ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 29th September 2021

Episode Date: September 28, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network. Play. ZM's Fletch, Horne and Megan. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Horne and Megan podcast. Thanks to McCafe, barista made coffee available from drive-thru and mic delivery at level 3 and also dine-in at level 2. Yeah, there is an issue here at work

and I don't know who to point this toward given that, you know, the bare minimum of people are in the building. Yup. There's two microwaves in our kitchenette. Two vastly different powered microwaves. I believe one must be a 900 watt. One's got to be upward of 5,000 watts.

Because usually I'll put boiling water from the tap into my sachet of porridge. Yep. And that's enough for making my porridge. And then 40 seconds in the microwave. I do mine for 40, 45, 40. Yeah. But you have cold milk. Yeah.

It's just warm enough. No, it's just warm enough. Ooh. And then it doesn't go too. It is lukewarm. Not even. Super, isn't it sloppy? This guy's porridge is.

Yeah. But the oats don't even get like. No, puffed up. They don't absorb the liquid. No, I like that. I like that. They get soft enough that you can eat them, but they're not, because I hate overcooked porridge.

Yuck. You shit muesli bars. That would have been bad enough time to soften up. You are just Nana. I am. Yeah, I am. No, Nana would like it like I am mushy. Oh, yeah, Nana would go mushy and she'd have lots of brown sugar.

Well, so 40 seconds in one of them. Perfect. 40 seconds in the other, overflow the bowl. Oh, gosh. The wattage. The wattage. I've done it twice now, too, and I had to do that thing where you awkwardly have to, like, use your finger to get the porridge back into the bowl from the sides of the bowl.

Finger it back in. Finger it back in. And then pop that on the bench and then grab out the glass plate and give that a clean because you can't put that back in until you're leather in there. And you've got prolapsed oats. And then you've got to get paper towels to hold under the bowl because it's so sticky and hot. It's a real mess. You can't wipe it up.

Yeah. And the problem is work doesn't have deep enough bowls here. They're very shallow. They're very shallow bowls. Very shallow bowls. Shallow bowl with an aggressive slope. So when the porridge falls over... You're really struggling here, aren't you?

Yeah, I'm very well fed. I've got everything I need to function well, but somehow still the wheels are coming on. Thanks, Rachel. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fleetspawn and Megan. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fleeche Vaughan and Megan. Wednesday morning. Good morning. Scary that there's some wastewater, some positive wastewater in Tauranga.

Skowy stuff. If you're feeling a bit under the weather today, if you've got any symptoms, get tested. Yeah. And, jeez, if you haven't been vaccinated yet, there's plenty. I just looked on the website, like 500 available today in the Tauranga area alone. So get vaxxed.

What's the website again to go and check? Well, you just go to bookmyvaccine.gov and there's a little segment on there that gives you the next available in your city or town. And that's for wherever you are in the country. Easy. Super handy. And a lot of them in Auckland especially, just so you can just go walk up.

Yeah. And I think the last few days have been some of the worst Vax turnouts. Yeah, it's really slowed down. So I don't know, yeah, if they're going to open us up in a few weeks. Heck, I'd want to be ready. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't dilly-dally even without the threat of it opening up.

I'd just probably just get it done for my own personal safety. This is just us turning up to work in level three. Sick of it. So please get vaccinated. Thanks. It's going to be lovely. Please and thank you. And I mean, you know, we don't even have a business. That would be so it. So please get vaccinated. Thanks. It's going to be lovely. Please and thank you. And I mean,

you know, we don't even have a business. That would be so stressful. Oh my God. I don't know how people with a business are handling this. So stressful.

Yeah. Yeah, because I went to Mitre 10. Yeah. My first level three. Oh, okay. I had to order online and then I went

and I picked it up. It was great. It kind of scratched the itch, but I just didn't get to aimlessly wander aisles. Yeah. You want to get back to that. I had to do it online. Yeah, if I could do that, that'd be great. That sounds selfish, but I don't care anymore.

I just want to get in there. Well, another thing that the COVID world is ruining, champagne. That is correct. It's devastating for those is ruining champagne. That is correct. It's devastating for those who enjoy champagne. So apparently, I was reading an article, you said their shipping's just getting worse and worse and more expensive. They're saying Christmas.

I know we've talked about this before. You've got to be organised for Christmas. Yeah. Because already you're going into stores and seeing like holes in places. Yep. Buy New Zealand made. Could be organised for Christmas. Yeah. Because already you're going into stores and seeing holes in places. Yep. Buy New Zealand made. Could be a great option for Christmas also.

We don't have buy New Zealand made champagne, though, do we? Oh, yeah. But I've got the top six alternatives to champagne during the shortage. Okay. Coming up in the top six. The great... Yeah. The great champagne shortage of 2021.

Just when we thought it couldn't get worse. Yeah. Something we don't even really like drinking. But every we thought it couldn't get worse. Something we don't even really like drinking, but every now and then gets poured for us, is in shortage. Reddit was laying into the New World had to sign up at the local New World around like Odaki, Mission Bay. Yeah. They will be devastated.

They'll be suffering. Well, I can help them out. I've got six suggestions coming up. Join on the show very soon. Margot and Rosie, you'll know them. Well, I can help them out. I've got six suggestions coming up. Join on the show very soon. Margot and Rosa, you'll know them as the Two Raw Sisters. A new cookbook out, and Rosa is going to join us on the show to talk about that. What about Salad's Born? Oh, yum.

I like a salad, but it's got to have meat in it, right? ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Two thirds of people surveyed in a study that was done by Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. Okay.

And a Take Me Fishing campaign, Why More People Aren't Into Fishing, primarily Americans. Because it smells? There is the smelly. Smelly didn't come up.

But 63% of people said they regret not spending more time outdoors in their childhood. Oh. A% of people said they regret not spending more time outdoors in their childhood. A lot of people were offered it, never took up on it, didn't want to, and now regret it. So then, furthermore, people said, well, do you want to get into it now? And they said, well, I believe that if you haven't been camping by the time you're 11 years old,

you're probably not going to be good at it. And fishing was 12. If time you're 11 years old, you're probably not going to be good at it. And fishing was 12. If you'd never been by 12, you probably weren't going to be good at it. Only 31% of people who hadn't said, oh, it's never too late. But what held them back was they felt like they wouldn't fit in. Right. Is that what's holding you back from the outdoors, Megan? From staying in a dock hut?

Don't say the outdoors because I love the outdoors. Yeah, if you can drive there. I'm just not going to go on a 20-hour walk through the wilderness and then stay in a hut. Well, that's the outdoors. No, but I will go to the beach and I'll like... That's not the... I mean, that's outdoors, yes, but you're driving there. That's okay.

It's not very adventurous. Excuse me. Don't shame my means of transport. It's all different sorts of things. Boating, hiking, fishing and camping. I love boating. I love having a vino on the back of a boat. Yeah.

Or like being dragged on a biscuit. That's good too. Oh, no. I haven't done it for a while, but I feel like the body's probably not going to be good for that anymore. You've got to hang on, don't you? Point dismount

when they go around the corner you had to wake them let alone that feeling of when the boat first takes off and it sounds like it's screaming in pain. Yeah. Pretty much groaning.

Trying to get you up out of the water. You're like, just pull me out of the water. It's so embarrassing. I don't feel like that would be the same in New Zealand, right?

Because we're, we love the outdoors. We're always outdoors. I wouldn't be surprised. that would be the same in New Zealand, right? Because we love the outdoors. We're always outdoors. I wouldn't be surprised. It would be bad now with all the technology. I just think with the amount of people that live in cities now. It would be. Yeah, right.

Would your kids ever want to get out? Do they prefer being indoors or outdoors? Indoors. Yeah. Just playing on. Really? Yeah, just playing bloody Roblox or whatever. You have lots of fun stuff outside.

Yeah, I make them come outside. Like more than anyone else. At least there's stuff for them to do out there. Yeah, yeah. And if you're like, go outside. And they're like, okay. And they'll kind of do it, but... You should make them pay you back for that trampoline you bought.

That's very rude of them. Yeah. Sometimes I'll go and jump on the trampoline, just to get the money's worth out of it. And again, like the boat screams in pain on the trampoline just to get the money's worth out of it. And again, like the boat screams in pain, the trampoline screams in pain as well. It's all in all spring free.

