ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 30th September 2020

Episode Date: September 29, 2020

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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche Morning Megan podcast. Thanks to McCafe for great tasting barista made coffee on the go. And just before we start this podcast, some Kiwi star research that we maybe we should have talked about on the show today, but I've just flicked open the traditional media here, the newspaper, and I've seen it. Oh, wow. When they put that on. How's about this for a stat? The average porn video in New Zealand is likely to be viewed nearly 200 times more than an average one on YouTube. Does that mean a Kiwi made video or is that just how Kiwis are watching? What? Because this is obviously, is this from Pornhub?

Because they do those amazing press releases. No, so it's a University of Auckland insight about engagement with porn. And video streaming counts for nearly 60% of internet traffic. And one study estimates porn at about 27% of all streaming. Which makes you wonder what Mr. Toyboy's watching when Megan's at work. He doesn't watch it, does he? Well, he'd have to be watching it at the cafe. Oh, yeah, true.

Just on silent. Well, yeah, weird, too. There's not like, yeah. That just sounds like someone's justifying their porn visits at uni. Isn't that just crazy? So did you say it's likely to get 20 times the engagement of a standard YouTube video?

Yeah, so according to Traffic and Statistics, a site, similar web, they do the stats, X-rated websites, Pornhub, XNXX, Xvideos and Xhamster. You're going too fast, aren't you? You need a rewriting this down. Yeah, right. I've heard of Pornhub.

I've never heard of it. I've heard of two of them. Those websites, respectively, rank 12th, 15th, 16th, and 45th most visited in New Zealand. Isn't that just nuts? That's as of last month. And that compared to 8th, 13th, 12th, and 29th in the US. So we're on par there. Holy moly.

Horndogs? Absolute horndogs, eh? Bunch of horndogs. Yeah. Holy moly. Horndogs? Absolute horndogs, eh? Bunch of horndogs. Yeah. So you're going to get 20 times more. Because I haven't ever heard of porn, but if I had, I'd say it blows your mind how many views these get. And just even the stats in the study about how much video content is uploaded to these sites an hour. And so it's just insane, insane reading.

I thought when you specifically started talking about that, I thought you were talking about New Zealand made. And I don't know if there is a lot of New Zealand made. Oh, look, I want to support local. As much as the next guy. If you buy Kiwi made, it's watch Kiwi made. You're such a small country. you don't want to be watching and then all of a sudden you see mates.

I don't think any of my mates are porn. Or your parents. And if they do, they're certainly not the sort that I would watch at. Would you imagine stumbling across that? Oh, no. Get it out. What have you done? ZM.

Hit music. Lives here. Flesh, Fawn and Megan. The podcast. No. What have you done? Somebody has put on this big fluffy thing on my microphone. And take it off. You don't like that, do you? I've got one. It's much better. No, mine was a big stroke.

Hello, good morning. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleeche, morning, stroke. Hello, good morning. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleets, morning, Megan. Hello. Why you got no nani today? I don't have a nani today either.

Yeah, it's throwing me off because I always have a couple of mandis, a nani, and an uporo. Look, I gave myself orange wedges like I'm doing like sports on Saturday. And also pre-cut. Yeah. Interesting. It was like if I just want one wedge during the show, I can just have one wedge and I don't have to sit there and peel a whole orange. Real excited.

You get juicy fingers when you peel a whole orange. Yeah. And if you don't, you've got a dry orange. Yeah. Coming up on the show, Vaughan, the top six. Yeah, apparently Jacinda Ardern, our Prime Minister, tipped to win the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020, but got the top six other top contenders.

Because they've released the betting odds. Yeah. I love in the UK that you can bet on the weirdest shit. She was up for this last time, right? But also up against that little Greta, yeah, Timberg. Yeah. And President Trump. Greta was up for it last time too, right? But she hasn't done anything about COVID.

Yeah. She hasn't dealt with, you know, a country dealing with COVID. We can't sail a boat somewhere to beat COVID, can you? No. So that doesn't work. The top six outside chances. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Facebook has been responsible for leaving up a lot of disturbing content.

And the latest one they have jumped on and taken it down because it is shocking and sensational. Is it some of these QAnon conspiracy groups? Some anti-back... Unfounded... Okay, you're shaking your head. Racism? No, I mean all of those...

Sexism? It would be nice if they could take those down. Okay. No, this is an ad for women's period undies. It's shocking and sensational. You're not allowed to advertise those on Facebook. There's another one they do. Is it breast pumps?

Because you show boob. Yeah, and they don't advertise those. That's where they go off. Apparently they do. Yeah, I mean, that's how we feed. But I don't even think you can show a cartoon ad for the breast pump. They're just like, no, no advertising. So, wait, the period undies,

they aren't allowed to be advertised by the creators? Or has somebody reported a promoted post, like an influencer's post? I don't know how it came. No, this is the actual company. The actual company. But I don't know whether people reported it, but they fought this ruling three times,

and every time Facebook was like, no. So they have said there is three scenes which involve a red colour to represent menstrual blood, and that needs to be edited out. Oh, heck. Wouldn't you hate that to be realistic as to represent the very thing it's dealing with? So, yeah, obviously the company's quite disappointed

because they were like, well, you know, women have been shamed for a long time. We thought maybe this would be a great way to take the stigma out of what is a perfectly normal, natural bodily function. But Facebook's like, no, no. But YouTube initially banned it. And then they went, oh, okay, no, we understand.

We understand half the population are women. Yep. And they are now running the commercial. It runs on free to air TV and subscription TV as well. But Facebook's like, no. Weird. But also, it's not just But Facebook's like, no. Weird. But also, it's not just, it's not gratuitous. It's like, it shows women in forms of discomfort

during the month. So like, in pain. Oh, right. Like, there is red substance in rubbish bins and things like that. Right. But they're very... It must be triggering some old white men.

They're not dealing with it. And also, I just imagine Mark Zuckerberg not coping with, you know, he'd be like... Woman. Woman. I can imagine him getting quite flustered. Oh, this wouldn't happen with the sex robots. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast.

This started when someone with the Twitter handle DannyBlack44, who I'm just looking up now to see if it's still an active Twitter account. Have they got an OnlyFans? I don't know. What do you mean? I don't know. Isn't that all what Twitter? I don't know. do you mean? I don't know Isn't that all what Twitter I don't know

I've heard Right Oh yep Gone Sorry couldn't retrieve user data For Danny Black 44 Danny Black's profile picture was Cillian

Cillian Murphy How do you say that guy's name? Cillian Cillian Murphy I think Good actor Cillian Yeah

He's great. It's an Irish name. I remember looking that up. He's on Peaky Blinders. I never knew that was his name. He's always in Christopher Nolan movies. Yeah, yeah. Christopher Nolan used him for the Batman.

He was Scarecrow in the first Batman and et cetera, et cetera. Well, he tweeted, I don't appreciate this. Thanks. You've just made it sound like Cillian Murphy's got a thing with Vodafone. Oh, no, it's Cillian Danny. Danny Black 44. Don't appreciate this. Thanks at Vodafone NZ.

And it's the fact that now on Vodafone, when it says what network you're on in the top left-hand corner, he's using an iPhone, top left-hand corner of the iPhone. It says VF Aotearoa. Okay, Vodafone Aotearoa. They changed it for Māori Language Week. Yes. And they've decided to keep it. Yeah.

So he said, I don't appreciate this. My country is called New Zealand. Plus, it's not exactly inclusive to start using Māori when only 15% of Kiwis are part Māori. I don't want it on my phone. Change it now or I'll switch providers. Hashtag get woke.

Go broke. Wow. Vodafone replied. See out. You know how whenever you're replying to customers, you have to put your initials

so they know if someone tells a customer to F off. Yeah. Who from the social media team they've got to give a swift reprimanding to. But see, if that was me, I'd just put someone else's initials in the office

like I'd put yours. Because they put the little upward arrow and they put other people's initials. I'd put an upward arrow and then like three and a bracket. Yeah, sure. Deal with it. Hi there, Danny, says Vodafone New Zealand.

