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

Episode Date: September 28, 2020

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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche Warner Megan podcast. Thanks to McCafe Coffee for great tasting Bristol Made Coffee. On the go. Day two of school holidays. Correct. And you've shipped the kids off to mum and dad's? Yeah, well this is the first time they've been able to, like lockdown and stuff. And then like level four, they haven't been to my parents for ages and they love going down there and going to the farm.

And yeah, when you look back, because I remember we got shipped off to Nelson all the time for Christmas and school holidays. Yeah. How'd they get you there? On a plane. Flew you? Yeah, it was a plane, yeah. Unaccompanied?

Yeah, sometimes. Right, okay. Yeah. It's looking back, you think, God, they must have fucking hated us. They wanted rid of us. Just needed a break. Especially me.

Well, your parents both worked as well. Yeah, they did, yeah. So they would have had to have just left your home alone. Yeah, or they did. Or they alternated us. Oh, what a pain in the ass. Now I've shipped you off too. Yeah.

Yeah, it's just. Or Gran would come up for school holidays. Oh, that's cool. Quite often as well, yeah. That's cool. I just, it always reminds me when we cart the kids off for school holidays. Like, how much time you have on your hands. Oh, I've got so, it's my life. That's my life I just, it always reminds me when we cart the kids off for school holidays, like how much time you have on your hands. Oh, I've got so, it's my life.

That's my life that you're living now. Like, you get home and you're like, okay, because when you've got kids, you're like, all right, so we need to pick them up at three. And then that needs to happen at 3.30 and then four. And then 4.30 is dinner. They're going to start getting dinner sorted. Five-ish. So your whole, from three on is planned out.

But you're just like, get home. You're like, all right, what do I got to do? Ooh, nothing. It's just so weird

and it's so quiet. It is great. Yeah, but you've got to be busy. You just keep yourself busy. Do you? Go to the gym. Yeah,

well there's an hour. Is this why you and Sade are having sexy, cute bants on Facebook? What, now? Yeah. No. the gym yeah well there's an hour is this why you and shudday are having sexy cute pants on facebook what now yeah no you've been like tagging each other in cute oh we try i try yeah gif here and there but then you're still tired at the end of the day yeah just gotta keep sure shanking away there you keep gonna keep eventually you'll bust through that wall and you'll be a free yeah this is bad you know there's that

business there's that meme about like when you give up you know and there's the two people with the pickaxes yeah and someone's like i give up and they don't know they're just on the other side was the diamonds yeah that's me so it's not diamonds the diamonds is sex in this analogy isn't it yeah or just even heavy petting. Or a frottage. Or a dry hump. Oh, my God. The diamonds are a dry hump. A frottage on the public transport. With my wife.

I'm not going out because I haven't got the diamonds and frottaging. That's a thing that people do on public transport, Megan. It's disgusting. Oh, my God. I'm so sorry. Have you never heard that term? I just never want to hear you say frottage. I feel like it's more of a London tube thing.

Oh, it's a busy public transport. When some old man accidentally rubs or accidentally on purpose rubs his balls on your thigh. That Japanese train where they push them on and then shut the door. Have you never heard this term, Executive Intern Anya? Frottage. No, and I don't like it. Isn't it frottage? Yeah, it's frottage.

For example, you go and do your OE in London, like every Kiwi does, in post-COVID times. You're on the tube, and you just look down, and you're like, what's that? And some guy's rubbing his dick bulge on your arm while you're holding the pole or the seat, and he's accidentally rubbing it, but it's on purpose. It's bad. It's sexual assault.

Yeah. That's horrific. And the practice of touching or rubbing against the clothed body of another person in a crowd. Yeah. People do this. Or the technical process of taking a rubbing of an uneven surface to form the basis of a work of art.

That was the original meaning of frotage. He made it dirty. Yeah. Good work, perverts. You've ruined another lovely art word. ZM. And music lives here. Fleachvorna Megan, the podcast.

ZM, Fleachvorna Megan. I've got a bunch of foods that are actually better at waking you up than coffee. Which when you're, like us, if you're always up at this time, my go-to straight away like 5 30 is my first coffee and then i'm like i'm good to go but it can get a bit much eh what do you might do three three four coffees a day and sometimes i'm on that third or fourth one i'm just like don't be a wimp i've had three or four coffees I'm right left frazzled

But do you sometimes feel a bit over coffee? I don't even have one I just have a cup of tea I love when you have your fourth But it's on an empty stomach And nothing's been in your stomach since the last one And your stomach's a bit like I'm going to shit myself

I'll teach you to pump me full of this It just might be a good If this list might give us some good ideas. You're not, yeah. I mean, I'm going to tell you. It wouldn't have been like lemon juice. No. Oh, good.

Jalapeno poppers? Well, that'll make you cheesy. Cheesy jalapeno poppers on an empty stomach. I don't know if that's a breakfast food. Yeah, but it'll wake you up better than coffee. Yeah, right. The first one is apples. Don't you have an apple on the way to work every day? Yeah.

Kevin Black told me that. Radio broadcasting legend, Kevin Black. What he knew what he was talking about. But then you still get to work like a piece of shit. So how does that work? You should see me before the apple. Personality. It has

quercetin. It's an antioxidant that's good for your brain cells So it'll wake you up Okay Better than coffee Eggs So they're high in protein And they're really good for you

If I had time in the morning I'd make an omelette With scrambled eggs Every single day Even just a poachie on toast Would be yum Yeah But yeah

They're full of vitamins And a thing called Choline Which is good for energy levels. So eggs are good. Okay. Nuts. And it doesn't specify.

These nuts? What? Or those nuts. I knew. Brazil nuts? Brazil nuts, almonds, cashews are some of the highest levels of magnesium. I just had almonds in my oats, didn't I? Tamari almonds.

Oh, and tamari almonds. No, no, I don't have tamari for breakfast. That would be a weird mix. Tamari and oats. That's your morning tea. Maybe I'll have a couple now, actually, seeing as they could wake me up a bit more than this. Well, yeah, it's full of magnesium.

You're turning into your mum, putting nuts in a Ziploc bag to take to work. She doesn't do that. It's a mum move. Do you reuse that one little Ziploc bag? Is that your new bag? I filled it up on Sunday, actually. Dark chocolate is really good at waking you up in the morning.

You can't have chocolate for breakfast. I'm sorry. But it has a massive kick of dark chocolate, the one that's good for you. You have a lock of chain up. Not for breakfast. Around breakfast time. Normal people breakfast time. Yeah.

Okay, fine then. Yeah, fine. It obviously has a bit of caffeine in it, so that can wake you up. And then if you're having a mochaccino, it's got double double whammy. Right. All the good stuff to wake you up comes from that tropical belt. You know, like coffee, chocolate, cocaine.

It all grows in tropical conditions. Yeah. I've got no excuse for being so relaxed all the time Yeah And then here's one for Vaughan Not the spinach but red meat as well Spinach and red meat because they're so high in iron Right

Does iron wake you up? Yeah Alright, steak's on You just have a steak Apple Steak for Bricky Over An apple steak

No, apple sauce on your steak Yeah Apple chocolate sauce It's not pork Apple chocolate cocaine sauce on steak. You'll be awake. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there.

