ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 6th July

Episode Date: July 5, 2020

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Welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Buy five McCafe coffees and get one free on the Maccas app. Well done. Well done me. That was a live read. That was lovely, wasn't it? One take wonder. Congratulations. You're welcome. Welcome to the podcast. This is a little recorded introduction. I'll just be honest with you. We have to wait around for the bonus banger to play and oftentimes we just sit here talking um which is what we do for a job so we thought we'd just press record on it um this time yes i put on the start of the podcast a little bit of an extra treat exclusive there might not be one tomorrow to be told i'll be honest with you this may we may deem this too hard too much effort at the end of this we'll we'll have a a brief sort of a recap off here how we felt maybe we'll do it in this record, how we think it went, how we thought it went,

how we think it went. And we'll discuss whether or not we do it again. It's first day back from holiday, so you know, energized, feeling good. It's not going to last forever. No, you're right, Megan. It probably won't. Now, Vaughn, there'll be mention in the podcast about the word find, but have you completed

the word find? I have completed it, yes. Today I went for the Megan Pappas technique. I found a highlighter. I highlighted the whole words. I was, as a child, I would circle the whole word, and then I got into the habit of circling individual letters. Oh, no, that's not how you do a word find. But now I've highlighted.

Doesn't it look pretty? It looks great, actually, but it has left glaring gaps. You know when you're getting towards the end of a word find, you're thinking, well, the words that are left must be in some of these gaps. But there are gaps left. It's riveting stuff. That have left some words like clut poking out there. Is that a word?

It's not a word. It's not a word. You are a clut. But a klutz isn't a singular, but it just looks like it could be a word. The producers are shaking their heads like, don't go any further with that word, I think. Ruye. Ruye could be a word.

R-U-Y-E. It would have the macron over the E there. So I just like to make up words sometimes Oh, there's a package in the mail room Spots I've got an email There's a package in the mail room for me For all of us?

903 That came in Okay Now, the mail room's changed here Just behind the scenes It was down in the basement It wasn't a very nice room I believe Bogsy, the CEO, is turning that into a sauna

Hot It's a management sauna Can you know? No, management only sauna the basement. It wasn't a very nice room. I believe Bogsy, the CEO, is turning that into a sauna. It's a management sauna. No, management only sauna. So the mailroom's moved up to main reception and we've been told we're not allowed personal deliveries in the mailroom. Which is, I've still got that because I've got a couple of cat toys coming on

AliExpress. Yeah, I've got something coming. Look at this Passag note that they've put on here. It's a sticker. It's stuck on so they've gone to the expense of printing these out to stick them on any mail now. Please note, NZ Mayor no longer accepts personal couriers or mail. Please direct deliveries to your home address from the 13th

of July. Personal items will be returned to sender. Now imagine if my Lycan hoodie had been returned to sender. What is this hoodie that you've purchased? A what hoodie? No, I've been sent it. Right. So that wasn't personal mail? Well, I don't know.

I know I don't think so. Did you ask for it and get it sent here? Yes, that's exactly what happened. Oh, so it is personal mail. It is personal mail. Oh, it was vacuum packed. It's basically. Have you bought a mink blanket? No, it's a wearable mink blanket.

It's a blanket sweatshirt. It's a blanket sweatshirt. Wow. Please don't. Is this for home? I'm missing my name. Is this purely for home? Wow.

It looks like velour. You wouldn't wear that out in public though, would you? It looks like it needs to have juicy printed on it. Oh, yes. Or FUBU. Wow. Wow. Oh yes, or Fubu. Wow. Wow, that's a big velour hoodie. Very wide. And why is it oversized?

Well no, it's supposed to be because my kids have got the Udi brands. Right. And I think this is because they're very expensive so this is like a New Zealand alternative. That's so West Auckland, isn't it? I know, isn't it lovely? So yeah, likingcan hoodies. Brilliant.

My two co-hosts have done a great job of selling it. No, I would wear that on my couch. I wouldn't wear it outside though. But I mean, it's a home blanket, isn't it? It's just a blanket. It wouldn't accommodate my dropped food very well. Because you know, you slop your food at home. But it looks easy wipe to me

does it looks like there's an easy wipe to it i'm just gonna put it on okay okay lovely keep talking are you gonna get my prickle too i've got a prickle on my finger i need you to get someone gets me a needle i'll um surgically remove the prickle from me thank you it's gonna wool a wool interior that's a faux wool It's not say wool Wow Oh my god Why didn't you get a smaller size? It does look so warm No but this is the size that it comes in Megan

They've got to be big So you're comfy I've only had it on for 10 seconds I'm already my internal thermostat I wouldn't stand too close to a heater That looks very combustible I wouldn't go near an open flame heater. That looks very combustible. I wouldn't go near an open flame with this.

