ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 3rd November 2020

Episode Date: November 2, 2020

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello, welcome to the Fleeche, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to McCafe, download the Maccas app to get McCafe rewards today. And we're a few days away here in New Zealand from Guy Fawkes. Yeah, two days out. And they've started popping up all the little stalls because the rules changed on how far out from Guy Fawkes you're allowed to sell Guy Fawkes. What are you picking up? Someone was like using the window as a mirror.
Starting point is 00:00:22 Oh. We can see right through. We can see what were they doing, checking their makeup, checking their lippy. I think it was a makeup lippy check. So in two days, yes, it's going to be Guy Fawkes and all those little Guy Fawkes kiosks that are popping up left, right and centre. So it seems like less and less people are into it these days, eh? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:00:40 But then very few places are actually even doing public displays on Guy Fawkes. Right. Very few councils. A lot of them have stripped back. I'm guessing it's a money-saving thing. Hells yes. It's not the year to be blowing lots of ratepayers' monies on fireworks. But I'm kind of a fan when it's New Year's or there's Diwali or there's a celebration.
Starting point is 00:01:03 Have fireworks then. Yes. That's more of a celebration than just some- Rather than on actual fire on Guy Fawkes. Yeah. And I've seen Wellington Zoo are asking people within a two kilometre radius around not to set it off because it freaks the animals out. Auckland Zoo kind of asking the same. Yep.
Starting point is 00:01:19 So, yeah, there's lots to consider with Guy Fawkes. Be safe. Yeah. I mean, this is coming from two people who have been very, very unsafe with fireworks in the past. Take it from us. We made the mistake so you don't have to. I blew a window out with a Roman candle.
Starting point is 00:01:35 You did, yeah. Yeah, absolute shenanigans. To be fair, though, it was one of those windows. It was in an old building, wasn't it? It was a very old thin glass window with uh the putty held into wooden joinery which actually um i don't know i know personally costs a lot more to get fixed hello good morning welcome to the show fleek's morningwn and Megan, minus Megan, who's been taken down with a bout of the diarrhea again today. Strong case of the squirts.
Starting point is 00:02:10 That's the rule. If you have a sick day, you have diarrhea. You have diarrhea. But no, she'll be right. We wish her well. But in lieu of Megan, welcome my legs to the show. Shorts today. Now, is this because I've been wearing shorts
Starting point is 00:02:28 for the last week? You wear shorts a lot more than I wear shorts to work. I've been wearing jeans and jandals lately, but I've found it's led to a sweaty quad. And it traps the heat. Yeah, right. It transfers to the arms. Right.
Starting point is 00:02:41 And then I get the sweaty pits. So, yeah, right. It's very warm, very muggy out there. Yeah, it pits. So, yeah, right. It's very warm. Very muggy out there. Yeah, it is. So, yes, the shorts are out today. Good. What is this? Don't be ashamed of those legs. Oh, I'm not ashamed. Executive
Starting point is 00:02:55 Antonio. Now that you've mentioned not to be ashamed of them, I feel like there might be some reason to be ashamed of them. What do we feel about the legs? I'm not a fan. You've got yours out. But I have Bondi Sands. Should I Bondi Sands? I'm well-pressed. Would it stick to my hair?
Starting point is 00:03:10 I actually don't mind the legs. It's more the feet. Yeah, they've got a real issue with my feet. Yeah, because they're always up in my face. I like to put them up. Maybe wear some shoes. Nah. Well, I haven't done my...
Starting point is 00:03:22 Every year at Labor Weekend, Megan sends me a special she's found for New Balance shoes, and that's when I buy her new pair of shoes. That's right. Every year for, like, the last three years. And then I just wear them every day and wreck them, and then I need a new pair by the time next summer comes around. How are you going to cope when she's on maternity leave?
Starting point is 00:03:41 Oh, she'll have so much time up her sleeve. She'll be able to send me something once a year. Yeah, should be able to personal shop for you.
Starting point is 00:03:48 Now, today, I believe, is Melbourne Cup Day. Is that correct? Yes. But is the
Starting point is 00:03:54 Melbourne Cup going ahead? I think so. I don't know, I'm not a huge horse race guy. Melbourne, yeah.
Starting point is 00:04:03 But like, are we still doing like office sweepstakes? I guess so. Melbourne, yeah. But like, are we still doing like office sweepstakes? I guess so. I guess so. Five days ago. Personally, no.
Starting point is 00:04:12 Okay, five days ago, no crowds for Melbourne Cup despite easing of restrictions. The horse race will go ahead, but there'll be no crowd allowed despite of the COVID easing in Melbourne, the restrictions easing. The horses are probably like guys
Starting point is 00:04:26 this would have been the perfect year for us to not do this and they look around at all the other horses and they're like one of us statistically
Starting point is 00:04:34 one of us isn't coming back in here no which is sad the top six is coming up yeah today's top six in the census there's going to be new questions
Starting point is 00:04:44 so I've got the top six other questions we can chuck into the census. Okay, it's coming up, the top six. Flesh,
Starting point is 00:04:51 Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. That song is still just stopping. Oh, if that's going to get you going at this time of the morning.
Starting point is 00:05:01 Wait till I tell you I forgot my Herald Premium sign-in. You just sign in and leave it. Is it Vaughan.ZMOnline.com or is it Vaughan.Smith.NZMe.co.nz? It's that one. Vaughan.Smith.NZMe.co.nz. Yeah. And then you put in your password and you've got.
Starting point is 00:05:22 Incorrect. Basically, I went to click on the story, which is behind the paywall of our print media at NZ Herald, and it's asking me for my sign-in. Now, we are given a complimentary sign-in. Yes, we are. As platinum-level employees of the company. We platinum. Not everybody's getting a free sign-in. No, no, they're not. Platinum-level employees like us, we get. As platinum level employees of the company. We platinum. Not everybody's getting a free sign in.
Starting point is 00:05:46 No, no, they're not. Platinum level employees like us, we get a sign in. It sounds like there's some levels above platinum that we could be though. Like I thought you would have said like gold elite members. Oh, platinum. No, platinum's top. Is it? Yes.
Starting point is 00:05:58 Platinum's what they brought in when gold wasn't sufficient. Oh, right. So platinum's best. Platinum's definitely best. Okay, fantastic. Platinum level employees get. Okay, fantastic. Platinum level employees get a complimentary sign-in. Even if it wasn't a platinum level,
Starting point is 00:06:10 I'd pay for it. Of course you would. Wonderful content behind the paywall. Of course you would. Huge fan of the company. Yep. But there's a story behind that paywall about Costco coming to New Zealand.
Starting point is 00:06:21 Long enough to log in to read it. I believe if you go in the chat, Anya has circumvented the... This is what Fletch does for his friends. He screencaps the story behind the paywall. My friend James the other day was like, hey, look, there's a story behind the paywall. I really want to read it.
Starting point is 00:06:39 Can you screenshot it and send it to me? And I was like, there was like five screenshots. I was like, could I go to jail for this? But then I remembered as a platinum level employee, they'd never send me to jail for circumventing the paywall. I don't believe they would.
Starting point is 00:06:52 No, I doubt they would. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Just lie. Just, you'll lose your job. Definitely. But sure. And you'll certainly go down a couple of status points
Starting point is 00:07:01 at the NZME platinum level employee. Oh, at the most. You'd be jade yeah hey that's all i've ever been with in new zealand and like to be honest i don't see it going up no uh so costco is uh coming to new zealand screenshots in the chat yeah thanks great i love it so i know where the walkman costco is going to be because I was talking to Dave for a Mitre 10. Okay, shit, you're an old mate. I said, where's it going?
Starting point is 00:07:29 Is it going up there? And he said, no, it's going down there. So if you are familiar with Westgate in Auckland, at the kind of the end of the motorway, you can actually see it from the motorway. Where there's a massive mound of dirt, which is flash dirt, where there's a massive mound of dort, that's where it's
Starting point is 00:07:46 going to be. So they started digging that area out in September. Yeah. Right. A lot of fun. They look like they're having a real hoot on all those diggers too, getting that area ready. But it doesn't look that big, but that's a massive area that's going to have the Costco
Starting point is 00:07:58 there. But now Wellington and Christchurch are like, what about my? And they want Costco's as well. And apparently that's on the plans. Yeah. On the Costco plans. Yeah. Because it's a giant area.
Starting point is 00:08:11 I was thinking Christchurch, sure, there's lots of places that could go. Wellington? It'd have to be suburban Wellington. I feel like it could be a hot job. Yeah, right. Because it could be an old industrial complex that's not been used that they could just
Starting point is 00:08:27 roll sham bowl and then build this specific thing because it's one of those destination, shopping destinations like you go there and you,
Starting point is 00:08:35 because you basically, you pay a membership fee and then you just go ham every time you go there and you buy 10,000 toilet rolls. Yeah. That sort of thing. And you,
Starting point is 00:08:43 you know those people And electronics as well There's all kinds Oh everything It's like walking in Petrol, everything Yeah it's like Tires
Starting point is 00:08:50 Yeah it's like walking into How would you describe it? Kind of like a warehouse Kmart Supermarket Yeah And there's lots of Bulk buy stuff
Starting point is 00:09:00 All of the biggest stores That you can think of In one roof Yeah It's everything I've been into one in America and it just blew my mind. I just walked around just like, whoa. It's just behind Walmart in America, right?
Starting point is 00:09:10 For the world's biggest personal retailer. So yeah, a lot of people pretty excited that this is coming to New Zealand. But yeah, news yesterday that Christchurch and Wellington also on the list. Yeah, and you can read further details at nzherald.co.nz behind the paywall. Right. You can get it free. You can get it free. I think you can get a free nzherald.co.nz behind the paywall. Right. You can get it free. You can get it free. I think you can get a free trial.
Starting point is 00:09:28 Trial. Fantastic. Don't quote me on that, but if you are going to quote someone, Vaughan Smith, platinum level NZB employee, will be a pretty powerful person to quote. I hope Bogsy, the CEO, is listening to this. Synergy. Company Synergy this morning. I'd be very proud of you.