School holidays, and you've probably had enough already, even though they've just started. But today's Top Six, the Top Six spaces to hide from your kids in the school holidays. Because, what, it's already too much? Yeah, it could be getting too much. You just need some alone time. Number six on the list is the hot water cupboard.

Okay. It's warm, it's soft, and it's big enough for an adult to crawl into and pull a blanket in after them so they can't see you. Yeah. I'd go on the bottom, I'd go on the floor. Sometimes that shelving isn't as strong as it looks. So if you crawl on the third, you could break it, and then they'll definitely know you're in there. It's good for towels and linen, but not the human weight.

Not so much. Number five on the list of the top six spaces to hide from your kids at the school holidays are in the laundry. They're not going to go in there because it's one of those spaces associated with chores in the house, and they might think they have to do a chore if they go in there under the laundry sink's a great spot it's a pretty big space um you just need to move that exit mold because if you're stuck in a small space with exit mold you'll pass out i know i've got to be very quick when i do my shower with exit

mold it's like hot boxing yourself with harsh chemicals insane bleachers yeah uh number four on the list of the top six spaces to hide from your kids in the school holidays are behind your clothes in your wardrobe. They won't see you. And then some shelves to put your wine on while you're back there. Oh, lovely. So you can do that. And you can even stand up and move because if they look, they'll just see shoes and they'll assume that's all the shoes in the cupboard.

Yeah. Take an iPad and watch some Netflix. Yeah. Get some headphones, recline. Could imagine your kids opening the wardrobe and mum's hiding in the wardrobe with a bottle of wine and the iPad. That's a realisation

mum doesn't like you. She just needs a break. A little bit of alone time. Number three on the list of the top six places to hide from your kids in the school holidays under the house. They won't come down there because there's spiders.

Yeah. And monsters. But spiders are nothing compared to bored school kids on day two of the school holidays. Yeah. So you can relax on the spiders, all right? There's no point in this one down there. Number two on the list of the top six places to hide from your kids in school holidays are at the neighbor's house.

Because it's close enough to know they're okay but far enough away to pretend you didn't hear maaaam maaaam for the 8,000th time and then if they start

burning the house down you just jump the fence you're quickly there to sort it out have the hose and you're ready to go and number one on the list of the top six places

to hide from your kids in the school holidays the same place you hide your wine and your chocolate. You know you've got a hiding place. It's different for everybody. It's very subjective. So crawl in there.

You've got your vitals. You're away from the outside world. Yeah. That is today's top six. There's been a study between the early morning birds. Yep. There's no specific bird mentioned in the early bird gets the worm. And what about the worm?

The worm gets eaten. Yeah, but it's a worm. The early worm, though. The earlier worm escapes the bird. Oh, yes. Yeah. Okay. Good one.

But there's no specific bird. But then they say night owls. Yeah. We're talking about people who stay up late. Okay. So let's put a bird on that. Let's associate a bird directly. they say night owls. We're talking about people who stay up late. Okay. Let's put a bird on that. Let's associate a bird directly.

So everyone, when they say the early bird, they picture a specific sort of bird. Sparrow. The early tui. Oh, yeah, that's beautiful. So this is a study. The magpie's got a good morning song as well. This study that you mentioned compares the early bird with the night owl. With the night owl and who lives longer, who's healthier.

And apparently the morning magpie not only gets the worm, but they also live a little bit longer. They have a healthier lifestyle. They studied 400,000 people, so that's a lot, between 38 to 73, the age bracket there, to define themselves as definite morning types, moderate morning types, moderate evening, definite evening. So the difference between the definite mornings and the definite evenings was the definite

evenings had a 10% increased risk of dying from any cause. What if you're not really a morning person, but you're forced to be because of your job? Not an option. I wanted to as well. Maybe that would put you more moderate mornings okay but do you think that because even if you are like people listening now that are like well they have to be up for work um you just go no but you just go to bed earlier yeah so maybe you do get a bit more sleep than say those people because we all know these people that can get by on four or five hours sleep. Yeah. Night owls. That's nuts.

I just can't imagine it. Like, I've got to at least have seven and a half, eight. Whereas some people I know get by on four or five. I'm like, how do you do it? So night owls are almost twice as likely as early risers to have a psychological disorder and 30% more likely to have diabetes at some stage in their life. They tracked all these people's death certificates of that massive amount who died. Right.

And the risk for respiratory disease was 23% higher. Gastrointestinal disease was 22% higher. So that's like irritable bowel. So this is purely people who go to bed later, not necessarily get less sleep. No. Are they still getting less sleep? No, going to bed later. But often it's associated with leading not quite as healthy a life,

like not understanding the value of a good night's sleep versus like, you know, burning the candle at both ends. Because you've had eight monster energy drinks during the day and you wonder why you can't sleep. So you just can't sleep. Look, I've tried to go to bed early. You know, I had my last monster energy at 8.30 and I hopped into bed and I just couldn't sleep. I've tried to go to bed early I've You know I had My last month's energy

At 8.30 And I hopped into bed And I just couldn't sleep I'm a night owl I'm a night owl sort of guy You had a A Red Bull What do you call that

A nightcap Yeah I had a Red Bull Vodka Red Bull Yeah And then popped off But no It wasn't for me

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast What would Ray Ray say Joining us on the phone for what promises to be sort of Greek philosopher level of advice from someone in Nelson. Good morning, Ray Ray. Good morning to you. I think I might have the wrong number. For our ancient Greek-level philosophy. Yeah.

Well, you're known for your direct advice, Ray Ray. I mean, you raised this one okay, didn't you? Yes, thank you. As I look at Megan. Yeah, oh, she's got a few, there's a few wrinkles I've still got to knock into shape yet, but we'll get there. You were saying I had some wrinkles. I was like, um, excuse me. Excuse me.

You're never perfect. I don't know if I was like, um, excuse me. Excuse me. You're never perfect. I don't know if I should say thank you or... No, I mean I'm speaking in general. No one's ever perfect. Oh yeah, you're right. Okay, Ray, Ray, first question from our listeners. I work with someone who is super stressed, which then stresses me out. How do I tell them

to chill out for my sake? Oh, for God's sake. Doesn't this person know that stress is in everybody's life every day? I mean, I got it the other night. I went out to get another bottle of wine. And when I got there, I thought, oh, bugger, no bottle of wine. So there you go. There's stress.

Everybody has it. You've got to be supportive. You've got to listen to what they have to say and just be there for them. Right, and maybe have a bottle of wine in the bottom drawer. Yeah, I think so. I mean, I was just gutted. I thought, where's that bottle of wine gone? You've drunk it.

Yeah, that's what always happens to me too. You get to the bottom of a bottle of wine and you're like, oh God. It's very stressful. Yeah. Very stressful. Okay, question number two. After four months together, how do I lock her down? Say what?

As in like... How do I lock her down? No, no, as in like... Oh, I know, I know. I've got this one. He wants to lock her down like he wants to handcuff her to the bed or tie her to the chair. Isn't that simple? Like he wants to handcuff her to the bed or tie her to the chair. I think, Ray, the term lock them down means get into a relationship, you know, to confirm a relationship.