So they're not screaming, just the whole frame creaks and screams. It's again a little confronting. But no, we go out to Motowai and stuff. Yeah. And chill out on the beach and try to go fishing off the beach. But you you know fishing on a boat is not my cup of tea

because I get just the minute it stops and it starts rocking I'm like well I'm about to chunder over the side guys get your rods over here there's about to be

some high end burley good for the rest of us I was just going to say because it's some good burley great bit of burley I've stumbled across an article I don't know why people are doing this to us going to say because it's some good burly. Great bit of burly. I've stumbled across an article. I don't know why people are doing this to us, but they have compiled an article, a list of all the

things that can age us overnight and age us very fast. Okay. And I'll start with one that you are not going to like or appreciate. Megan? Great. Having a baby. A US study has found that mothers that had less

than seven hours sleep a night in their baby's first six months were biologically three to seven years older than those who had more than that amount of sleep. That's me every night. Still. But I wouldn't say you've aged

seven years. Oh my god, thank you. And. But I wouldn't say you've aged seven years. Oh my God, thank you. And what? Why did you say seven years? How many years have I aged? Three to seven. Yeah, right. But biologically.

What does that mean? So like internally, but the wrinkles aren't on the outside. So the wrinkles aren't on the outside, but by a year. I don't know what's better. Yeah. My internal organs have aged. Yeah. My internal organs have aged. Yeah. Another thing that can age you, age the body, surgery and anaesthetic.

Oh, well, I've had a few of those too. Speed up the ageing process. Why? Is the anaesthetic specifically? Well, apparently it has an effect on the brain. Oh, right. And most people that have surgery or anesthesia won't have any long-term cognitive effects from it,

but there are some who seem to be affected, especially older patients. Really? Yeah. Oh, my. The best thing about having the anesthetic is knowing you're going to have a really good sleep. I know.

Another one, weight loss. Accelerates skin aging. I've always said that having chubby cheeks makes you look younger because it keeps the wrinkles taut. Yeah, yeah, it does. It keeps your skin tight. And then when people lose weight, yeah, totally. It ages them.

That's my secret. Another one is lack of vitamin B in the brain. That can age you. Is that Marmite? It's got B12, eh? Is it all the B? Is it all the B? It just says B12. Vitamin B12 deficient.

Get more Marmite. It's hard to eat a lot of Marmite though, isn't it? Nangs. Have vitamin B? No, bad for vitamin B. Do you remember when the Nang epidemic Was happening In 2006

2007 And it's made a resurgence Lately The rubbish I see Is anything to go by People doing Nangs They were like

One of the dangers is It depletes the vitamin B12 In the brain So you don't think about it When you're young But when you're older You'd be like All those Nangs I did

really aged me. Apparently, deficiency can lead to cognitive problems associated with aging within a few months, and especially in older people.

Good sources of vitamin B12, meat, fish, milk, cheese, eggs, some fortified

breakfast cereals. Okay. So that's where you build your cornies into a military base. Fire a wheatb cereals. Okay. So that's where you build your corneys into a military base. Fire a Weet-Bix cannon. Yeah. And also a broken heart is another thing that can age the body.

Wow. Because of like the stress hormones and stuff. Yeah. You get elevated levels of inflammation. Really? And that's apparent. A doctor said that's why you can often see patients die soon after their, you know, like the notebook.

Yeah. That kind of thing. Right. They die of... So there you go. That's a depressing list of everything that's aging you today. What about some things... You got other things that can...

Like the other ones. Take away our age? Or just don't do any of those. Ah. But then that just keeps us at negative, at zero. Yeah. What about salary? Yeah, well, I guess just a healthy, balanced lifestyle.

I know, boring, eh? Yeah. Life will feel real long. Speaking of healthy food. Oh, yeah. A couple of superstars. Two Raw Sisters. Rosa from Two Raw Sisters is going to join us next.

She's got a new cookbook called Salad. Slightly misleading. Why? Well, because it's hopefully more than just salads. Well, I mean, these are delicious bougie salads. Yeah, it's not chuck lettuce in bowl. Cut some tomato. Make sure you have big tub of Best Foods mayonnaise. ZDM's Fletchtuce and Bowl. Cut some tomato. Make sure you have a big tub of Best Foods mayonnaise.

ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. We welcome to the show one of the two Raw sisters, Rosa. Good morning. Good morning. How are we? Very well, thank you. You've got a new book out, Salads. Yes.

Yeah, it's pretty surreal that it's all happening, really. Right now, the book's called Salad. My first question, is there any pudding? Yes. Yeah, well, you're lucky, actually. There is a few desserts in the back. There's about four dessert salads. It better not be fruit salad.

It better not be fruit salad. That's not a dessert. That's a punishment. No, one of them is miso caramel, walnuts, chocolate, and ice cream. Oh, my God. Okay, I'm on board. Amazing. Saliv chocolate, and ice cream. Oh, my God. I'm on board. Amazing. Salivary just looking at it.

Oh, my God. And those pears. Yeah, we thought we'd balance it out with a few sweets to give it the other savoury recipe. Good balance. So is everything, are all the recipes plant-based? Yeah, so it's continuing along from our plant-based philosophy, but all of the recipes, they're salads. So we see salads as a great centrepiece to any meal.

So that's where you can cater for everyone. You can add a bit of lamb, you can add some salmon on the side, and it's great for barbecues, entertaining. I'm on board, babes. Like, we go out and I order bougie salads, and these two give me shit all the time. Well, it's because Homer Simpson once said you don't make friends with salad.

Well, you might actually make friends with these salads. Any coleslaws in the mix? I do. I do have a few coleslaws actually. Oh, I love a coleslaw. Again, super practical. Great for the barbecue. Do you have like an epic garden? Not epic, I wouldn't say.

We've got the basics, like your spinach and your rocket and your kale. But yeah, again, we just shop at fresh fruit and veggie stores. Do you like coriander? Love coriander, but one of the Georgia who works for us hates it, so I've got to be careful where I add it or I get told off. Yeah, isn't it weird? They think it tastes like soap. I know.

It's crazy. No, I do understand when people say that, but I'm still a coriander lover. Yeah, yeah, I love coriander. Are you just trying to chat to her about your only veggies that you like? Paul's a big, he's a meat-heavy guy. Coriander can go on me. You love your meat.

Love it. But I'm like, you always got to have a salad on the side. You do. I mean, there's always some left at the end, and there's no meat left. So, I mean, draw your own conclusions about when you come to a barbecue at our house. Maybe try and start facing your meals around your plant. But when no one leaves my house saying, can I have a bag of salad to take home? Whereas they'll all say, is it alright if we take some of

this meat? That's on your salad making skills to be honest. Well actually, Sade makes the salad so how dare you, sir, that's my wife. Maybe you just need to make a decent salad. Yeah, yeah. Well, you can, the book is out now. Salad? Yeah, it's out now and we are just about to start our workshops

which is involved in our book tour around the country. That starts Monday next week. So if anyone wants to book tickets for that, head on to our website. I'd dodge Auckland if I were you. We are going to dodge Auckland. Just for now. We've moved back to the very end of the tour.

Yeah. The end of November. Fingers crossed. We'll see you on the other side. Fingers crossed. Exactly. Well, Rosa from Two Royal Sisters, thanks so much for chatting to us. Fingers crossed. We'll see you on the other side. Fingers crossed. Exactly. Well, Rosa, from Two Royal Sisters, thanks so much for chatting to us.

Thanks, guys. From the self-driving ZM think tank, this is The Top Six. Dear customers, please be aware there is currently a champagne shortage. We're temporarily out of some lines of champagne due to congestion at the ports. We do apologise for any inconvenience.

That is a sign that met many people at the booze section of their supermarket. Now, this is nothing new. The champagne shortage is ongoing, ladies and gentlemen. Isn't it? Have you been finding when you've been shopping

lately, and this is in Auckland, you'll just go to a place in the supermarket, you always get the stuff, you always get and it's not there and you're like, oh.

And in an effort to not make it look like there's gaping holes, they just spread everything else out a bit. I know. Yeah. It's weird, eh?

