ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 4th September 2020

Episode Date: September 3, 2020

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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche Morning Megan podcast. It's thanks to McDonald's, your favorites are available in drive-thru and McDelivery. And it's Father's Day on Sunday. What are you doing? I don't know. Because it'll be a surprise, won't it? There's a dinner, but I might commandeer breakfast and do breakfast on the beach. Oh, okay.

Drive down the beach and have a little barbecue breakfast. Yeah, it's pretty cool. It depends. That's completely weather dependent. Do you get stuck in sand now? Is this what you do? Do you drive on the sand? No, once you're down on the beach, it's fine.

I have been stuck in the sand before, but that was because of how dry last summer was and the dryness. There was no clumping sand just under the surface. And you were rescued by Celebrity Chef. I was. Mike van der Elzen, yes, who I feel I owe a debt of gratitude to. Forever. For saving me.

No, I think that's all. You'll be calling your father, John, will you? Absolutely. Yes. Yep. I'm also a cat dad, so I'll probably get something from Murray. Yeah. Oh, for sure.

Scratches. Cuddles. Scratches and cuddles. Yep. And. I'll be calling Woz. You'll be calling Woz. I might FaceTime him.

Whoa. Love a good shot of his chin whoa yeah and his glasses and him being like where are my glasses and then I'm finding his glasses and then holding the phone at arm's length yeah

yeah because he's got his he's got his reading glasses that are seeing glasses or whichever way around that goes yeah that happens one way or the other yeah well if

you're a father have a great Father's Day. If you have a father, don't forget that it's Father's Day. ZM. Head music. Lives here. Fleece, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Welcome to the show, Fleece, Vaughan and Megan.

Happy Friday. Yay. And as you heard Ash mention, the Cabinet will meet today to decide if... This is the Parliamentary Cabinet. The Parliament, yeah, Cabinet, not your bathroom Cabinet, meet today to decide if we go to Level 2 or not. Level 1, rather, from Level 2. And this is the first weekend Auckland's out of Level 3. Yep.

The Prime Minister... That felt like ages ago. It does, yeah. The Prime Minister is on the show with us 10 to 8 this morning, so we'll ask her and she'll probably say, I don't know yet. Well, these things must be considered. And she's also been labelled the world's second best thinker. Yes. So,

don't hurry her, don't rush her. Good things take time. How does your brother feel about that? Because he went to school with her. It was her year, wasn't it? Yes. He was the same year as her. And at school, so there was a girl called Virginia Dawson.

Yeah. She was insanely smart. Okay. She did Doctors Without Borders. She's like a clever cookie. Wow. Okay. She got ducks.

Yep. They still do this, hey? At school, they still do ducks and stuff. Yeah, like the top academic student of the year, right okay. She got ducks. Yep. They still do this, eh? At school, they still do ducks. Yeah, like the top academic student of the year, right? So there was ducks. And then there's one that's second to ducks. And I always said it, approximately. But I'm pretty sure that's not right.

That's not Latino, Latin correct. Latino. Live in La Vida Loca second. So my brother and Jacinda shared that. Oh, really? And it's always been a sticking point with my brother because he got it on academic. Yep.

And Jacinda did well academically, but it was all of the stuff that she did outside of academic. The social stuff because she was all over everything. Oh, she would have done students against drink driving and stuff like that. Whereas my brother was like, maths, science, I don't want to do anything else. She should have won. She should have won that then. Well, they drew it.

They shared it. So what, he's going to think he's the second best thinker? Equal. Is he? Equal. I don't know if he's seen this. I'll have to let him know. Only in he's the world's second best thinker. Is he? Is he? Equal. I don't know if he's seen this. I'll have to let him know. Only in maths and science.

He'll be, yeah. Wow. Wes's answer and solution to this COVID situation there. Are the top sixes coming up on the show? Yeah. If you're taking dad out for a meal or a brunch or a dinner or a drink. Father's Day Sunday. For Father's Day this weekend, I've got the top six

signs Dad's ready to leave. Like when you're at a restaurant, you know you can tell when your Dad's ready to... He's ready to leave. The top six signs you can look out for this weekend. We've got Radio Tinder, our Daddy edition this morning after 8 o'clock. The Prime Minister, as we mentioned, at 10 to

8. And our 50k fact of the day, your chance to win cash, 8.25 this morning. Busy show. Next though, a top doctor has made a suggestion if you're having a one night stand or a hook up. In these COVID times. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. A top Canadian doctor has pleaded with people to take some safety steps when it comes to having sex with a new partner or a one-off partner, shall we say.

Right. Now, it's not the... How rare does sex between a couple have to be before you consider it a one-off? Like monthly? Well, maybe. One monthly hookup? But I mean, even if it is only monthly, you're still in the same bubble. Right, okay.

So it counts as your partner. Gotcha. But it's not so much the act of sex that is the problem. It's the kissing that comes with it. So kissing is more of a risk in COVID times than sex. But surely the same thing that makes it transferable, like the saliva of a kiss, does the downstairs... I don't know.

Is it sexual? I'm googling. From what this doctor says, it doesn't sound like it. Right. Or at least she's assuming that you're protected. May 14th. Oh, yeah. Okay.

Well, that's a fair call. Yeah. May 14th, 2020. Researchers in China have discovered traces of COVID-19 in the downstairs. Balls. Fluid. Yes. Oh, the fluid.

Fluid. Right. Okay. Wow. Okay. So. You'd have to be riddled. I'm seeing a couple of stories.

Yeah. It'd have to be ripping through your top of the toe. It'd have to be riddled I'm seeing a couple of stories Yeah It'd have to be Ripping through your top of the toe It was gonna be That's why you need to Jump on AliExpress Or go to the pharmacy And get one of those Laser temperature pointers

So if you do turn up At your Tinder date's house Just Any danger of pointing those At the balls 35 degrees Good ball temperature The balls run warm

Balls run warm Do they You put your hands on your balls And your hands on your forehead, I guarantee your balls will be running hotter than your forehead. Because when I went to the dentist yesterday, I got the laser scan on the forehead. Did you?

And I think, it's 35, is that right? Yeah, 35 is all right. Yeah, she said 35, and I was like, ooh, is that good? She was like, yeah, that's perfect. I was like, you're welcome. That's a surface, good surface temp, 35. How hot are you? Internally, if you were 35, you'd be running a bit cold.

Right. But like... Hot as balls. Oh, that's 97 degrees Fahrenheit, isn't it? I was like, that's boiling point. My testicles are running at almost boiling point. Like you say, those lasers on the testicles. Is that laser going to cause any damage?

No, I don't think so because it just reflects. It doesn't penetrate. It says here the temperature of the testes is maintained at 35 degrees. That's why they're external. Yeah. Maybe it's in their own cooling system. Because we've always got them closed. Free the balls! Free the balls this weekend!

Free the balls! Well yeah, this doctor is saying there are some things you can do. So remain sober or limit your alcohol so that you can make safe decisions. So when you go out, limit your alcohol, remain sober. And then if you bring someone home, wrap it and also both wear masks and don't kiss. Can you imagine anything more unsexy? Wasn't that a rule on Pretty Woman? No kissing, yeah.

No kissing. Right. Yeah, she was being safe before her time. Just put a tarpaulin between you. With a little hole in it. Or not. What happened to a good... I can't even say it.

Don't say it. What happened to... No. I know what you're going to say. What happened to a good old... Glare. Glare. What? Can I say that?

You can say that. I thought you were going to say G-H. What happened to a good... Yeah, me too. What's G-H? Oh, no, no, no. I was going to say, what happened to a good old dry hump? Yeah, there you go.

What is that? I thought you had one of those. You still have to wear a mask. I think I might try that. You still have to wear a mask. Oh, there you go. That's the same. What is that saying? Had one of those? That's the same word. I think I might try that. Still have to wear a mask. Oh, no. I'm just kidding. Purely not to avoid COVID.

I just want to relive my teen years of having a dry hump. Well, you know what? It's probably the best way to not get COVID. Producer, executive producer, Ardia is not happy at this chat. We're giving you the... All right, next on the show, a real sucky chat. We're going to have a real sucky chat.

Okay. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, the sucky chat that I promised you, vacuum cleaners. Go on. Okay, I've lost you to already. Hot, sexy content. Well, it's come out that research has shown that popular vacuum cleaners, some of them lack the durability, the longevity.

Now, what does this mean as a one-time influencer for Dyson that you will say you're out of contract, you can speak freely? Well, this is funny that this story comes out literally today because I got on the phone to them last week because my battery was running out and I've had it for like 18, 19 months.