Starting point is 00:09:43 ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Now behind the scenes, our inboxes quite often we're flooded with requests and emails of things that we might find handy to talk about. Which is great. Which is great because sometimes it can fill
Starting point is 00:10:00 a gap at 17 minutes past six that might often be filled with a hilarious story about what your sleeping style means. Yes, yes. What does it mean? Which way do you face? What way do you go? Do you face your partner? Do you not face your partner? Could this be the
Starting point is 00:10:15 terminal shot to your relationship? Is coffee good for you or bad for you this week? And is chocolate good or bad for you this week? Yes, and five reasons you should never trust your partner. So, you can imagine my delight when Mike from BNZ emailed. He's the head of their
Starting point is 00:10:31 communication. That's me bank. Is it your bank? Okay, well it's not my bank, so I'm certainly not on big BNZ money here. I'm not on big BNZ money either. I owe BNZ big money. Yeah, which is why there is big BNZ or bank money. Well, it's
Starting point is 00:10:47 Scam Savvy Week this week. And Mike, who's head of the communications, has emailed through something. And normally I'd delete this, but there was actually some interesting stats about scams. So you know what? It's work. You're in, Mike. It's in. That lady from Domino's
Starting point is 00:11:03 is going to need to try harder, though. She keeps emailing Anna pictures of smiley face pizzas. But I like, she never gives up. She never gives up. She never gives up, does she? What's her name? Domino's Deirdre. Domino's Diane.
Starting point is 00:11:19 Domino's Donna. It's Yvonne. Yvonne. Domino's Yvonne. Yvonne, if you're listening, and I don't think you are, but if you are, Yvonne, never give up. There have been some good ones, though. Yeah, keep on pushing.
Starting point is 00:11:31 Keep on pushing. Well, the rise of the scams. It is Scam Savvy Week this week, and it's broken down some statistics I thought we'd run through. 78% of New Zealanders have been the target of a scam. Have been the target of a scam, but not like... So that's 78% New Zealanders report, yeah, I believe they've tried to scam me.
Starting point is 00:11:49 And I mean, that would be anyone that's ever received a spam email, right? Yeah, right. Or, you know. Or one of those fake IRD emails. Yes. Or one of those... Remember those ones that was like,
Starting point is 00:11:59 log into your Trade Me? And I was like, oh my God, I need to log in. And then I stopped and I was like, this looks suspicious. Tricks. 61% of New Zealanders who have fallen victim to a scam have not reported it. Isn't that amazing? Because of the embarrassment.
Starting point is 00:12:13 Yeah. That's why. Yeah. They reckon amongst older people, it's a real embarrassment of how could I have been so foolish? Well, especially, yeah, when people try to rip off one of your, you know, your solo parents or your newly single parents. Yeah. And they get scammed. They're like, well, we people try to rip off one of your, you know, your solo parents or your newly single parents. Yeah. And they get scammed.
Starting point is 00:12:27 They're like, well, we can't talk about this. It's embarrassing. I can't believe this is happening. This wouldn't have happened if John hadn't fallen into that combine harvester, like that sort of thing. Yeah. And they're already going through that. Yeah, they get embarrassed.
Starting point is 00:12:38 Yeah. Quarter of all New Zealanders fall victim to a scam. Don't tell anyone. Wow. 59% of New Zealanders want to learn about how to avoid being scammed. But that would be your older. The other 40% have a scam kink where they're like, they find it hot to be scammed.
Starting point is 00:12:53 So the top five scams in New Zealand, five pretending to be a government service, like the IRD, log into your account here. The fourth biggest inheritance scam. Like your great auntie Ethel's died over here in Nigeria. Yeah, so send you a detail. What do you want me to do with all your diamonds? Nigerian fraud letters, 31%. That was the third biggest scam last year.
Starting point is 00:13:20 Number two, the tech scam phone calls, 36%. Oh, that's the whole whole it's me from Microsoft. Oh, yeah. We think your computer's been compromised. Yeah. And then they, yeah, you give them the IP
Starting point is 00:13:32 and they get a hold of your computer. Yeah. And the biggest scam in New Zealand, fake lottery prize or grants. 40%.
Starting point is 00:13:40 Yeah, but no one. 41% last year. No one's clicking on those. No, they are. So they think they've won a lottery that they never entered. Fantastic. You know who's to blame? Monopoly.
Starting point is 00:13:51 Because of the chance card. You'd flip it over, you'd be like, oh, you've won that. You're like, I don't even remember entering. And now, free money. It's real life Monopoly. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM.
Starting point is 00:14:02 From the panoramic ZM think tank, this is the top six. Hello there. It's 2023, March. That's when the next census is going to happen. And there's going to be some new questions, some new possible answers. Was the last one a bit of a visit? Do you remember that everyone did it online and then they didn't get enough?
Starting point is 00:14:26 Is that what happened? I don't know. I can't remember. I feel like it was a bit of a fizzer and not everyone did it. Did we do it online? Yeah. Was it one of those online things
Starting point is 00:14:37 that was taken to a long halfway through and you were like, I'll come back to that and then you completely forgot about it. And you went back and then it was like,
Starting point is 00:14:44 oh, we've had to reset your cookies and all your stuff's gone. You're like, you son of a... I mean, a shopping website never does that. It always remembers what you had in your cart. And then reminds you every day, do you still want to buy this? They should have talked to ASOS's people about how to make those carts never disappear. But one of the questions to do with sex, gender, and sexual identity, the Rambo community felt wasn't broad enough in its answers.
Starting point is 00:15:11 And I totally get that. There will be questions on a person's gender at birth, gender identity, and sexual identity. Okay. And you know what? If you're upset about that, they're not taking away the old answers. They're just giving some new ones. So really, you're not about that? They're not taking away the old answers. They're just giving some new ones. So really, you're not affected at all.
Starting point is 00:15:27 Yeah. You can look at that and still select straight male at birth and straight male now and not get upset about other people having options to not be straight male because you can still tick that. Yeah. Great. Just giving other people some options. They are looking for some other questions to add to the census. So I've got the top six new census questions.
Starting point is 00:15:46 Okay, good. Number six on the list of the top six new census questions, coriander, yay or nay? Such a divisive herd. Imagine, though, being able to find out how the whole country felt about coriander. New Zealand's feeling on coriander. Like, that's what they should use the census for. Let's get a few of these going.
Starting point is 00:16:06 Yeah. I'm all for it. It'll be a, yeah, it'll be a, I think it'll be pretty split. Oh. Nah. As split as the weed? Or. Ooh.
Starting point is 00:16:17 Don't know. Maybe. Nah, I think more people will be in favour of coriander. Oh, I don't know about Burmese. I don't know. Look, they're an unpredictable lot. Number five on the list of the top six new census questions.
Starting point is 00:16:27 How often do you dribble in your sleep and does it lead to those little cracks in the corner of your mouth? Okay. That's alright. They get sore. Could you use a lip balm? You yawn when you've got a little crack in the corner of your mouth. I haven't had one for a while.
Starting point is 00:16:43 Is it from dribbling? It's when you dribble in your sleep. Are you sure? It's when you sleep the whole night and you dribble and you get those little cracks in the corner of your mouth. I'm sure it is. Okay.
Starting point is 00:16:53 Don't quote me. Number four on the list of the top six new census question suggestions. Who's your favorite parent? Imagine just getting a definitive answer. It'd be mums. Mums would win. Mums would win.
Starting point is 00:17:05 But wait, how old do you have to be? No, everyone fills out the census. But imagine like, because you have to fill it out for your toddlers. Imagine being like, who's your favourite, mum or dad? And then they're like, mum! And dad's got to sit there and try not to cry. Always been not favourite.
Starting point is 00:17:21 But then if Megan was here, she would say her dad's the one that gives her the money every time she asks. So maybe he'd been not favourite. But then if Megan was here, she would say her dad's the one that gives her the money every time she asks. So maybe he'd be the favourite. But her mum always fills up her car. That's true. It's fascinating. She's getting too much. Number three on the list
Starting point is 00:17:35 of the top six new census questions. Do you always wear the same sock from a pair of socks on the same foot? What? You know if you've got a pair of socks? Yeah. You undo it and you look and you've got a pair of socks? Yeah. You put them on the, you undo it and you look
Starting point is 00:17:47 and you can see that your toe, you must have always put this on your left foot because it slightly tilts up. I don't know. I don't know this. Do not do that. When you open a pair of socks, be like, what foot have you been worn on predominantly?
Starting point is 00:17:58 You can't tell. I should switch and change them between, but I don't because then it always wears out in the same spot. I had those socks once that were left and right and they said L and R on them. Yeah. And that was the way.
Starting point is 00:18:09 Sometimes I'd put them on and realise that the right was on the left and I was like, gotta start again. Yeah. And if you've got two lefts because you've got a few pairs and they all look the same,
Starting point is 00:18:17 you can just turn the left inside out and put it on your right foot. Okay. Done that. Number two on the list of the top six nuisances questions. Dogs or cats? Oh yeah, good. Okay. Done that. Number two on the list of the top six new census questions, dogs or cats? Oh, yeah, good.
Starting point is 00:18:27 A final answer to the questions New Zealand wants answers to. And number one on the list of the top six new census questions, please list the three best excuses you've used to get out of a social occasion in the past 12 months. Yeah, my kid's sick. Kid's sick. I fell down a hole. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:46 I'm still in the hole. And sorry, your snacks aren't good enough. There's three just off the top of my head. Brilliant. That is today's top six. Hello there. Welcome to Community Notices, a segment on the show where we have a look at what's happening around New Zealand
Starting point is 00:19:10 according to local Facebook pages. Yeah, if you see anything pop up, screenshot it, flick us a message, FBMZM on Facebook. We still do it. Yeah. But sometimes people will send in screencasts being like, do you still do the buy-sell exchange segment? I say, Community Notices, of course we do. And they say, well, still do the buy-sell exchange segment? I said, community notices,
Starting point is 00:19:25 of course we do. And they said, well, how about this? How about this one? This is on the free pets in Canterbury. Rangiora to Ashburton. Okay.
Starting point is 00:19:35 I don't know. That's a very geospecific. If you're just outside. No, not for you. Not for you. Find your own free pets in Canterbury page of a slightly different setting.
Starting point is 00:19:47 Well, Troy writes on there, I'm looking for a dog, but I'm in Topol. Okay. And Scott says, why not delete this post and maybe even this group and join a local group then? You're miles off. See, there he is.
Starting point is 00:19:59 He's launching his geographic specificity to Troy. Mind you, Troy's in a different island. Troy's bloody miles away. Troy could take a journey for a dog. A free dog. A lot of people buy dogs from cats from all over the country and get them flowing. But if you just want a free one, why don't you go up and see the local animal shelter? Yeah, true.
Starting point is 00:20:19 They're always struggling to rehome cats and dogs. Yeah, true. This is from the Otaki page, which is simply called OTK364. I'm guessing 364 is their 3D code on the telephone. Shelly says, and I will say I will have to censor this because Shelly has a foul mouth. She's got the mouth of a sailor. Okay.
Starting point is 00:20:38 To the scum-sucking W Stain who damaged my car twice in three days. We will be reporting it to the cops, you absolute shit bucket. Now that's caused a little bit of outrage. Yeah, right. And people said I would have probably reported him after the first time. Why did you wait till the second time in three days? And somebody else said, mind your language. So it doesn't matter how angry you are.