Our recent network name changed to Vodafone Aotearoa is just to simply celebrate one of the three beautiful official languages we have here in New Zealand, Aotearoa. There are no plans to change it back at this stage. Take care. CL. Now that's when somebody else, CAG Night Shift, which I think means Keep America Great,

who has a US flag, a engagement ring, and then a New Zealand flag. So I don't know if they're a New Zealander engaged to an American or they are an American engaged to a New Zealander or they're someone that wants to move to America. It's not too late for this New Zealander to get out. Yeah.

They said, I thought you were a phone provider. Well, when you start doing that well, then you can think about the woke bullshit. How about fixing the fact that mobile phones regularly get missed calls despite being a full coverage off to see at Spark NZ now. Right. Spark NZ! Weigh in on the conversation saying, I understand you are frustrated due to a bad experience with Vodafone, but as we've been tagged

and it has been raised in the street, we here at Spark also celebrate Māori Language Week and have our dedicated app, Kupu, to help people learn te reo. Te reo is a normal part of our country and we'll continue to encourage and give tools to those who wish to expand their knowledge and cultural understanding. Right. So then two degrees.

Oh, I love this. This is great. I love it. I love the corporate pile on. Yeah. Kia then two degrees. Oh, I love this. This is great. I love it. I love the corporate pile on. Yeah. Kia ora, Danny. Ke te paha koe? I can imagine this is riling them up quite a lot at this stage,

and I'm loving it. Better not switch to us because we love celebrating te reo Māori too. Nice work, Vodafone. Brilliant. Wow, what a great stance. Yeah, and then Vodafone give the clap back to, like, applause back to two degrees. They've literally said to a customer, better not switch to us. Yeah.

I love that. I like that too. I like that too. So they didn't reply? They've just deleted their Twitter? Whoa, they're gone? I don't, yeah. Imagine they deleted their Twitter because that wouldn't be enough to get your Twitter account deleted, would it?

No. Not with some of the other filth you see on there. So, yeah, they must have disappeared after a good old 2020 pile-up. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. ZM. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Community Notices Today's Community Notices brought to you by

the lady down the road who always walks slowly past your house and like looks Have you got one of those do you? No, no People do Yeah, no because we live like rurally now.

Yeah. But there was always like people who, I'm one of them. If you walk around town and you see something interesting you slow down and you give it a good gawk.

You're one of them. You'd go to your neighbour's open home just to nosey in their house. Oh, hell yeah. You'd be known to do that. You haven't been invited over. You want to go for a look.

You go past the house every day you want to know what it looks like inside. Sure. To complete like the... Yeah. So Community notices all the weird listings that you see on your local Facebook pages. If you see them, screenshot them, send them in to us.

Yeah. Like this one. Stacey asked on the Franklin Grapevine Community Info Sharing Group, what on earth do I feed a baby bird? And she's got a baby bird in her care. It looks like she's got it in the bathroom, because I think I can see the toilet in the background, but it's a clean toilet, so kudos.

Okay. And one of the top comments, regurgitate a worm like a good mama bird. Do you feed it? I guess you'd have to. Do you go out and find worms and put them in the magic bullet? Oh, grim. I was thinking you'd mash it with a fork,

but then I couldn't bring myself to do that either. Oh, yeah, I know. And then do you just rinse the fork and put it in the dishwasher, or do you throw it out? Oh, no, you clean it. It's stainless steel. It's not porous. Yeah, but a worm's been on there.

It's a fair call. I mean, look into it. Look into it, Stacey, who's probably now just got a dead bird in her house rather than a baby bird. I'm actually down a fork. What happened? I don't know. I don't know where it's gone. house rather than a baby bird. I'm actually down a fork. What happened? I don't know.

I don't know where it's gone. Did you bring it to work? I don't know. But it's really annoying me because it's not the same amount in the cutlery drawer. Yeah. But where do you buy one fork? Just look through the drawers and see if there's any that match at work. I'm thinking about buying a whole new set.

Jesus. It's just you. Where do you buy a single fork? Where did you get it from originally? No, because it won't be the same. Where did you get it from originally? I don't know, like Briscoe's, I think, when they were having a sale. But do they do single forks?

Maybe. Lots of places do single forks. Yeah, it's weird. You're kidding me. Briscoe's do a, like, their Jamie Oliver. Yeah, no, I don't have a Jamie Oliver set. Oh, okay. Not that bougie. You can buy I don't have a Jamie Oliver set. Oh, okay. I'm not that bougie.

You can buy them as a pack or one by one. Oh, okay. You can go into a Briscoes and get a one. But then I'd be really excited about getting the Jamie Oliver fork. Every, like, time for you. That would be your favourite of the time. I've got the Jamie Oliver forks. Is it not good?

Well, it's not any different to any other fork. It's just got Jamie Oliver's name on it. But you don't sound that fussed by your forks. I'm not that fussed by Jamie Oliver's forks. Well, why did he put his name to a rubbish fork? It's not a rubbish fork, but... It's a good one. I don't know.

I expected it to cook for me or something. I expected more. It's still the same rubbish meals. It's still just a fork. Yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's getting it off the plate and into your gob. This one from the Lost and Found Pets Tauranga page.

A couple of years ago I had to rehome my tabby. His name was Bully. He ran away from the rehome and 10 months later he was found by a lady in Papamoa named Natalie, I think. She lived in Sunrise Street. I'm just wondering if Bully is doing okay. So

this lady had a cat called Bully. She had to rehome it, but then he ran away from the rehome. But then Bully found had to rehome it but then he ran away from the rehome but then Bully found a life with Natalie so that's a rehoming from his rehome

he self rehomed from his rehome he's like I don't like this place and this lady is wondering if Bully is doing okay right and then says

I hope this is okay to post admin you'd be thinking this is a big wild scattershot in the dark she's thinking about Bully well Natalie writes hi Bully is great Post admin. You'd be thinking, this is a big wild scattershot in the dark. She's thinking about bullying.

Wow. Natalie writes, hi. Bully is great. He's very settled in with his two brothers, George and Henry, which weirdly enough are my nephew's names, and two sisters, Molly and Lisa. He now sleeps inside and often on the bed, and there's a picture of him.

So that's a happy ending. That's what we call a happy ending. There's no gag here. That's just a happy ending. Okay, great. I think that's what we need at the moment. Oh. So that's a happy ending. That's what we call a happy ending. There's no like gag here. That's just a happy ending. Okay, great. I think that's what we need at the moment. Yep. Speaking of happy endings, from the Otago Flatting Goods page, Sam writes,

Shout out to the girl who slept in my flatmate's bed last Saturday. If you want to see your shoe and jeans again, you might. Shoe. Shoe. Singular. You may want to return his Selwyn track pants and jersey to our letterbox on Gladstone Road. What's Selwyn? Selwyn...

Is it like school? College. Yeah. Huh. His school trackies. Do you remember when we talked about stealing mementos? Remember when we talked about stealing stuff from one night stands houses? Yeah, but maybe she just put on a pair of comfy pants because she left her jeans behind.

Oh, yeah, right. Okay. And hobbled home one shoot. God, you need to get some good trackies though. You don't want to lose those. No, well, that's the way he wants them back. He said, please deposit them in the litter box on Gladstone Road. This clothes cost him over $100. So as it stands, you're the second most expensive

sex worker he's ever used. Okay, I don't know if calling someone a sex worker is going to get your clothes back. Hashtag sex work is real work, but theft isn't. That's true. That's what he's put on there. And finally today, in community notices, this is a list that is found in Palmerston North, a special lady toy.

And there's a photo of said special lady toy on the ground and it is indeed none other than the world famous Satisfyer Pro 2. And as we know, those aren't cheap. Are they, Megan? They are, actually. I'm blown away by how cheap they are. Really? Yeah, it was like $60.

You could drop that on a night out. Yeah, that's true. Or drop it on like forever nights in. This has been found. It says, not for sale. Found this at my house. Whoever the lovely lady is that lost their special little toy, have no fear.