Disclaimer, you always have it on the highest. Yeah, you've got it on high. It's always like... Okay, so there's three settings. Max, medium and slow. Why wouldn't you always vacuum on max? So that all the dirt goes up.

This is Christine's. Said that it'll destroy her 35 year old carpet. Well, that'd probably suck the whole carpet up. Yeah, it would. It's unnecessary and the battery will last longer. Yeah, that's what the lady on the phone was saying. It's like, what setting do you have it on? I was like, Mac?

She's like, oh, no, you only use that for stubborn. I'm like, oh, you know, I always use the other one too. She's like, oh, how long does it last? I'm like, literally, it only lasts six or seven minutes. And then the battery needs recharging. That's why you're only supposed to use it for stubborn areas. But in their defense, they are going to send me a brand new battery. Just to shut you up. So then I'll use the medium. to use it for stubborn areas. But in their defense, they are going to send me a brand new battery.

Just to shut you up. So then I'll use the... They identified what kind of caller they had on the line. I didn't even, unless you've got some kind of Karen voice software, I didn't even have to go,

Karen, they just sent me a new one. Well, they know that's when you know it's a problem. Consumer NZ have said most people buying a stick vacuum cleaner expect it to last longer than six years.

A third of them have stopped working before then. I wouldn't expect anything with a battery to last more than, would you? No, I wouldn't expect anything with a rechargeable battery for the battery to last six years. I might expect the other parts to last that long. Yeah, oh no, they're great vacuum cleaners, the Dysons. Hashtag? Hashtag. Ad? No. Oh no, they're great vacuum cleaners, the Dysons. Hashtag? Hashtag.

Ad? No. Oh no, just personal endorsement. Just personal endorsement. Well no, technically under the new rules you were given that at some stage.

Yeah, but ages ago I did it then. Well what's the statute of limitations on hashtagging your freebies? I don't want to go to prison for like getting a free vacuum cleaner.

But yeah, so they've just found that most Kiwis would expect them to last longer. And while they do a great job cleaning, they suck at durability. But that is literally the case with anything that you recharge as often as that. Like your phone, you wouldn't expect your phone battery to last that long.

You might expect the phone to, but the battery itself wouldn't. Yeah. Hmm. So if you've got one, you the battery itself wouldn't. Yeah. Hmm. So if you've got one, you said you didn't even need to put up much of a fight. No, well, they've got like a two-year warranty. Right. So you're fine.

It's like when we've got the same dryer. It was like when the dryer belt squeaked and then didn't work. And all you need to ring up and say is, oh, my belt and my dryer. And they're like, yeah, we'll be out to fix it. We know about that, but don't tell everyone. If you can not tell everyone, it's going to be great. Retail New Zealand's latest report has been released and it shows what we were buying before lockdown 2.0.

Oh, remember those times? When we were free. Was that actually level one? Yeah, it was. It felt like no level. In fact, I know it did feel like no level. Yeah. And our spending was actually doing pretty good,

especially in the homewares, appliances and electronics. So that saw a growth over July of 42%. Whoa. Do you think it's because we're all stuck at home and we're like, when we get out of this, I'm definitely getting a bigger TV? Yeah. Or a better toaster.

100%. Or like, oh, well, that family trip overseas isn't happening? Or that upcoming family vacay is in doubt? Because weren't spas on the... Spas before the first lockdown sold crazy.

And then houses with pools, the search went up for them because everyone's like, well, we're going to be at home. We need to like

make it our holiday. Yeah, but the thing about a spa, you know, in Russian, you've got to learn to control your water. You've got to learn

to know how much chlorine... Well, don't you just fill it up with the hose and turn it on? Yeah, but then you've got to empty it and fill it up with another hose when it starts going green. Oh, because you've got to learn to know how much chlorine. Well, don't you just fill it up with the hose? Yeah, but then you've got to empty it and fill it up with another hose when it starts going green. Oh, because you've got skin and soup in there. Yeah.

Remember that time you got a hot tub folliculitis at that Airbnb? I wasn't the only one. There was a whole bunch of us in the spa. I reckon you were all like, oh, yeah, let's lie and say it was the spa when you were all having an orgy and you got scabies from each other. No, the orgy was in the spa. The orgy was in the spa. Well, that's funny. You don't have an orgy in a spa scabies from each other. The orgy was in the spa. The orgy was in the spa. Well, that's funny.

You don't have an orgy in a spa. The water gets up your everywhere. No, there was a hint when we turned on the jets and it was a little bit foamy. We probably should... It was that centimetre film of... Oh, it actually makes me feel so good.

...sweat kind of something, yeah. So yeah, 42% up in homewares and appliances and electronics. The other area, and it's no surprise, specialty food, groceries and liquor up 44%. Wow. $107 million. Yeah, the drinking started and just didn't stop. Yeah, we've basically just restocked our home with liquor and new televisions.

Yeah, and health and beauty went down. Because we're like, it doesn't matter what we look like. Tracks, baby. Whatever. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. A study's been done and it's worked out that we in New Zealand here are paying in some cases

40% more for Netflix than other people around the world. But we're not like the most expensive. But we don't get half the stuff that America gets. And that's the other problem. What are we still not getting? The UK and the US get the biggest libraries. Right.

The biggest Netflix libraries. But a lot of that is behind the... It's a lot of... That has to do with the deals that are signed with different TV companies and other streaming services. Right. Because they're all done on, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, international deals, yeah.

Like they might have sold, a TV company might have sold a show to Sky TV or, you know, whoever, MediaWorks or TVNZ, and they've got that show locked down in New Zealand. Yeah. So they can't put it on Netflix. So they can't, yeah, exactly. Whereas if you ever go overseas and use Netflix, you're like, whoa. Well, shouldn't the content by area, by place,

dictate the price? So like how much content we have in comparison to America, shouldn't that dictate the price? Our price would be a little bit cheaper. Well, I guess we're in the top 10 cheapest places for basic plans. We are number 10 on that list. So they've worked it out in US dollars.

Brazil is the cheapest at $3.99 US, which is in New Zealand dollars, just $5.95 a month. Welcome to Brazil. So that's the cheapest. Then you've got South Africa, Mexico, India. Australia is about the same as us, $0.60 cheaper. Japan, Canada, the Philippines and the UK and New Zealand, the 10th cheapest place.

But that's still 40% more than Brazil pays. And what does Brazil, do they get more content than us? I'm just stuck on the fact that we're paying. They're probably about the same, but they've actually worked it out on the average person's wages as well. So in Brazil, the average person's wages is US $9,130 and New Zealand is $44,000.

$9,000 a year? Annually? Yeah. Wow. So they've worked it out cost per month and then the comparison to the average and they've worked it out compared to the person's income, that's 0.52%, whereas in New Zealand it's 0.22%. Okay.

So yeah, you couldn't just rock into Brazil. Nobody would be on Netflix if it was like our equivalent of $100 a month or whatever. Yeah, right. The most expensive places to have Netflix in the world, no surprises if you've ever gone to Switzerland and even just wanted to buy a burger, that's $13 US a month.

So what would that be? About $16? $13 US a month. Yeah. No, what's the US dollar at the moment? That'd be more like in the high 20s, wouldn't it? Oh, yeah. So it's about 20 bucks a month.

So for the basic plan, for the basic, not the HD or more devices and stuff. But yeah, US and Britain with the most content to watch, basically. Right. Have I watched season five of Peaky Blinders? Peaky Blinders was the show I was thinking about on Netflix. It's like season five, new to Peaky Blinders. Peaky Blinders was the show I was thinking about on Netflix. It's like season five, new to Peaky Blinders and I clicked on it

and I was like, I've seen all these. But I haven't downloaded... Yeah, but it comes later. Maybe you watched it somewhere else. That's what I was trying to work out.

Where else can you watch that? I must have watched it on... Yeah, because that's got me before I've watched a show somewhere else and then Netflix is like new season on mine. And you're like, yay!

But you've watched it on, it must be like on a neon or a... Yeah. Light box back in the day. I don't know. One of them. I feel like I've seen that season though.

Yeah. For fans of The Boys on Amazon Prime, that's out today. That's out today. Karl O'Barn, our very own Karl O'Barn, Anthony Stark.

Is it out now though or is it out later on today? It said 3rd of September. US. So that's today, New Zealand. So I'd imagine it'll be there. You've been waiting all day and it comes out like 10pm. Oh, such a good show. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.