It's like, we've never experienced this before. Yeah. And then like the UK at the moment, that's like, I mean, that's a Brexit.

They don't even have petrol. They don't even, that's crazy. They don't have petrol because of Brexit and so many delivery drivers and it affects petrol, it affects food for supermarkets and everything. Delivery drivers were expats. Yeah. That they had to leave or they couldn't work because they didn't have the right paperwork and now they've got no one to deliver their fuel

and they're like, oh, we didn't. And no one's picking the fruit. It turns out they did need all of those immigrants. Yeah. It turns out that people were willing to work hard in another country at jobs that people who lived there, who were born there, didn't want to do. And then for most of the world,

especially for us down under with COVID, it's just put a real pressure on shipping. Prices through the roof for shipping and just delays. That seems to be the issue, congestion at the ports, because it was in May that there was a Moet shortage due to congestion at the ports. And back in January, there was a problem. Also, I found a story from last December saying that bubbly wine might be in short supply ahead of New Year's Eve.

So in an ongoing champagne shortage world, I've got top six alternatives to champagne during the shortage. Okay. Number six on the list. This one is classy. Okay. Grape Fanta with vodka in it. Because that's what's in wine. Yeah. Fanta. We had Fanta with vodka in it. Because that's what's in wine. Yeah.

Fanta. We had Fanta in those mimosas, didn't we? Yeah. And that was quite a treat. It's a champa. Have you got grape Fanta too? Because wine grapes. Because wine's made of grapes.

Yeah. Lovely. That's right. That's right. There's a Fanta. Or a Miranda. Miranda. Miranda.

Is that still a thing? Miranda. Miranda. For every taste. Or a Miranda. Miranda. Miranda. Is that still a thing? Miranda. Miranda. For every taste. Passion fruit Miranda in the 90s. Oh, that was so good. It had a real pop on the tongue, a real tang. Yum.

Number five on the list of the top six alternatives to champagne during the shortage. Pour yourself a gin and then pop a Barocca in it. Because gin. Booze. Barocca in it. Because gin, booze, Barocca, bubbly. And that's all champagne is. Yeah, right. Okay. Yeah. As long as your Barocca is from the champagne region of France.

Otherwise, it's just a fizzy tablet. It's not legit. Number four on the list of the top six alternatives to champagne during the shortage, Spumante. Yep. Funnelled into a Moet bottle and just pop it before you get to the party. Are they still doing the Spumante?

They said they were ceasing production. I did see it recently. It's still in there. I think they made enough for a thousand years. Or 1-0 week, depending. Number three on the list of the top six alternatives to champagne during the shortage. White rum and LMP. Because LMP is what you put in a flute when you're pregnant,

but you're not willing to tell your co-workers yet. It looks like champagne. But it doesn't have the kick. So some white rum, now we're partying. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six alternatives to champagne during the shortage, lemonade. But Vaughan, lemonade's not the colour

of champagne. Add enough whiskey to flavour and colour. And then you've got booze. That would taste disgusting, wouldn't it? Lemonade and whiskey. That'd be very sweet. And number one on the list Of the top six alternatives

To champagne during the shortage A Collie Manouganou Rose Oh darling You know I love A Collie Manouganou Once it hits the lips I feel just like I'm doing

The locomotion Get yourself a Kylie Minogue rose and pop it in the soda stream. Oh my god. No, you'll have an explosion. Don't do that. Pumped on it. Farts.

Pop it open and you've got yourself a Kylie Minogue rose champagne. Champagne. It's good stuff. It's good stuff. Good on you, Coles.

That's today's top six. ZM's flesh-born and Megan. Play ZM. Well, yesterday on the way home from work, our very own executive intern, Anya, saved the day with a little traffic management and civil duty. Yeah, you were like one of those trucks with the strobe lights.

Yeah. Do you think I'm going to become a Dane? I would say an MBE at the very least. New Zealander of the Year. We'll put a word into the Prime Minister when she calls through next. Great. Good. Thank you so much. Yes, on the way home from work yesterday I was going around

a roundabout and as I came around I saw all this debris on the road. I believe, sorry to correct you, I believe it's pronounced debris. Sorry, a lot of debris. Kind of, seemed to be wooden panels, a lot of cardboard,

a lot of C-R lot of CRAP, actually, all over the road. And then a big truck with a very frazzled truck driver kind of running around trying to... He'd lost his load. He'd gone around the roundabout. It was one of those kind of curtain truck things. Oh, yeah, okay. So I think maybe we hadn't closed it properly. I don't know, but it popped open. Everything was on the road. Oh, yeah, okay. So I think maybe we hadn't closed it properly. We were, I don't know, but it popped open.

Everything was on the road. Oh, no. On a very busy, made-away off-ramp. I'd say speed was a factor on a roundabout. Or somebody must have closed the curtain. No, but maybe the thing inside toppled over when he was going around there. And so were you the first one on the scene? First one on the scene.

And I got out of the car, put my mask on, got out of the car, and there was, after about a minute, probably five cars behind me, and everyone was getting out and trying to help, and I was like, one of those moments, this is really lovely. Humanity's so special. We all just, we get in together. Sometimes.

It was nice. So you were picking up the bits of wood. Yeah, so it was like all these, it kind of looked like it was off to a desk factory. Like it was all these massive big MDF panel kind of things. So we were, me and this other guy we were like a two man operation. We were shifting them to the side of the road. It was

good stuff. Your brother was helping. And then after a couple of minutes, the traffic had backed up. There were probably about 30 cars as far as the eye could see. And two cars decided to just sit there with their hands on the horn consistently. For the whole time. They weren't just like, meep, meep. They were like, meep. Remember moments ago when you were like, humanity is so special.

Yes. And instantly I was like, let's pick one of these up and let's just throw it. Let's just see how far it can go. Yeah, pretty unimpressed. Those people are always so helpful. Yeah, and along with the other people that were like just behind us, that were just sitting on their phones in their cars. We were like, yeah, neat.

It'll be clear soon. Living in an apartment above a major intersection, it's quite, it's so many people just sit on the horn. Really? And like, not a meh, meh, a meh, for like a minute. it's quite it's so many people just sit on the horn really and like not a meh meh a meh

for like a minute 30 seconds ever in my existence what are you gonna achieve from that like the traffic's gridlocked

no one's moving you think that just being on your horn is gonna make make it disappear oh I'm a regular toot tooter but I'm not a

meh meh you don't sit on the horn. Especially in that scenario with the truck driver. Like, you can see that there's no quick resolution to this and everyone's trying. But you just want to be really unhelpful. God, I hate people, eh? The worst.

People are the worst. I went from, like, on cloud nine about people to absolutely miserable. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Yesterday, I took the kids and the dogs for a walk and I did a run lap. Yeah.

Did a couple of run laps and I saw a man who suffered an injury that he wouldn't have suffered if he'd stayed home and eaten chips. And sat on the couch. I hate,

but that's what, I could say that with my back that's been sore for like the last May, June, July, August, September. If I hadn't have gone to that gym that one morning, I wouldn't be in this pain for the last four months. Well, I don't know what this guy's outcome was because he scurried away.

He looked like he set himself up for a HIIT workout. I had a high intensity interval training. I've got a hat stop clock on my watch and it goes beep and you can set up your times. I've seen people doing that. It's pretty good. So what, you set up the one minute, 30 seconds

or you can be like 30 seconds on, 10 off and then however long you want to go for. 30 seconds on, an hour off. Yeah. 14 days off, 10 minutes on. It sounds like me. Yeah. Can you schedule chips in?

Yeah, and then when it goes beep, beep, beep, it's chips. Yeah. We should just make one called chips, like C-H-I-I-P-S. Yeah. The chip workout. Chunky hips. Hips and intensive tights. Pants.

Yeah. Chip. It's the chip workout. Yeah. So he laid down a rope ladder. Right. This is a guy in the park. Yeah.

Okay. Yeah, yeah. He had his course set out. He bought paraphernalia with him. It was a proper rope ladder. Because you always see on the sports news and they're like,

and the All Blacks are training. Yeah, yeah, one of them. The All Blacks are training in Christchurch this week and they're all like, Quick feet, quick feet, quick feet. Yeah, quick feet. Agility.