Oh, okay, so not handcuffs. No. They could come later. Well, I reckon he could say to her, now, look here, sweet pea, how about you move in with me because I need someone to do the washing and the cleaning and the cooking. Mother! Mother! And then if you're unable to cook dinner, we'll sling you a hook.

She's winding me up. What a silly sod. What does he want a woman to move in with him for? They're nothing but trouble. Mother! She's had two very different opinions But both have been anti-feminist Lock her down

I quite like the thought of Maybe lock her down with handcuffs Yeah really What was that Caught on that aspect Next question I'm scared to ask My boyfriend is super shy and I'm outgoing,

but I always have to carry him in social situations. Am I wrong to ask him to pep up a little bit? I'll be serious. Yes, I think that's rude, crude and horrible. But in spite of differences, what one partner lacks, the other one might make up for. I mean, you've got to look at his qualities. Maybe the conversations you want him to listen to,

he's realised he can't tolerate idiots and fools. Yeah, and he's bored. Yeah. And so maybe, yeah, get some better friends to chat to. Yeah, well, I mean, if she doesn't like him the way he is, I mean, well, move on. Yeah, well, I mean, if she doesn't like him the way he is, I mean, well, move on. Yeah, okay. And she's got to realise that he's a bit quieter.

I mean, what does she want him to be, rowdy, walkers, drop his drawers and stand on the table and dance naked? Yeah, probably go too far the other way. Yeah, it was just pep up a little bit. Yeah. Yeah. I think she's just got to accept him for what he is, perhaps try and help him when they're out socially

so that if it's a conversation he's not happy with, I mean, he might be super bright. Yeah. And you're yacking away about trivialities like the bloody weather and, oh, God, I've got a flat tyre. And he's probably thinking, what, a pack of clots? I feel like this is very anti-women, this one. Well, if you have a question for Ray Ray, what would Ray Ray say?

You can slide into our Insta DMs. Megan's mum, Ray Ray, thank you so much. You're welcome. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast, ZM. It's poley, mo, Molly, Molly, Molly. Polly, Molly, Molly, Molly. Come on. This is the pets edition.

We know how much people love their pets. Yeah. So we asked you a bunch of questions regarding your pets on our Instagram and these are the results. First question was, would you choose your pet over your partner? Oh, big call. so i wouldn't but what if like your pet came before your husband yeah but the thing is like your pets only gonna last a certain amount of time so even if you choose them like say leo's got 10 years left in him yeah if but your first husband was only less than that yeah like together two and a half years

And you had to get him put down We said you know Maybe you should rehome him And you were like nope he's getting put down Well there's More longevity in Human relationships so I thought it would be less But then

If you have a pet and someone comes in and they don't like your pet or respect your pet, that would be technically picking your pet over your partner. Oh yeah, that's true. It'd be an easier pick, wouldn't it? That is true. So 43% of people said yes, they would choose their pet over their partner. That is a lot, eh? That's quite split. So some of the responses, this would be the hardest decision I've ever made. Sophie's Choice, that means like. That's the end of a book. Spoiler alert for the 1982 Meryl Streep film, but at the end of it, you find out when she was in a concentration camp, she had to pick which one of her kids lived.

Oh, jeez. Yeah, and that's why when somebody says Sophie's Choice, sometimes it's just like, oh, my god, burger or pizza for tea, Sophie's Choice. You're like, well, not quite. Not quite. They said this is the hardest poll you've ever done. Another one said, I love my partner, but I love my dogs more, and he does know it.

Wow, okay. That's still quite, I thought that might have been like 20%. No. Do you have shared custody of a pet with your ex? Only 5% of people said yes. Because I thought that happens quite a bit, or does just one person take it? One person always loves them a little bit more.

Yeah. One person wanted the animal a little bit more. Yeah, yeah. Some responses, literally, what I imagine shared custody of a child is like, we both spoil the dog when it's our turn to win her over. Seven years shared custody of a dog. But that means you've got to see your ex for seven years.

And also, like, yeah, the handover. You're like, did you even run her this week? Did you take her for a walk? Yeah. And then the dog's probably playing you off against each other too. Yeah. Wanting extra happy meals. Yeah, doesn't eat your dinner Because they're getting something like raw meat

Oh I'm allowed on the couch at dad's Who do you think is your pets favourite? 73% of people said me I honestly don't I think it's who is not being grumpy at the time Because like one person tells them off And then it goes and like Leo will go cuddle the other person Right

Nah any of our pets Well the indoor pets would definitely be shy. Definitely. Because you're mean. Because you're mean to them. You make them sleep outside. Yeah. Yeah.

How long should you wait to get a new pet when one dies? Oh. Well, I didn't want to get a new cat for ages. And it wasn't until lockdown that I was like, oh, well, fine. Okay then. How long was it actually, though? 18 months. 18 months.

Okay. Well, the average answer is three to six months. Yeah. I mean, I guess it depends how attached to the pet you were. Yeah. Like, if it was just a mangy tabby and it didn't give you any affection. Because people can't grow attached to anything other than a purebred cat. No, I just meant, you know.

An expensive purebred is the only animal capable of love. No, I just meant like if it was just a mangy cat that like didn't give you attention and affection. Right. Then you'd be less attached to that than you would like, I don't know, one that did. Well, someone said our current dog is getting pretty old. So we're getting a new puppy jokingly called the replacement dog. That's what I don't know, one that did. Well, someone said our current dog is getting pretty old, so we're getting a new puppy, jokingly called the replacement dog. Yeah.

That's what I would definitely get an overlap. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Next question, have you never had a pet? 95% of people have. 5% have never had a pet. Do you think that's because maybe they move, but you would have had a pet at home, right?

Yeah, like, what about fish? You move into a flat. No, we knew a family growing up and they just never had cats. We didn't have dogs growing up, which is weird because we're on a farm. But we never had dogs. I think my parents first got a dog when I was just about to leave home. But cats, we always had cats. You always had something.

But yeah, we knew a family, the parents were like, no. Fish and cats and chickens. Nothing. I want to hear from these people right now who've never had a pet, ever. I just can't imagine not having anything. Someone said my parents have never had pets, neither did we. Haven't really had an interest, to be honest. Oh, that makes me sad because, you know, animals.

They love us, even when we're dicks. Yeah. How many pets have you had in your lifetime? The average answer is six pets. Okay. We have way more than that. Does that include current pets?

No, because you've got a farm let. That's cheating. I wouldn't have included the farm pets. I was only including house pets. That would probably be right, though, because the average lifespan, 13, 14, and if you get one after the other and you don't double up. Every time a pet would die, mum would say, that's it, no more pets. And then a couple of weeks later, we had a new family member. How great is it when mums say that and then you bring home a kitten and they're like,

it's gorgeous, we're keeping it. Or when mums say that and then they bring home the kitten. You're like, I just couldn't resist. Yeah. And last question, how much have you spent on a vet bill? Oh, this is why, if you can't afford it, pet insurance. Buckle up. My darling dog got cancer and had to be put down.

It was around $10,000, thank God, for pet insurance. Our cat had crystals seven times and cancer twice. Most expensive stray ever. Yeah. Is that like in their wheeze? Yeah, right. That's kind of like a kidney, stony sort of thing

but for cats, right? Yeah. Right. Mum spent $20,000 in a year just on vet bills. It doesn't say what. Please tell me that was insurance.