From the ZM think tank, this is the top six. Hello there. Father's Day this weekend. You may be sharing a meal with your papa to say gracias por pedirme a papa. But dads don't like to sit around forever. They've got stuff to do most of the time. Yeah.

In their minds they do anyway. So these are the top six signs dad's ready to leave if you take him out for a meal for Father's Day. Or this could be it. Your house could be it. His house. Yeah. Number six on the list.

Oh, well, better make tracks. They love making tracks. Tracks in the soft sand that they're driving away in. Or we're not sure what kind of tracks, but they've got to get out there and they've got to make them. Number five on the list of the top six signs dad's ready to leave. They say, well, better see what the damage is when standing up to walk to the cashier. Yep.

It's a classic. And number four kind of related to that on the top six signs dad's ready to leave if you take him out for Father's Day. Well, whoever's doing dishes to pay for all this better get back there and start. My granddad used to love that at a restaurant. He'd be like, he'd say, excuse me. And wait, stuff would come over. He was like, where do we send our grandkids

to start doing the dishes to pay for the meal? They loved it. Actually, health and safety danger to have small children in the kitchen. We're like, hey, we're stacking that big ass steamy dishwasher thing that clamps down. Number three on the list of the top six signs dad's ready to leave.

He'll say something like it's time to make like a bald man and get out of here. This is where the time to make like a tree and leave was but I used that before so I couldn't use that twice. So I switched out to the classic bald man and get out of here. Number two on the list of the classic bald man and get out of here.

Number two on the list of the top six signs dad's ready to leave. This works at any time of the day. Ironically, apart from if he says it at sunset, he'll say, well, partner, it's time to run off to the sunset. But he only likes to say it when it's not a sunset.

Right. It works best when it's still fully in the day. What's your go-to, Dad, ready to leave with the family? All of these. All of these. I just look at Shade and I'm like... With your bored face.

I'm ready to leave. Shade's like, we're having dinner with other people. They're like, do you want me to tell them I'm ready to leave? We've been here 45 minutes. Yeah, I've eaten. I'm done. Quite a bit. I've eaten heaps.

If I stay here, I'm probably only going to eat more. All right, and number one on the list of the top six signs Dad's ready to leave if you take him out for a meal for Father's Day. Well, I don't know about you lot, but I have to go see a man about a dog. I hate that one. What does that mean? Dads, I've not really properly said it as a dad. Yeah.

Yeah, my dad said it. My granddad's both said it. Yeah. Everyone's dad said that. Yeah. Yeah. No. And then you get excited because you're like, we're getting a puppy.

No, because we didn't have a dog. And then there's no dog. That's today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. So it popped up. I must have been at my parents a few years ago and did that classic thing where you go through your old photo album and you scan photos and you chuck them on social media.

But I didn't do like Throwback Thursday or anything. Like that time we went to Megan's mum's house and saw all those photos of Megan as a kid. Oh, God. She needs to take those down. It's the entrance way. It's good stuff. We've got a real tele those down. It's the entranceway. It's good stuff. We got a real telling off, too. It's like a horrible

hall of fame. Yeah, it's good. You're a real serious, do not post any of those. I do not post. I had crept hair and braces. It's not good. It was a look, hon. It was a look. It was a look, hon. So, I must have done this a few years

ago and put some up, and then it popped up in my Facebook memories yesterday of a family photo, and to best recollection, 1992 was the year. Wow. This photo was taken upstairs at Farmers in Hamilton. They used to have one of those little family. Oh, my God, bless. You'd go in there with your baby, and you'd put it on a sheepskin rug, and they'd take some photos

or if it was the family, it was just, so what do they call that background? Like a mild. A mottled. A mottled and mild grey or blue background depending on what your family was into, what your vibe was.

Ours was grey in case you were wondering. We were a very plain family. I don't know, blue was a bit much. Oh yeah, that's rubbing it in their faces. That's something my parents love saying, oh no,

don't put that in, that's just rubbing it in people's faces. Oh, yeah, we're doing very well for ourselves. You weren't one of those family that did the oldie time Gold Coast family photo? We weren't paying for that, mate. No. We went to the Gold Coast as a family once, and when we got there, there was no money to do anything.

Oh, we laugh. No, we had a good time. I mean, I didn't have a starter jacket, but, you know, I still want one. And that's something I'm keeping an eye out for. But it was 1992. Yep. My sister was very funny looking. Oh, my God.

She was. She was. My mum and my brother are the only people who are actually smiling in the photo. The rest of us are kind of like, my sister looks scared. My dad's like, I've got shit to do. Let's just get this done and get out of here. And I'm just like, I can't believe we've come to Hamilton and we're not getting McDonald's.

Yeah, but there was something manic about your brother's smile. Yeah, because he couldn't, he still doesn't have a natural smile. The world's worst smiler. But I got to thinking, I was like, okay, 1992. I was like, my dad was 36 years old In this photo Wow So you're older than your dad

In this photo That's what freaked me out In that photo My dad is two years younger Than I am now And I couldn't I can't I couldn't comprehend it

Yeah Like I said to mum I was like I remember I looked at that photo I can remember that period Yeah It was just before I finished primary mum, I was like, hey, like I remember, I looked at that photo. I can remember that period. Yeah. It was just before I finished primary school because I was like 10.

And dad seemed to be such a grown up. Yeah. Like way more of a grown up than I am now. Way more. Yeah. Like last night for a laugh, I did a dance in the lounge in my undies and then rolled around on the carpet for a bit. My dad would never have done that.

My dad never did that. And I'm two years older than he was in that very stern-looking family photo. He had responsibilities. That's what mum said. Why did you bring mum? I said, look at this photo. I was like, in this photo,

like how old you were in that photo is how old Sade is even older than my mum in that photo which blows my mind again yeah and my daughter Indy is the same age as my sister was in that photo and the whole and I said that to my sister and she's like well thank god your daughter's better looking than when I was at that age I was like yeah so you weren't wrong you did have a funny look yeah took a while to grow into all the features. But it just, my dad seemed to be like such a grown up at that period of my life. Yeah.

Like he was a farmer, so he got up early and he worked heaps, but he never, and you know, he had mates and whatever, a laugh and everything, but he never seemed to just be doing the dumb shit I'm doing. And it made me kind of like, wait, did he grow up too fast or am I not growing up fast enough? Are you immature? Is that what you're saying? Am I immature?

And it's finally drawn to me. It's like, oh, my God. Like, yeah, I am. I really am because, like, he was two years younger than me and was wearing a woolen jersey. Man, you should have given me a woolen jersey. I'm not wearing that. Unless it's like the swan dry I've got. I'm not wearing that. Unless it's like the swan dry I've got.

I'm not wearing that. But I want to know, at your age you are now, what were your parents doing? Oh, okay. Because my parents had kids quite young. So I think my mum was 19 when she got married. Yeah, right. 21 when she had my brother, I think. So I didn't have my oldest daughter until I was 30.

And, yeah, so the whole, like, it just, and I found it really unsettling. Like, even just comparing what you do for a job now to what your parents are doing as a job at the same age, maybe as well, might be quite interesting. Yeah. And I just would like to know, and if you've not thought about it,

I'm sorry if this freaks you out. Did it freak your mum out? Oh, mum's like, wait, that makes me feel so old. She's like, that seems like yesterday. Oh, wow. Yeah, and I was like,

now you've got a granddaughter the same age as your daughter was in that photo. Yeah, she's old. Yeah, and she's like, oh yeah, I'm old. She's like, thanks. And then she reminded me

to definitely vote in favour of euthanasia this general election. She's getting close enough to deal with that. And I do have that pillow smothering deal going with her. I had a bit of a moment looking at a family photo from the 90s that I'm now two years older, IRL,

than my dad was at the time of that photo. And it blows my mind because, yeah, he was two years younger, but it just seemed to have it all sorted. Yeah. Had it all sorted out. More dad-like. Worked hard. More mature. Yeah, way more dad-like, way more mature. Seemed to have bigger hands.

Do you remember as a kid, your dad always just seemed to have the... Massive hands. Dad and my granddad always had massive hands. I'm going to compare it to my dad's next time I see him, but like, you know... You're going to compare massive hands. And I'm going to compare it to my dad's next time I see him. But like, you know. You're going to compare your hands? Yeah.

Dad, can we just compare hands? That was what I was thinking. I want to see if I've got my dad hands. Wow, do I have dad hands? I've got the dry bits on the side of the fingers. I always remember they had a bit of dry crap on the side of the fingers. So we want to know now how you're doing compared to your parents. What? Whoa, whoa, whoa.

