. Which, of course, are naturally occurring hot pools. Even the concrete and everything

just naturally occurred. But I thought... The changing sheds? Limestone formation over thousands of years. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stalagmites and stalagmites. Glowworms in there

if you're going there at the right time of the day. So, you would say one of the most famous McDonald's in the country. Yeah. Because it has a plane in it. Now, I thought that was common knowledge. A DC-10?

DC-3. DC-3. Yeah. Or DC-8. I don't think there was a DC-10. A silver one with a round nose. DC-3. So it's always on those.

It's a DC-3. You're correct. Applause. Thank you. You've been missing crowds since COVID, eh? Those big stadium applauses. When you guess the plane. Yeah.

That one could be on the chase, though, and you don't want to be wrong with your eights or your tens. Stick to your threes. So you can imagine our surprise when in our emails last night in preparation for the show, one of our producers says, oh, my God, did you guys know this? There's a plane. At a McDonald's.

And it's in New Zealand. And we're like, yeah. And then it spread like a 5G conspiracy theory to another producer who said, I had no idea either. This is blowing my damn mind. Mountie, did you know about the DC3? When I look at the photo, it seems like a dream or something. Like, it looks vaguely familiar, but I, but I don't know if I imagined it. It's like hanging out the side of the McDonald's

and you can go up the stairs and you can eat inside these tables. It's been there literally forever. Forever and ever. And I can understand for people who have never been to Topol, but you guys have. But it's always on those internet lists. Like,

oh my god, weird, wacky McDonald'ses. How have you never heard of this? Well, I saw this on TikTok, but I didn't know that it was Topor. I sent it around to my friends. I was like, OMG, guys, we've got to go here. What did they say? They were like, oh my god, great!

So they didn't know either? No. And now I realise we only have to drive, what, three, four hours? This is fantastic news. Jesus, slow down. You've been in Taupo when it's been there. I don't know how you've missed it. But sometimes, you know, when you've got maps on

and you just have to look straight. You've got the blinkers. Yeah, you've got to focus. I just would have thought, you know, when you've got maps on and, like, you just have to look straight. You've got the blinkers, yeah. Yeah, you've got to focus. I just would have thought you love your Maccas. Oh, right, Bourne. You're a Maccas gal. You're maybe not as much as... I'm not a Maccas gal. No, you like your nuggies.

You love your wicked wings, but you love your nuggies. I do love... Yeah, okay, I love my nuggies. You and Fletch bond over your nuggies. Yeah, you guys always talk about that and your different sorts of nuggies. Your BP, Wildbane nuggies. I do love, yeah, okay, I love my nuggies. You and Fletch bond over your nuggies. Yeah, you guys always talk about and your different sorts of nuggies, your BP, Wildbane nuggies

and all that business. But you, I would have thought you would have been aware of this. I know, I need to get on ASAP. ASAP,

I've cancelled the weekend's plans. Well, we are all about local gems, exploring your own backyard, so add that to the list.

So I googled it. I'm trying to find out what year it got put there, and I haven't found that, but I have found every McDonald's store in New Zealand has an email address, and it's a number. I'm guessing the number store they are, followed by at nz.stores.mcd.com. Did you know that?

Why is that even worth mentioning on air? How is that even interesting? It's so weird the things you find interesting. I could put 0024 at nzstores.mcd.com. I could email. I'd be like, what store is this? Oh, my God. Don't do that.

Bombay McEdiot. I'm doing it. Give me a number. No, don't. Give me a number. What number? You pick a numberdiot. I'm doing it. Give me a number. No, don't. Give me a number. What number? You pick a number. We're moving on from this.

You pick a number. This is why when Vaughn goes, we're all like, this better be good because it's usually not. ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. The podcast. What would Ray Ray say?

Good morning, Mum. Good morning. We're joined by my mum again for another episode of What Would Ray Ray Say? We've got three plights from our listeners to put to you this morning. You're like an agony aunt in one of those magazines. That's what she said. I'm like agony aunt.

Aunt Daisy. Aunt Daisy. Yeah. Okay, so shall we crack right into first question this morning, Mum? How do you tell a boy you like them? Well, I reckon he would get the idea if you fluttered your eyelashes at him and you asked him out to dinner, and if he wasn't keen, well, give him the heave-ho and go to the gym and check out the talent.

Boy, you are really back on that wagon, aren't you? Back into the spandex cafe to check out the... Fluttering the eyelids. Yeah, right. The gym bunnies. Is that what you did with Dad? I can't remember, actually. It's a long time ago.

Yeah, I think I did. Fluttered your eyelids. You made the first move. Oh, well, yeah, I think so. He was a bit of a dick in his time, but he was a rich bitch. And then he realised I was a rich bitch and then he decided to change his tactic. Right. Wow.

Wow. This is why we're getting the advice from you. I don't know what to say. I don't know what to say. Okay. Any tips on how to find your purpose in life? Well, you've got to have some sort of goal and you've got to know where you're going.

And by the time college comes around, you surely must have some sort of direction. But you've got to remember, if you're going to go to university, it sounds really good, but you've got to think about BA. That means bugger all. I remember when I was going to go to a BA, mum was like, that means bugger all.