You won't be missing out on your moments by yourself or with a friend. I found your missing Satisfyer Pro 2 outside my house this morning. I realise these are expensive and someone will be really missing their satisfi-ment. Not a word, but I like it. Hopefully we can get it back to the original owner. So it's pictured on the footpath, no word if they touched it or not. I'll dip that in some detail, maybe put it in the dishwasher and you'd be good to go.

No one's coming back for that. I know it's water resistant, but is it capable of dishwasher? Could it stand a dishwasher cycle? Unsure. I don't know. Do I have time to Google that? resistant, but is it capable of dishwasher? Could it stand a dishwasher cycle? I'm unsure. I don't know. Do I have time to Google that? I don't know if you want that next year Jamie Oliver Forks. It'd take up a whole cutlery basket, that's for sure. Imagine if it got turned on

halfway through and it rattled out and it was getting bashed around by that thing that spins in the bottom. Those are today's community notices. If you see anything on your local Facebook page, screen cap it and send it to ours. You can find us on Facebook at FEMZM. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Oh, well, it had 4.6 out of a possible five stars on Google reviews.

That's pretty good. Pretty good. Yeah. I don't know what people were expecting, what cost that it's 0.4. Yeah, okay. It's a dock hut. The dock hut is. It has Google reviews. Yeah. I don't know what people were expecting, what cost that it's 0.4. Yeah, okay. It's a dock hut. The dock hut is- Does it have Google reviews on it?

Yeah. Do they? You can find out information about the hut. Oh, here we go. A nice, clean service hut with wood burner for the cooler nights. There's an open grass space next to the hut for pitching a tent. There's running water to multiple sinks in the hut and also one outside. It is recommended to boil water first, but we drank water from the tap.

That's a real roll of the dice, by the way, if you're going to do that, because if you end up with the shits, you've got a bit of a walk on your hands. Oh, yeah, you should boil your water. But those Google reviews don't matter anymore, do they? Nope, because the hut got burnt down. News that the Lake Dive Hut,

a very popular hut for the round-the-mountain walk for Mount Taranaki, has been reported to be burnt down. I've stayed in this hut. It's beautiful. It's by a little lake. By a tarn. By a tarn, yeah.

Right. Oh, you can't go in the lake? Could you swim in the lake? It's one of those, like, it's like maybe a foot deep. Right. Kind of a mossy. Like a puddle. Like a real picturesque puddle. It's like a big picturesque puddle, yeah. It's a tarn. It's a maybe a foot deep, kind of a mossy. Like a puddle. Like a real picturesque puddle.

It's like a big picturesque puddle. Like a real lovely puddle. But like what happened? They don't know. A tramper reported the incident Monday and then Doc was like, oh yeah, we can confirm. It takes quite a while to get to that hut, especially in winter. You have to go take the lower tracks.

It's like at least six or seven hours in from the road. So imagine you get in to stay the night and there's no hut because it's burnt down. And also no one noticed it burning. I guess it was raining and quite windy on Tuesday. Fog looks

like smoke and cloud and it's always surrounded by... Is it by trees? Is that lucky that it didn't... It is, but I mean it's on the mountain and it's always surrounded by... Is it by trees? Like, is that lucky that it didn't... It is, but I mean, it's on the mountain so it's wet. Yeah, really.

And it's quite low, like more like shrub. Is this the one that you guys had your incident in? No, that was Crosby's hut. I'm a caravan. But we nearly did burn down a dock hut.

Yes. We were trying to... But that had a smoke alarm and if there wasn't a smoke alarm like who knows what could have happened. Yeah. Because it was

we had wood next to the fire and wood so we stacked it next to the fire to dry it out so it wasn't burning. And it turns out the wood then got

really dry and combusted and hot and started smoking. Yeah. Let's put wood by the fire to dry it out.

It was like soggy wet, Megan. It was like wet, wet. It was wet, wet. You wouldn't have thought it was ever going. It was very hard to get the fire going. But see, they don't know who did this and how it happened. Because that's always my worst nightmare is if I stay in a hut. You can't relate, Megan, because you don't do any kind of dock huts.

But you're always meant to, at the end of your stay, empty the fire and the ashes into the outside bin. Admin. Well, yeah, and a lot of people just leave the fire going. Oh, no, you don't leave the fire going. And so I'm assuming maybe that's what happened. Right. And then somehow it caught fire.

I don't know. They walked away from you. Or it is school holidays. Could they not track it back? Do you have to sign in or something? You might write your name in the book, but that will be burnt as well. That's the thing about paper.

It bloody burns, isn't it? Yeah. Unless you wrote your intentions at another, like one of the visitor's centre before you walked in. Next I'm going to. Yeah. So maybe just look for the people that cross their name out of the intentions book

Walk back through And just rip the whole page out Dawson Falls And yeah Definitely wasn't us That burned the hut down In the comments Because that wasn't

One of the huts You can book That's just You buy your ticket And you pop it in the box When you get there Yeah But it is sad

Because I'm imagining That won't be rebuilt And in summer A lot of people do The round the mountain Circuit Just have to skip that one It'll be rebuilt, won't it?

Why wouldn't it be rebuilt? I mean, there's a cost involved. I mean, definitely check because, man, I'd be pissed if you managed to get me on one of those walks and I walked six hours and there was nowhere to, like, sleep or do anything. Yeah. That's never happening.

I'd pack an absolute tanty on the way back. An absolute bitchy bitch. All right, quarter to seven. I reckon you'd just go face down into the time. You'd be like, leave me here. I probably would. And now you're wet and cold and you've got to walk out, you dum-dum. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there. Today's Top Six is about the outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize because bookies odds have been released for... Yeah, you can bet on who you think's going to win. Who? You've got the front runners there? Yeah, and this is why it's in the news because Jacinda Ardern is the third favourite with bookies. There's a couple of bookies.

She's favourite with one of them and third favourite with another gambling agency, gambling.com. So they have WHO, the World Health Organisation, at two to one odds. Greta Thunberg at three to one odds and Jacinda Ardern at five to one odds. Oh, so just behind Greta again. Yeah, but one of the bookmakers is saying that he thinks Jacinda

is probably in a better position because she's had to deal with COVID along with everything else that she's done. And the World Health Organization has obviously been, well, it's been exposed as having some inefficiencies and some cracks in the last year. Right. So that's a whole organisation. Yeah, it's not fair. That's cheating, eh?

Yeah. Yeah, Donald Trump's at 12 to 1. The Black Lives Matter movement's 16 to 1. What? Who gets to go up and collect it if they win? Why, I don't know. You would have thought it's an individual prize, right? Yeah.

Not a team thing. I don't, yeah. That's more of a time person of the year thing. Yeah. And then they name like the group. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

Well, these are the top six outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize. Their odds aren't great, but it could happen. Number six on the list of the top six outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize, Ghislaine Maxwell. Ghislaine. Ghislaine. No, the G's like soft. Ghislaine. It's Ghislaine. I don't know if it's pronounced Ghislaine Maxwell. Ghislaine. Ghislaine. No, the G is like soft. Ghislaine.

It's Ghislaine. I don't know if it's pronounced Ghislaine. Shit, how are we going with it? It's a softer G. It's not Ghislaine. Because you know what? She's just disappeared. Didn't they find her?

Where'd they find her? No, she got arrested or something. She was living under an alias. Ghislaine Maxwell. Not Ghislaine Maxwell. Not Ghislaine Maxwell. Number five on the list of the top six outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize. The gender reveal parents who started that bushfire. Not happening.

Well, says you. I mean, Trump's up for one. And everybody else. Yeah. Number four on the list of the top six outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize, Tokyo, who built everything for an Olympics, and now that just sits there and they just have to watch it gather dust. And be like, should we take the Olympic rings down?

It's kind of a bit of a smack in the face. Leave them up. Because you'll just have to put them back up when it comes around. It's like Christmas decorations, mate. At least we didn't hear those news stories of like, they're behind and will it be ready in time? It definitely will be. We always hear those, eh?