No, like. What you're doing compared to your parents. What? Like, it's not a competition. No? What you're doing compared to your parents. Like, it's not a competition. No, I don't want anybody to feel bad about this, but it just kind of blew my mind. Yeah.

Jenna, how are you? Good morning, guys. I'm good, thanks. How are you? Good, good. So when you look back, because this is what blew Vaughn's mind, he looks back at this photo and he's the same age or even older than your mum. Older than my mum and my dad

in this photo. And I said to mum, I was like, you guys just seem to have it all sorted and mum's like, well, that's the great lie

that parents convince their children is they know what they're doing because they know. I love it so much more because it's a tough life and I've had to stop

comparing myself. Like, I'm 33 and I'm single. Yeah. Okay, so the only thing I'm single. Yeah. Okay, so the only thing I kind of have is I bought my house a few years ago. But at my age, my mum and dad were married. My mum had a 13-year-old, which was me.

A nine-year-old, my little sister. Her own business. Wow. own business. Wow. And I'm over here like living the single life and I'm a teacher and I'm just like, yeah, cool. How much fun was she having? You know, it feels like she was tied down, stressed. Yeah, had a lot of GST.

Do you know what though? My mum and dad are pretty cool parents, and they are actually so much fun. And I have to say, like, hearing your story, Vaughn, my dad's like a bit of a goose, and, like, you kind of sound like him. And I think you'd be like the kind of parent my dad is, like just lots of fun, you know.

Yeah, my dad, that's the sort of granddad my dad's become like he built him a tree hut we never got a tree that's my tree yeah hey jenna thanks you call um eve hi how are you good so what were your parents doing at your age right now yeah they're running around after six kids. Six kids? Wow. Slightly, it's a wee bit of a contrast to what I'm doing. So how many kids

do you have? None. None. And they had seven or six. They had six, yeah. And I laugh at like

names about how hard it is to put the footage sheet on the bed and things like that. That's hard. Mum's making six beds a day and you're like, ha ha, footage sheets.

Oh, brilliant. Eve, thanks. So good. Ellie, what are you doing now compared to your parents? Well, I wouldn't say unfortunately, but I'm in my 20s and I'm teaching at a school in Auckland.

Okay. Well, that's great. You've got a great career. You're doing a great job. Totally. Totally. But my mum was actually teaching in London when she was in her 20s. She owned a house and she taught Prince William.

Wow. Wow. I know. I know. I know. Who are you going to have to teach to live up to that? Yeah, I know. Well, I'd like to claim that I teach a few, like, New Zealand celebrity kids, but I think those,

I don't know if they amount to, like, the royal family, you know? Well, if they can fly a helicopter and pluck people from the ocean, they do. Yeah, true. Exactly. Brilliant. Ellie, thanks. You called some text messages. My parents love reminding me that at my age they were married, had five children and a successful business. I'm married but no children yet.

My dad was a millionaire at 40 and retired. I'm 33, so not there yet, but I'm living at home. But you don't have to do anything. Your dad's a millionaire. Yeah. Hello. Daddy.

Inheritance. Yeah, you just whittle that away to nothing so your children don't have anything and then it starts all over again. That's how it has to work. When my mum was my age, she was a mother of a 41-year-old, a 37-year-old, a 28-year-old and a 19-year-old with nine grandchildren, wore sensible shoes and a headscarf and took her trolley to the shops. So you've drawn a picture in your mind of what she looked like. That was at the age of 58.

I'm 58. I drive a sports car and I do body combat. Sweet. I can't imagine my mother doing that either. That's the thing. So maybe it's not all bad stuff. Yeah. Yeah.

If you're having a bit more fun than maybe, you know, your parents are doing a good job of making us all feel better about not doing as much. Absolutely. Are we having more fun? We're having more fun, definitely. We're less stressed. Are we? No, we're not.

We're not, apparently. We're an anxious ball of nerve because we're freaking out that we're having too much fun. And then to get over the anxiety anxiety we try to have more fun and it only makes the next wave of anxiety worse. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan The Podcast

ZM You know on Friends how nobody ever really knew what Chandler did for a job? Yeah. Was that the thing on Friends? Remember how for ages they didn't know what to do?

You were in an office though, right? Yeah, yeah, but no one could actually pinpoint what he did for a job. Yeah, because they asked him on one of those talk shows. Yeah. And someone in the audience guessed. Like it was like Graham Norton or something.

Yeah. And it was some kind of computer analytics or something. Yeah, yeah, but on the show they never really nailed down exactly what he did. I've got a maid like that. Yeah. I don't know what he does, but it's, I don't know. What's your guess? A management of something.

I know there's electrical bits It's in the electrical field somehow Light switches Huh? Yeah, there's been talk of light switches Okay Mystery Have you never asked him? It's electric stuff now

But I don't know what it was before that I don't know exactly how you would categorize it. Maybe just management. He's one of your good friends. Very good friends. Have you not thought to ask a bit more? Yeah, and he says it and then it doesn't mean anything. To you.

It's very obvious. In our group, we've got Johnny. He works for Coke. So you know Johnny works for Coke. Yep. And Callum, he's an engineer yep very simple

I talk that's very simple and Orban's I don't know mystery job something with light switches yeah now

yep but God knows what it'll be next week okay so light switches he works on the other side of the world so I feel comfortable talking about this but I'm not going to say any names but I I mean, feel as if it's a very small place.

If it gets around, people will know who it is. But anyway, he said stock take time and it's boring and long hours. Yeah, I don't know. What's he doing? Counting PLD PowerPoints? I don't know. PDL? Whatever that brand is. Anyway, he's saying we're working long hours. So I got into the evening and he said to his workmate who was also there, hey, I might order food. And he said the workmate freaked out. And he's like, what do you want? What kind of takeaways?

And the guy's like, nothing. I don't want anything. Oh, what if the boss is shouting, like if Ross Boss is like, let's go to the pub for lunch. And you get to choose. Yeah, because he always just takes us to the pub. But if you got to choose, the world's your oyster. Maybe he was overwhelmed with choice, I said.

Yeah. No. And the freak out kind of continued. There were special dietary requirements he didn't want to like. Nah. Not at all. Just like, no. Okay.

That had not been indicated previously. And he said, well, I'll just get pizza. The universal pleaser, no. Okay. That had not been indicated previously. And he said, well, I'll just get pizza. The universal pleaser, right? Pizza. Yeah. Everyone loves that. But speak up or forever hold your peace if you want a gluten-free base. Yep. Because you're not going to be invited to a pizza party again. But it's good to know this one off time. So

the guy's like, freaking out. And so he ordered the pizza and he's like, is everything okay? And he's like, I've never had takeaways before. What? This guy's 54 years old and he's never had takeaways. Never had food outside. So the only pizza he's ever had before is apparently a homemade pizza

on a cheese scone base, which I'd never heard of, but does sound tempting. On a scone. So you make cheese scone, Max. Yeah. And then you put it in as the base of the pizza and then you put the stuff

on top of the scone. You're too bready. I'm a thin. Very bready. I'm a thin pizza guy. Really? Thin and crispy? Yeah.

Yeah. Like your American style. I don't mind a bit of a thicker one but again, you'd have to have lots of swirls because it would be dry. So never had takeaways. He's 54. never had takeaways.

Has eaten at a restaurant. Yeah. But the idea of like, that's a sit-down restaurant, but the idea of food being eaten outside of the premises it's made in or outside of the kitchen of which it's made in is what he couldn't process. And he's only just picked this up working with him. Yeah. He'd purposefully never wanted to get takeaways.

No. Because it freaked him out. I don't know the full origin story of this not wanting takeaways. But had never been like. What about the convenience of it? Never. Never. Wow.

Never done a pizza apart from the at-home pizza. Never made food in one location and taken it to another location. Had never done it. What about a picnic? And did he go through with the pizza? Freaked him out, but apparently he did. Wow. He said he's never seen anyone eat a pizza so nervously.

Oh, my God. Because when you eat pizza, it's always like, you're relaxed, buddy. You've got like a delicious triangle of pizza in your hand. Yeah. It's when one should be at their most relaxed. Imagine anxiously eating a pizza. I hope it was a good pizza for its first time. Well, I haven't had a review yet.

I should ask what he thought of it. Yeah, I'm going to need some follow-up here. Yeah, I haven't had a review yet. I should ask what he thought of it. Yeah, I'm going to need some follow-up here. Yeah, I know. But 54, never eaten food made in one location and taken to another. Never been to the drive-thru. Never been like, I'll get Thai, pick it up, take it home and eat it there. What is wrong? The transferring of food from one location.