Yeah. Wow. It doesn't sound like it. But we love our pets, you know? We just talked in Polly Moly. It was a pet special. One of those shocking stats was 5% of people who answered had never had a pet before. Ever in their life.

Yeah. And we said, call us. Let us know if you've never had a pet. Not only that, from the office walks in Soundkeeper Gary, who you may remember from the Secret Sound Seasons 1 through... Vigilian. Vigilion. Vigilion. You never had a pet.

I'm part of that 5%. Never, even in your adult life. Never. What about bees? You've got bees. You're a beekeeper. I have bees now, but I don't think that counts as a family pet. No, I've got three brothers and a sister. So Dad said that five mouths, that's enough.

Just go and pet your brother. But like, since you've not been at at home you've never felt the urge i i i would like one but i just have no experience as well about how a pet changes your life i don't know what happens on holidays i don't know you know do i have to commit every sunday to a walk i've got no idea how a pet works whatsoever slightly more than once a week. Is it? Really? Yeah. Yeah. I've been dog probably every day. Yeah. Yeah.

I walk a cat. You don't need to. They walk themselves. Right. Did you ever think that you're alone in that or is that just your normal? Yeah, it's my normal. I'm very surprised that 5% is the stat. I thought way more people didn't have pets. But then you never had a gold fish or anything no they all cost money they all cost food that's dad's big thing yeah right no expenses expenses they need to add well i had a pig for like two days right but that's a farm thing isn't

it that's a farm animal that's not really counting What happened to it? Dad was at the pub, said to this guy, hey, they're talking about pigs. He's like, oh yeah, bring one over, ha ha ha. And then the guy did bring it over. We saw it and we're like, yay, we have a pig. But then straight away someone complained and we had to eat it. We had to eat it! There was no other option. Our hand was forced and we had to eat it.

Technically that's not a pet. No. I don't think that counts wow but that's the closest you came to having a pet yeah and that

was the day the Simpsons wasn't on because it was also the day Princess Diana died so it was the worst

day Simpsons went on die dies and your pig is at it so wow

that's some incredible trauma what a day. August 31st, 1997. Brilliant. Soundkeeper Gary, thank you. We've got some calls coming in as well. Leah, you've never, ever had a pet either.

You're in this 5%. Yeah. So basically my whole entire family has hay fever. But I was deprived my whole entire childhood of no pets. But like, what about a goldfish? Or what else can't you get hay fever from? That's a good point but like, does anyone actually want a goldfish?

Nah. And they're surprisingly hard to keep alive. Yeah. And they stink. We actually gifted one to my grandma last Christmas and she's already on her like sixth one. Because that's the thing, once you've got the tank, you've got to feel like you've got to keep putting things in there. Do you just keep putting a new one in there

so Gran thinks it's the same one? No, she knows. She has funerals and stuff. It's quite elaborate. She has funerals. Wow. Isn't your dog hypoallergenic more? Hypoallergenic dogs, yeah. You can get hypoallergenic dogs.

They sound expensive too. Yeah. That seems to be the running theme, like people saying that, yeah, they were always just told by their parents that pets are expensive. Yeah. Leah, thanks for your call. Amber, you're in the 5% of people that have never, ever had a pet. No, never.

Only because I've always lived in rentals my whole life, so I've never been allowed one But I am considering to get a cat Just sneakily And not tell my landlord No one ever does that You used to sneak your dog away for the day on flat inspections The landlord was okay with cats

But not dogs But we had a little dog But most of the stuff in the house with the little dog We could write off for being for the cat But we'd still squirrel her away. Amber, thanks for your call. A lot of text messages, not alone. Somebody said,

I've always had a phobia of cats. I was attacked by the neighbour's cat as a toddler and we never got cats and we weren't allowed dogs, again, renters. Right, okay. People renting there. Anna said, she messaged on the gram saying, never felt like I've had the time.

The poor thing would be so bored at home. And we didn't have pets growing up. Yeah, right. Somebody says, I believe having no pets would be a cultural thing. I'm Bangladeshi. Okay. And we don't have pets. That would be interesting to learn more about.

Yeah. Because that would be like some cultures, pets are massive. Yeah. Right, like specific animals as pets. I'm a clean freak, plus I travel a lot, so a pet just doesn't line up with my lifestyle. Oh, I remember travelling a lot. The memory's beginning to fade.

I'm allergic to cats, and we all argued if dogs stayed inside or outside, so we never had those, and someone said, why don't you get a rabbit? And I said, rabbits are for eating. So that's why we could never have a pet. Right, okay. So you've got lots of reasons for people not having pets. 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 Lee-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. We're joined by Bumble's own sexologist Chantelle Otten, good morning. Good morning, Good morning. How are you?

Good, good. All right. So we've got you back on the show because we've got a lot of questions from listeners. We said, all right, Chantal's going to be on the show tomorrow. What do you want to know? Hit us with your anonymous questions. Yay. I love anonymous questions.

Okay. First one is, how do you get your partner to be more vocal about their desires in the bedroom? I think that comes down to just having healthy communication. But I know that a lot of people feel ashamed talking about their desires. If you can't say it, write it. You know, put it in a text message or write it down on a piece of paper. There's plenty of ways to communicate that don't have to be vocal and face-to-face. And I think that's a really healthy way to communicate

because a lot of the time it's really nerve-wracking talking about sex with your partner. It's probably the hardest person to talk about sex with. So if you can kind of journal it down and give it to them and workshop through that way, it will be a little bit easier for you and less daunting. Kind of like the anonymous suggestions box at the gym, except you know that your partner's just put that piece of paper in. Right. That's kind of cute.

I like that. I like that. That's great. It's like a shoe box. Like a sensual suggestions box. Yeah. Like a wish list. Yeah.

How can I boost my sex drive after kids and a hysterectomy? Oh, I think that's a really tough one. But it's definitely something that's very achievable as well. I see a lot of women who've gone through that. I think it's about coming back to your own sexual self. I think that we find that kids and the ways that our body has maybe not gone so well tends to define us, and that tends to take away a bit of our sexual self-esteem. Whereas I really encourage women who are going through this to, I guess, get in touch. Maybe that's through dancing a little bit more

again and looking at themselves in the mirror. It's really about prepping their body to feel good within itself. It's about self-pleasure. It's about incorporating some toys into the mix when you are in the bedroom so you have satisfaction. There's a lot you can do. I have a whole online course about sexual self-esteem, which I get a lot of women to do. And it tends to really help them get in touch with their bodies again. How do I meet people to date when I'm super shy?