Will the Olympics bankrupt Tokyo? Experts say yes. Number three on the list of the top six outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize, the oceans under Mars' surface. Have you heard about this? They found bodies of water under the surface of the top six outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize, the oceans under Mars' surface. Have you heard about this?

They found bodies of water under the surface of Mars. Oh, okay. They need to put a drill on the next rover. Yeah. You need to tap into that. Yeah. If you want to get down there. Number two on the list of the top six outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize,

everyone who's found their audience online amongst other science-denying morons during the times of turmoil and pandemic. Oh, no one listened to me before, but now I've got 150 followers on Facebook who love my weird, nonsensical conspiracy theory rants. Yeah. And number one on the list are the top six outside chances for a Nobel Peace Prize.

The guy who stacked a ferret cage under a bat cage next to the pangolin cage at the Wuhan meat markets. Thanks, man. That's today's top six. Flesh, fauna, Megan. The podcast. ZM. We would like to talk about Pastor Nicole. Former Pastor Nicole.

Right. She is a US woman. She grew up in a very strict Baptist family. But she always felt like this wasn't what she wanted to be a part of, even from when she was young. But she was indoctrinated to

that's a word, eh? Yeah. To believe that her desires and her body were sinful and bad. Right. So she was like, okay, well, I'm going to throw myself into the. My sexual desire is not sinful or bad. No.

I've got to stop spanking myself every time I have one. So I do it. I punish myself. But then I often find sometimes if I spank in just the right spot, it makes me. I get further down the road, if you know what I'm saying. So she threw herself into religion.

She became a pastor. Pastor. I hope she threw herself into a pot of water that was already boiling and salted. And there we end the pastor jokes. It's just because you say it funny. How do you say it? I don't know.

I just say pastor. Exactly. I'd say, what's another word for a pastor? A minister. A religious person. But I know you're a Baptist minister. Yeah. Or a Baptist.

Okay. Well, apparently even her family weren't happy with that because they didn't believe that women were allowed to lead and that they should look after the children and whatnot. So they're very progressive. Call me triggered. So she, yeah. Sometimes I think about woman leadership and again, I have to speak myself.

Okay. Get your mind back on track. So she realised in 2016 that she was actually bisexual and pansexual, but she was also a pastor in a very conservative church. So she ended up coming out and she also at the same time was like, well, do you know what? I don't want to do this anymore.

I want to fulfill my childhood dreams of becoming a stripper and an erotic performer. And now she has an OnlyFans account. Yeah. That is her career. And she also is a life coach where she tells people to follow their dreams because she has never been happier.

Wow. I was going to say that's quite a career 180 except maybe for the counselling because you'd probably do a bit of that as a minister, wouldn't you? A bit of life coaching. A bit of life coaching. That would kind of be your job.

But also a great person to do it because you spend your whole life doing what everyone else told you to do. She was unhappy. She followed her dreams and she's fulfilled now. That's amazing. Oh, yeah. And I'm assuming her family don't talk to her anymore.

Oh, yeah. I mean, it doesn't say. But if they weren't happy about her being a leader in the church, then I don't think they're going to be too happy with this switch. So we want to open up the phone lines now and ask you on 0800-DARZATM, text 9696. Have you done a career 180? Like, when did you go in completely the other direction? From a pastor to running an OnlyFans account. Yeah.

And make him a whole lot more bank, I imagine. An exotic dancer. Yeah. From a pastor to a bunless burger. I knew you were going to say that. No carbohydrates. From a pasta to a bread. No, they're very similar.

Because it would be stuff like a lot of people fall into things, maybe like the family business or whatever, or there's pressure to be a doctor. I just Googled the average person will change careers five to seven times in their working life. Wow. That's quite a lot. We must have a few coming up, eh?

It's imminent. It's imminent. I hope not. Whenever this ends, there'll be five to seven pretty quickly, I'd imagine. But yeah, I mean, if it's five to seven on average for people, changing careers, that's just not changing jobs.

Yeah. Have you done a career 180? But your interest might be so vast, when one finishes, you just like jump to something completely different. And maybe you needed to restudy for a little bit, but yeah, give us a call. 0800-966-TEXTON. When have you done a full career 180?

When did you change jobs and careers? And maybe it shocked people. They were like, you do what now? There'll be people from the church that sign up to her account, I'm sure. I just wanted to see what I would, what was her name? Nicole. I want to see what Pastor Nicole's up to these days. I miss her weekly services.

We would like to know if you've done a career 180. Nicole in the US, she was a pastor, pastore, and then she now runs an OnlyFans account and is an exotic dancer.

And she's never been more fulfilled. Is that about as 180 as we're going to get? Do you think? Yeah. Yeah, especially because what they Especially because she said she was in an intensely conservative family. So we want to know from you when you've done a career

180. Danielle, when did you do a career 180? I changed a couple years back. I was actually training to become a paramedic. Okay. And in my last year of study, I suffered a minor injury that turned into a very complex pain condition. And I tried to push myself to join, but I ended up causing more issues. Right.

That was the end of that. After a couple years, I went back and studied accounting at uni, and now I work as an auditor on behalf of the Auditor General. Oh, wow. So you went from- Oh, I hear the Auditor General every now and then, and I'm like, ooh. That sounds serious. Get them in my bank statements and see where the wife's been at. Yeah, that sounds scary, like I don't want to talk to you.

You wouldn't want to be married to someone from the Auditor General because they'd know what you're spending your money on. No, but it's like being married to a chef. They don't want to come home and cook, so maybe they don't want to come home and audit. True. Hey, thanks for your call, Danielle. Anita, what was your career 180?

Hi, guys. So I left school and ended up doing beauty therapy, and I'm now a firefighter of all things Wow, that's cool Yeah, a bit of a 180 on it But yeah How did that switch come about? Well, you definitely love the fumes

Yeah, yeah It's an odd one, to be honest To be honest, Dad's in it So it just sort of happened But I never thought I would ever do it And then, yeah, it just kind of happened one day And decided i want to do it do you ever dip your finger in a bit of soot and like put it under your eye and be like actually that's my color not not quite wow brilliant anita thanks you call uh d what was your career 180. um i hi guys i went from being a flight attendant to a dairy farmer oh wow okay and was this

forced because of covid no this is a long time ago i um just needed to get out of the industry because uh to look after my dad actually and then i met my new partner and we went off and did farming that was where he was at. So, yeah. Wow. So you went from quite a glamour industry to quite a gumboots and cow poo industry. Pretty much. I grew up in a farm, so it wasn't a huge change, but yeah. Right.

Who's more of a hassle to deal with? Middle-aged woman who think they're entitled to a business class upgrade or a cow? Yeah. Not going there. Cows are somewhat more predictable. They really are. Hey, D, thanks. You called some text messages.

Some of the career 180s. I was an artist and then became a civil engineer. Oh, okay. But then that's kind of maybe you were drawing bridges and someone was like, that's a good bridge. And you were like, oh, like, obviously I have to know how the engineering behind it. Are they working on the Auckland Harbour Bridge at the moment?

That's an experiment. Apparently that's this weekend. They're going to put that new strut in. Are they? Yeah. Are we allowed to go watch? Is it shut? They should do this walk-up for Uganda.

Yeah, they're shutting it. Imagine that. I'd actually watch that. Yeah, walk-up. They should put a webcam. You have to make your welding goggles Oh yeah true Because otherwise you get

Sparky blindness What is it called Where you see the weld You know you can't look at welding Yeah It's too bright But then I was walking past A building site the other day

And I saw a weld I was like excuse me You're not meant to look at those Where was my mask But you imagine if there was a sign That said do not look at the welding Oh I'd look You'd be like

You'd be looking at the welding You'd be looking at the welding. You'd be looking. Someone said, I trained as a beauty therapist. I now work at the meat works. Wow. Okay, that's a one. You are addressing mutton as lamb in both situations. Perhaps.