Okay, lovely. Anything else you'd like to cover off before we get into the podcast today? Not I. This has been a raging success. Yeah. Well, let's review. Do we think we'll do this again? We'll see. We'll see.

I like that. I like that. You don't promise, do you? Because if you don't do it, you've over-promised and under-delivered. It's all about the under-promise and the over-deliver. Is your porridge reoccurring on you? ZM. Head music.

Lives here. Fleece, Fawn and Megan. The podcast. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleece, Fawn and Megan. Good morning. Someone's had a beard trim on holiday, haven't they?

Yeah, I did, actually. I just did it myself. You look younger. That's what Sade said as well. I said, I don't want to look younger. Why? I want to look more resilient. I want to look like a bushman.

Yeah, yeah. I want to look like the guy you could turn to when it all goes tits up. A rugged bushman. Actually, you can tell you've done it because you left a little. There's a little. I know that's just because I haven't had a shower this morning. It's a little won up. A rugged boy. Actually, you can tell you've done it because you left a little, there's a little. I know that's just because I haven't had a shower this morning. It's a little wonky.

I haven't put anything in it. Right. So our power's gone out. Don't give him any negative feedback. It looks good. Well, no, it does look good. Yeah, there's a line under here that needs to be straightened up.

That's hard to do yourself because you kind of like put your chin up and then you can't see and you go, yeah, it's mirror stuff. It's hard. Hard mirror stuff. Yeah. I don't know how people put makeup on.

I'd be putting it on the wrong eye. Right. Trying to do the left eye. Ah, it's the right eye. Bloody mirrors. Bloody mirrors always back to front. What did you do on your holiday? I feel like I didn't see anything on your social.

So I did nothing. So, yeah, because if you don't put it on. No, my mum was up. That's right. No, I did see your mum. We went and got our nails done. Not a lot, really. We just hung out.

It was nice. Did she pinch Mr. Toyboy's bottom? Probably. Inappropriately. Probably. Undoubtedly. Yeah. What about your holiday,. Probably. Yeah. Undoubtedly. Yeah. What about your holiday, Fletch?

It was good. Went up a mountain. Saw that. Lovely. Lovely. The top six coming up. Vaughan, what's on the agenda today? The top six things this wahine got up to

when she escaped isolation. She had to climb a fence to get out. She climbed two fences. And I saw them. They were walls. Right, okay. They were like in a courtyard walls. Aren't they those big ones they put up at concerts to stop you sneaking in?

Those big portable fences? Or were they actually walls? One was a wall. They showed a concrete block wall that showed the scale. And then the outer one was the big, tall chain-link fence. Right. Yeah. It should be like those prisoner of war camps where they get to shoot you.

Spotlight. Yeah, spotlight. Maybe tase, because that's a bit more humane. Paintball. Paintball. They actually have a paintball tower. And you're, like, running, and you're like, we're almost out. And then, choink, on comes the spotlight.

And then you just, on comes the spotlight. And then you're just and then you just hear Oh my god, can you actually get a paintball machine gun? That would be lethal on the paintball field. I'm pretty sure you'd be able to because it would just gravity feed more balls and you'd just hold the thing down. Unfair on the paintball field. No, because it would be harder to carry around, Megan and you just hold the thing down. Unfair on the paintball field. I've always wanted to use...

No, because it would be harder to carry around, Megan. That's always the thing about guns. They can shoot more or always weigh more. Okay, I've just Googled paintball machine gun. God, Americans love a gun, don't they? Look at that. Wow. That's like a Browning, one of those.

Yeah, that's one of those ones you put the tripod down. Yeah. Good Lord. Just mow down people with paintballs. Take that to a stag do. Can you get a paintball grenade? Yep. I'm going to Google that. Okay. Yep. Good lord. Just mow down people with paintballs. Take that to a stag do. Can you get a paintball grenade? Yep. I'm going to Google that.

Okay. Yep. You can. They existed a long time ago. Oh, my God. You can. Mm. Wow.

And they go boom, and they just blow paint everywhere. He's made one, has he? Or has he purchased? He's purchased a paintball. All right. And you fill them up with your paint. Come on. Get to the explosion.

Wow. Yeah, look at that. Can't you just fill a water balloon with some paint? Well, yeah. I guess you could. Right. Oh. Oh.

Oh, it failed. It failed. Hold on. He's throwing it again. You'll be able to tell how cool this is by our excitement. Boom! Boom! Yeah.