Starting point is 00:21:05 It seems on that page you can't call someone a W stain. Yeah. Or a shit bucket. I don't know which one of those two insults caused particular offence. Now, this is an absolute. I was thinking of purchasing this for you. Okay. For your Christmas present.
Starting point is 00:21:19 Kat has put on the buy and swap Christchurch and North Canterbury page. Never used. Pick up in Parklands. It's a 1998 memorial calendar for Princess Diana, Princess of Wales. Wow. Cheers to Princess Diana. It was a 1998 calendar. So when could that be reused again?
Starting point is 00:21:37 Google when will a 1998 calendar repeat. How's that? Someone's already definitely Googled this. So the same years, 2009. Okay. 2015. Yep. 2026.
Starting point is 00:21:56 Well, I mean, it's... So you'd have to sit on that for five more years. But that's okay. And then imagine 2026, New Year's Day, you're a little dusty. Yeah. You hang up your Princess Diary memorial calendar. And you open it up to January. Beautiful.
Starting point is 00:22:09 And it all works. The 12 amazing photos of the Princess. Would Easter and all that still be the same? And Waitangi Day and all of that would be? Waitangi Day would be because it's anchored to a day, but Easter might not be. But that's all right. That's all right.
Starting point is 00:22:24 Just remember that when you get to Easter. Yeah. This one is posted on the Glen Eden page. Okay. A suburb of Auckland by Janelle Gary Eden. And she said, I don't live in Glen Eden. I don't even live in New Zealand. I'm not sure why I asked to be on this page.
Starting point is 00:22:41 I may have thought after a drink or two that that's something cool as my husband's name is Glenn Eden. Cool. But still, I have no idea why I actually joined. But I thought
Starting point is 00:22:52 I liked this group and man, this town or suburb is really community spirit. Look at it all, you good people posting. I've never come across so much stuff
Starting point is 00:22:59 happening in a community in one day. I think I might move there. Then I will be legit. Don't believe me because you're in, Don't delete me because you're inspiring. That's just a nice, good-hearted post from Janelle just because her husband's name is Glenn Eden and she decided to post it on the Glenn Eden page.
Starting point is 00:23:19 And finally, from the Methvin Notice Board, pregnant Katie writes, does anyone else know what that odd, disgusting smell on Spackston Street is? Can we stop for a moment to appreciate Spackston Street? Spackston Street.
Starting point is 00:23:32 Spackston Street. S-P-A-X-T-O-N. Spackston Street. I want to be polite, but it smells like burger rings. Oh, right. Okay.
Starting point is 00:23:43 Lightly chlorinated Yes. water, right. Okay. Lightly chlorinated. Yes. Water. Okay. That. She writes a J word, but I've said burger rings. And it's making me want to vomit. I am pregnant, so my sense of smell is currently heightened.
Starting point is 00:23:56 How can we get rid of said smell? Now, I don't know if mystery smell still permeates Methvin, especially down there on Spackston Street. Yeah. But Katie thought it smelled like something that made her pregnant but is making her sick when she feels pregnant.
Starting point is 00:24:12 Wow. Okay. Odd mystery smell. What a mystery. Today's community notices if you can answer Katie's question as to what that smell is on Spackston Street,
Starting point is 00:24:21 you can message us FVMZM on Facebook. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. There's a Kmart are going to start supplying something that I think my mum would have had should we have had phones when we were kids. Yep. But it's a phone jail.
Starting point is 00:24:39 I've seen these before, but generally they've been made for purpose. Right. But Kmart's going to start selling them. You put the phones in and you put the lid on and then you lock the lock and it means you can't get the phones out. You can see them.
Starting point is 00:24:54 Like you'd be able to see it if you had a notification. It's like a little jail so you'd be able to hear it and see it but you couldn't. Because it's padlocked. I'm just looking now. They need to put a wireless charging base in it so that at least while your phone's in jail, it can be charged.
Starting point is 00:25:08 But you can still poke a wire through the cage. Oh, you could charge it. So you could charge it on the bench. Okay, you could do that. You could do that. So how much are these? $9. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:18 I mean, they're of the sturdiest construction. You could definitely get into it if you put your mind to it. Oh, these even look like... Just by stomping on it. Yeah. Did you ever pick get into it if you put your mind to it. Oh, one of these even look like... Just by stomping on it. Did you ever pick a padlock when you were a kid? Yeah, like one of those little dinky padlocks on a diary or whatever, and you just stick the key in and you just jiggle it, or a stick in or a toothpick in and jiggle it until it comes out.
Starting point is 00:25:37 Unless mum actually gets a good padlock on this. Yeah. I reckon this is just going to fuel mum, though, because she'll do this and you'll be able to pick the lock and then you'll come home and she'll have had one constructed by the local engineering firm out of a you know, short of a
Starting point is 00:25:53 short of a powered grinding grinder with a diamond tipped disc. You're not going to be able to get into this thing mum's going to have constructed at the local engineering place and the padlock's going to be one of those seven star security padlocks that you can't get a... Or mum could buy a hotel safe.
Starting point is 00:26:09 That'd be a hot play for mum. Or mum would just turn off the Wi-Fi. Mum would just turn off the Wi-Fi. But then you could still play games, couldn't you? Yeah. Yeah, so that's the other thing. It can fit controllers and small tablets and stuff. But also it'd be a good place if someone broke the rules and thus they
Starting point is 00:26:26 were having their piece of technology confiscated because they can still see it. But they can't have it. The ultimate tease. Unless they got one of those pens, you know the pens with the little touchy ends that you can use as a smart pen and they put it up against
Starting point is 00:26:42 the other side of the cage and communicated through the bars. That's a possibility. But yeah, nine bucks if you're a mum that wants to hide away phones, etc. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Now, I didn't know how it worked and I hadn't thought to look into it. Returning to New Zealand into managed isolation and quarantine for two weeks until you get
Starting point is 00:27:04 the all clear and you can go to wherever you need to go to in New Zealand into managed isolation and quarantine for two weeks until you get the all clear and you can go to wherever you need to go to in New Zealand. But of course, with COVID times, things have changed. I hadn't thought of this until I saw a New Zealander trying to get home that I know saying that you could only book ahead by a certain amount of time. You couldn't go infinitely into the future and be like, I want to come home in February 2021. On the 22nd. Yeah, at the stage when she was doing it,
Starting point is 00:27:30 you could only book weeks in advance. I think it was five or six weeks in advance. So as of midnight, I believe, you need a voucher to come home. Isn't that crazy even just to say out loud? To come back to New Zealand, you need a voucher. And apparently, if you've left it till now to try to get home for Christmas, Isn't that crazy even just to say out loud? To come back to New Zealand, you need a voucher. And apparently, if you've left it till now to try to get home for Christmas, you might be out of luck because the managed isolation rooms,
Starting point is 00:27:59 all 6,200 managed isolation rooms are fully booked the fortnight before Christmas. Wow, so that'll mean people, right, so you could still come back for the new year, but you'd miss family Christmas. Well, by my reading is you could arrive home just before Christmas, the fortnight before Christmas. Yeah. But then there's two weeks of isolation, so you'd still be in there for New Year's as well.
Starting point is 00:28:16 Oh, yeah. Because it's only a week between Christmas and New Year's. So you've arrived back on the 23rd. Your first week takes you through Christmas right before New Year's, and then the second week takes you into the New Year. Right. See, I would have thought this was nuts that people wouldn't come back just for Christmas. But I was talking to a friend in London and he said his mum wanted him back so bad and he was, it's hell over there, that she was like, just come back for two months, I'll pay. And he's like, well,
Starting point is 00:28:43 I could do two weeks in isolation. Right. Mum's paying. Why not? And then be here for what, just two months and then head back? Yeah. Because if you're here for three months, you don't pay for your isolation. But if you say, oh, I'm back for good or I'm back for over three months and then you try to leave early, they sting you on the way out.
Starting point is 00:28:59 I just don't, I think mum was just going to pay. Executive intern, aren't you? You know someone as well that was, what, going to come back just for holidays? Yeah, he's booked in. He is coming back. Oh, so he's coming back. Yeah, so he wanted to have Christmas here with the fam
Starting point is 00:29:14 and also someone in his family is getting married. Right. And so do you know how long they'll be back for? I believe without quarantining at both ends, six weeks. Including four. Does he used to quarantine, is he coming back from Australia or something? He'd have to quarantine
Starting point is 00:29:33 when he goes back to the UK. But that'd be at home though, because they don't do the hotel thing like here, do they? Yeah, and he has a job where he can work remotely. Oh, okay, right. And he's happy to pay. Oh, even two weeks just to come back for a six. Is that like, I'd do it to move home.
Starting point is 00:29:52 I don't know if I'd do it for a holiday. I don't know why anyone's still not living here. Essentially, when is the UK going to its four-week lockdown? Is it, I think it's any day, isn't it? Or now? Well, yeah, yeah. It was midnight one night. I don't know if it was their Wednesday or their Tuesday. But see, they're going to be locked
Starting point is 00:30:05 down until, you know, the start of December and maybe longer. Wouldn't you just get out of there? And it's cold. It's getting into their winter. Okay, maybe two weeks isolation for a four-week holiday does sound alright. Imagine being in the isolation for the two weeks over Christmas and New Year's, though. That's the part when New Zealand absolutely
Starting point is 00:30:21 bloody shines. So that's, again, why I must remind everybody to please use the COVID tracing app. Because me, and I don't like going out, but I do at that time of the year, do some light exploring of this beautiful nation of ours. So everybody do the part. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.
Starting point is 00:30:41 Maths homework can get to the point where it starts puzzling parents. However, hopefully you get past primary school. How are you going with? All good. Right. All good. Well, you can just Google and use calculators, right?
Starting point is 00:30:57 It's not a test because you're supposed to be teaching them that they don't need that at this stage. You're teaching them that calculators. You could just be like, oh, yeah, sure. I'll just, hold on, let me work it out. I'll just go up to the toilet while I... And you go and you're like, alright, I'll go and do your thing. And you've got to work it out. That would be me.
Starting point is 00:31:12 One mum has gone online and been like, I don't, what is the answer to this? Am I missing something? What's happening? Now the reason, this is the question. Carla says, Carla says, this is in English, this is maths, it doesn't matter. Carla enunciates,
Starting point is 00:31:28 I have three hundreds counters, 17 tens counters, and 16 ones counters. Counters, like coins. We'll just say coins. What are counters? They're not coins,
Starting point is 00:31:41 they're like disks. Okay. And one might be like, one might be small and green and and that would represent the ones. And then the tens one's a bit bigger, and it's yellow. And then the threes, the hundreds are bigger yet again, and they're blue. Already I'm out. This would be-
Starting point is 00:31:55 Already I'm out. But the thing is, I don't remember doing maths like this, but everything's broken down into tens and hundreds these days. Like the kids, when they go to school, they're like, today's the fifth day we're at school. So how many counters should be in the ones column? Five. Bingo.