It all depends on the cut of the knife. And somebody said, I left law school and made an OnlyFans, and now I make more than I was going to be making as a lawyer. Wow. Wow. It's an OnlyFans. That's amazing. Hmm. And if you've still got the curly wig costume. I don't think they give that to you until the real end, the last minute. Yeah. What's the difference? I don't know. Why do they still wear those? Because one can go to court and defend you

and also make a pretty killer coffee, and the other one's just a lawyer. Sure. Next on the show, we are 80, this might shock you, but we are 85 days away from Christmas. A lot of reports of Christmas penetration creeping in. In our segment next,

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Ho, ho, ho. Ooh, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Ho, ho, ho, ho. Hello there. 85. 85 days, 16 hours away, and a bit of snow to make it feel like Christmas.

Oh, yeah. Snow in Nelson. Yeah. Yeah. First time in 20 years I saw somebody say that they've been living down low.

Yeah, at a spot. I don't remember seeing it like that. Growing up there. Yeah. But I am only 20, so. Man. Whoa. Before my time.

Dunedin as well. Like you said, they've got a pacing so mates there sharing videos. It's crazy. Soedin as well. Like you said, they've got a pacing. So our mates there sharing videos. It's crazy. So yeah, it might have even felt a little bit like Christmas, but she's all go. These are the reports that we've had.

Spotlight. They stood back, didn't they, for a little bit, but they've just jumped right in now and they're making a big old Christmassy mess. Do you reckon they've been selling heaps of material and elastic for masks? Like people making their own masks? Oh, yeah.

I thought you were meaning elastic for everyone to let their pants out a little bit. That too. Also that. That too. Spotlight Henderson's gone in, gone in a huge range of all sorts, but really focusing on Christmas decorations

for Christmas trees, apparently. Good stuff. This is an international report from Bennett. Christmas in Sydney, David Jones has a full-on area ready for the festivities. We've got some trees there. We've got some fancy, real fancy Christmas decorations. Yeah. You know people that put things on tables, like reindeer and stuff?

Yeah, that's me. And a nutcracker. Do you have a nutcracker? No, I don't have a nutcracker. I guess someone doesn't love Christmas as much as they thought they did. A table reindeer. But back here in New Zealand, Queensgate Shopping Centre. And the heart has just vomited Christmas.

The Christmas Heirloom Company is now open in Queensgate. And it is quite the amazing store. Very ornate Christmas decorations. But yeah, very, very Christmas-y. Somebody said, I think my Bunnings was a little behind everybody else's

Bunnings. You've got a slow Bunnings? We've got a slow Bunnings somewhere. Behind the eight ball Bunnings. It've got a slow Bunnings? We've got a slow Bunnings somewhere. Behind the eight ball Bunnings. Yeah. It's ready and willing to go now, though. If you look closely, you can see a reindeer that lights up, a Santa that lights up, an elf that lights up, and also a kiwi.

Oh, okay. A kiwi capable of lighting up. And it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Melbourne. An entire stand shelves, I would guess, four metres long and one, two, three, four, five, six shelves high of Christmas puds and Christmas mince pies. I've noticed my supermarket's snaking in some Christmas...

Mince pies? Yeah, some puds and some Toblerones. Yeah, it's started, it's started. I've got to be very careful with those Christmas mint spines. I'm not getting into them any time before mid-November. It's a very slippery slope. Well, with all that in mind... Rudolph, you're on playlist.

And no songs about you this year. Christmas penetration is at... 29%. It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! And if you see any reports of Christmas penetration creeping in, snapshot them, send them to us on Facebook, FVMZM.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Apparently 17% of, it says pets, but pet owners are the ones responsible for this, have a social media account. Yep. Guilty.

Even Bourne is guilty of this one. Yeah, my cat, my oldest cat had a MySpace. And Lulu has a Facebook. Because I'd always get notified when it was her birthday. Yeah, 31st of January. That's a great way to remember. Yeah, I think I had your dog. Oh, why?

What did the dog do wrong? I don't know. It didn't get pregnant. It didn't get pregnant and didn't get engaged. Those are your two usual. I think it just came up like it was your dog's birthday once.

I was like, this is stupid. It doesn't need a Facebook. Oh. And now you run an Instagram for your cat. How the mighty have fallen. Yeah. Yeah.

But your cat having a MySpace, that's original influencer. That's OG, yeah. That's OG influencing. Yeah. But your cat having a MySpace, that's original influencer. It's OG, yeah. That's OG influencing. Yeah. But what, 16, what, 17% of people do this? It's just a bit of fun though, right? Because you have all, you end up,

I don't know about you, Bourne, probably not, but you end up with like lots of photos of your dog or cat or whatever. And then if people want to follow it, they don't mind getting spammed with cat stuff. Yeah. Like, whereas if it's on your personal stuff, they might get a bit sick of it. Yeah. And it's always like you think it's cuter than everyone else does.

Yes. That's just you. That's your dog. That's just your dog with the big googly eyes. That's very specific to your situation. Lots of people think he's cute. But you got shut out of your dog's account. Yeah.

And now it's back. Yeah. What is it? His handle? A back. Yeah, if you want to, what is it, this handle? A pup named Leo, if you want to follow. He's back with vengeance. Did you see him in his little Kmart boat the other day? Yeah. That's dangerous because when his claws go through. No, it's got a scratch-proof pad on the bottom.

Oh, that's good thinking. Are you kidding me? Was that $9? Yeah. And he didn't want to get out. I pulled him up to the side and I was like, get out. So that wasn't for a kid. That was for a dog.

No, it's a dog boat. I need to get him a cat. A dog boat. I need to get him a captain's hat. Was there a cat boat at Kmart? Do they do cat boats? Cats aren't going in boats. My cat would.

My cat loves the water. Major Murray Fluffington loves the water. He loves pouring in a shower. He doesn't want to go in a six foot deep pool in a boat. He's seven months old and in a couple of weeks he's ready for the high seas.

Yeah, it's actually quite depressing though when you do run an Instagram for your pet because my cat gets more likes than some of my posts. Oh, that's got to hurt.

But apparently it's really good for your mental health. So 99% of dog owners and 96% of cat owners just say like running the social media account for their animal is really good for them. Well, it's wholesome content, isn't it? Yeah. And I like writing the captions.

Yeah, you write them pretending you're them, right? And I comment on other people's thing as him. It's quite a fun game. Oh, do you? I don't do that. Yeah, sometimes I'll just comment on someone just with a meow or a pfft. I've noticed on Ralph's one year the dogs all talk like they're

dogs talking to each other. Yeah, Leo's account has a dog friend that always is like, have a happy paw day or something. What day of the week's paw day? I don't know. Every day of the week. It's just real cute dog banter between two humans you just let them have it

so what did you say it's good for you yeah until they lock you up for it until you go two foot down the track you start living as your dog pretty much

coming up on the show yeah we're gonna Jared producer Jared's told us something it was an interesting thing I probably would have kept to myself

oh you say very awkward and we're gonna share this awkwardness next on the show or something. It was an interesting thing I probably would have kept to myself. Oh, yes, I... Very awkward and we're going to share this awkwardness next on the show. Yeah, there's dirty laundry next. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan,

the podcast, ZM. Oh, what a great opportune moment for Ross Boss to join us in studio. Good morning, Ross Boss. I've been trying to get some... Oh, that mic's a bit...

You have to go on. I'll stay. It's not plugged in. It's not plugged in. We have to plug that in. That'll happen. Just bear go on. I'll stay. It's not plugged in. It's not plugged in. We have to plug that in. That'll happen. Just bear with us. Some technical difficulties there.

How's that? Yeah, there we go. There we go. Yeah, I've just walked in and Jared looks terrified. Yep. He was just about to tell us an awkward moment that he had at the weekend. Great. Yep.

Well, you may as well join us, Ross, while you're here. You're here? I'm just yeah good now mine's not working why wasn't mine working I don't know yours is working

turn this off before you turn mine off give it a jiggle yeah there you go alright what happened Jared so this actually started maybe five

six seven years ago I got a tour through my radio school we headed up a rival radio station it's about my wife isn't it?

Had to go on, had to go on. Yeah, so I was this fresh radio dude and we walked into the station and I saw this respectfully a bit of a babe. Leather jacket, glasses, red lippy and I was like, ooh, yep, she's a bit of a babe. Leather jacket, glasses, red lippy, and I was like, ooh, yep, she's a bit of a honey. You're like, radio's the one for me. I've picked the right career choice.