Yeah. Sometimes it's like tyres but that may be more army base. Yeah. Permanent set up. More chance of tripping over the tyres. Yeah, because they're deeper. You've got to stay on your toes,

got to stay on your toes, toes've got to stay on your toes. Toes, toes, toes, toes, toes. But he did the ladder. Quick feet, quick feet, quick feet. And then had his break and then did like some burpees. And then ran down to the end of the football field he was on. And then he came back at a rate of knots. A sprint, a sprint back.

But then I was like, he's going to sprint. He's going to stop again at the ladder. But he didn't. He tried to maintain that speed through the rope ladder. Oh, you can't sprint through a rope ladder. Well, he couldn't. He got too tangled up in his speed and he ate shit. Oh, no. And he looked around like, who saw me?

And he looked around and I was like, are you all right? I don't understand. And he's like, great, just the guy from the radio saw me. Are you all right? And he bundled up his little rope later and he left. But was he in pain? Did he look like he was in pain? It was on grass, thankfully.

Right. But he really ate it. So he had, do you think he'd prematurely ended that workout? Because you said he'd only just sit up. Oh, right. Did he do stretches or anything? Warm down? Unless his HIIT app told him it was chip time and he forgot his chips in.

And he's like, I'm out now. So he had to run home real quick. But yeah, so my advice would be don't. Yeah, just don't exercise. Then nothing bad can happen. Don't sprint into a rope later. Yeah. Don't take a rope later. nothing bad can happen. Don't sprint into a rope later. Yeah. Don't take a rope later.

Oh, poor guy. Don't hurt yourself. You're just trying to do the right thing, eh? This is what happens. Yeah. Just slow down there, champ. Don't try. Ho, ho, ho.

Ooh, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Ho, ho, ho, ho, the 29th of September, we are 86 days away from Christmas. Yep. She's been a bit of a different vibe in the last couple of years. It's beginning to look a little like Christmas, hasn't it? We've done this segment a lot and just taking a look at when Christmas penetration creeps into our stores and our culture and our country. Well, what's that creeping over there? It's Charlie from St. Nick's Christmas Trees.

Charlie posted on Choice. You know that one that popped up during the first lockdown about supporting New Zealand made products? Oh, yeah. New Zealand products would put them on there and then you could purchase them. Yeah. It says, hello, Auckland. Charlie from St. Nick's here. Order your fresh premium Christmas trees today to ensure delivery

to your home or office in time for the festive period. I wonder if I, because I'm going to do one this year, because I'm going to be home. A real Christmas tree. A real Christmas tree. Wow. Do you even have decorations? No. I've got a spare Christmas tree holder. Oh, I'd love that. One of those things that you put it in and

screw. Yeah, and twist it. Yeah. I've got a spare Christmas tree holder. Oh, I'd love that. One of those things that you put it in and then screw. Yeah, and twist it. Yeah. I've got a spare set of Christmas decorations. She's got the backup Christmas decorations. Oh, my God. I would be absolutely honoured to use your backup Christmas decorations. I've got a set of lights that are like 50% chance of burning your house down. No. No, you're okay.

You'll pass. I can buy my own for that. Okay. Okay, well, Christmas trees, we're going to start seeing them advertised, apparently. How much is a real Christmas tree? Depends. Pretty, like, expensive for a good one. Oh, yeah, right.

Okay, well, I don't want a shit one. Well, no, you've got a big, tall ceiling. You might as well hit it. Yeah, yeah, I reckon. Might as well hit that ceiling. Eight feet. Boo-boo. Oh, 12 feet.

Really? Just bend it over at the top if it doesn't fit. Yeah. It's a dad trick. It's what dad used to do. Next, somebody else has reported that Whoop has said, Whoop Christmas boxes are now available for order. So you can order your entire Christmas meal in a Whoop box.

That's actually pretty cool. Yeah. So if you're going out and shopping, but then you don't get to pick the ham, the biggest ham, you just have to deal with what ham you're given versus smacking them all. Going under the meat. Please don't smack the meat. Is that a real issue with smacking meat?

Smacking meat. Smack that ass ham. Smack it a ham. See if you want it. Next, EB Games is saying in the lead up to Christmas, you need to be getting your hands on and good God damn, I want one of these. It's an advent calendar, but it's Pokemon themed. So the back, it folds out to be like a lounge room,

and then every day of December you open up a different Pokemon. Oh, yeah. And they live in your display. So, yep, buying one of those. Pre-ordering right now. You can get your Pokemon themed advent calendars. They're always pretty expensive. They're always like at least 60 bucks.

The Lego, also the Lego Simpsons and Lego Avengers Advent calendars are out. I'm staring clear of the gin Advent calendar that I did last year. It was not good for my health doing 1.125 litres of gin a day. Yeah, but you were ready. You were Christmas fit. I was, yes. You were ready. You were Christmas fit. I was, yes. You were ready. Yeah. Somebody, Julia,

messaged in Kmart Bargains, which is apparently an Instagram account. Okay. That was definitely set up by someone who's not been paid by Kmart. Apparently, Christmas has been...

The search term Christmas now relates to 344 available products. Oh, wow. Okay. This one from the country-themed clothing and gifts, Shiny Downs. Okay. They are getting Christmas-themed placemats.

I don't know if you need a whole set of placemats primarily for one dinner. Yeah. I mean, you could use them in the month of December, but you'd want to save them for special. And can I say, the amount of people since last time we did this feature, we mentioned the first sighting of Christmas mince tarts. Yeah. Christmas

mince tarts are flowing in. You'll be loving that, Megan. The sightings are absolutely flowing in, as well as your marshmallow centers have started to pop their heads up. Wrapping paper display. The first wrapping paper display and advent calendars are out in their numbers.

Absolutely out in their numbers. Huh. Okay. So, last time, in fact, should I just do this time last week? Yeah. No, this time last year.

Sorry. When we were talking about Christmas. So, at about this date, 29%. Christmas penetration. Yes. But five years ago, we were at about Christmas, so at about this date, 29%. Christmas penetration. Yes, but five years ago, we were at 45% Christmas penetration. Oh, pre-pandemic times. So 86 days out from Christmas.

And with all that in mind. Mrs. Claus, my coat and hat, please. Christmas penetration is at. 25%. Oh. Oh. It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And if you see any reports of Christmas creeping in,

send us a report, FVMZM, on social. Play ZM's Flashphone and Megan. Netflix notoriously keep pretty quiet about their stats, but every now and then they give us little tidbits, and they have revealed their top 10 most watched original TV series and movies. I just saw they released this morning a little teaser for the new Ozark season four. Yeah, season four of Ozark.

Next year, though. And it said at the end, part one and two. Are they not doing like a whole, are they doing like a couple of movies or a classic? Well, I can tell you Ozark doesn't make the list. It's a shame. It's a classic. Well, I can tell you Ozark doesn't make the list. It's a shame. It's a shame. It's like a kind of a clear claim,

but I can see why. Like you couldn't watch it with the kids, for example. No, yeah. It is a bit of thinking involved. Yeah. I've got the TV series, original Netflix TV series.

This is based on the number of households, but then there's also one based on the number of hours watched. So this is like the shows they commission but then there's also one based on the number of hours watched. So this is like the shows they commission. That's what they call an original, right? So friends would blitz these

shows without a doubt. Yeah, these are ones that they're paying for their making. Okay. So this is based on the number of households who have watched at least two minutes. Okay. Emily in Paris is number 10. Sweet Tooth. Give me hope. Emily in Paris. I liked Emily in Paris is number 10. Sweet Tooth. Give me hope. Emily in Paris. I liked Emily in Paris.

Sweet Tooth is number nine. 60 million households watched it. The Queen's Gambit, number eight. Great series. Yeah. Tiger King is number seven. 64 million households. And what, weeks away from the new season?

Yes. Part four of Money Heist is number six. I love that. You always go on about that. Yeah, I haven't watched, no, I haven't, weird that part four, unless the one, two and three are above it, no one just jumped in at four. They're not above it. Number five, Stranger

Things, season three, 67 million. Wow. So these are the top ten Netflix TV series based on the number of households that have watched it. Sex Life. Season 1. 67 million is number 4. I still haven't finished that. I'm like halfway through it.