Starting point is 00:32:12 Oh my God. Okay. So then when you get to 10, you take all the ones counters out and you put one stick in the tens. You're like, today's the 10th day of school. How many counters should be in the ones column? 10. Or how many should be in the tens column?
Starting point is 00:32:28 One. Bingo. Yay, maths. And so we work our way through and then when they have their 100th day at school, you may or may not have seen this, often they'll do like this little mini celebration because they've filled the tens box 10 times
Starting point is 00:32:42 and they get to take all those out and fill up one in the 100. See, this is why I'm terrible at maths. The teacher would just leave us to it with a worksheet and have a ciggy out the front. Like, it was the 80s and 90s. You know, it's a different time. Different times. Different times. They vape out the front now. And they just let you do the worksheets
Starting point is 00:32:58 on the digital... On your iPad. On the iPad. Yeah. So that's basically when you understand that there's that, this isn't that hard. Because so three 100s counters, what would that add up to? 100. 300. Yes.
Starting point is 00:33:11 Oh, yeah, okay. Yes, because you've got three of them and each one of them is worth 100. Okay. 17 10s counters. I don't know. 17 times 10 equals? Bingo. Okay.
Starting point is 00:33:21 And 16 ones counters would equal? 16. Good work, hey. And so you just add all those together. Now I've got a stamp somewhere for you because you've done very well. I've done real good. I'm going to give you a sticker for your chart.
Starting point is 00:33:32 Okay. So then you add it all up and you get 486. See, when I read this story before you explained that to me, I was like, I'm out. I've got no idea what this answer is. Perhaps it did need some more clarification. But all I'm seeing in the photo that the mum put up is this question. So maybe above it there's a diagram or something.
Starting point is 00:33:54 So then it says, can Carla make two equal three-digit numbers? If so, draw the counters to show them. So that's easy. Yeah, right, okay. Because she could just work. She doesn't have to use all the counters. But then it says, can she make two equal three-digit numbers
Starting point is 00:34:08 if she uses all of the counters? So then it's just about dividing 486 in two and working out how to get them even amount in each pile. Still, I'd just be like, use Google, kid. Get it. Use your calculator.
Starting point is 00:34:21 That would confuse Google. It would be like, look, I need more information. This is why I couldn't be a teacher, because the teachers have to be good at maths and spelling and stuff. I think they have to have a better temperament and an ability to explain things in the simplest terms. Yeah, right.
Starting point is 00:34:36 That's why, and over and over and over and over and over again. That would be the worst part of the teacher, because you'd explain it once and the kid would be like, I don that was what, you'd be the worst part of the teacher because you'd explain it once and the kid would be like, I don't understand and you'd yell at them. You missed out.
Starting point is 00:34:50 And then you'd pop out front for a ciggy and a vape and leave them with their worksheets. It just seemed like that's all school was, a lot of worksheets. Heaps of worksheets.
Starting point is 00:34:58 Photocopied worksheets. I feel like the teachers are being very lazy. I remember when, like, photocopying must have always been a thing because, God, they had some time on their remember when photocopying must have always been a thing because, God, they had some time on their hands
Starting point is 00:35:07 once photocopying became a thing. They're like, God, I don't even need to write this out 100 times. And now I guess it's all on the iPad or the Chromebook or whatever. And they just Bluetooth it to you. Sure. Airdrop. Kids, I'm about to airdrop you the worksheet. Oh, shit, I've selected the wrong photo.
Starting point is 00:35:23 No one open their airdrop. You're about to see Mrs. Bits and pieces. I was going to chuck a random surname in there but I was like
Starting point is 00:35:34 actually no because there might be a T You could have said Smith because there'd be lots of those Mrs. Smith.
Starting point is 00:35:39 I know. Just the more likely the airdrop you they're nudes. So just be careful out there. ZM's Fletch Vaughughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, it's the 3rd of November today, Christmas.
Starting point is 00:35:50 How many days would Christmas be today? I've got that shortcut in my bookmarks. Just let me open that up. Christmas countdown, click. Do you use christmasclock.com? I do. 51 days until Christmas. So that means like a lot of people might work right up to Christmas.
Starting point is 00:36:05 Some people are taking the finish on the Friday the 18th. Yeah. So, you know, Christmas holidays are not far away. Executive Intern Anya, have you booked? You're a big Airbnb-er. Yeah. I've just done RMV. It's all sorted.
Starting point is 00:36:22 Okay. And like accommodation either side, but that's about it. Are you tenting? Yeah. So this is the first year that I'm tenting. So I don't know how that's going to go. But, you know, you've got to try these things. Just can't see you as a tenter.
Starting point is 00:36:37 Neither can I. What campground? Like the official campgrounds? On site, yeah. Yeah, so I've picked one that's not very noisy. Have you ever seen? Yeah. What, the boomer section?
Starting point is 00:36:51 The one that's like, it's a good walk away. The millennial boomers. Yeah. Right. So, yeah. Have you ever seen that campground when everyone's left? Wow. Yeah, it's pretty gross.
Starting point is 00:37:00 It is a sight to behold. Yeah, we'll see how we go. It is something else. We'll see how we go. Right. And this is the thing,'ll see how we go. Right. And this is the thing. I've booked nothing for summer break. And then last night, talking to friends, I was like, okay, you know what?
Starting point is 00:37:12 I'm going to have a look online and see what's available. There's not a lot left. No. It is dire. Like, I was looking at, like, all different regions of New Zealand, and I was like, okay. Like, the only stuff that's left is super expensive. Stuff that's normally really cheap that is real expensive.
Starting point is 00:37:31 Right. Or just there's nothing at all. What about areas that aren't your usual? Yeah, see, that's what I reckon I'm going to have to do. It's like holiday in a place like... Taihape. Taihape. It's got a There'd be some lovely parts of
Starting point is 00:37:49 In the central North Island But that's the thing But it's also like What if it rains And my only option is a tent I'll be on the news As one of those holiday makers that had to pack up From a camground that turned into a river.
Starting point is 00:38:05 Yeah. And you say that. You were like, oh, we were just sitting here, right? And then the rain started and then it was just like the road turned into a river. That's what they always say. It's always like, yay. And because aren't we meant to have one of those
Starting point is 00:38:16 La Nina or Nino or El Nina? La Nina. It's one of those. And apparently it's from November and we're in November apparently it's like tropical cyclones I don't look good
Starting point is 00:38:28 in a poncho you tenting at R&B in a poncho is what I'm waiting to see on the Instagram story
Starting point is 00:38:35 am I going to need to take gummies I'm going to need to buy gummies for a start just in case I mean I'm not saying it's going to rain
Starting point is 00:38:43 get a summer gummy that's a lower legged gummy don't get a's going to rain, but... Get a summer gummy. That's a lower-legged gummy. Don't get a full, like, up-to-the-knee gummy. You get a summer gummy, like a red band, not a long skeller-up.
Starting point is 00:38:52 It's a cute gummy. A jelly shoe. Yeah, that'll work. No, you'll get chafing. You'll get foot chafing. Not if you're a long sock. You'll get blisters. A sock teamed up with a jelly shoe.
Starting point is 00:38:59 You're going to look like a European tourist at R&B, and I'm here for it. Like a long, like a German walking sock. Like a German walking sock. Tamed up with a jelly shoe. Yep.
Starting point is 00:39:07 A rugged shark. Lovely. Yeah. Sensational. Yeah. That doesn't sound humid at all. Anyway, I wanted to give a warning that if you haven't booked anything for New Year's and summer holidays, you probably want to get onto it pretty, pretty quick.
Starting point is 00:39:21 Right. Because it's pretty dire. What are our thoughts on freedom camping? Well, I'm actually thinking that... If we're New Zealanders. No, because I was looking on the GC website
Starting point is 00:39:30 and there were campers and I was like, farmers don't care if you just pull up in their paddocks, eh? No, no, no, no, no. They love when you poo there too. Famously.
Starting point is 00:39:37 Okay, yeah, right. Huge fans of you doing poos on there. Well, that's right because they don't all have poos places in them, eh? Those campers. No. You've got to get one
Starting point is 00:39:43 with a poos place. They're not all self-contained. Okay. Ice cream container? get one with a poos place. They're not all self-contained. Okay. Ice cream container? Bucket with a lid? Grime. Flesh, Fawn and Megan, the podcast.
Starting point is 00:39:53 ZM. Well, well, well, look who stuck around to find out the funny name of the lady who works at the donut shop. What is the name
Starting point is 00:39:59 of the lady that works at the donut shop? Well, let me give you the background. Okay. A couple have got married at the Dunkin' Donuts
Starting point is 00:40:04 drive-thru where they first met. This is in America because they don't, because Krispy Kreme has a drive-thru here at the Auckland store. There's a drive-thru.
Starting point is 00:40:14 Oh, does it? Yes. Oh, yes, it does. It does. But the Dunkin' stores I know don't. I don't know. But yeah, no, this is definitely in America.
Starting point is 00:40:23 This is in Oklahoma. Okay. So John was a regular and he'd always go through the drive-thru. John. Yep. 45. 45 years old. John, pretty standard name.
Starting point is 00:40:34 Yep. Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes. The manager of that branch in Oklahoma, Sugar Good. Good. Her name's Sugar Good. Like good with an E? No, good without an E. Sugar Good. Sugar. Wow. First name. Good. That's Sugar Good Like good with an E No Good without an E Sugar
Starting point is 00:40:45 First name Good That's amazing That's amazing She didn't change that In some kind of Staff incentive Maybe
Starting point is 00:40:56 Maybe But they Met He ordered the same breakfast Most days That's right Because over in America They do like breakfast
Starting point is 00:41:04 And stuff Yeah And in 2018 He was like I'm gonna give This breakfast most days. That's right, because over in America, they do breakfast and stuff. Yeah, and in 2018, he was like, I'm going to give this little bit of sweetness my number. And he gave it to her, and then they started dating. Oh, wow. And then
Starting point is 00:41:15 they fell in love, and then they got married, and they got married at the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru. Where they met. Guess what? He was in the car, she was at the window, and she was in her Dunkin' Donuts uniform, and he was in his casual work attire. Wow. Okay, that is some love for the company.
Starting point is 00:41:32 Yeah, they got donuts to share with their guests, and she had a donut bouquet. Was there a donut wedding cake? Yeah, that's kind of like it had a big pile of donuts as a cake, and also just like a whole bunch of donuts as well. Wow.