Yeah, right. So you chose radio. A much better outcome. I don't think they were that stoked about that either. But what about Ray Ray for someone who's like gone to university and they still, because I know people that, you know, they've gone to university, you know, might be in their 20s, still don't know what their purpose is, even in their 30s. Yeah, it's very difficult, isn't it? I mean, I don't know, but I kind of think, you know, once you get to college, you surely must have.

When I was at college, I wanted to be a policewoman. And I thought, yep, that was the only thing I wanted to do. And then they said, well, you're too short. Oh, no. Oh. Oh, well, bugger it. I'll be a kindy teacher. And I couldn't play the piano, so I was stuffed.

Did you have to play the piano back in the day to be a kindy teacher? Yeah. What? You had to be able to play music. Wow. So you're too short, you're not musical. What do you do next?

Yeah, I know. That's what I said. I was stuffed. So you just gave up and here we are. Great advice, Ray Ray. All right. Have you got any advice on how to survive long distance relationships? Well, are we talking about relationships or a marathon?

Now, if we're talking about a relationship and he's there, way over there, say, and you're here, well, that will test anyone. So what you've got to do is you have heaps of credit on your telephone. You just Zoom or Skype whatever hell they are. Yeah, obviously you don't know what they are, Mum. I've never Skyped you in my life. No, well, in my time I wrote letters. Well, you don't write letters anymore.

So you could FaceTime each other, but remember, no rude pictures. And you've got to dress nicely. You've got to dress nicely? Yeah, no rude pictures. Put some effort in. Remember a relationship. That's where me and Mum differ.

Yeah. Well, if all else fails, you could send flowers. Right. Because you and Dad did long distance. Dad lived in Australia for a little Right. Because you and Dad did long distance. Dad lived in Australia for a little bit. Yeah, we just did letters and maybe phone calls once a week because in those days it was quite expensive. But what about sexy letters?

Was there a bit of, like, erotic literature in the letters? Like, were you like, you know? Confirm or deny. Oh, yeah. Blech. Blech. Grim. Right.

But Megan and Mr. Toyboy did long distance for a while, and they sent a lot of naughty pictures, Ray Ray. Oh, I don't want to know about that. Yeah. Well, you see, absence makes the heart grow fonder. If it's going to happen, well, you know, that's a long distance is quite good, really. Because then what if you're doing long distance,

but there you're putting in all the effort? Well, I really am lost there. Yeah. It's hard to say. I don't know. I think if it's going to work, it'll work. Yeah, right. Okay.

Great advice as always, Ray Ray. I found out way too much about you again. Thank you so much, Mum. Welcome. Nice chatting so much, Mum. You're welcome. Nice chatting. Bye. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The Podcast.

ZM. It is a long weekend and it doesn't look good weather-wise. So let's just sit inside and watch some TV, shall we? Because we haven't been doing enough of that recently. We've had a lot of practice at that, haven't we? Yeah. Lately. So collectively, we've all got a few shows that we'd like to put forward

as binge-worthy for this weekend. Who's going to start? I'll start. Oh, what? No, you ladies first. Ladies first. Dynasty, season three is out. I feel like if you're already on board with Dynasty,

you've probably already like partway binged it. I'm halfway through. I'm shopping TV shows. Dynasty, when I was a kid't. Is it the Dynasty? I'm shopping TV shows. I remember the Dynasty when I was a kid. It was on. Oh, I'm not that old. Neither. But it's a remake, right?

It's a remake. Yeah. Right. Because I remember you and someone else was going on about it. So I started the episode and I think I got four minutes in. It's not for you. As long as you're going into it knowing it's a bit of like juicy trash. Yeah, okay.

But it's good. It's a really juicy bit of trash. You sound like a dog telling another dog why it got into the bin down the road. I just couldn't help myself. I didn't know that I was going to get shamed for my TV show choices. Dead to Me, season two. A cater car. You did?

How did you know which one it was? I don't know. Just guessed. It's a great show. Season two is so stressful. A key to her car. You did? How did you know which one it was? I don't know. I just guessed. This is... It's a great show, eh? Season two is so stressful. Is it? It really just...

Season one was quite stressful. Yeah, I'm halfway through season two. Every episode, you just sort of be like, how are we getting out of this mess? Yeah. But very good. And also on Amazon Prime, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. This always wins awards. It's so good. It's on Amazon Prime, The Marvellous Mrs Maisel.

This always wins awards. It's so good. It's set in the 1950s. Isn't it The Marvellous Miss? Is it Mrs Maisel? Is it Mrs Maisel? Yeah. Okay.

So she is a comedian in the 50s. Oh, wow. It's funny. It's relatable. It's relationshipy. And it's just really good. Okay, I'll go. Run.

This is the origin of this, Run. It's a show, and it's Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is Fleabag. Fleabag, yeah. It's her longtime collaboration partner. She's also in it, and it is about two, I guess they were kind of like, they were romantically involved like at a young age. And they are friends.

And they have a pact that at any time later in life, if they text each other run and the other one texts run back, they have to meet on the first train after five o'clock out of New York. And they're running away together. Oh, my God. So does that happen in the first train after five o'clock out of New York and they're running away together. Oh my God. So does that happen in the first episode? Yeah, I was going to say in the lead up to that, you'd be waiting a long time.