It's good. It's a great season. I never watched it. I only watched that one episode. It's been great. I was thinking of Sex Education. You said Sex Life. Sex Education is... Definitely not Sex... No, I stopped after an episode. I was like, this is of sex education. You said sex life. Sex education is... Definitely not sex... I thought it was like this. No, I stopped after an episode.

I was like, this is trash. But yeah. Sex education, great season. Is that on the list? No. Oh, are you cutting?

It's not on the list. But sex life, we only watch two minutes. It takes two minutes to find that scene. Yeah, I mean, that's the thing. It's only two minutes.

So everyone watch that two minutes. Yeah, and they, like you said, they've announced a second season. That's happening. Yeah. Actually, I just looked at the, so based on the number of hours watched, Sex Life doesn't make it.

So literally everyone was only watching that one episode. That one scene. Number three, The Witcher season one, 76 million. That was great. Lupin is number two. Oh, I don't hear enough people talking about that. It's such a good show. Well, they've all watched it, so they should be talking about it.

76 million. The number one TV series, original Netflix TV series. Do you want to have a guess? I don't know what's left. I don't know what's left, yeah. I'll tell you and you'll be like, no, of course. It's Bridgerton. 82 million.

Wow. Do you know, currently watching the Korean Squid Game? Oh, yeah, I've heard a lot of people talk about that. They've only just dropped and it's nine days since its release. They're suggesting it's a very good chance it's going to be their biggest show ever.

Was that a Netflix original? Yeah, it must be. What's the premise of that? So basically there's lots of people who are broke and they get kind of, they get cards and they go on to this game show on this secret location and basically there's six games and if you don't win, you die. Oh, wow.

And whoever is left gets the massive pot of money at the end. Like a modern day battle royale. Wow. Yeah. Okay. So movies, top 10 Netflix movies based on how many households have watched them. Army of the Dead. Oh yeah, that was the Zack Snyder.

They go to Vegas to rob a vault. Oh, right. But there's zombies there. Okay. Project Power. Number seven is Enola Holmes. The Old Guard. Murder Mystery into the top five.

Underground is, oh, Six Underground. Oh, yeah, that was the Ryan Reynolds. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Wasn't that great? It was a good action movie, though. I feel like their series are better than their movies at the moment. Yeah, I was just going to say, all of these are sounding pretty average.

Spencer Confidential, 85 million people watched it. That's number three. Birdbox is still number two, 89 million. And Extraction with Chris Hemsworth. Oh, that's good. I like that movie. 99 million households watched that. So that's still their most watched movie.

Yeah. Wow. And they're filming the sequel of that. So yeah, I'd say that'll probably take over. ZDM's're filming the sequel of that. So, yeah, I'd say that'll probably take over. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Well, an Aussie amusement park has been accused of body shaming. Now, this has come to light after a...

Which one? Well, it's not one of the main ones. So, this is an amusement park. It's not one of the ones on the Goldie. Yeah, it's in Perth. And it has a ride, the Tunnel of Terror and the Rocky Mountain Rapids. Now, before you go on it, you know

you always snake through those lines. Yeah. They've got a little way stations. Oh yeah. So what you have to do is you have to stand on it and it doesn't tell you how many kgs you are. Yeah. It just flashes green or red. But do you have to stand on it and it doesn't tell you how many kgs you are. Yeah. It just flashes green or red. But is it,

do you have to be a weight or can you not be over a weight? Well, you can't, it seems like you can't be over a certain weight. Because they might need you to be a certain weight otherwise you might fly out.

Yeah. What do you mean? Like they have to be a minimum weight? Yeah. You know how you have to be a minimum height to ride roller coasters? No, I think it's, it's not a minimum weight. It's a too weight. Yeah. You know how you have to be a minimum height to ride roller coasters?

No, I think it's... Yeah, it's not a minimum weight. It's a too heavy. It's a too heavy. It's a too heavy. Ah, hi. Yeah. So people posted about this

and it went viral at the weekend. How long has it been there for? Because some kids weren't allowed to go on there. Someone's little tubster got picked up. But also, the light just flashes red or green.

So you're waiting in line that whole time and then everyone can see that you like. Yeah, so it's kind of like the shame of it. Red lighted, yeah. Yeah, and apparently they weren't discreet about it. So if they were red light, they'd be like revealing guests' weight in air shots of others in the queue. So they'd be like, oh, you have X amount of kgs or you're X amount of kgs over kind of thing. Shouldn't you just discreetly do something like that at the start of the line? So you're also not waiting ages and then

in front of everyone at the end getting red lighters. Well, it can't be the Tunnel of Terror because that's 180 kgs. And you'd know before you stood on the scales if you were over 180 kgs, right? That's for parents, but for kids there's a 90 plus limit. No, that's a different ride.

That's Rocky Mountain Rapids. Rocky Mountain Rapids, right. God, back in my day at a theme park, you'd just take your chances, wouldn't you? Oh, I remember once the Rambo's End roller coaster, the little things that drop down hit my puku, and I was like, is that locked properly? Oh, my God. When there's like a little bit of tick-tick on a roller coaster. A little bit of give?

Yeah. You're like, no, it's not roller coaster. A little bit of give? Yeah. You're like, no, it's not going to. And you go, crank. And you shoot yourself in. And then you don't know what you're more scared of, that it's going to push a poo out or that it's going to undo and you're going to fall out. Yeah.

Right. Yeah, I don't know what they're going to do about this, but people aren't happy. Just not put a red light and green light on display, I think, would probably be a good start. Just the operators need to see that. Or maybe you do it in like a secluded area.

Yeah. When you go into the park. Yeah. Or before you go on. I don't know. Yeah. Okay. So one of their roller coasters had an average weight limit of 75 kilograms per rider listed,

which had changed to 600 kilograms across eight riders. So the average of 75, but it couldn't have everyone over 75. But if there was a 50 kg person, someone else could be taking an additional 25. I'm sorry, but if you had like, you do that to many adults. Are you going to weigh everyone on the scale and then be like, oh, actually you get off and I'll switch you for that person? That's only better. When you're at the mountain and you're lining up

for the cheerleaders and they're like, a three, can I have a one? Can I have a one? And they pull out like, so two doubles, two doubles, fill it up. They'll be like, okay, I've got an 80 kg, so I need a 70. I need a skinny.

Yeah, look, we've got a chubby up here, so I need a skinny. You put up your hand and they're like, no, not you. You over there. Oh, that's horrible. So horrible. I just wouldn't go. I need an infant.

To go with, it was like when I went skydiving and I was like a kg under the limit, so they stuck with the smallest person. I was like, and then I was like, yay, at the end of it. And I stood up and they were just hanging off my back. Yeah, I always feel sorry for the small Skydivers because they always end up like... They get the heifers like me. And they change pen and they get the red pen

and write on your hand. Sit this guy over the wing. I'm just looking back on a conversation that I was having with my mother. This is on Facebook. Yeah, this is on Facebook Messenger. Okay. And she is upset.

This is the conversation I said. I was raised by, we were talking about not giving up on something. Okay. And I said, I was raised by a stubborn old cow. We don't tend to give up.

Now that was sent, how do I find out the time that that was sent? That was sent at two o'clock in the afternoon. Okay. Half past 7. After there'd been other conversation in between.

Yeah. She'd even said, yes, we don't give up. Okay. And then she said, I'm not sure I like being called an old cow. Well, this is five or six hours later. Yeah. I said. I'm not a stubborn old cow.

Who called you that? That's what I said because I'd forgotten. Yeah. And she said, have a look at your comments above. So I straight up, I was raised by a stubborn old cow. We don't tend to give up. What were you talking about? I said, ha, ha, ha, that took a while.

Yeah. I was about not, obviously not quitting, not giving up. Right, okay. Sticking to your guns. And I said, ha, ha ha ha, that took a while. Being a stubborn smith. And then, yeah, yeah. And then she just sent me a face like an emotionless,

flat-mouthed, open-eyed face. And then, yeah, I've sent her some messages and stuff since. Has she replied to those? Yeah, yeah, you know, heaps of replies some messages and stuff since. Has she replied to those? Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, no. Like heaps of replies. Heaps of replies. Like yesterday I got the new garden shed and I said,

the new garden shed's finally in place. And she said, I see you didn't give up on that one. That's kind of a little bit of a... She's still yelling on it. Hark back to her. Oh. Yeah. Have you spoken to her on the phone since you called her a stubborn old cow?