And I never saw her again. But you always thought about her, heartbreak. I wouldn't say I always thought about her. She was always there. Back of your mind. Back of your mind. Then I saw on Saturday night

At your 40th When you introduced her As your wife Yeah Incessant business This isn't it Yeah So you

Have a crush On Ross Boss' wife I used to On a married Mother Yeah I'm so ashamed. At least when I said she was a babe,

you weren't even in a relationship with her at that stage, were you? No, you've known her the entire time I've been in a relationship with her. No, I met her before that. No, no. When? Oh, so now you're creeping on Ross's wife. When she started at that station that we all made really successful and then ran away from, she was already with me then.

No, it was before that. You disgusting son of a bitch. It was when she worked down the country. Oh, in Taranaki. Oh, yeah, no, that's fine. I'm all right, I'm fine. That's all right,

I said the same about your wife when she was friends with my sister as well. That's mutual. We're all in the same boat here. Okay, so what do we want to do with this break? I think HR's the next appropriate... We just want to bathe in the awkwardness, basically.

Anna said, can we get you on the phone? I was like, I'll be at work. I'll just come in. I wish I'd stayed on the phone. Me too. Me too, for sure. Also, I'd like to point out that I was also at that radio school at the time. But, sweet as.

Oh, we didn't see it. What? Oh, no, radio station. Oh, okay. You weren't at the radio school. the time. But sweet as. Oh, we didn't see it. What? Oh, no, radio station. Oh, okay. Isn't it the radio school? This was radio. So this was at that station. Oh, no, I see what you're saying.

But you would have been classic hiding in an up building somewhere. Went to radio school together. Yeah, I did. Okay, Jared, so pick your shit up. Yep. And I'll get out of here. I'll take no competition. This is awkward.

Good party though. Why did you admit that to us? Because you didn't know I was going to be here? Yep, pretty much. It was like five minutes till the show started. We needed a break to film. I'm a team player. He's a team player.

And he's really helped me there because you guys are prepping five minutes before the show again. I know, it's just because we had a last-minute interview for our – Oh, that one, yep, yep, yep, yep, good, good. Flawless lie. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Little Garden. Lil' Garden. It says Little Garden.

It's a rapper, isn't it? Lil' Garden. Lil' Garden, yeah. Lil' Garden. Oh, I tell you what a rapper, isn't it? Lil Garden. Lil Garden, yeah. Lil Garden. Oh, I tell you what. Man, that dude can rap about broccoli. Sure. You want a piece of me?

I'm a broccoli. Nope. Should have just left it there. Give that up. Yeah, and just let everybody imagine how it would have gone rather than ruin it. Live and learn. The Little Garden thing, you spend money at New World

and you get a little pot. Yep. And some seeds and then you plant. It's for kids, isn't it? This weird disc of dirt. This weird, the disc of dirt freaks me out.

When you add water and does it puff up? Puffs up. And then you put the seed thing in there. She asked me if I wanted a pot and I was like, I thought you had to get the pot and then next time you got the seeds and I was like, oh, can't be bothered, I'll never get

the seeds. Oh no, you get all in one. And there's like, you can get more, because you know how they always get you, like whenever there's a collectible of a soot mugger, they always get you with the free thing, but then you can spend money and get like the thing to hold them. Yeah. The little spade. Yeah. The little spade. Yeah.

In this situation, there's like a little thorn. Little gloves in every, I've seen the thing at the checkout, yeah. It is important to wear gloves actually if you're dealing with potting mix.

Well, you get Legionnaire's disease. Well, yeah, exactly. They should sell a little mask. They should maybe even sell an outdoor area because you should never pot in an enclosed space without airflow.

That's a little tip. They don't teach you these things, do you? Well, no, because it's only the little disc of dirt. Does it tell you what you're growing or is it a lucky dip? Yep. No, it says on it, it's the different coloured boxes of the different things, like these are herbs. Right.

And I should have meant it, if legal marijuana passes next time, Little Garden might have a little... My little weed. My little... Brilliant. My little hydroponic set up. That'd be great. It's an art.

Why is this in the news though? Well, it's because people are selling the whole sets. They've like gone about collecting the whole set and now they're selling them all for like, it's like 90 or 100 bucks online and there's auctions for them. And it's going crazy on Trade Me. Do you know what?

People, because you know, when usually it's the only outlet for things, you might go a little bit crazy to complete the whole set. But here's the thing about vegetables. Seeds are for sale everywhere. You can literally go and buy some seeds and some potting mix and then just use old egg cartons to grow the seeds. Old egg cartons are great. That's how I always get my tomatoes started.

And then at the end, you just wet it and you just tear a bit off and you put the whole thing in. But then people are paying hundreds of dollars on Trade Me for the My Little Garden seeds. Well, 90 bucks was the highest auction I found. Right. An in-action auction.

Right. And it's got this little thing that holds all the little seed vibes, but you'll be able to make one of those. I am sick of this BS at the supermarkets. Countdown are doing those bug cards. You ought to do My Little Garden. Let's get some cutlery and some fancy glasses for the older people.

Jamie Oliver back. I want a fork. I've said earlier in the show, I'm down a fork. I would love to be able to get the Countdown stickers or the New World points and get a fork or a nice tumbler. They must be due for another glasses. They've done sharp knives. There was crockery.

There was glassware. They've done, they must be due another one of those because you're right, at the moment it's pretty kid. And then they do the, Countdown do the kid stuff all the time, don't they? Those little collectibles. But I think it's more like as someone with kids, if your kids get on the collecting buzz of them.

Oh, yeah, then they're always like, Dad, can we go to that supermarket? We want to go to that supermarket. Yeah. But I'm an adult and I say that to myself. I want to go to that one. I want a fork. And you're walking down Central Auckland and you're like,

I want to go to that one. Why do you want to go to that one? I want a fork. And they're like, ah, Central Auckland. Earlier in the show, we heard from producer Jared, who has admitted that he used to, but I mean, she looks the same, had a crush on our boss's wife. And it wasn't until he went to Ross Boss's birthday party at the weekend

that he realised that that was, in fact, Ross' wife. Oh, that's what you're saying, eh? I stand by my story. Yeah. So awkward. But this, I mean, she's hot, and it's not the first time that it's happened. All right, calm down.

You seem to be quite taken with her as well. You've said she's hot like a bundle of times. It's got us talking behind the scenes because you reckon you face us a bit with Mr. Toyboy. What I mean, like, we're both like equal.

What? Like no one's punching. Like in hotness. Oh yeah. Definitely. Nothing to worry about there. Absolutely. Even keel.

Yeah, okay. Well, no, you're different. No, I don't want to hear it. Different things. I don't want to hear it. Yeah. Different things. Don't want to hear it now.

You started it. So, like, I was just thinking this happened a lot at the weekend because we went to a hen's party together. There was, like, there was quite a few hen's parties out. Oh, yeah, but then that's everybody's horned up. And I was sober, so it was so different. There's a burly trail. Kettle of fish when you're sober.

But he absolutely got eaten alive, because he was part of a whole troop of women. And it wasn't our troop, but other troops. He got a bit of a butt grab. Did you mingle with other hen's buddies? They were at the same place we were. Right, okay. But yeah,

I just thought it was funny. Did you really? Yeah. No, I did. You were like, ha. He's mine. That's sort of funny. Yeah, I mean until, yeah. It was light petting, I mean until Yeah It was It was light Petting

I would say But also I was like Social distancing Excuse me And also me too You can't just grab someone's butt Yeah That's

Problematic He was getting grabbed Mr Toyboy Butt grab Yeah Cause yeah We all had to wear white So he was wearing white jeans too

Which I don't think Helped his cause Does he have white jeans? Yeah He was in a boy band what do you that's like a staple white jeans i don't know how does he does he have nappy sandals from when he dressed up as it for halloween last year as well it's not like don't he doesn't like go out often wearing white jeans okay just does he put his g-string up above the white jeans so everyone can see that he's wearing a G-string?