That's so crazy. You know, every now and then you go into the Thai place where there's like one table with two seats and you're like, who's eating there? ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Hey, you on the phone, I bet I can guess your dad's name. That's even been re-recorded. Yep, for our special. Well, normally it's I bet I can guess your mom's name, but because it's Father's Day, Sunday, it's a one-off bet I can guess your dad's name.

Yeah. And Charlotte joins us. Good morning, Charlotte. Good morning, Ken. Good morning. All right, so Vaughn now has five questions to ask you about your dad, and then we'll have 15 seconds to guess your dad's name if he can do that. $100 cash is yours. Cool.

Sounds good. Question one. What does your dad do for a job? He is an engineer. Oh, okay. Why did we make that noise? Because I don't know, it's in the engineer's dad's name, isn't it? What a grown-up.

Yeah. What a grown-up with a grown-up's job. All right, question two. So, engineer. Who's dad's best mate? Oh, his best mate is a mate from uni named Walt. Named what? Walt Warren.

Warren. Warren, okay. Yep. Wazza. Wazza. Wazza. It's not one of those names, like, you know how sometimes, like, Pete will be made with some of Pete and, like,

you know how there could be, like, four Daves in a group? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there were only ten names back in the day. Yeah, I know. It's like, oh, this is my name, Dave. But isn't your name Dave? Yeah. But we go, he's Dave.

Well, it wasn't one of you Dave-er and one of you Dave-ee. No, no, we're all Dave around here, mate. All right, Warren. He's an engineer and his best mate's Warren. Does he talk to the TV like they can hear him? Definitely. Yes. Good.

He can hear the news and the rugby. Yes. Good, yeah. I think it's weird how dads talk to the TV, but anyway. What does he call mum for a nickname? Don't say mum's name, but like what? Does he have like a cute nickname for mum? Sometimes calls her boss.

Boss. Oh, cute. Boss, yeah. Yeah, that's good. It's a classic dad move. Yeah, that's his place. It kind of puts mum, but a bit more colour. Yeah, that's good. It's a classic dad move. Yeah, that's his place. It kind of puts mum, but a bit more colour into the mum situation there too.

Does he pretend not to like the family pets, but secretly he does like the family pets? Oh, definitely. Yeah. What kind of family pets? What have you got? We've got a border collie. Oh!

Secret love-hate relationship. Yeah. Bloody dog. Oh, love you. What? pets what do you got we've got a border collie oh secret love hate relationship yeah bloody dog i want to talk to your dad about border collies because that might be my next dog because i feel like it's a real good like dad dog hey like a border collie you just got a dog like a year ago and you get you're so sick of it but the other ones you wait until this one's gone yeah yeah yeah when you're gonna sick of it. But the other ones. You wait until this one's gone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When are you going to have two? Because then they can play together.

See, but I don't like them, but secretly. Yeah, you like them. All right. Okay. So you've got an engineering dad. His best name's, his best mate's Warren. He talks to the TV like it can hear him. His nickname for mum is Boss.

And he does like the border collie, although he acts like he doesn't. All right, Vaughn, you have 15 seconds to try and guess Charlotte's dad's name. All right, Charlotte, if you hear your dad's name, say, stop, that's my dad's name. Are we ready? Yeah. All right, Vaughn, your time starts now. David, John, Robert, Paul, Stephen, Anthony, Mark, Craig, James, Andrew, Richard, Grant, Wayne, Dean, Peter, Shane, Simon, Greg, Mike, Matthew. Stop. That's my dad's name. Which one?

Mike. Mike. Yay. Mike. Mike. Mike. Yes. Mike. Mike. Yes. Classic dad. What a great dad.

That's a classic dad name. That is. You can imagine dad getting home from a hard day's engineering. Saying, g'day boss. G'day boss. Chuck us a beer. Yeah. I'm just going to give Warren a bloody call on the blower.

Okay, well that means. I'm going to sit down and yell at the news for a bit. You won $100 and we have... You have activated the bonus round. The bonus round! While you're on the phone, I'll have a go at guessing your mum's name. Seamless editing. Seamless editing.

Mike. Okay, so... This is where I like to consult the panel. You have only one guess, Vaughn. Mike. Mike. Mike and Rachel. Too young? No, Rachel's too young.

Could be a Wendy. Mike and Sue's. Mike and Sue. Susan? Mike and Sue. Sue? Yeah. That's a classic mum name, Sue.

Yeah, Sue, and it goes well with Mike, doesn't it? Because that's what they thought about when they got together. Yeah, they were like, how well do our names go together? In 20-something years, will it work well on a radio competition? Mike and Sue. You're going to lock in Sue. Sue. Is your mum's name Sue?

No. Ah, what's mum's name? Sarah. Oh. Mike and Sarah. Of course. Of course! Of course! More flashed Sue.

I know. It's like an upgraded Sue to a Sarah. Mike and Sarah. All right. Hey, congratulations, Charlotte. $100. Thank you. And pass on our Happy Father's Day regards for Sunday to Mike.

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Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. We are joined on the phone by the Prime Minister of Aotearoa, New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. We have got a lot on the agenda to talk to you about this morning.

We've got prepared. Firstly. I'll settle it. Firstly, I know you're busy, but Ross, your father. Yes. What have you got planned for Father's Day? Whatever you got him anything? It's hilarious.

It started, I was like, oh my goodness, where is this going? Do you know what? I'm so focused, of course, on making sure I do something for Clark. He's not your father. That is Niamh's responsibility. Yeah, but what's Niamh going to do? You know how this works. When you've got a toddler, it's not like they've really got a game plan for Father's Day.

You can't send Niamh to the Day. Give them a Kate Shepard and tell them to hit the shops. Okay, so you're right. But then, come on, what about Ross? You can't concentrate fully on Clark and forget Ross. I won't forget Ross. In fact, I am actually in Morrinsville this weekend, so I'll have

the, yeah, I am. Is that a surprise for Ross, or does he know you're coming? No, no, no. I haven't ruined it on here. No, he definitely knows I'm coming. I'm going to open a new part of the school at Moranville College. Oh. Um.

You're not the Prime Minister. You're not the Prime Minister. But if you'd been busy, would they have come to me next? No! Why not? Well I can ask the question about whether you were the backup plan Please do. What's the school getting? I believe

that they've been doing some work on their arts curriculum Okay, which takes us nicely to my next point, actually. Segway, you've been called the world's second best thinker or number two thinker in the world. Did you know this is this news?

Are we now struggling to find the news story? It was in the news. Yeah, I did see that. I just wasn't sure what you wanted me to say about it. Well, I would like to know because my brother, we'll want to know, Philip, you and him shared a Proxima CC at Morrinsville College. Does by proxy this make him the world's second best thinker also?

And of course, for the listeners, that basically meant that we both came runner up at school. Yeah. To Virginia Dawson. And I'm imagining on this list, I haven't looked at the list, but she must be the number one thinker. No, it was to Erin Bennett.

Was it? Yeah, it was. Yeah. I've been wrongly promoting Virginia Dawson. I feel like we're getting into a bit of an interlake conversation now about Morrinsville College. I think we've lost everyone. Everyone else that didn't go to Morrinsville College

at the same time as the Prime Minister and Vaughan and his brother are out. And Aaron Bennett, apparently. He was probably second on the list to get invited back to open the new part of the Arts Department. Anyway. Second best thinker. Biggest question, are we going to level one, Prime Minister?

One o'clock. One o'clock. Everyone tune into that. But as you know, in Auckland, we are still being pretty cautious. It's quite early days. We've only been in level two for five days up there. And so we do want to still be quite careful. So you don't think it's possible to move, like, say, just Auckland goes to two,

Mike Hosking's Duncan Garner to five, and the rest of the country to one? I know people have been quite creative in their segmented thinking. That's a little hard to enforce. But, you know, I don't think it surprises people to hear up in Auckland that we do want to be careful because we are still in a phase of managing this cluster with cases whilst being at level two, which is a bit different to what we did last time, and we do still have an elimination strategy.

Ultimately, that's because that's what gets us all back to level one faster, and so that's a little bit of pain now for more gain later. Totally. So 1 o'clock there will be an announcement. Tune in for 1 o'clock. Now, is that coming live from Morrinsville? Is that coming live from Morrinsville this afternoon? Because they would love that.