So it kind of, it's like the lid coming off a soft drink bottle as opposed to an explosion. Right. Which is good because you wouldn't want to exploding. Yeah. You know, that's when paintball gets real. So I guess that's how, if you got a lot of pain on you, you'd be out of the game, wouldn't you? Yeah.

Okay, well hey, that's just an idea. Government. Roll with it. Roll with it. with it Alright the top Who's in charge of isolation now It's the Air Force Megan Woods Yeah And the Air Force

And Air Admiral Luke Skywalker He's got a cool name though He's got a cool name though Doesn't he Yeah Left wing Admiral I feel like it's

There's wing and there's Admiral No it's Commodore Commodore It's Holden Commodore Someone It's a VJ It's a VJ Commodore F, it's Commodore. Commodore. It's Holden Commodore someone. It's a VJ. It's a VJ Commodore.

Flesh, Vaughn and Megan. The Podcast. ZM. Do you remember a couple of weeks ago I told you about an app that was running a competition? You had to keep your finger on the app the longest. And if you took it off, you were out of the competition. Do you remember that? Yes.

And we were coming up with ways like to stay on there Like have a sausage on there Yeah but you had to So every now and again You'd have to move your finger So the app would tell you So you couldn't use a sausage And just keep a sausage on your phone To play the game for you

So what was Originally the idea was That you would Hold your finger on the app The last person would win the prize money But when you got eliminated When people started dropping out They would say The last person would win the prize money. But when you got eliminated, when people started dropping out, they would say, how much do you want the prize money to be? Yes.

And that was where we thought it could go badly because you would be jealous that you were no longer in the running and you would make the number very low. So on Friday, a YouTuber cut off a massive competition that saw 1 million players face off for $25,000. That was the US prize for whoever could keep their finger attached to the screen the longest. After more than 70 hours, and with the last four contestants showing no signs of giving up. This man ditched the contest's initial single winner model and announced that all four would walk away with $20,000 each. Why didn't...

That's not that long. He's obviously never worked in radio. You know, you've got to make those things last as long as humanly possible. I think he was probably done with it. He probably wanted some of his spare time back. How many days is 70 hours? 24. We'll divide 70 by 24. Just shy of

three. Yeah, three and a bit. Yeah, right. But then you have to stay awake. You can't sleep in that time. Your finger would come off. Yeah, so 1.3 million people took part. Started out. Yeah. And then it got down to Yeah, so 1.3 million people. Took part.

Started out. Yeah. And then it got down to four. Yeah. Wow, and how quickly it got down to like half a million. Yeah, I'd love to see some stats like that. Yeah. Because I would have given it like half an hour and I would have been done with it. Surely someone will win in the next hour.

It still would have been a million bucks and you would have been like. We just don't know how anyone got anything done. Did they not have work? Did they not have, how do you drive? Well, they might have been in a million bucks and you would have been like... We just don't know how anyone got anything done. Did they not have work? Did they not have... How do you drive? Well, they might have been in ISO. This would have been the perfect game for isolation. That's true.

But yeah, everybody... I don't like... Yeah, it's a bit of a cop-out, isn't it? Everybody won. What level of isolation and stuff? Like, is New York still because I've seen people move. Oh yeah, there's 4th of July parties at the weekend

so give it two weeks and they'll be like why is there a surge in cases? But it still hasn't been two weeks since the last. Yeah. Okay. Okay, so when you're on Netflix and you've watched a show or maybe you started a show

or started a movie. There's an Anne Hathaway movie. I can't remember what it's called and I started it and I was like, oh, too boring. It's a Netflix movie. I think it's like an action, but I just... You were like, no, Anne Hathaway, this isn't happening. And I like her, but it was just a bit boring.

Let me have a look here. Anne Hathaway Netflix. You think it was a Netflix original? Yeah. The Last Thing You Wanted? Maybe. Is that 2020? Yep.

It's a mystery political thriller. Yeah. When she helps her father broker an arms deal, a reporter becomes involved in a story she's trying to break. That sounds great. It might have got good. It's got Ben Affleck. Does it?

I don't even think I got to him. How did you not get to Ben Affleck? Megan, did you only watch the credits at the start? I think it was like 20 minutes. I was like, oh, right. But then it's there forever. Yeah. And it's like, continue watching?

Do you want to watch this movie? I'm like, no. I hate that. It sits there forever. Yeah. There is now something on your Netflix. If you haven't got it, it's rolling out, where you can delete it. Because otherwise it just sits there until you bump it off eventually.