Nah, I haven't. So I don't know the tone. I feel like you might need to read the tone now. Actually, looking at all these messages, they're all pretty short. Oh, Vaughn. Yeah, but that's how you can't read into that because parental messages are always quite short. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like you send your mum a four-paragraph text and she'll reply, okay.

Lovely. Or a thumbs up, lovely. Lovely. Lovely. So I don't know If you can read too much Into the tone of that Yeah

Right I did call her a good bitch once And she did not like that That's a compliment At all Yeah But it had a swear word in it So to her

That can't be a compliment Oh right Okay Like yeah I think she asked What a GC was once And I said Gold Coast Yeah

And then she was just like Confused by that Obviously But just thought Oh yeah I don't understand Yeah, I think she asked what a GC was once, and I said Gold Coast. Yeah. And then she was just, like, confused by that, obviously, but just thought, oh, well, yeah, I don't understand that, so I'll ask no further questions, Your Honour. Well, what are you going to do then? You've got to obviously... Yeah, well, I've probably got to ring her on the drive home today and just make sure it's all good. I can't be cut out of the will at this stage after all this hard work.

Well, you're the executor of the will. That's right, actually. I'm not going to call her then. I'll just get it overturned and called a law. But yeah, I don't know. She's probably still stewing on it. Old cow. Stubborn old cow.

I just didn't think that would... Call your mother an old cow. A stubborn old cow. They're dairy farmers. That's very rude. It was like when we started calling my dad Old Man Ian when we were at school and he didn't like it. And like thinking back on it, he was probably like 42 at the time

and I'm two years away from being 42. So I can see now a way to like being called Old Man Ian. Old Man Vaughn. Old Man Vaughn. But I'd say I'd probably embrace it actually. Old Man Vaughn sounds like a great excuse not to have to go somewhere. Oh, Smith's coming? Oh, no, you know Old Man Vaughn.

Yeah. We know Old Man Vaughn. He doesn't like leaving the house. No, Old Man Vaughn's pretty set in his ways, isn't coming? Oh no, you know old man Vaughn. Yeah. We know old man Vaughn. He doesn't like leaving the house. No, man Vaughn's pretty set in his ways, isn't he? Yeah. How old is he again? He's just about 40. Really? Shit, okay, looks a lot older. And acts significantly older. Yeah.

Alright, six minutes away from eight. Next on the show, there's been a moment of incredible embarrassment for a student after their parents turned up. That's pretty good. Didn't they? This is great. Grand entrance.

ZM's Fleshborn and Megan. Play ZM. Dad just messaged me, my father, re-what we were just discussing about my mother, and I don't know if she's forgiven me for calling her a stubborn old cow. Well, I didn't say you're a stubborn old cow. I said, yeah, I was raised by a stubborn old cow. Which is why you're stubborn and is calling her a cow still. You're still referring to her.

Would it have been better to say goat? Stubborn old goat? It would have been worse. Yeah, I think so. Is a goat a worse animal to be compared to than a cow? But a cow's just colloquial. Goat, it seems like you picked that out for a reason.

Yeah, Megan's got a point there. You selected goat. Yeah. Well, she stewed on that Well, my mum did eat that tea towel off the washing line that time. She stewed on it for five hours. Dad said she was listening.

She even stopped washing the yard to listen. But she hasn't messaged you. Well, I said, has she forgiven me? And he's not replied. Oh, you're in trouble. He takes a long time to reply, though. No, actually, he's very swift. I don't want to anger him as well.

God, you're out of the world now. I'm definitely on the outer, aren't I? Next on the show, there's been an embarrassing moment for a student when their parents showed up. A grand entrance by Ma and Pa. So we want to talk soon on the show about the most embarrassing thing your parents ever did to you. Well, like even just bringing your lunch to school

if you've forgotten it. Mum, I'm starved. Please, go away. I will die here, woman. We want to know the most embarrassing thing your parents ever did, because this would just, you're going to be known for this forever. Oh, you would just die if this happened to you. The University of, you say Warwick, eh?

Not Warwick. Yeah, Warwick. Yeah, Warwick. In the UK. Yeah, stupid English language. Warwick. Yeah. Someone was, this is a freshman, so like first year of uni,

was being dropped off by their parents. So before they even met anyone. Right. Because what, have they just started or is this? I, yeah. Because their summer's just ended. Their summer's just ended, yeah. So this is their back to uni time.

Okay. So they dropped them off at uni. And I actually, I don't know how this happened, but they lost control of their black BMW and literally crashed into the uni halls. That's good stuff. That's good stuff. They have knocked down the bottom four rows of bricks

and they shattered a large glass window. Large glass window. Yeah, and the car's like in the building. It's in the building. Wow. That's a great photo. So literally they dropped them off and drove into the halls of residence. There were no injuries, but the university did say,

finally we want to warmly welcome the student to Warwick and wish them a rewarding and enjoyable term. Plus, here's the bill for the window that your mum drove through. And even though they didn't name them, like, everyone's going to find out. Everyone's going to find out who that is. That it was you. Oh, just even seeing that photo, you can just imagine the embarrassment that you'd feel

if that was one of your parents dropping you off and doing that at uni. Do you stay in the car and hide? Or do you quickly bolt out? Yeah, you leave them to deal with it. What did you find more embarrassing? Did you find things your parents did on purpose to embarrass you or be funny embarrassing? Or was it sort of like the naivety of your parents that was more embarrassing? Do you know what I mean?

Yeah. Like some parents set out to be embarrassing. Yeah. And I don't know if that is embarrassing because it just becomes, oh, that's Steve's dad. But I feel like that would be what you do. 100%. Yeah.

And I don't care as long as I'm having fun. Yeah, you should get a musical horn for when you pick them up. Absolutely. What a fantastic idea. My dad dresses in fancy dress now to pick up his granddaughter, so my niece. He does it on purpose. What's fancy dress?

So he wore like a suit and a top hat one time and he dresses with a clout. Like literally finds different ways to embarrass her and she hates it but never did it to me. That's your granddad though. I thought grandparents were exempt from the rules of embarrassment. Like my grandparents could do nothing to embarrass me. Like, if my granddad did it on that, I would have thought it was the coolest thing in the world.

At high school, though, would you have? Yeah. I'd be like, look at my crazy-ass granddad. No, everyone would be like, God, Vaughan's weird. They'd be like, Vaughan's weird. Yeah, yeah. But I wouldn't have been embarrassed. I feel like most of the time you write, it's the things they didn't intentionally want to embarrass you on.

Yeah. Or even just, like, even when you were, were like a kid and you'd forgotten your lunch and they're like, your mum's here with your lunch box. Why is that so embarrassing? And they come to the class, they're doing you a solid because you've left your lunch at home and you're just like, oh my God, everyone's seeing my mum. Get out of here. Who knew, who knews it could have been?

But it's so embarrassing. But why is it though? There was someone at our school who ripped his school it's so embarrassing. But why is it, though? There was someone at our school who ripped his school shorts, and his mum was so furious about it, she bought a pair of school shorts from the uniform shop to school in lunchtime and made him put them on to check for size. Yeah. Yeah, in front of everybody because she told him not to.

Oh, my God. You know, not to ruin the uniform. And, like, not only so she put them on, but you remember when you were, like, young and your mum would size you up for something? She puts her fingers in to make sure there's room in the waistband. She, like, pulled them up, tuck your shirt in, and, yeah, okay, they'll do. In front of everyone because she knew that he wouldn't do it again. Did he get teased?

Did he die? Yeah. Of course he did. Goes without saying. That's the stuff. So we want to open up some old wounds here on 0800-DARLS-N. We want to take your calls. You can text as well, 9696.

What's the most embarrassing thing your parents did to you? We are talking about the most embarrassing thing your parents ever put you through. A freshman? Yeah. So first year uni, right? That's what that means. And the UK's parents dropped them off at the halls of residence and then ploughed into the halls of residence.