No, that'll be from the Beehive Theatreette. So, yep, just, yep, yep. Morrinsville comes tomorrow, tomorrow. Hey, good luck in Morrinsville. Thank you. You're most welcome to join us. Hey, good luck in Moronsville. Thank you. You're most welcome to join us. Oh, I've got plans. There's room for two of us in town.

I'm not going back. I'm not going while you're there. Five minutes ago, he just invited you and you're like, I've got plans. I'm not going while you're there. Well, because she'll get all the attention. Yeah, you steal his thunder, Jacinda. I'm not walking around Countdown with you. They'll be like, oh, Jacinda's here.

I'll be like, um. What about me? What about me? Oh, my God. All right, of course, I jest, I jest. Enjoy Morrinsville. It's a lovely place. Thank you very much.

I'll pass on your best. All right, Ham, we'll be tuning in at one o'clock. Our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Thank you so much. Take care. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Friday Flashback. Yeah.

Wow. Let's go back. Four minutes. Join me for a casual stroll back to 1984. You know when I get these reactions out of you, I'm not going to stop. You've got to stop playing old songs. At the end of this Friday flashback, I'm going to announce my Friday flashback to come in three weeks.

I'm going to have a big three-week lead into the next one. That means you're also going to hate that one, but he's putting it out there. I'm putting it out there because I want some feedback. The rules are it's got to be at least 10 years old and a banger, but don't go back to 1984. Was 1984 10 years ago? It's at least 10 years old and a banger. But don't go back to 1984. Was 1984 10 years ago? It's at least 10 years ago.

I think so. Is it a banger? Oh, Megan, it's an absolute banger. It's not. It doesn't break the rules. An album called Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire. Have you checked this with Ross Boss? No.

Because lately everyone's been like, check with Ross Boss. And I'm like, is that all right? He's like, yes. So I'm feeling like we're on the same page. This actually showed up on Angry Birds movie two. Wow, okay. See, relevant. Yeah.

Really. Super relevant. But the original movie that this featured on was none other than Footloose. Oh, okay, right. The dancing classic. But why did you that this featured on was none other than Footloose. Oh, okay, right. The dancing classic. But why did you pick this song? Because we played it in the background of a feature we did semi-recently. And people were like, I'm so into this song when we were holding out for a terry.

So ladies and gentlemen, and if you're like exercising right now, if you're driving right now, crank this right up because this is going to get you there quicker. There's no doubt about it. Oh my God. From 1984. Her name is Bonnie Tyler. The video of this is such a wild ride.

And if anybody's still listening, we're going to play Radio Tinder next. And this is Holding Out for a Hero, Friday Flashback. Jesus. See you next time. I need a hero I'm only not gonna hear until the morning light He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon And he's gotta be larger than life Larger than life Somewhere after midnight in my wildest fantasy Some would just be on my reach

Or someone reaching back for me Resting on the thunder and rising wind It's gonna take a superman To sweep me off my feet I'm a hero I'm holding on for a hero Till the end of the night He's gotta be strong And he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I'm a hero. I'm holding on for a hero till the morning light. He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be sure. And he's gotta be last in line. I need a hero. I'm holding on for a hero till the end of the night I pray the mountains meet the heavens above I know the lightning's plan to see

I can swear there is someone somewhere watching me Through the wind and the chill and the rain and the storm and the flood I can feel his approach like a fire in the blood Like a fire in the blood

Like a fire in the blood Like a fire in the blood Like a fire in the blood I'm only a hero I'm only not gonna hear until the end of the night He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I'm only a hero I'm only not gonna hear until the morning light It's your Friday flashback on ZM. Bonnie Tyler holding out for a hero.

Gonna be brave for my fight. I need a hero. Okay, let's get to the feedback. Yes, I am aware. That was on Shrek 2. Jennifer Saunders sung it. Really? As Fairy Godmother, yeah, and Shrek.

There's a whole action scene to that. Hearing from a lot of people who are like, yeah, Shrek memories. Okay. Someone has mistakenly, obviously tuned in a little late and thought it was Fletcher's week for Friday Flashback and said, Fletcher, this is your best work yet. No, it's Warren's work for Friday Flashback. Someone also said it's better than any of Fletcher's. Someone said, just got the new Bose system in the car.

I've woken up Epson this morning. Nice. I'll be very pleased about that. A Bose system in the car? Yes. Ooh la la. Yeah, just overwhelmingly positive feedback. This is the first time I've heard this through good headphones, somebody said.

Okay. Right. Vorn, you're the hero that none of us asked for and none of us deserve. That's a double, both negative. I don't see that text. It starts with V-Dog, but I didn't feel comfortable calling myself V-Dog.

Right, okay. I will announce now, in three weeks' time, when the circle comes back to me, 21 days, I am yet undecided, but I will be playing for Friday Flashback a song from Swedish superhouse ABBA. You are not playing ABBA.

Three weeks from now. 21 days from now. No, absolutely not. It's been decided. I will take the radio station off air. The only undecided aspect of this ABBA is whatever song we hear. It's my turn next, so I'm just going to do an ABBA song.

Are you like, don't you dare! I will sue you! Are you trying to get people to change stations? I'm testing the limits of what we can do here. And I think ABBA might be... I think that's the ceiling, the absolute ceiling. ABBA might be the back wall of the driving range.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Radio Tinder, Daddy Edition. All right, it's time to play Radio Tinder, the Daddy Edition, with Father's Day on Sunday. We took registrations. We were looking for a single daddy that wanted to participate, looking for love. We took registrations. We were looking for a single daddy that wanted to participate.

He's looking for love. And we found one. We've found the daddy of all daddies. This 25-year-old father of two is a pet-loving, soon-to-be private pilot. After six months of singleness, he's ready to meet the open-minded, driven girl of his dreams. If you're after a daddy, then we've found your snack. Meet Ethan.

We've found your snack. Right. Good morning, Ethan. How are you? Good morning. Good, thanks. Yeah, yourself? Good, good.

Now, how old are you, Ethan? Let's get straight into it because people want to know about you. So I'm 25. Okay. Yep. And I basically, I've got two young children, a six-year-old

and a two-year-old. Okay. And I've been out of relationship for about six months now. I was actually married. Oh, right. Okay.

Yeah, and it all fell over. So I'm ready to maybe find a potential love. Okay. And you're almost a private pilot. I am. So I've been doing that part-time. It's sort of something I've enjoyed from a young age.

So I've been doing some training here in the bay and not too far. So looking for that lady that I can sort of take around New Zealand and enjoy weekends away. Immediately I'm thinking of Christian Grey when he flies the helicopter. Oh, Christian Grey. Where are you taking me this weekend, Ethan? Yeah, yeah. I don't know, but put these handcuffs on.

No, you've got to have your hands free and willing and a small fixed wing aircraft in case you need to evacuate. Now, for those that missed it yesterday, we talked to your sister who nominated you for Radio Tinder and she told us your job. Ah, yes. So it's a bit of a unique job. I'm a funeral director in Barmer

and it's something I sort a unique job. I'm a funeral director in Barmer. And it's something I sort of started straight from high school. So I've been doing it for the last eight years. And it's all I know. And, yeah, it's different. I think sort of I've been on the Tinder app a little bit. And I sort of talk to these girls and then they sort of ask, oh, so what do you do for a job?

And as soon as I say funeral director, I don't hear back from them quite often. Oh, really? I would have thought he's a man who knows snappy dressing because corpses always are dressed nicely. Yeah. I would have thought, you know, knows how to present the face. Yep. Flowers. Has a good connection to get some good flowers.

But I would think it would make you quite an empathetic and caring like a gentle guy. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Yep, because we deal with, a lot of people think we deal with dead bodies, but we actually I'm dealing with the living more than anything so guiding them through that journey

and you definitely have to be compassionate. What's the potential discount for a new partner with a death in the family? 10%? 15% maybe? Nan's on the way out. Nan's on the way out.

What deal can you do me, Ethan? Oh, we could give you a free casket. Oh, there we go. Can you believe those things are so expensive? Don't buy us a casket if you're not going to deliver. Brilliant. All right. So, Ethan, all right.

So what do you look for in a match? Yeah, yeah. So I look for someone that's quite driven, you know, someone that's got some goals that they set and want to achieve. I like people that sort of look into the future a little bit, you know. I know it's important to, you know, live your life now. So a clairvoyant? Yeah, definitely.

Okay. Or someone with, you mean with goals, obviously. With goals, yeah. And plans. Yep. Okay. Absolutely. And open-minded as well.