So this is not on your smart TV though, right? This is only on your phone. On iOS and Android, yeah. If you can do it on your phone. Yep, or the laptop. Your account syncs up to your smart TV. Yeah, it does. So surely it would

disappear there as well. So there's a little icon that just says more underneath the option to keep watching it and then you just

click remove from the row. Mountie, the social media desk, you've used this just last night. Yeah, I did a big clear out. Because you're the same,

like it just annoys you seeing Continue Watching when you really don't want to. Yeah,'re the same. Like, it just annoys you seeing Continue Watching when you really don't want to. Yeah, with some series as well, if they're like individual episodes, some you just don't, you have no interest in. Yeah. And it will say Continue Watching

and you're like, but I'm done with you. Yeah. Leave. Right. And so it's easy. You just click and clear it and then it's off. Very little dots. That's so good.

You know, like sometimes you watch something and you like, it gets to the end of the, like, sometimes you watch something and you, like, it gets to the end of the movie and you stop it straight away and you haven't rolled out all the credits and stuff and it still says continue watching? Yeah. I watched the whole thing. Take a hint, man.

I'm not going to press play and watch the credits just to get it off my continue watching list. So, yeah, I think we can all agree that's pretty. Or, yeah, or you walk away when the credits are playing. Oh, God damn it. And then it rolls into something else and starts auto-playing it. Yeah can all agree that's pretty. Or you walk away when the credits are playing. Oh, God damn it. And then it rolls into something else and starts auto-playing it. Yeah. And then that's there.

You don't want to watch that. Yeah, that's there. Continue watching. No. That was an accident. I just did this. I went to Netflix to see what was on my continue watching list. And number one on their recommended thing is a series called Worry A Nun.

And I accidentally clicked play, not more information. So now that's going to... After waking up in a morgue, an orphan teen discovers she now possesses superpowers as the chosen halo bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns. She looks badass, though. She does a bit. Yeah.

This could be watchable. Yeah. I'll give it a shot. Does it let you remove stuff that it recommends that you're like, oh, I'm never going to watch that, but it's always up there? Oh. Recommended for you and you're like, no, you don't know me at all. You don't know me algorithm, but yeah, okay, maybe later.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. So went on my first plane, my first flight for months. Many months. Post-COVID plane. Same with you, Vaughan? Yep. Probably the longest time you haven't been on a plane. Yeah first flight for months. Many months. Post-COVID plane. Same with you, Vaughan. Yeah. Probably the longest time you haven't been on a plane. Yeah, it was like three, four months.

That's a long time for you. It was weird. A long time, yeah. I was like, cool, I'm on a plane. But it was what happened next to me on the plane that I want to talk about now. Go on. A man in a business suit had the middle seat. And the lady came around., cookies, chips, coffee.

Lovely. And he said to the lady, I'll have a cookie, but could I have two so that I can take them home for my kids? And I was like, that is so nice. No, no. Dad comes home from a business trip and he's like... These are not cookies that you can't get anywhere else. If he was that keen to take cookies home for his kids,

I'm pretty sure that bookshop that you come face-to-face with when you get off a plane has cookie time cookies. Has cookies, yeah, yeah, yeah. He just wanted two though, right? Like take them a couple of lollies. This is the time to be asking for extras from an airline. We're in a recession. But that's like,

I never get a cookie so he can have my cookie. No, then that's up to you to take the cookie and then decide whether you're going to give him the cookie. He can't take more than his allocated amount of cookies.

Like when he said, can I have two cookies? I was just like, oh, rude. Like, how's this going to go down? And then he said for the kids. Yeah. And I was like, oh, and then the lady was just absolute sucker for it. She's like,

of course, here you go. Gave him two. And then he wolfed both of them? And then he ate them both. And I was like, unbelievable. Oh, wow. He was the bad guy, and then he was briefly like, I'm a bad guy who wants to take his kids' cookies, and now he's

a bad guy who lied about the children. I did not see that twist. No, plot twist. And I was like, oh, tip of the hat. Tip of the flexi-fit blue hat to you, sir, because that's a good move. I admire that. Except they've changed the cookies. I was speaking to Executive Intern Anya about this.

They've gone from a, what did they used to have? Like a chocolate chip and a... Yes. There was another one, but this... A cranberry and white chocolate. I wasn't a fan of the cranberry, but they've gone to an oat cookie. An oat in a cookie. I'm a bit of a fan of oat.

You know, I like them. And a bit of raisin. Is it? Oh, no, no. There were no raisins. There were no raisins. It's just like an Anzac cookie. No, it wasn't.