Smashed their car into the side of the building. If you want to see the photo, which really does sum it all up, it's on our Instagram story, FEMZM. Yeah. It's a great photo. You can just feel the embarrassment from this one photo. Yeah. So we want to know what your parents put you through,

the embarrassing things. All right, let's go to Kelly. Kelly, how did your parents embarrass you? My mum came to my uni graduation and let an air horn off in the middle of the packed town hall as I was about to shake hands with the vice-chancellor of university. Oh, my God! Is there a video of that?

No, but it gave me such a fright that I literally jumped, said the F-bomb, and was, like, staring at the chancellor going, hi. Oh, my God. Mum. Was it, like, one of those ones attached to a little aerosol can sort of vibe? Yeah, and she said afterwards she tried to do

it when they called my name to go up the stairs, but because she was fumbling with it, she managed to get it just as I was like standing my hands in the middle of the stage. Oh my god. Just swear in front of the Chancellor. To be fair though, those graduations are so fast. You're up and off and like this makes it memorable.

Yeah. Yeah, I swear time slowed down at that moment. Did you have to then go off the stage and sit back next to her? No, no, she was sitting back in the gallery. Oh, okay. Sitting in alphabetical order. With all my friends. They were all looking at me like that.

Yeah, but they still know that's your mum. Yeah. All right, Kelly, thanks for sharing. And Niamh, your dad embarrassed you. Yeah, so when I was about eight or nine, for international talk like a pirate day, my dad showed up to pick me up from school in full costume hire pirate captain gear.

Yeah. With a sword and a hat. Yes. Oh, my God. So I refused to get in the car to go home with him because I was mortified. But the thing is, the next day, the thing that actually embarrassed me the most

was all my friends said I was lame for not going with him. Oh! Wow. That's amazing. I love that you still remember that and you were eight when that happened. That's good stuff, though. And you're right.

Oftentimes, like, your friends think it's cool to see a parent putting in effort for that sort of thing. It might be embarrassing for you. Yeah. Looking back on it now, you're kind of like, that was actually quite a cool thing to do. Um, sure. Okay, so you might not be ready to be there yet. Still no.

All right, Niamh, thanks for your call. Some messages in. That's not the only pirate. We had a text message saying, when I was at primary school, we had International Pirate Day. So my mum bought me a costume, drew a moustache on me with eyeliner, dropped me off, saw other kids weren't dressed up. She got the wrong day, but then drove away waving. I stuck at school for the whole day dressed like a pirate. I love that.

Oh, you're right. Character building. See ya. Character building. See ya. Character building. When I was in high school, fourth form, so that's year 10, my mum went back to school to do school C, which is the next year. Yep. Year 11.

Yep. NCA level one, is it now? My mum went back to high school. So my mum was at the same high school as me and just a year above me, mortifying. No. No. Wow. Yeah, you'd probably do that at a different school, right? Different school.

Yeah, but then imagine if your mum's at this other school and this story gets around to this hot chick at the other school that's old enough to buy everybody booze. Yeah. You've got a man. First day of high school, it wasn't my mum, it was my best friend's mum. My mum couldn't be there.

She had work. So my best friend's mum. My mum couldn't be there. She had work. So my best friend's mum kissed my best friend goodbye and then she gave me a big smooch as well and left a lipstick mark on my face. A very embarrassing start to high school. Yeah. My son wouldn't stop skipping school. He'd just leave school.

So I took a week's holiday from work and sat with him in class every day. And I said, if you keep skipping school, I'm leaves school. So I took a week's holiday from work and sat with him in class every day. And I said, if you keep skipping school, I'm going to keep taking more holidays to sit in class with you. He has not, he didn't do it anymore after that. Oh my God. And the school let them just sit in there? Yeah.

Wow. My dad and I were at a service session. I asked him to get me some tampons. He then went to grab a big box and then yelled at me across the forecourt, Bubble, which is my nickname, are these the ones you want? Shaking them.

Oh, that's cute that he wasn't ashamed. Oh, Bubble. That reminds me when I was working at the service station, because I thought they might have been saying, you know how you can be like, pump four, you've got to pay first. Over the speaker, this woman came in and her kids were misbehaving and she said, can you use that speaker to pretend you're God

and you're telling them to behave? I was like, for $4 an hour, you betcha. This is the roll-up we've brought to play. This is God. Stop misbehaving. I didn't use, like, you're going to hell or anything. I thought that might have been a bit much. Yeah.

They might be in jail now. Who knows what happened to those kids. My brother had a really old car and used to drop me off at ballroom dancing and then bunny hop out like he pretended he couldn't drive. With like Eminem blaring through his terrible like car speakers. And he only ever did it to embarrass me. At 11 years old, it was just so embarrassing. That's brilliant.

All three of me and my sisters were at high school at the same time. Dad used to come and pick us up a few minutes early and walk around and wave through class windows dressed in triple denim. Oh. What is that? Denim jeans, denim jacket, denim shirt. Yeah, yeah. Or denim cap. Waving in the windows.

Yeah, waving in the windows if he was there early. Oh, my God. Ah, good stuff. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day. When I first saw this, I was like, how is this possible? And that was when I learned the second part.

Okay. It's about lollies. Oh, okay. I got you now. I got you now. You hooked me in. Confused you, but got you now. So I learned that Americans call like fizzy lollies or like, you know, like smokers, you

know, that sort of compressed candy lolly and sometimes they fizz and sometimes they don't fizz, like a smoker lolly. Or like the love heart lollies. Yes. Yep. Yep. So they call those Smarties.

What? I know. No, Smarties are Smarties. Smarties is like a pebble. Smarties, pebbles, M&Ms. They eat candy coated chocolates, right? No, not in America. You will not find Smarties. Well, you'll find

Smarties, but if you ask for Smarties and they give you these, you're going to be awfully disappointed. Right, okay. Because they don't call them Smarties. They call Smarties this dextrose combined with citric acid and a caking agent.

So effectively sherbet smashed into pill form. Like an odd, you'd call an odd fellow one of those. That's a minty version of one. Same sort of thing, it's like a compressed sweet. The fizzy lollies. Yeah. And smokers are the same, those little pink smokers,

smoker lollies, they're the same material. Compressed powdery. They call those smarties. So you won't find smarties in the form of chocolate, round chocolate covered in candy in America. You'll find Pebbles. You'll find M&Ms. But you won't find Smarties like that.

And because the fact that I saw that got me so interested was the original machine used to press Smarties, or as we know them, F to press Smarties, or as we'd know them, Fizzy Lollies, were old gunpowder compressing machines after World War I. Huh. So you'd take gunpowder and pack it into that same shape and it would go into the back of bullets. Yeah.

And then when the compression happened and it would set off the gunpowder and fire the bullet. And so the war ended and they're like, what are we going to do with these? Yeah, right. And the guy's like, well, I reckon you could chuck loose sherbet in the top and then it would pack it. And then you'd be able to eat it like a lolly. Because that was a big thing back in the day, sherbet, right? Yes.

Like powdery sherbet. Yes. That you would. It was just sugar. Yeah. So they were just like, what if we compress this sherbet. Yes. That you would. It was just sugar. Yeah. Citric acid. Yeah, citric acid. What if we compress this?

Yeah. Wow. And then they compressed it and it got made into, you know, the hard candies that we all have had but we don't call them Smarties. Hmm. But yeah, when America was like, and I just looked, and it wasn't until they got to Canada, they were like, oh, we're going to, do you want to buy some Smarties?

And they're like, oh, we've already got Smarties. And they're like, what do you mean? What do you got Smarties? And they're like, oh, we're going to, do you want to buy some Smarties? And they're like, oh, we've already got Smarties. And they're like, what do you mean? What do you mean you've got Smarties? And they're like, oh, they're these yummiest chocolate things covered in candy. He's like, no, those are pebbles. He's like, well, we call them Smarties. Who else calls them Smarties?

These people call them Smarties. Yeah. Well, we can't call, so they called it the compressed lollies in Canada. They called them rockets. Right. But I don't know if we've got a specific name for them. No.