Yeah, I think that this is all about you really tapping into yourself and remembering that there are a lot of people out there that are dating that are shy. You're definitely not going to be the only one. Anyone who wants to go out on a date has to be pretty proactive about it. And that just means stating first thing when you're talking in that bumble conversation, hey, I'm not sure how to do this. I'm pretty shy. Just put yourself out there, be authentic, be a little bit vulnerable and hopefully it will work out in your favor. Yeah, right. How do you know if someone is into you? Oh, I guess if they're really trying to get to know you, probably. I mean, if they're not into you, they probably aren't going to spend the time asking questions or seeing how you are or what your day has been like, someone who's

into you is going to say, how are you and follow up when they haven't heard from you and, you know, really get to know parts of you, whether that be through the app or converting to a date, you know, quickly. I think that it is really about confidence. It's about being inquisitive and it's really about that communication that is back and forth, back and forth rather than one-sided. How can mean last longer and beat? Book an appointment so I can help you out from a sexual therapy point of view because

it can take a little bit of work. It's not something that's a quick fix. Of course there are medications like Viagra or Cialis that can really help with the erection side of things. But with premature ejaculation, there is no magic pill. It is really about assessing what is going on in the mind, the conditioning that that person has focused on, so the way that they've masturbated in their early years and I guess how connected they are between their brain and their penis if they can feel the point of no return. So when men ejaculate, they feel this point where they go,

oh, I can't control it anymore, and they finish. I didn't know there was a connection between the brain and the penis. Yeah, well, Megan. I thought they worked independently. Now you know. Yeah. Wow. How do you get your partner to be more open about trying something new?

I think that's really about going, hey, that, you know, just being honest and saying, hey, there's something that I've really wanted to try. Can we talk about it? That doesn't mean that you have to ever say yes straight away. I think it's about going, let's work it through or let me think about it. That doesn't mean that you have to ever say yes straight away. I think it's about going, let's work it through or let me think about it or yeah, I'd like to try that or that's a no for now. Remember that nothing is definitive. It's really about the amount of education you get. So if you want to say that you want to try something new in the bedroom, you have to kind of give

information about why you want to go there, what it means for you, what you're excited about, and hopefully your partner will be on board with that. Well, that's what I thought before when we talked about the sexual suggestion box is that a suggestion might be in there that the other person's not keen for. Yeah, so what do they do? They're like, no. Yeah. No for now.

No for now. Yeah, I think that that's a lot kinder way of doing it. Just saying, I'm not sure how I feel about it now. Let me like do some research. Maybe we can figure out little steps to get there rather than going the full plunge. Goodness. It's always eye-opening talking to you. Thank you so much, Chantel.

Thank you so much for having me. Have a great day. You too. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. I want to throw my friend anonymously under the bus with a date that she went on. Okay. So she's been talking to this guy on Bumble and it's been a few weeks of chatting and they decide to finally have their first date.

So he is he's really hot. That needs to be discussed first. Have you seen photos? Yeah. So she matched and instantly sent you photos. Is that what girls do? Yeah. And you get details on how the chat's going and everything, but he's really

cute. So guys know this, right? When they're chatting to a girl on Tinder or Bumble, they're chatting to like 10 people. Yeah, I was going to say, and sometimes the answer that you're getting is not, it's been created by the squad. Yeah. It's an answer that came from all

the girls. It's a group project. Yeah. But everybody's pulling their weight. And it's also like a uni project. Someone's doing probably more. Nah, I reckon everybody's equally as invested. Nah, I think I do quite a bit of the heavy lifting sometimes. Okay. Yeah.

Just because it's a fun game. And when it's not your profile, there's nothing to lose. Yep. So, okay, this guy, he's quite attractive. Okay. And the chat's been going good, so she's quite invested. So they go on their first date, and he is giving background on his family life. Now, his parents are divorced and he brings this up.

Now, in an effort to be relatable and because she thinks this guy is hot and she wants it to go well and they want to have things in common, she lets out that her parents are also divorced, except they're not. Okay. They're not. Okay, wait. They're not. Well, now she's got no choice. She has to force her parents to be divorced. Well, this is the thing.

If it goes further what she wants it to, she's going to have to eventually be like, I'm a liar or I accidentally let that slip or... Or never call her dad, dad. Call him by his first name. So she. Yes. Oh, this is mom and Craig.

And then later on. Dad, I just always call you Craig. Why are you taking him to call me Craig? It's just a feel we're at that stage of our relationship now. I mean, Craig. But it's just so they could have like good banter and she would seem more relatable and know what he was going through. Yeah.

But now it's kind of got to the point where, what are you, what's she going to do if it goes long term? I'd just say six months down the track, mum and dad got back together. Could you? You could. Yeah, but they don't want to talk about it. Don't ever bring it up. Don't bring it up. Don't bring it up. Because dad was like, doing his thing and mum, sensitive to mum. Yeah. Don't ever bring it up. Don't bring it up. Don't bring it up. Because dad was like, oh, like doing his thing.

And mom, sensitive to mom. Don't, just don't bring it up. But yay, they're back together. Why did she lie about that in the first place? Because he's hot. But he might have found it great that her family unit was still together and was, you know. What about, you said, oh my God, you thought I said my parents are divorced. I said they're endorsed.

What's endorsed? Oh, endorsed as in for their truck driver's license. Yeah, they've got that endorsement. Yeah. Or they could be like they're endorsed by like Nike or Rod and Gun. Yeah. If Dad's a big Rod and Gun guy, he could say he's got his Rod and Gun endorsement to think about.

Did you say divorced? I said endorsed. Oh, confusing. Anyway, let's kiss. You were talking about your parents, and I just said same, meaning I've got parents, not that they would. That's weird. Yeah, I know.

That's a weird thing to, yeah. And, like, you've dug yourself a hole now. But that's the problem with hot people. They can fluster you. Like, they do, don't they, hot people? Yeah, they do. Because you're just like, oh, my God. Yeah, me too.

But off the back of this, I would love to know the biggest lie you told on a date. And how long you let it go on for. And do you think people lie because they want to impress? Yeah. That's really it, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Or it's because you have more to talk about or seem relatable.

Or it's just easier than bringing up baggage. Yeah. Okay. All right, so 0800DANCEATM is the number. And you can text her as well, 9696. What is the biggest lie you told on a date? Well, Megan, your friend went on a date with a very hot guy and panicked because he was hot and lied, had to lie.

Accidentally said that her parents are divorced as well. They are not. So the biggest lie you've told on a date. Maybe you were under pressure. You don't know why you lied. Maybe you just wanted to impress them. It just happened. I've worn some text messages.

Someone said, I said I love cats. I'm deathly allergic to cats. But at the time, it felt like the right lie to tell. I know that's the thing. What would you do, Megan? No, I'd just say I'm not into cats. Yeah. Because you'd be taking an antihistamine every day.

My throat swells up. Just for a hot guy. Yeah. I'm on my way over. I'm just going to stop and get some, what was that, Flexitide? Is that what it was? Flexitide. That's the nose squirt.

No, Claritine. Claritine. Yeah. Claritine? Claritine. Yeah. Someone said I lied on the first date and said that I'm a very good swimmer. Okay.

Can't swim. So hopefully that's not put to the test anytime soon. Okay. I lied and said that I'm also pescatarian. I didn't really know what it meant, and then I ordered a steak. Yeah, nah. Yeah, yeah. You know me, man.

All about the pescatarian life. Yeah, I will have a rare, bleeding, huge steak thing. So we want to know what the biggest lie is you've told on a date. You can give us a call at 0800-DIAL-ZN or you can text 9696. So we want to know what the biggest lie is you've told on a date after my anonymous friend. I worked out straight away who your anonymous friend is. They have told this hot guy that their parents are not together because his parents aren't and it would give them banter or something.