So when I say open-minded, I don't mean anything to do with open relationships or anything like that. No Christian Grey stuff. That's where my mind went. Open-minded, just, yeah. Like, no Christian Grey stuff? Or? Yeah, no. Nah, not really.

Not really. Okay, just open-minded. All right, well, that is Ethan. Our Radio Tinder Daddy Edition. If you would like to match or try to match with Ethan, you need to call us right now on 0800DARLS.M. If you can't get through, flick us a text, 9696, and we'll come back next with you, Ethan,

and let's see if we can find you some matches. Awesome. Look forward to it, mate. Radio Tinder Daddy Edition. Well, it's Radio Tinder and Father's Day on Sunday. It's our daddy edition and we met our daddy just moments ago. That sounds weird to say. We met our daddy. We've found the daddy of all daddies. This 25-year-old father of two is a pet-loving, soon-to-be private pilot.

After six months of singleness, he's ready to meet the open-minded, driven girl of his dreams. If you're after a daddy, then we found your snack. Meet Ethan. You know, it's different when you're in the privacy of your own home and you're swiping and no one can see who you're swiping and you don't have to be on the receiving end when you tell someone you're not swiping them. Yeah. It's a little bit more brutal.

There's some interest coming through already, though, on the text machine. Okay, well, what are people saying? Maybe he's just looking for someone to bury his casket. I can be that girl. Megan, do you realise what you've just said? Do you realise what you, just said? Do you realise what you, like, the metaphorical take

on what you just said? You didn't pass metaphors at school, did you? No, I didn't. They just meant... But there's a lot of good feedback coming through. Yeah, if I wasn't married for 28 years, I'd be on the phone. Maybe this is an indication that...

I'll happily play dead for Ethan and he can take care of me. Oh. Wow. Wow. All right, Ethan, let's meet our first Radio Tinder match. Possible match. Taylor, good morning. Good morning.

All right, Ethan, you've got some questions for Taylor and then you're going to decide if you're swiping left or right. Yep, perfect. Good morning, Taylor. Good morning, how are you? Good, thank you. Yourself? Oh, not too bad. This is very professional so far. Yeah, it's very.

Very professional. So Taylor, tell me, what do you do for a job? I'm in my last semester of nursing. Oh, nice. Very, very caring, compassionate job as well, huh? Yeah. Yep.

So your last semester. And what would be something you'd spend your weekend doing? Oh, either spending time with my daughter, because obviously working shift work, you know, it's a bit hard. For sure. Otherwise just travelling around, seeing the country. Oh, nice.

In a plane. In a plane. You can do it in a plane, Taylor. We can. Are you scared of heights, Taylor? Do you like flying? I don't mind flying, but I'm not a huge fan of heights. No, you can stay in the plane.

It's all good. Yeah. Just don't look down. And Taylor, what's something you're proud of in your life so far? Getting so far, like getting nearly graduating, having my daughter throughout my degree. Yeah, sure.

It's a lot harder. Yeah, for sure. Yep. Oh, brilliant. Yeah. All right. We've just received a thumbs up.

We've got a thumbs up. It's a match. All right. Thanks, Taylor. Wait there, Taylor. We'll pop you on hold. We'll give you his details. Rebecca, good morning.

Good morning. Rebecca's gone. She's dropped off. We'll pop you on hold. We'll give you his details. Rebecca, good morning. Good morning. Rebecca's gone. She's dropped off. I don't know if that was the embalming thing or not. Jess, good morning. Hello. Now, welcome to Radio Tinder. Ethan, over to you.

Yeah, good morning, Jess. Hi, how are you? Good, thank you. Yourself? Yeah, no, good, good. Oh, brilliant. How's your morning going, all right? Yeah, pretty good. I'll be honest with you, it's a bit awkward no, good, good. Oh, brilliant. How's your morning going, all right? Yeah, pretty good.

I'll be honest with you, it's a bit awkward being on the other end of this, just sitting here waiting, listening to you chatting up these other females. Jess, you're giving him grief already. Yeah, Aiton, stop cheating on her. Yeah, I'm not quite used to, but that's okay. Hey, Jess, I've got a used to, but that's okay.

Jess, I've got a question for you. Yeah. What amazing adventures have you been on? Probably my most amazing adventure would be going over to the United States and travelling across the country in the back of a cab van. Awesome. Yeah. That's awesome. You sound like my brother.

You sound like you don't know anyone then, huh? Ethan, we can only help you so much, mate. I'm not helping myself here, am I? Let's go on a date. You sound like my brother. Oh, that's so good. And what made you ring in this morning, Jess? I liked what I heard.

You sound very ambitious and mature for your age. And I saw a potential match and I thought, grab the chance, right? Yep. Oh, fantastic. And have you got kids yourself, Jess? I do. I have two daughters. Oh, lovely. How old are got kids yourself, Jess? I do. I have two daughters. Oh, lovely.

How old are they, if you don't mind me asking? They're five and seven. Nice. We've got a thumbs up. We've got a thumbs up. Yes. God, you and the brother are going to get on great at Christmas. You'd keep your hands off his brother.

Michaela, welcome to Radio Tinder. Hi, how are you going? Yeah, good, thanks. Michaela, yourself? Yeah, not bad, thank you. So what brings you here this morning? Well, actually, truth be told, my friend signed me up for this without me knowing. She thought I need to get out there a bit more. Oh, nice. It's a bit like me, to She thought I need to get out there a bit more. Oh, nice.

It's a bit like me, to be honest. Yeah, well, there you go. Something in common already. Yeah, absolutely. Go on, shut up. So what are people often surprised to hear about you? Something unique or? Probably that I have a really big interest in dogs,

especially dachshunds. Oh, fantastic. Yeah. Well, that's perfect. Pets are really important to me, but I'm not the best at caring for them, so absolutely. Most definitely.

And if they die, you can give them the full service. Yeah, I mean, it's perfect, really. Everyone wants their pets in a nice, Most definitely. And if they die, you can give them the full service. Yeah, I mean, it's perfect, really. Everyone wants their pets in a nice dinner, right? Oh my God, if we did a dash on the coffin, it'd be long and skinny. Like a wooden shoebox. This is a bit of a tough question for you. But what would be your biggest goal in life currently?

Well, at the moment, I am studying towards being a primary school teacher. So I think at the moment it would be graduating from that. Sure. Yep. She likes kids. Yeah, and just being really great at my job, really. Like, I mean, I got into it because teachers always inspired me and I'd really love to do that for other children.

Oh, I like that. Fantastic. That's another thumbs up. I like that. Fantastic. That's another thumbs up. That's another thumbs up. That's another thumbs up. Three from three. Fantastic. Jess isn't going to like hearing these thumbs up.

I wonder if we just, is Jess still there? That's another thumbs up, Jess. You've got competition with Taylor and Michaela, Jess. I'm not loving this. Should we get Ethan's brother's number, do you reckon, just in case? Is this what it's come down to? All right, well, it's a fight to the death between the three of them, Ethan. Congratulations.

Three from three, well done. And best of luck. And happy Dad's Day. Happy Father's Day for Sunday. Awesome, mate. Hey, thanks for having me on the show. All right, no done. And best of luck. And happy Father's Day. Happy Father's Day for Sunday. Awesome, mate. Hey, thanks for having me on the show. All right, no worries. So lovely.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fact of the day, day is a dog with an Oscar nomination. Hmm. Okay. Well, they're actors a lot of the time. It's not an acting nomination, Megan. Oh. Keep going.

Sound effects. No. Oh. Maybe a pretty good though. The best woof this year goes to Lassie. Oh, Lassie again with another win in the woof category. Will she be stopped? Old Yeller.

I thought he had it in the bag, but of course he died. Shot because he had rabies. Art department. No. I thought they'd done like a painting. This adult with an Oscar. What else do you get an Oscar for? Something technical. Something technical. Best boom operator. No. Oh. I thought they'd done like a painting. There's a dog with an Oscar. What else do you get an Oscar for? Technic, something technical. Something technical.

Best boom operator. No. Best writing. What? Best writing. Screenplay based on material from other medium. This is, I believe, is this the one that Taika Waititi won? Oh yeah, Taika Waititi won it last year for Jojo Rabbit.

Okay. But a dog actually was nominated for the Oscar for the 1984 movie Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. The writer, this is the reason, Robert Towne was the writer of

Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, which is a very long title. Very long. It should have just been called writer of Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, which is a very long title. Very long. It should have just been called Tarzan Greystoke or something easier that rolls off the tongue. The guy that wrote it hated it so much by the time it was made into a movie and on screen. He saw it as a writer. He got a screening before it was released.