It literally happens in the first scene. Yeah. Right, and then so is the rest of the show, is there a few flashbacks? Things happen, Vaughn. Right. Okay, you've got me. It's a really good show.

So it's on Neon. It's an HBO show. Okay. And it's seven got me. It's a really good show. So it's on Neon. It's an HBO show. Okay. And it's seven eps. And they're pretty short eps, so you could probably binge that in a day. Okay. It's exciting.

Yep. I want to have that with someone. If I text you, run. What, you just want to leave your husband? Oh, yeah. Forgot about him for a moment. The excitement of life on the run. Yeah.

You forgot him. My recommendations are, the excitement of life on the run and you've forgotten my recommendations is the everybody's talking about it, The Last Dance the story of the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s which is, even if you don't like basketball or don't know anything about it, it's a pretty brilliantly told story, yeah right and just a whole lot about the 90s

and culture and sport and everything that's a really good watch and I think all the episodes are out now because they were drip feeding them. Yeah. Another show I wanted to recommend is on Amazon Prime. It's called Hunters. It's about this gang of Jewish survivors who survived the concentration camp in 1970s New York hunting down Nazis who had like got to America

and were working for the government. And it's kind of loosely based on what a lot of people thought happened to some very intelligent Nazis at the end of the World War. The Americans gave them a safe haven in exchange for them helping them get to the moon first. The rocket scientists and stuff. Isn't that factual? Yeah, there's a few on record, but they're saying hundreds.

Wow. Yeah, and they hunt them down. Yeah, right. And finally, the new season of Rick and Morty. A pickle Rick! It features one of the, the first episode back was called Never Ricking Morty, and it is one of the most amazingly written episodes

of a TV show ever. Right. It's so confusing to watch. I've watched it three times, and every time I've watched it, there's more to kind of take in from it. I can't do Rick and Morty. That's exactly it. It's too confusing for me.

A lot happens. This episode is like, boom. A lot happens. Crazy. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Friday Flashback. It's very important that the Long Weekend Group toot is let in with an absolute banger. I think I've got you on board for this song.

You know what this song is. You're fizzing. You teased it as a banger and someone said, Fletcher's got a banger, I'm not holding my breath. Okay, so this song was... He makes it sound like his hand wasn't held all the way. Yeah, wasn't it? You would say this song would be this artist's most well-known song, right?

When you say this artist, you say this song. This is the song you're thinking of. This song was only number one in New Zealand. Around the world, it was within the top 10 or at least top 15 on their charts. Maybe that's why they love New Zealand so much. Well, they did move here, didn't they, for a while? I believe she even had a New World club card for Wanaka New World. Did she?

Of course she would. She'd be a full-on tabber. It was the only supermarket, Megan. Oh, you're right. Of course. She collected flybys. Although she probably doesn't care about savings, does she, because she's rich. Well, the reason we got onto this is because it's Lime Awareness Month.

Lime Disease Awareness Month. Lime Disease. Lime Disease. Not awareness to the delicious small green citrus fruit. Overpriced often, isn't it? Well, it's very expensive in Zealand. Well, unless it's in season. But no, nothing to do with that.

It's... Lime disease. You get it from ticks. And it's mostly a North American thing, isn't it? They're everywhere. Justin Bieber. Yep. Avril Lavigne.

A lot of the Hadids have it. Avril Lavigne, famously. Yeah. So the tick burrows into you of the Hadids have it. Avril Lavigne, famously. Yeah. So the tick burrows into you, and then that's it. You've got Lyme disease. It bites you, and yeah, it can infect you with Lyme disease. Can you wear like a tropical strength date to stop that happening? Maybe.

Maybe. You've got to imagine that. Yeah. Well, anyway, this singer also has Lyme disease. Okay. Shania Twain. And we're going back A queen.

to 1999 when this song was number one in New Zealand and it is our Friday flashback ahead of the long weekend group Toot. Let's go girls. Yes.

Let's go girls. Zed Evans, your Friday flashback. We're live as well on Facebook. I'm going out tonight. I'm feeling all right. Gonna let it all hang out. Wanna make some noise.

Really raise my voice. Yeah, I wanna scream and shout. No inhibitions Make no conditions Get a little out of line I ain't gonna have to live to keep it red I only wanna have a good time The best thing about being a woman

Is the variety to have a little money. Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy. Forget I'm a lady. Men's shirt, short skirts. Oh, oh, oh, feeling wild, yeah, doing it in style. Oh, oh, oh, getting the action. Feel the attraction. feel the attraction, call my head, do what I dare.

Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free and feel the way I feel. Man, I feel like a woman. Hey! Girls need a break tonight We're gonna take a chance to get out of town We don't need romance, we only wanna dance We're gonna let our hair down The best thing about being a woman Is looking raggedy to have a little fun

Oh, oh, oh, they're totally crazy Forget I'm a lady Men's shirt, short skirts Oh, oh, oh, really go wild Yeah, doing that in the sky Oh, oh, oh, getting the action Get the attraction Cover my head, do what I dare Man, I about being a woman Is the prerogative to have a little fun, fun, fun Oh, they're totally crazy, forget I'm a lady, men's shirt, short skirts.