Fizzy lollies. Fizzy lollies. We have to ask, do you have a friend that works in the lolly industry? Dave Nextdoor. Yeah, Dave Nextdoor has bags of lollies, doesn't he? He works at Macy's. They make smokers. He works on the machines as well. Ask him. I wonder if we've got any old

gun pressing, gunpowder machines. You'd probably have to give them a hey, between war efforts and lollies. Yeah, definitely a good run. Give them a spray down. Yeah. And, you know, the rest is history. So today's fact of the day is the original presses for those, you know, them shoo-ba-dee lollies, you know, them shoo-ba-dee,

shoo-ba-dee old, shoo-ba-dee, shoo-ba-dee lollies? Yeah. Was gunpowder packing machines after World War I. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Shoo-ba-dee-oh-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo- Well, yesterday afternoon, guys, I saw a specialist doctor in the spare room of my house. What? On the computer screen. I had a virtual doctor's consult. Ah, yeah. Was that Zoom or was it something else?

It was like a special thing, and you just click the link at your appointment time, and they were there, which was way better than when I went in real life the last time when I had to wait like an hour 15. Yeah, that's true. And a room full of coughing sick people. Yes. And so we're not, because

I talked about it before, but I've got a torn disc in my back that just is frustratingly annoying. It's not debilitating or anything. It's just annoying. It's a niggle. Yeah. And so I can't do a lot of things. I couldn not debilitating or anything. It's just annoying. It's a niggle. Yeah, and so I can't do a lot of things. I couldn't run.

Anything twisting, I tried swimming, can't do that. Annoying. And it was a wonky bit. I did that in May. And so the doctor yesterday was like, look, it's not getting better. You're going to have to get an MRI. And I'm like, a Mr. I. A Mr. I. Now, that's the big machine with the hole in it'm like A Mr. I A Mr. I

Now that's the big machine with the hole in it, like a donut. Yeah and they let you listen to something don't they? You can listen to ZM if you want, it's what I listen to Yeah But you can't call it for the competitions Can't call it

And so I was trying to think of have you had one before? And I was like, maybe when I was a kid. He's like, you'd remember. It's very loud and weary. I've never had one. It's a big white iPod, right? Yeah.

Looks like it was made in the iPod factory because it's smooth and white and it's got the click wheel. And then they'd slide you in. I don't know if I'd go feet first or head first. You probably, oh, I don't know. In the movies they always go head first. Yeah, and I was like, well, what if I don't fit if I'd go feet first or head first. You probably, oh, I don't know. In the movies, they always go head first. Yeah, and I was like, well, what if I don't fit in the hole? Because of this lockdown and I've been eating lots. Oh, the hole's large.

I mean, if you didn't fit in the hole, there'd be a problem. So he started asking me all these questions. He's like, do you have a pacemaker? And I was like, no. And then he's like, are you claustrophobic? And I was like, well, I am. I heard they can be quite. Yeah, I said I am watching the new submarine mystery show, Vigil, at the moment, which has been big in the UK.

TVNZ On Demand, I've seen the first three eps of that. Yeah. And I know it's a TV submarine. It's very roomy, but God, it's very claustrophobic. I wouldn't want to be in a submarine ever. No, no, no. Absolutely not. But I said, I'll be fine.

And then he's like, have you ever had any metal shards go in your eye or in you? And I was like, what? What about your tour of Afghanistan? When your platoon got hit by IUD. Yeah. EUI. Apparently if you've got like metallic fragments, like they say to people that

are like welders and that do metal work for a living, might just get the odd bit in your eye. Apparently, like if you're in this machine because it's like magnets, it would just rip them out. Good Lord. What about fillings?

I don't know. Fillings might not be magnetic. You've done an MRI and you've got heaps of metal in you. I've got pins in my knees and stuff. Did you have them then though?

Yeah, I did. I don't know if you've seen that. But they were fine. They're not coming flying out. Maybe they make them out of a non-magnetic metal for this very reason. But I think they're secured in. Like fragments aren't so much.

They're not secured in. They'll come flying out with a huge magnet. I don't know if you've seen the latest Fast and the Furious movie. I haven't. We were made to. But they do use giant magnets. And there's got to be freaked out. Right.

Well, you don't have metal shards, do you? I don't think I do, but what if the metal shard's gone in me and I didn't notice? And don't take any VHS tapes in there. It'll erase them. It'll erase them, yeah. Regardless of whether or not you've pulled the tab off. Yeah, but...

To protect it from being taped over. Yeah, apparently even... Because I was doing some research on this, so I just looked up, like, what can you and can't you do before you... And apparently even some tattoo ink can trace a metal, but most tattoos are safe.

So if you've got something written, it might end up squiggly. It'll rip it out. It'll rip it out, yeah. Yeah, or go like, you know, when you do a magnet, when you do an etch-a-sketch or a magnet, and then you give it a bit of a shake,

and it kind of goes a bit bleh. It would be like one of those codes, am I a robot? What does this say? Yeah. Long F, short three. I never know what those say. I'm always just like, refresh.

And I don't take any chances either. I'm like, unless I can tell 100% what it is, I'm like, no, next one. And then sometimes I'll be like, just tell them, just talk to me, robot. And then it's like, I'm like, no, I'll try to do it by sight now. I prefer the slither of traffic lights left over in a square. Like, do you count the slither of traffic lights to prove you're a human? I always do. I don't even count the pole.

I only count the lights. Oh, see, I've always included the pole. Same, I include the pole. Because to me, that's the traffic light. No, that's a pole. Yeah, the lights are on the pole, aren't they? Because poles exist outside of the traffic light existence. Yeah, you're right. But those traffic lights are's traffic light. That's a pole. Yeah, the lights are on the pole, aren't they? Because poles exist outside of the traffic light. Yeah, you're right.

Existence. But those traffic lights are the traffic lights. But I wonder if those people include the pole. Because I include the pole and I always get accepted. Do you always get accepted? Nah. Yeah, okay, so it includes the pole. I'll go back to the squiggly letters again.

ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. If you'd ever, like, gone to the... Actually, this has never happened to me. Gone to the gate and they're like, no, your luggage is too heavy. Does it make you weigh? You carry on luggage. Some, yeah, some do.

Some do. But, like, even if you've just got a few extra jackets or something you want to take, but you know your bag's already too heavy. Yep. There is a hack that's gone viral on TikTok. They're calling it the best travel hack ever. So, especially when you're flying.

I don't know if this would fly domestically. Because why would you take your pillow on a domestic trip? I mean, I guess you could. No, some people do. Some people do. They like to take their pillow. Like sleep on the plane. Yeah.

No, or they just don't like hotel. I totally get it. Yeah. So, when you take your pillow, do they weigh it? No. Do they question it? No. No, because I guess they just assume it's like you're going to put it behind your head

or you're going to stuff it or sit on it. So herein lies the hack. Okay. Is this person on TikTok stuffed their pillowcase with clothes and jackets and whatnot. Right. Zipped it back up. Lead weights. And he just...

All the heavy stuff. Well, I guess, I mean, whatever you want to put in it, really. You know, man, my fishing gear, I've got to take all my... I know you do. All my weights. And then zipped it back up and just carried it under their arm and carried it on the plane. Because they assume when you see a pillow that it's lightweight,

but then it'll look lumpy if you go too hard with your jackets and books. Yeah, I mean, that's why I stuck to clothes. I don't know if you're gonna do books and stuff and whatever else. And you could put the smooth pillow side to them and put the lumpy bit on the back. Yeah.

It's the same as when you, like, take a carry-on. Don't, like, wheel a suitcase. Always put one over your shoulder. Yeah. No matter how heavy it is. It could be cutting into your skin. You're just like, this isn't heavy. Make it look like it weighs nothing.

Like, it ain't no thing. They know, though. They see you coming a mile away. Do they see this pillow? And this story is one of those stories that's just going to get sent to every person that works in an airline being like, oh, watch out for this. They're going to have to weigh out pillows now. But I mean, you might get away with it. I reckon they should say, is that a pillow?

And you say, yes. And then they're like, well, let me smack you with it. And you can board if you're still standing. Yeah, if you're still standing after I wind up and give you one like straight in the top of the head. You can take the pillow on board. And that's why you lost your job at the airline.