He's like, I don't want my name on that. Because it's terrible. Well, maybe he shouldn't have done better work or was he blaming everybody else? So he put his dog on the Oscar form. Yeah. PH Bazaar. And that was the name of his dog.

Yeah. And he put the dog's name on the form. And then the film was nominated for an Academy Award for writing the best adapted from other material to a screenplay. And so his dog was nominated for an Oscar.

Did he regret it at that point? Nope. No regrets. He was stubborn and I appreciate this. His work that he hated so much was nominated for an Oscar and he's like, no, I hated it. But he didn't win the Oscar. No.

Just nominated. Nominated. Wow, okay. Nominated. I can tell you if you give me a second who won it. 1980, 1984, Amadeus. Okay. Give it to the dog.

Nominated from the play Amadeus. Give it to the dog. Yeah, give it to the dog. Yeah. But yeah, this guy did not want it. So that is how a dog has an Oscar nomination. And that is today's... Oh.

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Mr. Smith, your neighbours say there's shit all over their lawn and your house stinks. Well, whose house is it again? I think you need to reiterate that. It's your house, exactly. Right. The defence rests. It's like public submissions.

You talk to the council and they listen. Yeah. And then take that on board. And in America, it's all videoed and it's all made publicly available because it has to be for accountability and transparency. Remember all those Zoom calls they had where people were unloading on the local council and stuff? Yeah, yeah.

Because they didn't actually have to go down to do it. But this guy, he's popped down to Lincoln, Nebraska. Listen to the seriousness of this. Too much of your time here. My name is Andrew Christensen. I live at 1212 Twin Ridge Road. Lincoln has the opportunity to be a social leader in this country. We have been casually ignoring a problem that has gotten so out of control

that our children are throwing around names and words without even understanding their true meaning and treating things as though they're normal. I go into nice family restaurants and I see people throwing this name around. Now, at that stage, Megan, what would you say he's about to address the council about? He sounds quite woke, like he's got a problem with a name. Sexism. It could be sexism.

Or racism. It could be a race based. Yeah. But like why specifically restaurants? Is that just where he's heard it? Well that's where he's heard it but maybe that's where he congregates with most people. Right. And pretending as though everything is just fine. I'm talking about boneless chicken

wings. I propose that we as a city remove the name. Excuse me, I'm trying to... Yeah. Excuse me. It's very serious. I propose that we as a city remove the name boneless wings from our menus and from our hearts.

I couldn't agree with him more. I know, same! When I saw this, I was like, yes! He runs through a three-point reason. These are our reasons why. Number one, nothing about boneless chicken wings actually come from the wing of a chicken. We would be disgusted if a butcher was mislabeling their cuts of meats, but then we go around pretending as though the breast of the chicken is its wing. Number two, boneless chicken wings are just chicken tenders, which are already boneless.

What a fantastic point. I don't go and order boneless tacos. I don't go and order boneless tacos. I don't go and order boneless club sandwiches. I don't ask for boneless auto repair. It's just what's expected. I just want to, at this stage, chicken tenders are great enough by themselves. Yeah.

They don't need to be mislabeled. But also when you're biting into a wing, it's a completely different type of meat than the breast. The breast is very easily dried. A wing is more like a thigh, but in smaller, easier to handle situations. He's got a third point. Number three, we need to raise our children better. Our children are raised being afraid of having bones attached to their meat.

That's where meat comes from. It grows on bones. What a waste of people's time. He's really serious. He's obviously joking, right? But yeah, yeah, yeah. He's conducting himself very professionally. He's managed to get this to go viral.

So the whole world's hearing this issue. Yeah. I love eating drumsticks and chicken wings off the bone. The best part about chicken wings is when you bite the end off and you can push it down and you can get the bones out. I know people that don't like bones. Well then they shouldn't be allowed meat.

Because like he said, it's where it's from. It's where it's from. It's like denying lettuce grows in the ground. I shan't have a lettuce grown in the ground. The ground is dirty. Hydroponics. You don't get any of that. You still need a little bit of fish poo going through the bottom, don't you?

But I like this guy. I like the kind of picture. ZM's Fletch Warner-Megan, the podcast. The America's Cup is now New Zealand's Cup. On his team, the Adams. Oh, beautiful connection. The All Blacks celebrating already. It's where we talk about sports. New Zealand's, you'd say probably three leading sports broadcasters. At the moment.

At the moment. We'll take that. Absolutely. It's because there's no water in the pool. Oh, I don't know. I was trying to say, like, there's no water in the pool. Okay. It doesn't mean we can't swim.

Oh, man, I don't know. Well, there's a big match on. Finally, it's happening. Yeah. Saturday night, tomorrow night. North versus South. Rugby game. Now, I still call it the cake tin, but Sky have had a lot of money. Absolutely the Caketon, but Sky have had a lot of money.

Absolutely, how dare you? Sky have had a lot of money. It's called the Sky Caketon. Yeah. That's where it is. Yep. It is kicking off tomorrow at 7.10. Live and exclusive on Sky Sports.

The Steinlager Classic North versus South. Yucky. Steinlager Classic. Yucky. I like a pure. I'm a pure man myself too. That's a good North versus South. South still to a Classic. Yucky. I like a pure. I'm a pure man myself too. That's a good North versus South. Steinlager Pure.

Steinlager Classic. Yeah. Nothing said 1980s, sailing family, bathing in white privilege like a Steinlager Classic. Anyway, playing in that game. And he probably has nothing to do with that previous sponsor chat. Tom Christie, good morning. Good morning. How's it going?

Good, mate. Good. Now, let me confirm. You will be playing for the South Island? Yep. Yep. I'm not one of the controversial ones. I'm born and bred down in the South.

It's a small homeland. Because you're from Gore, aren't you, playing for the Crusaders? But there has been some controversy because how did they pick some of the players? Was it the first club you played for? The first provincial games. So wherever you kind of got your first opportunity to play might have been Gulfport as it was

ITM. Yeah, right. Okay, yeah, so that's why the Bowdoin brothers, the Barrett brothers split up, yeah, between the two islands. So who's got like a bullseye on them? Would you be considering a South Island trader that's jumped Cook straight and headed north?

Probably the only one for me would be Mitch Hunt. I mean, I used to live with him down in the South Island. So if we're on the field together, I'll definitely be gunning to get one on him. And then like when he's on the ground, it's like, yeah, Jaffa. Yeah. Yeah, Jaffa. Go back to Auckland.

As long as the ref's not too far away so you can't hear it on the ref's mic. Right. Yeah, right. It is like a serious rugby game, but at the same time, it's not like a World Cup final. Is there going to be a bit of fun in it, or the fun is going to be safe for afterwards? Oh, I think, like, we're definitely

preparing a very serious rugby game, but when you look at it, there's a lot of boys that know each other on opposite teams, so there will be that element of fun as well, so the way that we'll be playing will be extremely serious. Everyone will want to win and do right

for their selected island. But when you're playing your mates, it's always got a little bit of fun to it as well. That's what they say about State of Origin until best mates are punching each other in the face until they are unconscious. Is it going to be hard to play the full 80 minutes and be in the scrums and stuff with the mask

on? Oh, well. We've been practising in the gym with the masks on and that was hard enough. I'm not sure how tackling with one hand and face is going to go, but we'll try it out. Wow. Okay.

So you reckon the South Island's got it? Yeah. I'd like to say so. Yeah. All right. Yeah. I was going to say,. Yeah. All right. Yeah. I was going to say, because if you said, if you were like, I don't know,

then the South Islander would have been like, get him off the table. Is he actually, who's like, has the TAB made a favourite? I'm not sure, actually. We're not really allowed to bid on ourselves. Have I just got you in trouble? Oh, you've just embroiled him. I haven't gone and checked the odds out yet.

Oh, okay. That's normally a good indicator, isn't it? Rugby union. Yeah, but then like you guys, most of the Crusaders, as yourself, so you'd probably... North versus South,

I can tell you. North Island paying $1.64, South Island paying $2.15. So that means that the North Island's going in favourites. They're going in favourites. Yeah, everyone loves an underdog story, so. Yeah, well, exciting.

All right, well, the game is on tomorrow night in Wellington. Yep. 7-10 kick-off. 7-10 kick-off on Sky Sport. Thanks for the chat this morning. Good luck. No worries. Thanks very much, guys.

Tom Christie. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZDM's Bree and Clinton to listen to subscribe on the I heart radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Hit music lives here. ZM.