Oh, oh, oh, really go wild, yeah, doin' that in style. Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction, call on my head, do what I dare. Man, I feel like a woman. Oh, oh, yeah, yeah Like I'm totally crazy Can't you feel it? Come, come, come on, baby ZM, it's your Friday flashback. I'm the one, man! And you wanted a banger ahead of the long weekend group tour,

and I think I have delivered. Have I not? I think so. Have I not? I think the best text message that sums it all up, many good positive feedback, is that my mum is singing and dancing terribly to the song and she knows all the words, end me now.

Right. I've actually just had a message from the CEO, Bogsy. Oh, he'd love it. It's too early to watch Vaughn dancing like that. So he's watching us on the live stream. We're live on Facebook. Some have said, not early enough. Some have said, maybe you should start dancing from six.

Yes. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan's Long Weekend Group Tute. I waited for it, that group tute, I want it. Welcome to the Long Weekend Group Tute, and it's our first one out of lockdown. We had a lockdown edition, the driveway edition, and it was a raging runaway success. It was. I think it was, yeah, what was it, level three or four then? Yeah.

We were on a level. We were on a high level. We were on a level. We were on a lockdown level. You know, today at midday, gatherings can increase to 100 people. Again, practice safety. Be safe. We're not out of the woods yet.

We can see the light through the trees. Imagine having 100 friends for a party. Imagine having 100 friends. I don't know if I could fulfill that capacity. All right, so the long weekend group, too, but let's just run through how it works and let's run through the timings. We need you to call us from wherever you are on the road, in your car, and give us the first part of the Long Weekend Group Toot.

And then if you're listening and hear somebody do that, at any stage, you just toot back with... I would say even if you're just listening to the show and you're not even anywhere near the person, it's just toot back. Just toot back. It can't hurt to just give a quick little toot toot and it's a friendly

sounding toot toot. It's not an aggressive sounding toot toot. All right, let's get the phone rolling. We've got full phone lines. We're stacked. Okay, let's start

in Auckland. Sadie and Rachel, good morning. Good morning. All right, whereabouts in the country in Auckland are you? We have just got off the North Coat off-ramp and we're just heading on to Taha Rota Road. Okay. Oh, okay.

Oh, busy, busy. So window down. Give us a long weekend group toot and put the phone out the window when you're ready. You ready? Yep. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Yay!

That was perfect! That was amazing, Tooting Back. And person that Tooted Back, if you're listening to the radio, give yourself a pat on the back, because that was fantastic. Yes! One for one, thanks, Sadie and Rachel. You go on the honours board. Brilliant. Vicky, whereiden. Rachel, you go on the honours board. Brilliant.

Vicky, whereabouts in Auckland are you? I'm from Takanini, but I'm driving to work to the west. Okay, alright. Well, give us a long weekend grip too. When you're ready. Yep, I'm ready. Okay. I don't... Has the phone gone out the window?

No, I don't Let's put them on hold We'll come back We'll go to Layla in Christchurch Good morning, Layla Hi Alright, whereabouts in Christchurch are you? Summerfield Okay, alright

Now, you sound quite young to be driving What? Oh no, my mum's driving Whereabouts in Christchurch are you? Summerfield. Okay, all right. Now, you sound quite young to be driving. What? Oh, no, my mum's driving. Oh, fuel. Okay, I thought you'd stolen mum's car, Leila. No, that's okay for the long-leaking group, too. Is it?

Okay, Leila, get mum to two. When you're ready. Okay. Mum, two. Mum, two. One, two. Yeah! We heard it! We heard it!

Layla, you nailed it! Two from two. We're at a two from two. Layla, take a bow. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations to Layla and Mum. They are on the honours board. Congratulations.

Congratulations to Layla. Congratulations. Congratulations to Layla. Congratulations. That's good. That's a new one. Congratulations to Layla. Stacey, we're about to you.

I'm coming past the Mercer exit coming through to Auckland to see my nephew and my sister. I need a new pen! There you go, Paul. Okay, now, is that very busy? Because that's quite Mercer, isn't it? It's the middle of nowhere. Mercer, yeah. Yeah, there's,'s like no cars around.

No, see ya. Well, let's pop you on hold and you give us a call if you find some cars. Because, yeah, otherwise it's... Oh, wait, we're coming up to start now. Okay, let's go. Let's go, Stacey. When you're ready. All right.

Hold on. We'll wait. Oh, I could only... You're very faint there. I think... Are we counting that? I think, no, she's gone at 110 k's. That's so nice and it doesn't even do it.

Hey, that's... You ruined our streak. No, you're... No, she's fine. No! Thank you, Stacey. We've had a couple of successful ones. Thank you, Stacey. We've had a couple of successful ones. Thank you, Stacey.

You said you were going to be nice to everyone who tried. That wasn't, I wouldn't even count that as trying. You're already getting grumpy and we've had two good ones. No, that's why we were on a hot streak, baby. Thank you, Stacey. We were on the roll for three from three and now we're two from three. That's two thirds. We'll never get back to 100%.