Starting point is 00:41:46 And Sugar Good continues to be probably the best employee of a donut shop ever. Now, is she going to have to change her last name to what's old mate's last name? Thompson. Sugar Thompson. Sugar Thompson. Nah, you just keep it Sugar Good, wouldn't you? Sugar Good. I think if anything, he should change his name to John Good.
Starting point is 00:42:04 To John Good. Yeah. Hmm. Hmm. Or maybe they could to John Good. To John Good. Yeah. Or maybe they could hyphenate it. Thompson Good. Yeah. Thompson Good. Not the same ring. Not quite.
Starting point is 00:42:12 So here's the question we want to ask on the back of this this morning. If you had to marry your partner where you met them, where would that wedding be? Because for Vaughn, it would be the Outback in Hamilton. Yeahan it would be the Outback in Hamilton. Yeah, it would be the Outback in Hamilton. Has there been a wedding at the Outback in Hamilton? I would I'm going to go out on a limb and say
Starting point is 00:42:32 I'm pretty sure there would have been. Because if you Google wedding in the Outback it would take you to Australia. Well, I've Googled the Outback in Hamilton, the bar and they do have three areas with a total capacity of 1,600 people.
Starting point is 00:42:46 My wife had her 21st at the Outback. She did. We are a family with strong ties to the Outback. Yeah. Very strong ties. Well, it's your Hamilton, so it makes sense, doesn't it? Well, every Hamiltonian must have their roots. You'd think they'd give you a discount if you were to have your wedding.
Starting point is 00:43:01 I mean, you've had your wedding at a lovely vineyard. Yeah, yeah. Coming up 10 years ago. Coming up 10 years ago. So, I mean, you've had your wedding at a lovely vineyard. Yeah, yeah. Coming up 10 years ago. Coming up 10 years ago. So, I mean, sure, it's an option for people. But if you had to meet, if you had to marry your partner
Starting point is 00:43:11 where you met them, where would it be? What about Executive Intern Anya? Can we go to the producers? Where did you meet Mr Bun Buns? This was at uni, but I think the first time we actually met
Starting point is 00:43:23 was at a flat in Christchurch. Is it Derby or Derby if it's D-E-R-B-Y? Is that Derby? Derby Street. Right. So you'd have to get married at the flat. In the garage, specifically. Right, it's a flat party in the garage.
Starting point is 00:43:38 What about Producer Mountie? Where would you have to marry your boyfriend? Well, we met on Tinder, so I'm not sure that worked. Oh, yeah. But where did you meet in person for the first time? I didn't know you guys met on Tinder. Yeah, six years. So we're a success story.
Starting point is 00:43:50 You're keeping that quiet. Not really. Yeah, I feel like I have to. I feel like I've never asked. No, we haven't asked. It's not a very romantic story. Because I feel like back in the day, people used to lie about that. Yeah, we definitely did.
Starting point is 00:44:01 Because that was, but now it doesn't matter. No. Everyone meets on Tinder. I like to say now because everyone says Tinder is so bad. So I'm like, no, it can be good. Yeah. So where did you first meet in person?
Starting point is 00:44:13 At the AUT student accommodation. That was a Netflix and chill date. Was that a breach of the rules? Were you allowed guests of a romantic nature in your single bedroom? I didn't ask. How far did you get through your Netflix?
Starting point is 00:44:28 Do you remember what you were watching? Five minutes? I know what we were planning to watch. What were you planning to watch? All the Batman movies. Hot play. How many minutes did you get through the Batman movie? We didn't start them.
Starting point is 00:44:43 Did you even get to him being Batman? We didn't start them. Did you even get to him being Batman? We didn't start the movie. You didn't even start them. You didn't even see the brutal killing of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Unbelievable. All right, so we want to ask this morning, 0800 Giles at M. Give us a call now or you can text 9696. Where would you be getting married if you had to get married where you met?
Starting point is 00:45:02 And this does apply even for people that have been married at a proper wedding venue and maybe met somewhere a little bit unusual. Yes. Now, there has been a wedding at a Dunkin' Donuts store. The couple married where they met at the drive-thru of the Dunkin' Donuts. One of them, the manager, her name, Sugar Good.
Starting point is 00:45:21 You're still on that, aren't you? What a great name for someone who works at a Donuts bar. It is. So, we want to ask a question this morning. Where would you be getting married if you had to get married? Where you met your partner? Yes, actually some really romantic spots where you could possibly be getting married.
Starting point is 00:45:37 For example, the main beach of Mount Ponganui. However, we would have to be getting married in the back seat of a hatchback. Do you think they were part of a pile into the hatchback? Maybe. After a party kind of a thing. Or a quick hook up in the hatchback. Yeah, right.
Starting point is 00:45:55 Lay those seats down. Lots of people saying where they worked is where they'd have to get married because that's where they met their partner. And I tell you what, lots of McDonald's marriages happening. Really? Yeah. You can get married in a's where they met their partner. And I tell you what, lots of McDonald's marriages happening. Really? Yeah. You can get married in a McDonald's. We found love in the kitchen of a Macca's.
Starting point is 00:46:10 In the Nagi place. We found love in a Nagi place. Anonymous, whereabouts would you have to get married? Oh my goodness. The Mongol Moped.
Starting point is 00:46:22 Oh my God. At least it's got a nice high fence and good security too. Great security. No one's getting in. The paps aren't getting any photos. No. There's some person I can't believe I said that.
Starting point is 00:46:35 That's brilliant. I reckon there might be a drink or two for the reception. Oh, no. Thank goodness we didn't get married there. I mean, we've been married for over 10 years. Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, it would have been there.
Starting point is 00:46:46 Do you normally tell people when they ask, like, how did you meet? Are you just normally like that or something else? I'm just like, I kind of just get embarrassed and I just say, oh, we met through his brother. Oh, yeah, okay. But that's not as good a story, is it? No. Anonymous? No, it's not.
Starting point is 00:47:03 Oh, that's all right. And I feel sorry for my kids but Just tell them you met through his brother or something yeah oh that's so funny
Starting point is 00:47:11 thanks for sharing So we want to know if you had to get married where you met your partner where would it be a couple got married at the drive-thru at Dunkin Donuts
Starting point is 00:47:21 in America because that's where they met so that's where they got married So some text messages on where you'd have to get married if it was where you met. I would have to get married at my best mate's place as I'm now with his wife and I met her when they were together
Starting point is 00:47:36 and at his place. I'm guessing they're not best mates now. That's a controversial hookup there. Yeah, no, I would imagine so. Very controversial. Super controversial. Toilets at the Fish and Chip Bar in Christchurch is where we'd have to get married.
Starting point is 00:47:49 Okay. Somebody said, I met my partner at Spark Arena for the Elton John concert. So I would have to get married at Spark Arena. Presumably Elton John would be then obligated to pay. Yeah, but would you feel the pressure with your invite list to fill that place up? It's a lot of seats. I don't think I'd have enough friends. would be then obligated to pay. Yeah, but would you feel the pressure, like,
Starting point is 00:48:05 with your invite list to fill that place up? It's a lot of seats. I don't think I'd have enough friends. I'd probably pull those curtains around. When a concert doesn't sell well and they pull those curtains around, I'd just do that. My partner and I have to get married
Starting point is 00:48:17 at the port of Tauranga on a logging truck. Because we met at work and that's where we first officially met. What? Yeah. How do you met? What, like, they were the person coming in with the truck, the logging truck? Must have been.
Starting point is 00:48:28 And were they the person with the, I don't know, walkie-talkie and they're like, just park over there. Leave the arm up so they can go in, yeah. Megan, whereabouts did you meet your partner? Where would you have to get married? It's kind of cute. It's the side street behind Bar 101 in Auckland.
Starting point is 00:48:43 I know the side street. It's Elliott Street, isn't it? That one. Okay. It was nice. There was, you know, the benches and things, and I was outside not having a cigarette. It was all very nice.
Starting point is 00:48:54 There's a lovely dumpling. You've got to dodge the cars because that's a shared zone. Yep. You can hear them coming because it's cobbled. Yep. The dumplings in one of those container stores. They're good. Yep.
Starting point is 00:49:04 There's lots of those Weird little container Food distributors Wow Okay I mean I'm sure You could get Council permission
Starting point is 00:49:11 To shut the road down For a wedding Oh let's do that Little cobblestone Side street Absolutely So romantic Some girls
Starting point is 00:49:18 Toddling out of bar 101 Yeah A rubbish truck Comes down to collect The rubbish Yeah Tips the glass All the way to the back
Starting point is 00:49:24 Hey Megan Thanks for your call Shania If you had to get married Where you meet your partner Where would you be getting married A rubbish truck comes down to collect the rubbish. Yeah, tips the glass all over the place. Hey, Megan, thanks for your call. Shania, if you had to get married where you meet your partner, where would you be getting married? We actually met in high school, specifically in health class. Oh, okay. I mean, could you get married at that school? Would that be a possibility?
Starting point is 00:49:41 Well, probably not. I don't think they'd let us. No. You specifically or anybody? Anybody. Yeah. I thought maybe you'd try to burn it down or something. Schools need money, don't they?
Starting point is 00:49:53 They should start hiring out their halls for functions. Oh, yeah. They get along with all of the teachers there, so I don't think they'd be too negative about it. But if you were going to get married in the gymnasium, you couldn't wear marking shoes is all? Yeah. Yes, exactly. No shoes allowed right should i
Starting point is 00:50:06 thanks you call katie if you had to get married will you meet your partner where would you be getting married we would be getting married at town nightclub in las vegas oh you see you was your husband a kiwi as well he was a kiwi yeah so i he was living in london at the time and i'd actually just moved home from london back to seattle um and he was there in London at the time and I'd actually just moved home from London back to Seattle. And he was there for a 30th birthday party and I was there for a hen's night. And we bumped into each other. Well, we can't do Las Vegas due to COVID.
Starting point is 00:50:35 We can do Roto-Vegas or Inver-Vegas. I'm going to go Roto-Vegas. Roto-Vegas, yeah. I don't know too many people choosing Inver-Vegas. It's really my first. I don't know if Inver-Vegas is taking off. I think that's a you thing. I'm trying my best choosing InverVegas. It's really my first. I don't know if InverVegas is taking off. I think that's a you thing. I'm trying my best, InverTargo.
Starting point is 00:50:49 I'm doing all I can. Thanks for your call, Katie. Some more text messages. We'd be getting married on a goat farm. No explanation as to how they met on a goat farm. I'm imagining some sort of vet, maybe a vet. Yeah, and then the person working there. We need the backstory for that.