It was relatable. Oh, yeah, it was tough. Dad used to take me to McDonald's to make mum jealous. Yeah. And other cliches of divorced parents. Yeah. Which none of us can relate, can we? No.

But the McDonald's is an absolute classic. Yeah. Or mum bought me a pony. She's my favourite. It's great at Christmas. You know, you're trying not to tell each other. But the lies you've told on a date to impress someone, and maybe they've got you deep into a lot of trouble,

a lot of texts and calls coming through. Somebody said, I was straight. That was the lie I told. Oh, okay. But what would the lie be? Who were they telling it to? Maybe that you're bi, and you like both. No, they were on the date.

They were on a heterosexual date. Yeah. And they said, oh yeah, I'm a heterosexual. But deep down, they knew that they weren't. Oh, right. And the date was just maybe to please somebody. Yeah. Right, okay.

Ha. As someone said, the lie I told them the first day was that I surf. That's a little white lie. That's okay. And now we're married. See? Oh, right. Okay.

Yeah, but they wanted their hot surfer. They wanted their Chris Hemsworth, their Liam Hemsworth. I took it as being a female. It was a female. Oh, I'm always said the name. It was a female's name. Okay. Some calls. Ryan, what was the lie that

you told on a date? I actually told a girl that I was really into country music. I had no idea. So I had to like Google some songs. Okay. Great. You did your research. You lied

and you did your research. You have to put up with it then. And we're like, listen to this. You better work. We haven't had to address it since.

Yeah, I just sort of said I love Old Town Road. Great. Everyone loved that song. All of Nas Little X's back catalogue of country music. What do I call it?

Nas Little X. Nas Little X. Thanks, music. What do I call it? Naz Little X. Naz Little X. Thanks, Ryan. He's doing the capital X, Nauzy. You've blown that lie on your date, by the way. Charlotte, what was the little lie that you told on a date? So I told him that I really, really wanted kids, even though I really do not.

And two years later, we are still together, but I kind of just avoid the conversation every time he brings it up. Oh no. Is that your forever decision or do you think that you'll like maybe want some in the future? I don't know.

I feel like it is my forever decision but I don't know. We'll see what he says when I do eventually bring it up. Think about that park that's really good in the mall though for mothers with kids. True. That's a very good point

That's your way to sell it to someone Good mall parking And outside the supermarket, it's a park right there Yeah There's a couple of other things Like what? A couple of other things, but don't get hung up on those Like the average cost of $275,000 per kid to raise them

Oh yeah, but you can do that on the cheap. Maybe you and Charlotte should date. The things you call Charlotte. Ruben, what was the lie that you told on a date? So on our first date, I met this girl, and she said she was really into church. And I was like, oh, yeah, yeah, man, like so am I. I love Jesus, too. And then on our second date, she had one of those youth things at her house,

and she was like, oh, come over. And I was like, oh, sweet, sweet, like, I'll come over. Didn't realize it was a youth thing at this point. Went over, and then all of her church friends were there, and, like, I met her youth pastor, and I was like, nah, man, I got to tap out here. Yeah, because imagine if they'd come to you for, like, the, what do you youth pastor, and I was like, nah, man, I got to tap out here. Yeah. And because imagine if they'd come to you for, like, the, what do you call it, a reading?

Yeah. Yeah, you choose your favorite Bible verse. I went to a Christian camp for a hot dude, but then everyone really liked Creed. And I was like, I can't sell this. I can't do this. Yeah. Brilliant. Reuben, thanks for your call some text messages some of the people said I lied and said I was single

oh wow I lied and said I liked hiking guess where we went on our second date oh hiking that's like Megan you wouldn't even lie about that would you no I wouldn't okay Harry Styles says It's like, Megan, you wouldn't even lie about that, would you? No, I wouldn't. What if they were real hot? Okay, Harry Styles says, I really love hiking.

I'd love to go hiking with you this weekend. Yeah, when do you want to go? Yeah, they would actually get her hiking. Yeah. I'd take it up. Vaughn and I have asked you so many times to go hiking. And we have a Harry Styles and Niall Horan of... There's absolutely nothing good. There's no benefit for me in going hiking with you two.

What if it was Liam Payne? No. It has to be Harry. Zayn Malik. Oh, Zayn. I hope for a Zayn. I would. Somebody else messaged in saying,

the little white lie I told was that I earned double what I actually make. Oh, okay. You don't want to have to lie about it and come to impress somebody. No. I lied and said I went for daily jogs. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Why are you lying about that? It's obvious, isn't it, if you don't?

I lied and said I'd been out of the game for three months when it's really been about five years. The single game? Yeah. Okay, right. I lied and said I'd already lost my virginity, but I hadn't. Okay. And I lied and said I could read sheet music. That's also like, that's easy to test, isn't it?

Yeah. Or I guess they just show you. Also, if you've got a week, you could probably learn the basics of reading sheet music. Like, how are you trying to impress? Yeah, bark. I loved your symphony, man. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Hey, you on the phone, I bet I can guess your mum's name.

Victoria, good morning. Good morning. All right. Oh, a very regal name, Victoria, isn't it? Victoria. Queen Victoria, we've had a few of those. All right, so Victoria. Victoria Beckham. This is. We've had a few of those. All right. So, Victoria.

Victoria Beckham. This is how I bet I can guess your mum's name works. Vaughan's going to ask you five questions about your mum and then have 15 seconds to try and guess her name. If he can do that, $100 cash is yours. Okay. Does your mum play any instruments? No.

Oh, that's an interesting question. Have you asked that before? No, no. So do you think that kind of rules out some, I don't know, some names inspired by Fleetwood Mac or something? Or some kind of musical influencing? Oh, I hadn't thought about that. Yeah, right.

That's generally like the mums that were really into Fleetwood Mac have daughters called like Rhiannon. Yeah. Totally. That's a sign that mum got a bit Stevie Nicks in the late 70s, early 80s. All the Rhiannons listening now are like, oh, yeah, that's me. Oh, yeah. Mum did love to party.

What kind of laugh has your mum got? Like, does she really just, like, let the laugh overflow, or is she quite restrained in her laugh? Well, her facials kind of seem like it's going to be over the top, but it's one of those muted laughs. Like, you just see the body jiggle. Right, so the whole face looks like it's having, like if you saw it without any sound, you would assume that there was a large laugh associated,

but it's somewhat restrained. Yeah, pretty much, yeah. Yeah. That's a good description of your mum's laugh. Yeah, it really is. Same. Yeah. Okay, question three.

Does your mum have a personalised plate on her car? Oh my gosh, no. She doesn't? No, that's just so expensive. No. Oh, see, that tells me a bit about mum. Mum, she's thrifty. She's a bloody waste of money.

Yeah, she's not... She doesn't need someone... It's not a vanity thing. Yeah, it's a certain kind of boomer to splash out on a personalised plate. Yeah. Yeah. Or they had it ages ago. They got it when they first came out and they weren't personalized plate. Yeah. Yeah. Or they had it ages ago. They got it when they first came out and they weren't that expensive.

Yeah, right. But even at the time, they were expensive. Yeah. But not as expensive as they are now. What are mum's siblings' names? Oh, she's an only child. Ooh. Okay.