Shem, good morning. Whereabouts are you? I'm in Christchurch, just off Marshalls Road. Okay, Shem, when you're ready, give us a long weekend group toot. All right. No fault of your own, Shem. No fault of your own. We could hear that toot.

It was rhythmic. It was fantastic. A beautiful toot, Shem. And now we're at half because we're two from four. Robin, no pressure. You're in Auckland CBD. Whereabouts? I'm just coming past the university.

Okay. Famously never a strong area for our long weekend group toot, isn't it? Robin, when you're ready, give us a long weekend group toot. I'm hoping the guy in front of me is listening. Here we go. Okay. Jesus, Robin's fallen out of her car. Oh, that's a fail.

Hang on. I'll try again. We can't hear you. We're on, Robin. Well, it sounded like you threw your phone out the window, Robin. You need to toot, Robin. Robin, are you tooting? Robin, did you toot? Did you toot? We didn't even hear the tooting. Are you just putting your phone out the window and hoping they'll toot?

No, I'm right next to my horn. But are you tooting? I'm tooting. Are you just putting your phone out the window and hoping they'll toot? No, I'm right next to my phone. But are you tooting? I'm tooting. Oh, we couldn't hear you toot. Want me to do it again? Yeah. Okay, hang on a minute. Robin, it's this thing in the middle of the steering wheel.

We can't hear anything, Robin. Did you hear that? No, we can't. Does it work hear anything, Robin. Did you hear that? No, we can't. Does it work? Sorry, Robin. Alright, wait there, Robin. Does that count? No, I don't think we should count it. I'm deleting her from my records there. We're back and we're at two from four. I love that you're

writing a spreadsheet. Jasmine, good morning. You're in Hamilton. Whereabouts? Good morning. I've just actually gotten into Nutterwise here. Oh, okay. Alright. Well, good morning. You're in Hamilton. Whereabouts? Good morning. I've just actually gotten into Narawai here. Oh, okay. Alright. Well, give us a long weekend group tote. Okay. I'll just wind my window. Okay. Nine girls are rowing under a wharf

and here I am. Oh. This is a cast. What's this? What happened? Did we not hear that? No. Oh, no. Okay. Sorry.

Hang on. No, you're all right. Yeah, don't. Apologise. Yeah, it's all right. This is a problem they've been calling from very fast speed zones and expecting their phone to have a windsock on it. Jade, Tauranga, good morning.

Hi. All right. Whereabouts in Tauranga? We're in the Lakes Pies Pass. Okay, God, we really need this, Jade. Otherwise, Vaughan's going to go off the handle soon. Okay. Okay, give us a long weekend group, too.

Okay, here we go. Yep. Yeah! Yes! Delayed, delayed, but it happened. Yeah, fantastic. Thank you, Jade. Thanks, Jade.

We're back to three from six. That's hard. All right, Jade's on the honours board. Kane and the Naki. Good morning, Kane. Whereabouts are you? I'm just rolling in next to the valley. Oh, okay.

Give us a long weekend group, too. That's full of traffic at this time of the morning. It is. She's chock-a this time of the morning it is go for it okay oh you are probably the cars around and they shit themselves in a branding manner. They're like, ah! Oh, smashing. I want to

try again. Try again, try again. Try again, Kane. Now that they can relax.

Let's go. Okay, let's go. Oh, you're a packet

snob. I liked it, man. That's my favourite horn of the day. Great tuning snob. Hey, no, no. I liked it, man. That's my favourite horn of the day. Great tooting as well. Nothing against you, Kane. Thanks, mate. Joseph and Hamilton, whereabouts?

Kalani Road. Kalani Road. Kalani Road. Give us a long weekend group toot. Yes. Did you hear it? Yes. Was it a toot? Yeah, it was a toot. Very faint. Yes! Did you hear it? Yes. Was it a toot? Yes.

Very faint. That was a toot back, though, wasn't it? It was a toot back. Yes! And what a cute, you've got the cutest horn for the day. Yeah, we went from Cain's truck to... All right, it was like a Michael Jackson song. Ha!

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Or a tooey. It was like a Michael Jackson song. Or a Tui. Rachel, joining us from Tauranga, whereabouts? We're in bed for him. Okay, give us a long weekend group toot. Hello. Hi.

Oh, no. What's happening? I don't know. Hello? Did you get a toot back? It was very loud. Hello? We've lost Rachel.

We've lost Rachel. That doesn't count then, eh? Katrina, no. Yeah, I'm running that one off too. Still running at a 50-50. That's like if you were running a medical drug trial and someone dies. You say that doesn't count. Oh, no, that doesn't count.

Yeah. Katrina, give us a long weekend group toot. Sweet. Good, because I'm at no, that doesn't count. Yeah. Katrina, give us a long weekend, group two. Sweet. Good, because I'm at the light. Here we go. Yay! Yay! Yay!

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Can you see how your buddy is inside, Sarah? No, don't worry about it. Sarah, you're on the wrong. Sarah, don't worry about it. No, no, no, no, no. You get on with your day. You get on with your day. No, no, no, no.