Because that's quite important about white jeans. You've got to let everyone know you're wearing it. You've got to show the whale tail, is that what that was called? It was a hell of a look wasn't it? Yeah. But we wanted to ask this morning and open up the phone lines, maybe you are in the same position. You've got a partner that always gets looked at and checked out. Even though you're both like the same partner. I mean, you're obviously really, really stuck on that, aren't you? No one's punching, but for some reason,

your partner always gets checked out more than you. Yeah. But I don't know. Do you go out? Does your partner always get checked out? You catch people looking? How does that make you feel? Maybe there are arguments.

I'm not commenting, stop looking at me. We are talking now, if you've just joined us, about people that check out your partner. Maybe are you in this situation where people always check out your partner? You're like, what about me? Well, maybe there's A discrepancy there In the numbers

Yeah more of those Stories coming in Than people saying I get checked out Yeah totally In front of my partner Because we're Kiwi So you don't stick

Your head up like that Good work you You've got a hot partner Yeah You're with them Must have done something right Yeah We've got some

We've got a lot of Text messages in We've got some calls as well. Someone said, my partner's 19 years older than me and is my boss. So there's professional situations where I'll watch middle-aged clients hitting on him. One even complimented his calves when he got up on a stepladder. How is that? Inappropriate.

And another even boasted to me how good-looking he was all day. Without knowing. And they didn't say anything. No. Wow. Okay, let's take some calls. Anonymous, good morning. Good morning, guys.

Good thing. Now, do people always check out your partner? Absolutely. He's like top-dead gorgeous. Is he a dish? Yeah, he goes to the gym every day. Oh. And he's 12 years younger every day. Oh. He's just gorgeous.

And he's 12 years younger than me. What gym? Asking for a friend. A couple. A couple of gyms. There's a couple of gyms. Yeah, everyone. And when we go on holiday or anywhere,

how many times I've been mistaken for his mother, it's just not, you know. Wow. Yeah. It's not great. Does he notice that everyone checks him out? Like, what does he say? Look, he's quite a flirt,

and, like, he'll talk to anybody and stuff like that, but at the end of the day, people just love him because he's just so friendly and da-da-da-da-da. It's like we're talking to Megan now, isn't it? Yeah. Anonymous, thank you. We've got another anonymous caller. Anonymous, good morning. Good morning.

Do people always check out your partner? Yes. You see, he looks like Shawn Mendes. Oh, okay. And that wasn't what brought me to him, obviously. But, yeah, everyone just zones in on him whenever we're out, and it's just like, oh, my God, please stop looking at him. Do you think people think he is Shawn Mendes?

Well, sometimes, yeah. He's had a few people, like, ask him for photos and stuff like that, and it's like, oh, my God, please leave us alone. Wow. What is that? Megan is doing a look right now. No, I was just interested to see how much he looks like. I want to see a photo of your partner, yeah.

Oh, God, he would kill me if I did that. It would be hilarious. We won't publicly share the photo. You just want to see how much he does look like. It just feels like it needs a judgment. I mean, you know, sometimes someone's like, oh, my partner looks like so-and-so, and then you see them and you're like, oh, not really.

No, it looks more like Vin Diesel. I low-key feel like that's what would happen. Right, you see the three, like, this is Shawn Mendes, and you're like, oh, okay. Yeah, what Shawn Mendes are you looking at? I mean, you can't blame them. He's been in studio, hasn't he, Sean Mendes?

He's sat right next to him. He's a very attractive man. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good work there. Thank you for being anonymous. Just universally appealing too. Yeah, very true. Sheridan,

people always check out your partner. Yeah, they do, definitely. Okay, and how do you find that? I just have a good laugh to be honest

because she gets more awkward about it than what I do. Okay. You're just have a good laugh, to be honest, because she gets more awkward about it than what I do. Okay. You're just like, they looked. I saw them looking. I always find it's better if they're like awkward about it or they don't notice rather than they like, you know, stop and have a chat and flirt.

That's more problematic. Definitely. Well, I guess because obviously we're gay, so they think we're either sisters or friends, so they definitely have a good shot. Couldn't possibly be together. Definitely not. Yeah. You should just pash all the time just to let everybody know.

She won't let me. Oh, boo. Brilliant. Hey, Sheridan, thanks for your call. Some text messages. My partner is tall, muscly and tattered, and it always happens tattered isn't tattooed, not tattered isn't like he's tattered.

He's tattered. A curtain that's all ridged and stuff. Yeah, he's like an old paper bag. Yeah, yeah, not that sort of tattery. Our flatmate was teaching a Zoom class for uni and he popped up in the background. They all turned their cameras on as soon as he appeared. The only time she's actually had some class participation.

We'll just get him in there all the time now for the classes. Yeah. Thirsty. That's how it works though, right? Yeah. What? Like some people you see at the gym with personal trainers and you're like, oh, this is just so they hold their hands under your arms or you push them up.

Shut the dumbbells. Sure. Right? Right. Hot personal trainers do better, right? I don't I've never liked having a hot personal trainer Because like Too distracting They see me at my worst

You know, sweaty and being like Oh, I can't do it Yeah But I don't want a hottie seeing me like that Right, so you Okay, maybe Okay, maybe I've misjudged it then No

I reckon there are people I get this all the time I'm 25, she's 24 I've been referred to as her father twice judged it then. No, I reckon there are people. I get this all the time. I'm 25, she's 24. I've been referred to as her father twice as apparently I look older than her. There's only a year's difference. Yeah. Wow.

I don't mind when I notice others checking her out because it means I've scored a stunner and they didn't. Yeah, exactly. There's general, there is that, but then there's like my partner gets this a lot. I thought I'd get used to it, but I don't. It always annoys me. A woman will even try it on with him when I'm right with him.

Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah, because you just got to laugh, don't you? So I was actually with my gay friend James the other day. He got caught checking out a guy on the escalator, and she looked round when he was looking back. It was quite funny. So he was partnered up in a heat show.

He was checking out a straight, a hot straight, and she busted him. She knew. She could just tell. Was she angry? No, she laughed. That's a compliment. It's a compliment. Yeah, it's a compliment.

Sure. I guess. I hope he's hearing this. My friend James. Unless your partner's always been curious. Oh, yeah, that's true. Then it could be dangerous. Then it could be, yeah, it could be.

Tip time. On a tight rope. Sure. Tight rope. Yeah. You just be careful out there. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast.

ZM. Fact of the day, day, day, Tay, Tay. Today's fact of the day is about Pepsi number fever. But the specific competition would be the Philippines version of Pepsi number fever. What was that? Remember that fact of the day where we talked about the, was it Pepsi or Mountain Dew where they gave away a MIG fighter jet? Do you remember that fact of the day?

Yeah, was it Pepsi? And you had to collect something and someone worked out. Someone got a loophole. You could have found a loophole and they got a MIG jet. They got a MIG jet. Yeah, yeah.

Well, this is, well, this one actually led to the death of five people. Oh, goodness. I'm listening. This got quite chaotic. So it started February 1992. Pepsi in the Philippines printed in the inside of bottle caps numbers ranging from 001 to 999.

Okay. Now, these were inside. And if you got certain numbers, certain numbers corresponded to certain cash prizes. Okay. So, for example, a corresponded to certain cash prizes. Okay. So, for example, a whole lot of numbers meant nothing. Yep. We could enter a second chance draw.

About four US dollars was a low end prize and it went up to roughly the big prize was 40,000 US dollars. Wow. Okay. Now, it wasn't said you had to collect the bottle caps and then they would tell you what numbers were prize winners. Right. So from what I can gather is that there was a collection period

where you would drink Pepsi and collect the caps without knowing what was the winning prize. So that encouraged people to drink as many as they could. You'd soon figure out, though, what ones were in, you know, like what numbers were scarce because you wouldn't have those if you're collecting a lot of them. Yeah. There was a thousand or 99?