Ooh. Only child. You've asked very specific questions today, Vaughn. And how old is your mum? Like, what year was she born? Oh, uh, I think in the 60s? You think? So many people are just not aware of, like, exactly when their parents are born.

Yeah. Yeah, but it's not about your parents. It's about your bulge. Mums, stop counting after 40. That are born. Yeah, but it's not about your parents. It's about your bulge. Stop counting after 40. That's why. Yeah. It's kind of around 60 is what you're telling me. Yeah, she's around.

Yeah, she's definitely at her 60th, I'm pretty sure. She wasn't happy about it. Yeah, I remember that. Okay. She's had her 60th. Okay. Okay, and that tells me that she's 60, but she also wasn't happy about turning 60.

Okay. Which makes me feel there's more, but she also wasn't happy about turning 60. Okay. Which makes me feel right. There's more of a modern mum's name. She feels she's still entitled to her youth. Yeah. Okay. Well, Vaughn, you now have 15 seconds to guess Victoria's mum's name. Victoria, if you hear your mum's name, yell out,

Stop. Stop. That's my mum's name. Are you ready, Vaughan? Yes. Sharon, Deborah, Donna, Michelle, Christine, Helen, Elizabeth, Wendy, Robin. Stop, that's my mum's name.

Wendy! Yay! Oh, my God. You did it. Wendy. Wendy. Wendy. Oh, Wendell. What? Oh, no,. You did it. Wendy. Wendy. Wendy. Oh, Wendels.

What? Oh, no, her nickname is her Wendels. Oh. Oh, Wendels. I thought you were saying no. You thought I said Wendels. I was like, you can't give it to me unless I got her name right. No, Wendy.

I think Wendels is her nickname. Well, that means we have triggered the bonus round. The bonus round. While you're on the phone, I'll have a go at guessing your dad's name. Now, Victoria, COVID stole a lot from us all, and it stole the cash prize for the bonus round. But you have already taken home $100, so congratulations. Oh, my gosh.

Yay, thank you. And I guess just to see if we can do it, Vaughan, you get one guess. Peter. I'm thinking of all the Wendy's. Yeah, Wendy and Peter Pan, right? Oh, yeah, that's where I'm getting it from. That's why you've coupled those up. I was thinking of all the Wendy's, you know, that my parents know,

or Wendy's that I know and their partners' names. Okay. Wendy and Robert. Anthony? No. Anthony's too young, too young, too young. Robert. Wendy and Rob. Anthony? No. Anthony's too young. Robert. Wendy and Rob?

Mark. Mark and Wendy? Going to go see Mark and Wendy? Yeah. God, did you hear Mark and Wendy's girl on the radio? Yeah. That rolls together. All right, let's do it.

Let's just go with Mark. Oh. I did it for the company. Victoria, what's your dad's name? Ian Ian That's your dad's name I was waiting for that

Hey Well And Wendy's our neighbour I'm going to have to check That there's not some sort of Illicit affair going on there And the result Is Victoria

It is Imagine that I might have A half sister. Yeah, Victoria, thank you for playing I Bet I Can Guess Your Mum's Name. $100 richer. Thank you so much.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. A dating expert has set an age bracket of men that you should never date. It's a 10 year bracket too. So she is saying that any man between 30 and 40, you should steer clear of. So go under 30 or over 40?

Yeah. That's weird. Okay. Why do you think? It's not why I thought. I don't know because what's the difference between, like a guy in their 20s could be a little less between Like a guy in their 20s could be A little less mature than a guy in their 30s

Do you want to wager against I don't know how to word it I guess if you get to 30 And you're single you might need a bit more Time to discover what you're after And maybe the 30s are like Time wasters like 20s You can get in And guys who know who they're going to be,

you know who they are, but I don't know. You're making it way too serious and difficult. The reason, because she's been on like lots of dates and she's a dating expert. She said the what? 30s too focused on their career. No, in their 30s, they're usually in a relationship. She describes them as crickets and that's typically the

age where they settle down, grow their families and are actually off the market. She said that most of the guys in their 30s are in some way taken and not actually serious about being with you. So if you meet a guy on a dating app in his 30s, he's what, secretly in a relationship?

Yeah. What? Be very careful of guys in their 30s on dating apps and stuff. Of course there's going to be guys that buck that trend, but she's like, more often than not, they have some kind of other relationship and they're not open to settling down with you. Wow. So they might even have a relationship that's not overly serious.

It's like a casual thing that's like a fallback. Wow. Wow. Okay. So yeah, and that's like a fallback. Wow. Wow. Okay. So yeah, and that's the median age for getting married for men is between 32 and 33. Okay. So they're probably going to be in some sort of relationship. And then she said guys who are older than 40 are looking for

love after divorce, generally. That's me, isn't it? Yeah. And so she said while they might come with some baggage, they generally aren't afraid or scared to commit and they have good

old school dating techniques. Eh, Flesh? Like, talk on the phone. Might open the door for you. Share. Just the other day, I was like,

oh, let's stuff this texting thing. Give me a call. Just the other day on a date, I sent someone a fax. It was so sexy. It was weird because people were like, what's that? They were like, hello. You're like, oh, it's a fax coming through.

Hang up. And then the heat transfer paper chucked out a little fax. And then we were chatting on MSN Messenger until like 2 a.m. It was so romantic. And you switched to ICQ for a while All of the old school modes of communication Absolute romance This is blowing my bit on the side

Some of my 30s Absolutely God wait till they find out I'm married with kids I kept that pretty quiet ZM Fleets, Warner, Megan, it's time for... Fact of the Day, Day, Day, Day, Day. Today's Fact of the Day is about the origin of a phrase.

Okay. To pass with flying colours. Yes. I know, I'm aware of that phrase. You're familiar with the phrase? To pass with flying colours. You say these things and I just think, I never even thought about it. You never question it.

To pass with flying colours. That makes no sense when you think about it literally. Flying colours. Yeah, I don't know the origin. Something about flying? Actual flying? No. Wow, before that. Something about an eye test? it literally. Yeah, I don't know the origin. Something about flying? Actual flying? No. Wow, before that. Something about an eye test? 1700s. Oh, okay.

Well, there was no flying in the 1700s, was there? Unicorns. Do unicorns fly? Pegasus. You're thinking of a Pegasus. Now, I believe the only difference between a unicorn and a Pegasus is that a Pegasus is winged. Does it have a horn? A singular horn? Who knows? No. There's no, like, jewel- corn, like, with two horns.

That'd be freaky. If it just had two, like, it would almost look satanic. Yeah. So to pass with flying colours, the origin of which nautical. Oh, okay. And it means after you'd go to sea and you'd be in a battle, they could tell you'd won because you'd come home, you'd be flying your colours because they could see a ship far off.

Like you may leave in a ship and that may become like irreversibly damaged and you might have had to have stolen somebody else's ship. But you would come home, you would be flying your colours. But wouldn't you always fly your flag? No. Yeah, you would, but they don't know when they can just see a ship on the horizon and it was coming into

the port, they couldn't tell who it was. Right. So then they'd get out the old, and they'd see what are they saying? Telescope. And they'd see your colours on the top of the mast waving. Right. And so you would be like, it's one of our ship's boys, they've

done well, they're coming in and they've obviously passed, in this case, won or survived, and they're flying the colors. So to pass the flying colors, you know, now it means like, oh, my God, you did fantastic. You passed the flying colors. And back in the day, it just meant you just didn't die. Like achieved.