Starting point is 00:51:05 Somebody else said it would be a cow shed. He was a stock truck driver. Oh, yeah. And I was working there. I'd be getting married at Cook's Beach. That sounds lovely. See, so many lovely beach spots. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:18 I'd be getting married at a bus stop outside McDonald's on Queen Street. That's a lovely place to meet someone. So you're saying that some people struck up a random conversation at a bus stop? Yeah. Must have been drunk, eh? Must have been. Because I wouldn't do that sober. At a primary school outside the principal's office.
Starting point is 00:51:36 So they must have met when they were like, primary school sweethearts. Yeah. Wow. Or they met there, but they didn't get together for. Or they were just two solo parents waiting for parent-teacher interviews. That's true. And they were there, but they didn't get together for... Or they were just two solo parents waiting for parent-teacher interviews. That's true. And they were sitting on those little chairs.
Starting point is 00:51:49 And they're trying to make it sound like a primary school love story. Here's another school, one. We'd have to get married in, I'm not going to say what school, they've listed what school, as they were a teacher and I was a student. Oh! Scandal! Scandal. Art teacher. Scandal. Scandal.
Starting point is 00:52:05 Art teacher. Definitely. Or PE. It's always the PE or the art teacher. Sometimes a maths teacher will pull one out of the bag. And you're like,
Starting point is 00:52:13 hey, good for you. Good for you, maths. It's never, it's never a chemistry teacher though, is it? Nah, nah. The sciences are pretty quiet when it comes to hooking up
Starting point is 00:52:20 with students. Which is either a great, I think it's a great indictment on the science department. It's fantastic. Isn't it? That they're working professionals. They are, yeah. That's definitely the approach I'd take if I was a science teacher that couldn't
Starting point is 00:52:36 get any anyway. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Fleshforn and Megan's Radio Tinder. Radio Tinder, Radio Tinder. It's just like Tinder, but it's on the radio, so you can hear the awkwardness. So depending on how you do Tinder,
Starting point is 00:52:52 maybe less people partaking. Yeah, true. Because sometimes you might sit around with a group of friends, and you might have more friends than we have listeners. That's just a fact. That could happen. That could happen. All right, well, let's meet our Radio Tinder contestant.
Starting point is 00:53:05 Spitting the wheel on Radio Tinder today, a yoga-loving karaoke queen, this Scorpio wants someone who's outgoing, funny, and has a great smile. But if you're a dickhead, put the phone away because she's one of ZM's finest weekend announcers. And if you break her heart, we will find you and we will kill you.
Starting point is 00:53:27 Meet Celia. Celia, good morning. Hello. Scorpio, that means you've just had your birthday. Yes, over the weekend. Okay. Scorpios, aren't they quite a handful? We're passionate people.
Starting point is 00:53:43 Passionate, yes. What's your, you're in Sydney's The Scorpion, isn't it? That's your name, Scorpio. Yeah. Weird if it wasn't. Now, how long have you been single for?
Starting point is 00:53:54 Let's start with the hard questions. 10 months. 10 months, okay. You were due to go overseas, weren't you, this year? But then COVID all happened. COVID ruined that. I was meant to move
Starting point is 00:54:05 to Canada in April. Right. So what if you made a honey and like the world just opens back up? Would you stay for him? Oh, it depends. That's a big question.
Starting point is 00:54:16 Okay. Or maybe go travelling with him. Oh, that would be ideal. Yeah. Okay, but what if someone's done their travelling? They're done, they're like,
Starting point is 00:54:23 no, I'm back in New Zealand for good now. Would that be kind of a little bit an anchor? Would that be an off-putting thing? Or do you think you could go without them and then come back to them? I really feel like it depends on the person because I definitely do need to do some travel. Okay.
Starting point is 00:54:35 Yeah. Right. So you'd probably want someone that wants to travel and likes travelling as well? Okay. And what kind of guy are you looking for? Just someone nice someone okay uh kind-hearted fun spontaneous okay adventurous um yeah just someone who gets along with everyone
Starting point is 00:54:57 i guess what about age range how old did you turn at this recent birthday? 26. 26. So what's your upper range? What are your settings at? I think maximum 32. Okay. Yeah. Okay, so not into the older guy? No, unfortunately not. I feel like I'm quite young at heart.
Starting point is 00:55:18 Right, right. Okay. And what about low range? 24. Oh, this is a very small window. Small window. Okay, well, I mean, give or take a couple. I mean, you never know.
Starting point is 00:55:33 Never know. What are any other questions before we open up the phone lines, Vaughan? What are you thinking? What about like physical features? Like what about height and stuff? I'm all about a good smile. Love nice teeth. And nice arms.
Starting point is 00:55:50 Nice arms? Does Morn have nice arms? The deal of the... No, you've been working out. Who's got nice arms? Tennis player Rafael Nadal? He's got good arms. He's got good arms. So do you want big arms? Not necessarily, just like nice toned's got good arms. He's got good arms. Yeah. Okay. So do you want big arms?
Starting point is 00:56:05 Not necessarily. Just like nice, like toned arms. Strong arms. Strong arms. Okay. Yeah. So you've got to be able to like do pull-ups then,
Starting point is 00:56:13 right? Yeah. Can you do pull-ups? Yeah. Can you do pull-ups? Of course I can do pull-ups. This isn't about me. Vaughn's off the market.
Starting point is 00:56:21 And those arms. You've got these. Arms. ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. TheM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Radio Tinder. And we're joined today for Radio Tinder by Celia, who works with us here at ZM. Megan's away sick today, so Executive Intern Anya has asked either Vaughan or myself
Starting point is 00:56:39 to ask the romantic questions. Apparently, I'm not romantic enough. What kind of romantic questions? What kind of romantic questions? What kind of romantic questions do you want us to ask? You did quite well to start with, like, what are you looking for in a man? Yeah, that was really great there.
Starting point is 00:56:57 What about something more about Celia? Like, what are your strengths and weaknesses? Oh, that's not a job interview, though, is it? SWOT. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. What's your strength? Oh, mine. Oh, my strength.
Starting point is 00:57:13 You seem like quite a patient person. Thank you. Because in our meetings, sometimes I don't listen the best. And you never yell, which is nice. All right, well, let's meet our first contestant for Radio Tinder. Good morning, Evan. Morning, guys. How are you?
Starting point is 00:57:31 Good. All right, Celia, I'm going to hand over to you. Hi, Evan. How are you going? Good. How are you, Celia? Good. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:57:38 So, first question. If you were to go on any reality TV show, what would it be? I would say Love Island. Oh, I love Love Island. Yeah, but do you love the people on Love Island? I do. I like the people on Love Island.
Starting point is 00:57:53 Yeah, but do you love the situation? Would you want to date one of them, you know? Well, they're all quite hot. Some of them. Yeah, exactly. Now, Evan, just some background. You're from Wellington.
Starting point is 00:58:04 Yeah. And you're 21. Yeah, so I'm under her age background. You're from Wellington. Yeah. And you're 21. Yeah, so I'm under her age range. All by one. But I'm almost 22. Okay. All right. And we could lie and say you're 23.
Starting point is 00:58:14 Would your friends and family describe you as mature, Evan? I would like to think so. Okay. Okay. And what do you do for a job? I work in private security. Okay. All right. Security. There you go. That's what for a job? Work in private security. Okay.
Starting point is 00:58:25 All right. Security. There you go. That's what they say when they're like a SAS. Yeah, they do when they're a secret agent. Yeah. James Bond over there. Or an undercover policeman. Old Evan Bond.
Starting point is 00:58:36 Okay. All right. You've got some questions? More questions? So if the world was open right now, where would you go? I'd like to go back to Italy. Back to Italy. What were you doing over there?
Starting point is 00:58:47 I did an OE, the end of school, so I went around most of Europe and a bit of Canada as well. Nice. What part of Canada did you go to? Yeah, we're going to go to Canada. I know. That's great. I went to Montreal.
Starting point is 00:58:59 Oh, amazing. That was on my bucket list. Bonjour. Do you speak French? I don't speak French. No, I don't speak any other language, unfortunately. I do want to learn Italian or German, though. Oh, nice.
Starting point is 00:59:11 Nice. And, yeah, I've got another question. What's your hype song? My what, sorry? Your hype song, like before you've got something big on. Oh, it's usually something by Dua Lipa. Oh, okay. Is that just because we played Dua Lipa. Oh, okay. Is that just because we played Dua Lipa?
Starting point is 00:59:28 No. No, I just like her music. Okay, all right. I do love a bit of Dua Lipa. It's a yes, Evan. It's a yes, Evan. Evan Bond. It's a yes.
Starting point is 00:59:43 We welcome to Radio Tinder, Andrew. Good morning. Morning. All right Radio Tinder, Andrew. Good morning. Morning. All right. Now, Andrew, you are 35 from Auckland and you are a structural engineer. I am. But I'm wondering, 35, it's a bit of a push, is it? Well, so is 21, so.
Starting point is 00:59:58 I'm young at heart, though. I'm young at heart. Young at heart. Okay. All right. So if you could be in any movie, what would it be? Probably James Bond. Yeah, good.
Starting point is 01:00:09 Okay. Just checking. Would you be James Bond? Or would you be like an extra? No, I'd be James Bond. Oh, you'd be James Bond. Okay. Andrew, what's your favourite carb? Carb?
Starting point is 01:00:23 Carb. No, carbohydrate. What a great question. Holyb? Carb. No, carbohydrate. What a great question. Holy. Wow. Yes. Well, I just cooked a potato salad last night, and that was a pretty good one.
Starting point is 01:00:32 But is it your favourite? Because you know you can fry those carbs, eh? Maybe the next day, eh? And what about garlic bread? Yeah, definitely. Garlic pizza. But not before a date. I wouldn't have garlic bread before my date was earlier.
Starting point is 01:00:47 Yeah. Okay, good for you. Thank you. And what are you usually up to on a Friday night? Friday night? Usually go out with some friends, either keep it chilled or a couple of beers. And yeah, I mean, I'm doing a couple of renovations at the moment,
Starting point is 01:01:06 so I don't want to have too many beers on a Friday night because I have to get up before the Saturday, but then go out more, you know, Saturday night. Okay. Homeowner are you, Andrew? Homeowner? Oh, she's already given you a thumbs up. We don't need to know your property report there.
Starting point is 01:01:18 Hold on to yourself. She wants that property, Andrew. Wait there. Johnny. Aucklander homeowner. Johnny, 25 in Christchurch. Good morning. Morning. How are you going? Morning. Good, there. Johnny. Aucklander homeowner. Johnny, 25 in Christchurch. Good morning. Morning.