We're going back to Tauranga. We're on a hot streak. Hayley, good morning. Where back to Tauranga. We're on a hot streak. We're coming up. Hayley, good morning. Whereabouts in Tauranga are you? Hey, so we're just coming up on 15th Ave. We're coming up for an intersection. Okay.

So we haven't got much traffic around us at the moment, but a camper van. So give us two seconds. Okay, well, we'll come back to you. We'll come back to you, Adrian and the Tron. Whereabouts in Hamilton? I'm in Five Crossroads. Oh, what a hub.

All right. Give us a long weekend group, Toad. Okay. Yes! Fantastic run, Adrian. Coming through. That is six from ten, running a 60% success. Amy Lee, where're about to you.

I'm in Papamoa Beach. Okay. Okay, I'm just driving Papamoa Beach Road. Now, will you be allowed to use the horn there or will there be complaints to the council? Oh, probably the people that live in Papamoa. Yeah, they don't like horns, do they? Do you have traffic around you at the moment?

I'm driving, yep. Yeah, okay,'t like horns, do they? Do you have traffic around you at the moment? I'm dry, yep. Yeah, okay, well, give us a long weekend group too. Okay, hang on two seconds. No. No. No. Well, good luck with Evanescence, Amy Lee. Well, um...

Such a match. I knew you were going to say that. Yeah, I was waiting for that. AJ, we're about to see you in Auckland. I'm on Rathgar Road in Henderson. All right, give us a long weekend, Group 2. All right. No, you finished yourself off, AJ. AJ, here's...

The minute it started, I didn't feel like it was going to end well because your horn sounds like it's made of paper. Don't horn shame him. AJ, don't finish yourself off. Don't finish yourself off. Okay. Okay, ready? Okay, yeah.

Oh, Henderson, come on. I'd be too busy laughing. Thanks, AJ. Okay, that's not good. Now we're back down to 50-50. Oh, I think that's good. I think that's good. You want to give up at six?

When have we ever given up at six before? Well, you're not going to beat the record. Why not? Why can't we push on through? Give the people a half. This is okay. This is half time. One more. I not going to beat the record. Why not? Why can't we push on through? Give the people a half. This is okay. This is half time. One more. I say we take a half time. Have a song. Everyone has an orange.

We're going to do one more and then we're done. An orange wedge. We're going to go to Christchurch and Hayley, you are the last long weekend group tour. Oh no, the people won't be happy about this. Give up. We are living in uncertain times, unprecedented times, and you want to throw in the towel at Omega 6?

Hayley, which is a fantastic oil, by the way. You need to make it seven, okay? Whereabouts in Christchurch are you? We're just coming up to Ferry Road on Enfield Road. I've got my daughter in the car. Okay, all right. Give us a long weekend group tour. Okay, I'm just about to stop, so give me a couple of car. Okay, all right. Give us a long weekend group tour. Okay, I'm just about to stop, so give me a couple of seconds.

Okay, safety first. Okay, ready? Yep. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Hold on, hold on. That was reverse. Somebody else did the long weekend group tour, and you did the reply. That was awesome. Somebody else did the long weekend group tour and you did the reply.

That was awesome though. Okay, I'm not going to argue with that. It was. Wait a minute. How did that happen? Just take it, Vaughan. Just take it. No.

That was wicked. Go crush it. She's stoked with it. It's like local tourism ambassador, Hayley. That other person that tooted. Yes. They did the start of the toot and you did the last two bits. No, I did the whole thing.

He did the last bit. How did he sound closer than you? Pardon? He was right next to me. He was just driving up next to me. Just take it, board. Just take it. I don't know what just happened.

Do you want one more? I want lots more. You get one more. Lots more. Leanne, Timaru. Good morning. Have we ever had a successful long weekend once? I think we have.

I think we have. We have chicken on his board but I think so Give us a long weekend group tape from Timaru Alright Oh no Oh no You had to go one more didn't you Fletch We're leaving on a downer We're leaving on a downer You You had to go one more. We're leaving on a downer.

You tried, Leanne. Seven successes from 14 attempts. Go on, just one more. No. One. No. Two more. No, five more.

Five more. We are done. Five more. We are done. We've only done 14 attempts. I feel like we should do 20 attempts. And how many successful? Seven. Seven. That've only done 14 attempts. I feel like we should do 20 attempts. And how many successful? Seven.

Seven. That's not a bad effort. People don't have sport at the moment. They don't have sport to watch. They need this. They need their competitive uncertain competitive element. What do you mean? People aren't happy. Don't be stink. Don't be stink, Fletch. Fletch don't be a buzzkill. Fletch is the first proper one in months. Fletch, sorry mate, but no. Fletch don't be a party pooper. Don't give up. Don't be stink, Fletch. Fletch, don't be a buzzkill. Fletch, it's the first proper one in months.

Fletch, sorry, mate, but no. Fletch, don't be a party pooper. Don't give up. More. More. People say more. More! Exclamation mark.

That's a different more, but it had more exclamation marks. More. Do more. That's what somebody else said it. What about one more? At the time we've been talking about it, we could have done more. Go. I think we take a break and we come back.

We regather. Someone said skip back to the day. Okay, that hurts. Well, that's the problem. We're running out of time. Somebody said go till 12. Now, I'm okay. I can clear my Friday morning.