Yeah. That's how I felt with every exam that I tried. Pass the flying colors, but in the 1700s nautical sense. Like you managed to drag your carcass back to port, but little more than that. So today's fact of the day is the phrase to pass with flying colours means that you just survive a battle at sea and you would come home flying the colours.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. I've got a great way to impress your boss at work, and it is very simple. Okay. If you put away your smartphone in meetings, Vaughan. You said simple, and then, ha. So,

they have looked into competency in the workplace, and they've said that people who have their phone out during meetings are less competent and viewed as less effective. Even if you're doing work on your phone, which you can, but I mean, you shouldn't be doing it when someone's talking to you in a meeting. Vaughn. What?

Also, it's not only... Yeah, I was just looking at something that couldn't wait. It's not only your boss, so your co-workers as well, if they see you on your phone during meetings and stuff, you are seen as not a team player and less competent. It's hard because we all are on our phones during meetings.

No, excuse me. Right, here we go. I'm not, or less than. Queen Megan over here. Am I way less than you two? You always get told off. You said you're not on. There was no comparative.

Like, way less than. But you're still on it. Okay. Also, it's hard when Ross Boss is always you're still on it. Okay. Also, it's hard when Ross Boss is always the one on his phone. Yeah. Like, I feel like we're just always on our phones. Unless it's a meeting that he's actually running. He's generally on his phone, too.

No, I've seen him on his phone in those ones, too. Totally. But apparently, everyone makes negative assumptions about people who are on their phones. And this is in the street as well. For some reason, you're just perceived as doing something dodgy. Right. Dodgy. You're doing something ill-willed on your phone.

Well, like, even someone walking down the street. Yeah. They're just. Like, watch where you're going. They should be looking. They should be aware of their surroundings until it's you. And then it's fine. And then it's fine.

I know. That's actually me. Because the other day, someone nearly walked into me. I was like, that's so rude. Like, look where you're going. And then it's fine. And then it's fine. I know, that's actually me, because the other day someone nearly walked into me. I was like, that's so rude. Like, look where you're going. And then I'm like, on my phone, doing the same thing. Yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. What does your favorite ice cream flavor say about you?

This is tough, because I don't discriminate between ice creams. Right. I eat all of them. Yep. Is it an ice cream that we're pairing with a dessert or is it if you were just going to have an ice cream in a cone? I'm taking this as just ice cream in a cone. Okay.

Because I vanilla go, you put that with like pies. French vanilla or vanilla is your, so super versatile. Are you, these flavours, are they mostly the plain ones? Like they're not too out there? Not too out there. Do you have cookies and cream? I do. Is that your favourite?

Do you have goody goody gumdrops? I don't think we have goody goody gumdrops. What do they call that overseas? Lollies and ice cream. Bubble gum? It's not called goody goody gumdrops overseas. Bubble gum ice cream overseas is sometimes pink. But that's kind of what... The flavour. Yeah.

I'd go cookies and cream, yeah. Because I don't really want to go through all of these because there's a lot. But cookies and cream, this is what it says about you. This is the first sentence. You're smooth and personable with a sense of humor. You don't take too much seriously, but you love to learn and grow. This just knows me because I love cookies and cream. This is some horoscopes nonsense. you love to learn and grow. This list just knows me, because I love cookies and cream. This is some

horoscopes nonsense. You love to learn and grow. You're not one for following trends, but you always seem cool, no matter the circumstance. Okay, this is absolute BS. This knows me. No, you're pretty cool. Thank you. You're cooler than Vaughn. Okay, what's your flavour then, Vaughn? I am being attacked. I don't know.

What else have you got on your list? There's caramel, cookie dough, mint chocolate chip flavour then, Vaughan? Let's do you. I am being attacked. I don't know. What else have you got on your list? There's caramel, cookie dough, mint chocolate chip, coffee. Cookie dough's pretty good. Strawberry, vanilla, chocolate. There's bubblegum on there. That's not your favourite. I'd say that would be. Okay, go.

Is there a maple walnut? Oh, Christ, no. I love maple walnut. We're not at a gelato store. There's some rum and raisin if Movenpick. I love rum and raisin too. It's when I'm getting older I like the more subtle. You know when you're a kid you're just like chocolate with chocolate sprinkles and chocolate sauce.

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. I don't know how I feel about nuts in my ice cream though. Oh, I love nuts in my ice cream. I just add a little bit of texture. Are you going to pick a flavour? Shall I do mine first? You do yours. Strawberry.

Strawberry. I like the fr mine first? You do yours. Strawberry. Strawberry. I like the fruity ones. You're boring. Your friends will describe you as fiercely loyal and energetic. You're always the one who wants to go out after work or school, even after a long day. You enjoy working out in the morning and have a deep love for animals. I mean, the last bit's true.

I like animals. And I'm fiercely loyal. Deep love for animals and you're like bit's true i like animals so that doesn't mean i'm fiercely loyal deep love for animals and you're like yeah i like animals it's a huge difference okay yours is vanilla isn't it you just um what were the other ones vanilla chocolate strawberry coffee mint chocolate you are that guy i do love mint chocolate but i'd never get it you are that guy who's been in the line looking at the flavors. Can I have a little bit of that one? For 10 minutes.

Can I try that one? Can I try that one? Can I have a little bit of that one? I'm full now. I'll just go chocolate then. Really? What does chocolate say about you? Not really, but I feel pressured.

I don't have time to make a choice. I'm freaking out. You're not never going to be able to eat other flavors again. It's just like what is your team to go to? Yeah, okay, chocolate. You lead a life of joy and self-love. Self-love? I'm a huge fan of myself.

Yeah. While you have strong opinions about things, you're always open to explore new ideas and different experiences than your own. Incorrect. Absolutely not. No. You probably live somewhere cozy and warm with lots of different kitchen tools you've collected from various friends all over the world.

What? What a load of bollocks. This is what happens when you force me to pick a chocolate. You push and you pressure me. And now I've got to get Chick Kitchen knickknacks. What does it say about cookie dough, if your favourite's cookie dough? What does it say about you as a person? Cookie dough's different to cookies and cream, which is what you had.

You're resourceful and crafty. Your home is filled with DIY projects you found on Pinterest, and you're always throwing low-budget parties for your friends. You are drawn to bright colours and big patterns, but you're not a loud or overtly extroverted person. You probably love dogs.

That's not you either. Vanilla does kind of describe you. big patterns, but you're not a loud or overtly extroverted person. You probably love dogs. Lost me there at the end. That's not you either. That's not me. Vanilla does kind of describe you. What if you got a Neapolitan? Because then that's chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. Yeah, but even if you get Neapolitan, you always just dig out the chocolate. No, no, no.

I go sideways. I go sideways. I do. I go across. Right. All three flavors are meant to be enjoyed I'll go across You're vanilla

It's literally This is you Some people consider you A little basic But they don't understand Classic beauty Bingo You appreciate quality

And minimalism You're not an overly anxious Or stressed person And you find peace and balance In the everyday Oh yeah I'll go with that then I'll go with that

Vanilla Yeah with a flake.