Starting point is 01:01:28 How you going? Morning. Good, mate. Good. All right, Celia, you've got some questions. Hello. If you could max out your credit card at one store and not pay the bill, what store would you choose?
Starting point is 01:01:38 Oh, I don't know. Probably just some sort of clothes shop, like Ripple Sport maybe. That's just extensive. Yeah, and you get everything because you can get some balls and you can also get some activewear and a tent. Yeah. Oh, yeah, and some fishing rods, I guess. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:01:55 And an NBA singlet. What's up there? So, Johnny, what is your weirdest deal breaker? Oh, body odour. I can't stand it. Yeah, same, same. Good, good. Body odour, right.
Starting point is 01:02:10 Do you know what was coming up the escalator when I was at the supermarket yesterday and the guy in front of me had ridiculous body odour? Okay. Well, he might have had a condition. I don't know. I can't speak to him. I can't speak to his body odour issue here.
Starting point is 01:02:24 He literally just went into the supermarket, buy deodorant. know. I can't speak to him. I can't speak to his body odor issue here. But it literally just meant it's a supermarket. Buy deodorant. Oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah. Maybe he had, but he didn't feel comfortable putting it on in store. I just maybe be a little less judgmental. If people you don't know, Fletch, you don't know the situation. He smelled terrible.
Starting point is 01:02:40 I think you're allowed to be a little judgy. Are you not? I get what I want. But you can't even be judgy anymore. No. All right. Final question. What's your favourite ice cream flavour?
Starting point is 01:02:50 Oh, rum and raisin. Oh, God. Oh! Oh, my God, rum and raisin! You're gone! You're gone, Johnny! Born wanted a date. Yeah, I love a little rum and raisin.
Starting point is 01:02:59 A little walnut, a little maple. Johnny, but you're not, come on, you're not 65. Rum and raisin? Celia's not going to be able to share that with you. No, I you know what? Come on. You're not 65. I'm sorry. I mean, raisin. Celia's not going to be able to share that with you. No, I hate that. I hate that. I'm not sharing. Johnny's not sharing.
Starting point is 01:03:11 See, it wouldn't have worked out anyway. Here's the house of cards that is Johnny comes crumbling down. Daniel, 29, in Auckland. Good morning. Morning. How are you? Oh, you're right in the middle of this age. You're right, like, right in the middle of the age bracket that she's put forth.
Starting point is 01:03:25 That's always a good thing. Hey, Daniel. Hey, good morning. How are you? Good. How are you? Good, thank you. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 01:03:32 Get a room. So, if you had a date of yourself and unlimited money, what are you going to do? Oh, God. That would be the dream scenario. I don't know. Yeah, that's a really tough one. My old man would say invest it. Boo!
Starting point is 01:03:51 Boo! But that's not how I roll since it's Melbourne Cup Day and there's probably a fair amount going down on that. Okay, so you could be a problem gambler. Just to keep that in mind. Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's settle down. You like the occasional gamble. It's not a problem yet. Okay, good, good. All's settle down. You like the occasional gamble. Not a problem yet. Okay, good, good. Alright, Daniel.
Starting point is 01:04:07 Next question. This is kind of a random question, but if you could smell like a specific food for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Oh, God. I've got a bit of Spanish heritage, so I'd have to go with some sort of Spanish flavour because I feel like that's something that you
Starting point is 01:04:23 don't really get sick of and you don't get a lot of over here. Nice wedging in there that you've got some Spanish ancestry. Yeah, that was a hot play. That was a hot play, Celia. But no one wants to smell like paella. Paella. Or Spanish sausage. He is, he smells like a chorizo.
Starting point is 01:04:41 Everybody knows old chorizo, Dan. Wouldn't you go for a nice, like, a citrus smell? Like a Valencia orange. Yeah, or an orange or a lemon, because then that's like a clean smell, isn't it? It's associated with clean. Whereas if you smell like a banana for the rest of your life, that'd be horrible.
Starting point is 01:05:03 That'd be weird. Yeah, but you don't want to smell like Ajax, you know? No, no. You're right, there's a fine line between lemon and lemon pledge. Dan, do we settle on what you would want to smell like?
Starting point is 01:05:17 Paella. It is paella. Yeah, we'll go paella. A huge pan of shrimpy paella. I think you normally see it at a music festival and you're like, how long has that been sitting here? I don't know, how hot's that? And final question, what's your go-to karaoke song? Karaoke with me is like a bit of a rollercoaster, really.
Starting point is 01:05:37 You've got to start with the highs, drop down to some lows, get back to the highs. All my friends will tell you that too. Yeah, it's a bit of a nightmare when I'm there. Hold the mic. But what friends will tell you that too. Okay. Yeah, it's a bit of a nightmare when I'm there to hold the mic. But what song? He's a Mike Hogg.
Starting point is 01:05:49 He's a Mike Hogg. So Celia loves a bit of karaoke. I do. You'll never get the mic off of him. Oh, I do love
Starting point is 01:05:56 the Angel of Robbie Williams. That's probably the belter. Okay, okay. It's a yes! Song choice and love of karaoke. Some Spanish heritage and he smells like paella. Ah, paella, okay. It's a yes. Song choice and love of karaoke. Some Spanish heritage and he smells like paella.
Starting point is 01:06:08 Ah, paella, Dan. Daniel is in. We've got time for one more. We welcome to Radio Tinder. Jared, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. 27 in Auckland.
Starting point is 01:06:19 Celia. Hello. Hi. So if you were to trade lives for someone for a day, who would it be? Oh, gosh. Bear Grylls. You bet he drinks his own pesto. Not very often, though.
Starting point is 01:06:35 Yeah, I mean, he doesn't do that every time. No, not every time. Okay. So you're like a keen adventurer. Oh, you know, I would be up for some adventure for a day, you know, and then go. And then go what? And then go back home and watch some Netflix. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 01:06:54 All right. That sounds good. If you could go back in time to any decade, where would you go? You know, I'd be really keen to go back to, like, the Stone Age and just to see how simple life was back then or how difficult life was back then. So you'd go back with your iPhone and your Apple Watch and you'd show them a thing or two?
Starting point is 01:07:19 Yeah, or I'd go back to, like, the 50s and 60s because I work in cinema and, you know, I'd have like all of these ideas that people have never thought of before. Oh, yes. Yeah. Good idea. Cool. And what do you have for breakfast? I actually don't eat breakfast.
Starting point is 01:07:40 I'm doing that intermittent fasting thing. Oh, no. She wants a breakfast later, Ger thing. Oh, no. She wants a breakfast eater, Jared. I love food. I love food. I'm eating constantly. All right. Well, Celia, not bad.
Starting point is 01:07:55 Thank you, Jared. Thank you to our contestants this morning for Radio Tinder. A few matches there. Three hot leads. Evan, Andrew and Daniel, but Johnny and Jared. The two Js. Although one of them does smell like paella. Daniel smells like paella. I'll put a question mark behind it beside him for
Starting point is 01:08:11 scent. Let us know how you get on Celia. I will. Thank you. Thank you. Lovely. Megan's away today, sick, but sort of just be the two of us for Fact of the Day. Oh, okay. You don't want to join in?
Starting point is 01:08:29 Ouch. Well, no, you're not trained. You're not trained. Ouch. Have you ever done the Fact of the Day jingle before? No, but I reckon I could do it. Many, many reckon. Many reckon and many fail.
Starting point is 01:08:41 I've only heard it a bajillion times. Yeah, I know. Okay, well, do you know what? You can join us for the in, and if it's not acceptable, you won't be joining us for the out, and we'll be Simon Cowell ruthless. Okay. It's time for...
Starting point is 01:08:55 Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Not bad Not bad I feel you held that though You're like the kid in choir that mouths the words Oh my god, excuse me Or the kid in orchestra that pretends to play the trumpet That was me I just sat in orchestra just being like
Starting point is 01:09:24 Pushing it Pushing the buttons tends to play the trumpet. That was me. I just sat in orchestra just been like pushing it. Pushing the buttons. Today's fact of the day is about Worcestershire sauce. Yep. Worcestershire. Okay. Worcestershire.
Starting point is 01:09:34 Worcestershire. Worcestershire. Worcestershire sauce. Worcestershire? Worcestershire. Worcestershire. Yes. Worcestershire.
Starting point is 01:09:44 Yep. But then it says Worcestershire. Worcestershire. Yes. Worcestershire. Yep. But then it says Worcestershire. Worcestershire. Just say it fast. Just say it fast. Worcestershire sauce. Worcestershire sauce. So here's where I got a bunch of facts about Worcestershire sauce.
Starting point is 01:09:57 Okay. It's got anchovies in it. Really? Yep. Traditional Leanne Perrins Worcestershire sauce had anchovies in it. Okay. And continues to have anchovies in it. You can't get a non-fishy version.
Starting point is 01:10:09 Okay. Here's another fact of the day about Worcestershire sauce. Lian Perrins made the first Worcestershire sauce. And you can still buy it in a bottle that almost looks pretty similar to what it looked like when it was first released. Yeah. And when other people started making Wushashire sauce, Lee and Perrins were like, excuse me, we will sue you.
Starting point is 01:10:31 And a judge said, I'm afraid that your sauce has reached a point where it has become the generic name. And you don't own Wushashire. Really? Because that's a place. So you don't actually own this so other places can sell your sauce and call it Wushashire sauce. Wow, that's cheeky. So you don't actually own this, so other places can sell your sauce and call it Worcestershire sauce. Wow, that's cheeky, isn't it?
Starting point is 01:10:48 Yeah. But the main fact of the day is what country do you think consumes the most Worcestershire sauce per capita? This is a trap because I would say the UK, but it's not going to be, is it? No, it's not the UK. They do love it.
Starting point is 01:11:03 They really get into it. Is it a European country? No. Is it an is it? No, it's not the UK. They do love it. They really get into it. Is it a European country? No. Is it an Asian country? No. Is it America? It's in the Americas. Mexico. Nope. Down. Is it South America? No, no. It's in the middle Americas. I'm just going to say. It's El Salvador. El Salvador. Do they love it? El Salvador love the Worcestershire sauce. So they pretty much drink a bottle per person per year,
Starting point is 01:11:35 which is the highest per capita consumption in the world for Worcestershire sauce. They call it their salsa inglesia, which means English sauce. English sauce, yeah. Or salsa Perens, which is Peren sauce, but it's a Worcestershire sauce. Yeah, right. And they consume, yeah, a bottle each per year, which is far higher than any other country when it comes to Worcestershire sauce. Who knew?
Starting point is 01:11:56 So today's fact of the day is that El Salvadorians love them some Worcestershire sauce. Worcestershire. Worcestershire. Worcestershire sauce. Worcestershire. Worcestershire. Worcestershire sauce. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Producer Jared had a Halloween party. This is an annual event for his flat.