There was a thousand of them. So you would need a drink. Yeah, right. An insane amount of Pepsi to be able to work out what ones were popular and what ones weren't. Yeah. When it was announced, however, on May 25th, so February, March, April, May, around about four months later, three or four months later, it was announced what number would be the grand prize. Okay. The $40,000 US.

The deal was that you had to have the winning number and also there was a security code inside for confirmation. And so it had the big number, the three-digit number, and then underneath it a sort of a longer security code and that would confirm that it was indeed the one and the lucky number was 349, 349. Oh, okay. However, there had been a computer

error and there were 800,000 bottle caps printed with 349 in them. However, they didn't have the security code. Ah, right, okay. But everybody who had one thought they were entitled to the grand prize, which would have cost Pepsi

32 billion US dollars. Yeah, it's not happening. So it's not happening. So you could redeem your prizes at certain spots and everyone that had a 349, and I will remind you there was 800,000 of them, rushed down to claim their prizes. When they were told

that they could not win, even though they had 349, you can imagine people were a little bit miffed. Absolutely. There was an emergency meeting. They said, okay, everybody with 349

without the security code, we're willing to give you about $18. Okay. And they were like, well, that's not good enough. And that's when it really kicked off There were rallies

There were riots A grenade was thrown Into a Pepsi bottling plant And that killed some people Pepsi trucks were rolled on the road When they stopped at lights They'd be mobbed And they'd be shaken back and forth

Until they rolled And then sometimes the drivers were attacked Someone threw a grenade To try to get it into the back of a Pepsi truck. It bounced off and actually killed a woman who was walking with a child when the grenade bounced off and exploded. Oh, my God, that's nuts. Yeah, so there were five deaths attributed to the Pepsi number fever in 1992.

That is crazy. Could you not take them to court? Because, like, you needed 349 and people had 349. So that's a few people. But the problem was the amount of money to be won was so much money in the Philippines at the time. A lot of people who were struggling, very, very poor. It was like as much money as they could ever earn in their entire lives.

So when they saw it, they thought it was good. And then they also couldn't afford the legal action. There was a few people who managed to get it to a civil suit and they walked away with around $400. Wow. And they've bounced back. I just Googled. They had last year revenue in the Philippines of $32 billion.

Oh, so they are. They could have almost paid them out. Sure. They could have almost done it. That's a lot. Billion, would that be their local currency? I don't know. Oh, what was, because what is their local currency?

That's a lot, but yeah, I mean. Pesos. Crazy. I know, no, it's the same as the, where else is pesos? Mexico. Like South America, and yeah, there's a few. Yeah, yeah, Filipino currency as well. So today's fact of the day is due to a computer misprint,

800,000 people thought they had won the grand prize in Pepsi number fever in the Philippines. Fact of the day, dayughan and Megan, the podcast This just popped up in Convo That you went away at the weekend with, was it Molly? No, with Mr Bun Buns Oh, it was with Mr Bun Buns Yeah, and then we caught up with Molly and the gang

for a winery day on Sunday. Okay. Very classy. It turns out that executive intern Anya, when she goes away, takes a couple of items with her to feel the comforts of home when staying at an Airbnb or a hotel. And one of those things is a coffee machine.

Yeah. You can't a coffee machine. Yeah. You can't a coffee machine, was you? I took a box and... Is it like an espresso? It's an espresso, yeah. So you put the pods in it? I've got the pod machine and then the little milk frother and the base for the milk frother.

And then two boxes of pods. Took one decaf in case I wanted one after midday. And then... What are you taking decaf for? In case I have a coffee after midday. I don't want to be up all night. Is midday the cut off for coffee? Yeah, for caffeinated beverages. You are a boomer. I remember my parents

if they'd go away, they'd have their little box of cornflakes so Dad could have his cereal and it'd be in the container. We got bagels to have every morning. A bagel and a coffee. It was an affordable cornflakes so dad could have his cereal in the container. We got bagels, yep, to have every morning. A bagel and a coffee. It was an affordable breakfast holiday. Wow.

Why didn't you take some instant? Oh no. I'm on holiday. Fluffy milk. You're dragging an entire Nespresso around. Yeah, but you're on holiday. Why not just splash out and get a coffee? Well, because I have two coffees a day and then as you'll know, I'm saving for a house and that's $10 a day. But you've been on a bougie weekend

in New York. I know, but look, you've got to pick where the expenses come from and I'd rather spend it on Rose Hay. You're doing it the wrong way round. Yeah, so, well, it was the place we stayed at was basically just like a tent with walls. Like, we had a long

drop and stuff, so I had to have some luxuries. Oh, okay. Right. Yeah. Now, because that's the other thing. You mentioned that you took your own pillow. Yes. Away.

Now, we'll. Because I've got my silk pillowcase as well. And I want to have fresh hair. Silk? Yeah. To protect the face and hair. Yeah. What?

From what? The pillow? My pillowcase. I have a silk pillowcase. What are you protecting your face and your hair from? They're supposed to help with wrinkles, eh? Yeah. And it's supposed to like if you put oils and serums and stuff on

your face then it's supposed to not like smudge them into the cotton and I don't know. I read about it on the internet and I said it was. So that's why you have one. Yeah, so I took my two kilo memory foam pillow and I'm all for taking a pillow. See, I've debated taking away my pillow as much as we're mocking you about taking your own pod coffee machine away.

I have honestly debated taking my memory foam pillow on holiday with me. But you're right, it's the weight that gets you. Yeah. But, like, if you're going away for a couple of nights, like, you want to be having a good sleep. I had a rubbish pillow at the weekend when we went away. Horrible. Spent the whole night punching it, trying to get it up in the right space.

You don't want to come back from holiday more tired than you were when you left. Well, thank you. Luxury only. But then, the problem is you leave your memory foam pillow at the Airbnb or the hotel, and then all that money that you could have saved on coffee, you have to use to buy a new pillow. No, she's a boomer, mate. She's ringing that place to make sure that they post it to her.

At their own expense. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. I've been betrayed by technology. Okay. Talking to a friend, they had like some flights delayed because of the weather,

the crazy weather yesterday. Okay. Because Dunedin was like snowed in. Yeah. And winds, I think Wellington and flights all over the place had a knock-on effect and delayed. And so they were asking me, they were like, oh, it's taken

ages to get through or something because I think everyone was on the phone and I said, I think you can go online. And I think at the moment, I might be wrong, but I think until the end of March, are they getting rid of the change fee because of COVID? There was some change. I think you still have to pay a difference in fare if there is one,

but I think it's a lot easier now to go online. So I was just kind of talking about that with them. And then all of a sudden, my watch, my Siri on my watch says, okay, sending now. And I'm like, what? You were betrayed by your beloved watch. This happens quite a bit when I put my phone down. And since I've had an Apple Watch for the last four months,

it's a thing where if you raise your arm, and my arm was on a couch, it automatically starts listening. So I'm going to have to, I keep meaning to turn it off. And I should turn it off after this because this could have been so bad. So it dictated, dictated? So I must have thought you said. So a conversation about booking

sent this text message to Lou, who used to work here. How about that, Lou? And I've got her number in my phone. I don't know how it, this is what the text is. And New Zealand and ask for them because I think they can give them to you because technically you are in them and then send them to them.

Like that makes no sense at all. And then I see that it's sent to her and I'm like, oh my God, I'm so sorry. That was my watch that sent that. That could have been so worse. Like that could have sent to anyone in my phone because it misheard me. Yeah. So it must have thought you said, what, composed text message? Yeah.

Like, imagine if it had thought I said add a pic as well. Choose whatever one you want. Yeah, randomly chuck in my last 10 pics. See what you can see. Like, and then that gets sent to, like, just someone at random in my phone address box. So I'm just warning everybody that's a trick, a little trick there for players.

It doesn't even need to be a watch situation. Sometimes your phone just starts doing it as well. Crazy, right? You're so lucky. You're so, so lucky. So I know in the contents your phone. That's really... What do you mean? It's just cat pics.

Mm-hmm. Yep. That's all. Or what's in your phone in the vault, Megan? Yeah, what's in the vault? The phone can't just send it. I'm not stupid. So you're saying I need a vault.

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