Okay, well, why don't we take a smoko. We'll take a smoko. We'll come back and we'll do three more. Okay. Three more. Five. 20. Five.

Another 14. All right. Five more. Five more next. No. Okay. Up to 20. No.

Let's do the negotiating on air because off air we're going to get told off. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Do it Wow Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Long weekend group toot

I'm waiting for it That group toot I want it Beep beep That's how the long weekend group toot works You give us a call right now 0800 DARS at M We've given away the free fuel

So don't call for that We need tutors Yeah, we've taken a half-time break Enjoyed a little bit of orange and Ed Sheeran And juice and Justin Bieber And we're ready for a second half run And I'm giving you five more calls Bullshit, you'll give me exactly how many I want

Wow Bloody Dom Daddy's in there. Dom in it. All right. So we're running out. We've had 14 attempts that we're counting as attempts and seven successes. Okay. Holly joins us.

Good morning, Holly. Hi. All right. We're about to you for the long weekend group tour. I'm in Coatesville. Okay. When you're ready, give us the long weekend group tour. Okay. I'm just coming up to some traffic. Justatesville. Okay. When you're ready, give us a long weekend group toot. Okay.

I'm just coming up to some traffic. Just one second. Okay. That'll be Range Rovers galore out there in Coatesville. Why not? Okay. Okay. Okay.

Good tooting, though. I don't think the people of Coatesville listen to this show. It's never the affluent suburbs. Yeah. Sorry. Great tooting for you, though. Yeah,'t think the people of Coatesville listen to this show. It's never the affluent suburbs. Great tuning for you though. All right, let's go to Jonti. Jonti, we're about to you in Crunch Church. I'm in Crunch Church on Wairakei Road.

Okay. Yes, boy. I like the enthusiasm. Let's go. When you're ready. Are we ready? Yes. Okay, here we go. Come on. Yes. Okay, here we go. Come on.

Yes! John T, I was worried about the faintness that was coming through on the radio, but you've redeemed yourself. With someone turning back. Yeah, what? So excited. I love it. Good man.

All right, let's go to Courtney. We're about to you, Courtney. Good morning. I'm in Hamilton along Ted Arthur Street. All right. Okay's go to Courtney. We're about to you, Courtney. Good morning. I'm in Hamilton along Ted Arthur Street. All right. Okay, okay. Give us a long weekend group two. Cool.

I'll do it. No, no, no. No, Courtney. Courtney. Courtney. The minute you thrust your phone out the window, we can't hear a thing. So maybe just keep it just inside. Hover it just inside the window.

The wind gets to it, Courtney. Okay, perfect. I'm just pulling up to the lights by the Burger King. So I will... Here we go. No! Good tooting. It was good tooting. It was good tooting. It was good tooting. Let's go back to the lucky mount. No! Quiet, quiet. It was good tooting.

It was good tooting. It was good tooting. Let's go back to the lucky mount. Steph, good morning. Hi, good morning. Whereabouts in the mount? Oh, I'm down on Ocean Beach Road. Oh, right in the middle of it there.

Okay. Give us a long weekend group toot, Steph. Okay, cool. I just got to... The lights are going to change. I just have to turn around the corner. Hopefully, you know, get more traffic. Okay, good running commentary here, Steph. Okay, cool. I just got to... Hang on, the lights are going to change. I just have to turn around the corner. Hopefully, you know, get more traffic.

Okay, good running commentary here, Steph. Yep, let's do this. Three, two, one. Steph, wait a minute. That was... I don't know if I could have listened far away. Did you get one?

I did. It was far away, though. I didn't think you could hear it. Oh, try again. Try again. Jen, just take it. Steph, listen. Steph, it's Vaughn.

Listen to the sound of my voice. Okay. Relax. Relax, okay? You don't have to be in a hurry to get the toot out. Last time, I understand nerves can take over at this crucial moment. Two to 18 this morning. Trying to get it to nine so that it's, you know, we're running a 50-50 pass fail.

Relax. Take a big, deep breath. And toot when you're ready. Okay, I will. I'm just coming from the traffic. It's better than cars around you, I understand. Yes, well done, Steph. Okay, ride you home.

Ready? Okay. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Yeah! I knew you could do it! I knew it! She relaxed into it! She relaxed into it! Too bad!

That was beautiful. What happened there? Your cast is congratulating you in Japanese. Yeah, I know. It's Asian. Sorry. Okay, you're right. That's all right.

All right, hey, congratulations on the leaderboard. Let's go to New Plymouth. Hannah, good morning. Good morning. Okay, whereabouts in New Plymouth are you, good morning. Good morning. Okay, whereabouts in New Plymouth are you? Currently on the one way. Okay, okay. All right, give us a long weekend grip toad.

Okay, hopefully some wind. Okay. Oh, they suck. It sounded like you had a big burp. Okay, walking past did the beep beep. Oh, did you hear the truck? Try again. Go again.

Go again. Okay. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Yes! It happened. It happened. It happened. It happened.