Starting point is 01:12:32 They have a Halloween party. So we were invited or we weren't invited? Yeah, we got invited on Facebook. Everyone knows you were invited. And he said we were only invited because he knew we wouldn't go. No, that was to cover my own hurt feelings. Oh, right. Okay, so you did want us to go.
Starting point is 01:12:48 Of course. Aw. Fletch, you literally put maybe in the Facebook event. That's a Fletch classic. At least I'm not building up anybody's expectation. No, but that's exactly. No, you put going and then I knew you weren't going to come, so I switched it to maybe.
Starting point is 01:13:02 Did you switch it to maybe? Oh, power play. Oh, wow, that was a power play. Because I'll quite often put maybe because I don't know what I'm doing that weekend when I get an invite two months out. When someone actually asks you first and you're like, maybe not. Yeah, because I don't want to switch from a yes to a no because that's way worse than going from a maybe to a no.
Starting point is 01:13:23 You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah. It's fair. There's from a maybe to a no. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. It's fair. There's Facebook etiquette here, people. In my efforts to remain a social recluse, but a nice guy, I said how was the party? And made some general inquiries as to the party and that was when we found out
Starting point is 01:13:37 there was a few things, a few different chit-chat pieces about the party, but then Jared told us this little tidbit. What did you tell me that made me go, what? Someone brought a baby. At what time of the party did this baby appear? Would have been
Starting point is 01:13:54 probably 10, 30, 11-ish. What time did the baby stay till? I can't remember. I wasn't around when the baby left. But it was very late. I think I went tomorrow. Oh, you can't remember. I wasn't around when the baby left. Where did you go? But it was very late. Right. I think I went to my room.
Starting point is 01:14:08 Oh, you don't? Can't remember. Okay. So you passed out before the baby did? Probably, yeah. This is, how old was this baby? I'm just like blown away by this. I want to say six to eight months.
Starting point is 01:14:22 Craziness. Like it was definitely an infant, not a toddler or anything. Could they not get a babysitter? I'm not sure. I think the baby was part of their costume because they also brought their dog. They brought their dog as well?
Starting point is 01:14:34 Yeah. What baby? What was the costume? They were dressed like kind of safari-y. Yeah. And the baby was dressed kind of monkey-y. As a monkey? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:14:45 So the monkey was holding on to them and they were like a safari. Yeah. They could have done that hangover costume. Yes. With the baby harness. And the front pack. That would have been good.
Starting point is 01:14:52 That would have been a good one. Wow. That's a weird, that's... Was it loud? The party was loud? It was a pretty doofy party. Party-ish. Pretty naughty, wasn't it?
Starting point is 01:15:01 Party-ish, party-ish. I thought, I thought. It's a bit naughty. It's a bit naughty. I mean, I'm not a parent, so I can't. You're a parent. But even taking a pet to a party. You don't take a pet to a party.
Starting point is 01:15:09 No. You don't take your pet to somebody else's party. Well, unless you're going as Scooby-Doo and you're Thelma Dinkley. Velma Dinkley? Velma. Thelma. No, Velma. That's Thelma and Louise and Velma Dinkley.
Starting point is 01:15:20 Yes, Velma Dinkley. Yeah, so you'd be Velma. I'd be... Don't say you're Daphne if I'm Velma. Although Velma has had a sexy resurgence lately. Yeah, yeah. So you'd be Velma, I'd be... Don't say you're Daphne if I'm Velma. Although Velma has had a sexy resurgence lately. Yeah, yeah. And then, you know, we'd have a dog as Scooby-Doo. Right, yeah.
Starting point is 01:15:35 I think we should probably just go as Fred and Shaggy. I don't think we should dress that woman just for the... Hey, it's 2020, we can do whatever we want. Yeah, okay. We will not be judged. No, fair enough. So... Anyway, that's the only acceptable time that you should take a dog to a party is if you're going as
Starting point is 01:15:51 Daphne and... Whoa, dog or baby. I don't think that's a weird thing to take to a party. I was fine with the dog. I just wasn't expecting the baby. A baby, you know, I wouldn't expect a baby either. We would like to, on the back of this shocking news of somebody bringing an infant,
Starting point is 01:16:07 small, tiny, little baby to a party, ask, what is the weirdest thing that someone has brought to a party? What has someone turned up to and they've got? Yeah, and you're like... Because, you know, drunk shenanigans happen. Yeah. And people just arrive, don't they,
Starting point is 01:16:24 with things. Maybe not living. Maybe an inanimate object they collected along the way. Mannequins happen. Yeah. And people just arrive, don't they, with things? Hmm. Maybe not living. Maybe an inanimate object they collected along the way. Like a giant statue. Yeah. Or something living that they had no... Parnia of the Reef.
Starting point is 01:16:36 I don't want Parnia of the Reef for my party. That is... You've stolen that and that is a valuable metal. Yes, they did. Oh, they did find that. Okay. But what did somebody turn up to a party with? Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast.
Starting point is 01:16:47 ZM. So we want to know the weirdest thing that somebody's turned up to a party with after a small, tiny baby was, well, appeared at producer Jared's party at the weekend. As part of a costume, apparently. So that's an exception. You're allowed to bring an infant baby to a party at 11 o'clock at night. That'd be still frowned upon. Some text messages in.
Starting point is 01:17:07 I was at a nightclub a few years ago. There was a guy walking around handing out celery sticks and I said, where's the dip? And he pulled a container of hummus out of his back pocket. Wow. It's very unusual. I like that. The entire situation.
Starting point is 01:17:20 Somebody else said, a guy from school bought a bag of lamb's tails to chuck on the brazier at my 16th to cook up for everyone to eat. Lamb's tails not for everybody. What? Darren, what did somebody turn up to a party with? Sorry, sorry, what was that? A coffin. A what?
Starting point is 01:17:38 Right, okay. Who was in it? No one. It was a letter P party, so they came as pallbearers. So six guys brought in a coffin Wow That is good from them That is good from them
Starting point is 01:17:50 Yeah I like that Brilliant And a bit of a somber mood Easy to put on You know just a shirt A suit Sometimes just a shirt
Starting point is 01:17:58 Just a shirt And then you've got the P party And then also That could be a seat or a table If seating Was short at the party. Yes. Or a table.
Starting point is 01:18:08 Put your feet up. An ottoman. A wooden ottoman. Play poker on the table. Exactly. Great options. Thanks, Darren. 30 German exchange students turned up to my party.
Starting point is 01:18:16 No one owned up to inviting them. My house was quite off the road, so they definitely just didn't wander in. Very unusual amount of people to bring to a party. Okay. But they stayed? people to bring to a party. Okay. But they stayed. They had a wunderbar time. We're talking about the weirdest thing that turned up to a party
Starting point is 01:18:34 after a baby came to produce Jared's Halloween party with its parents, not by itself. Not old enough to walk, but apparently old enough to be strapped into a front pack and come to quite a noisy party. Don't know. Not for me. So we want to know the weirdest thing that you've seen turn up to a party.
Starting point is 01:18:51 Somebody said, I turned up to my sister-in-law's 40th birthday with a three-day-old lamb and a nappy. Everybody thought I was crazy, but it needed to be fed, and I was going to be there longer than it needs to turn its feed. Oh, so they weren't taking it for a joke. No. It needs to be fed. Okay, fair enough.
Starting point is 01:19:05 And that would have actually gone down quite well because it's cute. Are they cute? That age? Yes. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. There you go. Very, very cute.
Starting point is 01:19:16 Nan almost took a corpse to a New Year's Eve party back in the 80s. Grandad was dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi for this New Year's Eve party And just as they were leaving To go to the party, poor old grandad had a heart attack Over the kitchen sink and got his head stuck between the taps She went in and she said come on
Starting point is 01:19:32 And she thought he was playing around but he was deceased And she still wanted to go to the party No word what if she ended up going to the party Because I mean what could she have done for grandad He was already gone That's such an old mate thing to say. Well, I mean, I'm dressed up
Starting point is 01:19:47 and they would have wanted me to go. Yeah. I can't. Popped him in the fridge. He'll keep till I get home. I was at a ice bar very recently and a couple took a baby
Starting point is 01:20:00 that was very young. An ice bar? Yeah. Like the minus five? Yeah. Oh, okay. But everybody was just looking at them like, what are you doing?
Starting point is 01:20:08 Like, what? You don't come in here with that. Somebody said, I was walking to a party and I found a kitty cat. And I picked up the kitty cat. It was a very young kitten. And the kitty cat is still with us.
Starting point is 01:20:21 Eight years later. What if they catnap somebody's kitten? Well, I don't know. Good question. I mean, hopefully they did the research, maybe checked up some posters or
Starting point is 01:20:30 something. Yeah. Wow. All right, Tony, what did you turn up to a party with? Yeah, so I went to a friend's birthday
Starting point is 01:20:38 party. Yeah. And they live on a farm, so I thought I took a sheep along to the birthday party because I thought it would be funny. Okay, you'd just take a sheep along to the birthday party. It's probably a bit funny.
Starting point is 01:20:46 Okay, you'd just take a sheep along? Where did you get the sheep from? Yeah, so my other friend owned the farm, so he said, oh, you can take one of my sheep, it's fine. So I just took one of his sheep and then gave it to my other friend's birthday party. So I said, hey, go get a sheep for him. Did they keep the sheep? Yeah, of course they kept the sheep.
Starting point is 01:21:02 Oh, sorry, what a stupid question. So it was a present? Yeah, basically course I kicked the sheep. Oh, sorry, what a stupid question. So it was a present? Yeah, basically, yeah. Right, right. I thought it was a prank and that there was a sheep, but they're a farmer, so they do something with the sheep. That's brilliant. Well, you know, I was thinking, you know,
Starting point is 01:21:16 you've got to do something extraordinarily extraordinary, you know, that no one's done before. Yeah, because, you know, people just get a voucher normally, don't they? Well, they do, you know, so I thought, you know, I thought I'd take it the next level up, you know. You're a good friend, Tony. You're a good man. So this person's not, though.
Starting point is 01:21:31 They said they were having their bridal shower. It was a big party. Someone who was an acquaintance got an invite, like a cusp invite. Oh, yeah. Like, will they invite them? Will they not? Not really a friend. More of an acquaintance.
Starting point is 01:21:42 And when they came in, they were carrying a big box. And they were like, oh, my gosh, they've bought were like, oh my gosh, they've bought like food. No, they bought their entire Arbonne collection. And they tried to turn their bridal shower into an Arbonne sales pitch. And said there was, nobody was having it. No one was having it at all. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's free and Clinton to listen to?
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