Just out from 19. A little bit of a radio delay there, but you did it. Congratulations. Lucky 20. Dunedin. Al joins us from of a radio delay there, but you did it. Congratulations. Lucky 20. Dunedin. Al joins us from Dunedin. The first Dunedin tutor. Good morning.

G'day, how you going? Good, good. Plan D. Plan D, Dunedin. Give us a long weekend group, Toot. Al? Yeah, I'm right at the light, so we might be right. Okay, go.

Go, Al. Yeah. Yeah! Oh, he only did one go again do two signal yeah oh did you hear that

no no no some old guy beside me just gave it one why does he keep giving it one signal to him tell him two

two two but give like peace way around don't rip him the fingers yeah go again Al oh hang on He just gave it one. Okay. Why does he keep giving it one? Signal to him. Tell him two. Two, two. But give like peace way around. Don't rip him the fingers. Yeah. Go again, Al. Oh, hang on. We'll teach ourselves, man.

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Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!!! That's 11 from 20. This is so much fun. Are we sitting equal with our record? I mean, you've nearly spent a whole hour of the show. One more. Time well spent. Okay, we've got people on the line now. To break the record. We need to pick very carefully.

I reckon Renee's got it. Renee, we're about to increase your... I was just on my rookie road. I heard the guy. Really? Okay, well, do you want to give us a long weekend group toot now? Yeah, I've been circling this intersection

because there's heaps of cars. Okay. I love this dedication. I've been trying to get through for ages. All right, ready? Okay, go, Renee. Go on, guys!

Yeah! There was one! Go again! Go again! We can't accept one. Okay. Yay! I got two guys on it.

Yes, Renee. You got it, Jen. There we go. Now I'm going to get my kids to school because we've been circling for a while. School schmool. They just took part in a record-breaking attempt. Now, so what's that? That's 12.

That's the most we've ever done. 12 from 21. That is the most we've ever done. 12 from 21. There we go. Lucky 21. There we go. Fantastic effort, New Zealand.

I mean, it took 40 minutes, but... No, it didn't, because if you, like, Shania Twain, there was a bunch of blither blather, and then we'd probably only been going for 30 minutes. And then Ed Sheeran needed to pipe in with a song.

So 25 minutes. Not bad. Thank you everybody who's taken part in the long weekend group tour and now we have that long wait until October unless Aunty Jacinda gives us another long weekend in the middle somewhere. But like a hibernating bear we we've got a belly full here, so we should be all right to see through the winter.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. I do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. So today's fact of the day is that New Zealanders were involved in the first ever plane hijacking. What? The first ever on record plane hijacking. Right. Which is where control of an aircraft is seized by people on board using forceful means. Yes.

Famously, 9-11. And there's been other hijackings that haven't ended like that, more just a bit of a standoff on the runway or, you know, they fly to the next destination and then they're outsmarted and they end up being arrested. But the first ever on record hijacking was three New Zealanders and a South African. Okay.

In World War II. Huh. They took off. They were part of the Royal Air Force for Britain, but obviously from the Allies landing a plane. They were in a Bristol Beauford bomber. Beauford. Beauford and Co., but also a place in South Africa,

so maybe that's why. Yeah, maybe that is. Yeah. So they were going to intercept an Italian supply ship. They were shot down, however, but then they were pulled out of the sea by the Italians and taken prisoner. They were then told they were going to be transferred

to a different prison base, and they were on a plane. Right. Now, when they were on the plane, and it was in mid-air, it was when they overpowered the were on a plane. Right. Now when they were on the plane and it was in mid-air was when they overpowered the guards on the plane and commandeered control of the Italian aeroplane. What a story. I know.

But where do you land? Yeah because if you then go back to Britain they're going to shoot you down thinking you're Italian. So the closest they could work out were that they had to fly to a base off the African coast. Right. So they needed to work out because they didn't have any maps to get to their base.

Their bases weren't on the Italian maps in the plane. Yeah. So they began following the coast. They had to get to Malta just off the African coast. And then they got there and they started getting shot at. Wow. Because they were in the enemy's plane and they've got no way of communicating to the people saying,

hey, no, friendly, friendly, don't, we've escaped, we've hijacked this plane. So they came up with the idea that one of the New Zealanders, I believe, took off his white underpants and hung it out, waving white as in surrender. It was the only white piece of clothing any of them had on them. So he was waving his white. However, it was too late. They had been

shot multiple times. So the South African pilot whose name was Ted landed the plane, although it was fairly damaged, and got out and said, hey, it's us. And they said they thought it was actually like defecting Italians

who were just like, we're going to lose this war and we just want you to come in. And it wasn't until they got out and all four men were awarded for their bravery. Wow. That would be a great movie. I know. I mean, it'd be a five-minute movie.

Yeah, it'd be a great five minutes. They've made movies longer with shorter things, haven't they? That guy that's in all the South African movies can be in it. Who? You know the guy

that was in District 9? Mr. Sexy Man. Yeah, great. They can put him in charge. He can be the lead guy because he's got a bit of a World War II vibe to him

and then three New Zealanders can fight to the death over the remaining roles. But today's fact of the day is the first ever hijacking of a plane involved a South African and three New Zealanders's fact of the day is the first ever hijacking of a plane involved a South African and three New Zealanders.

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