It was just sad. It was sad. It was quite sweet, though. It had a syrupy, honey, maple-y vibe. Is it a money-saving cookie? Because we're in a recession. Are oats cheaper than everything else? Was it the same brand, though?

The extra 20 cents that, you know, let's get that chocolate chip back, baby. Yeah. You know, we need it. No, but they can't because old mate's asking for two and he's gobbling them himself. That's who's to blame. Yeah. Yuck, yuck.

I can't believe he did that. I wonder if he's like me and he's waiting for his refund to come through. Because they said they'd refund me like nearly two months ago now. And it still hasn't come through. And they said they would, but the money hasn't gone in my bank. Well, you should have asked them. So I should have asked for like 10. Better seat.

I should have asked, yeah. You should have taken a seat. I'm waiting on a refund from you guys. Can I sit up the front? Yeah. Can I sit with the pilot? Can I have a go? Can I fly?

Can I play the plane? Because you owe me money. You guys owe me money, so I want a turn. Yeah, and they're like, oh, your bag's overweight. Well, you do owe me quite a bit of money. You owe me heaps of money. Just waive this this time. Take it off my tab.

Someone personal owes you money, and then they can't complain about you because they owe you money. Exactly. So that should be the same. But you were lucky. What did you get, the cookie or the chips? Well, I got the cookie, but then on the next flight I had, I didn't have anything because I was packed as sulk.

So it was yuck. I was like, well, I'm not eating your biscuit. Shad, I got the chips. There was five chips in it. It's only a snack. Mexicano corn chips. You don't get many chips here. Everyone knows that.

It needs to be at least 10 chips. Right. Well, again, ask for two bags for his kids. Ask for two bags for your kids. Even if you don't have kids. Try it. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We've heard that after lockdown

there's been a lot of Kiwi couples seeking separation advice and getting divorces and stuff. On the other side of things it turns out there has been a massive spike in engagements. Kiwi couples getting engaged. So a few

jewellers have said and one in particular, Nolan and Vardis, that they said they had a 70% rise in comparison to last year. 17%. Wow. Now, is that only because there were three months where nobody could propose or buy a ring? Well, no, because apparently a lot of these jewelers were still working. Yeah, because they could just work by themselves.

Yeah, you can order and you can do it on your email and be like, this is what I want or whatever. You can do it all contactless. Yeah, but you'd want to go in and look though, wouldn't you? Well, they were still working. Yeah, right. Nevaeh and Sloane, which a lot of girls will know about, they said June exceeded all their expectations.

There is definitely a lot of people feeling the love out there. Because I remember early on, because China went obviously into lockdown first, we heard that story about the divorce rates. Huge. When will we know our... Divorce rates. Oh, I don't know. Because what's the process? You have to fill out a form? You have to agree on a separation date,

either legally and written or just verbally, and then you have to wait two years to get a divorce. But we could get separation rates pretty soon. Hmm. Interesting. Yeah. Who prints that? Births, deaths and marriages?

Yeah. Yes. Statistics New Zealand? Yeah. That's why I can never work at Statistics New Zealand. They can hit you. Yeah, can't say it. Well, if they don't release it,

we could always file an official information act request for it. Oh, yes, yeah. That would be fun. That would be great. Yeah. But I feel like it's either going to go that way or the other way, isn't it, really? What do you mean?

Well, for, you know, those kind of couples. Right. They're either going to be more in love or it's going to make or break you? Well, for, you know, those kind of couples. Right. They're either going to be more in love or it's going to make or break you. Yeah, basically. Yeah. It's a true test. Yeah. All right.

18 minutes away from seven. Next on the show, the top six. Yeah. A woman escaped in forced isolation in central Auckland for two hours before the police caught her. Those five police officers now have gone into self-isolation. Oh, yeah. Because they had to deal with this inconsiderate moron. But she had

had a previous COVID test, which was negative, apparently. Yeah. But still. But there's processes. Exactly. You've got to be careful. Exactly. So the top six things that escapee got up to in central Auckland in two hours. Next.

Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. From the ZM think tank, this is the top six. Saturday evening, central Auckland. Somebody abscons from isolation. No, no, I'm not impressed by my use of abscons there. Let me try another one. No, I like that.

Somebody skedaddles. Skedaddles. Someone skarpers. Yeah. Somebody makes off, decamps. Ditches. Dodges.

No, not really a dodge. I've gone too far down the simile list now. Synonym, rather. Evades circumvents. Oh, that's a good one. Circumvents security. Security. I saw. Synonym, rather. Evades circumvents. Oh, that's a good one. Circumvented security. Security.

Scales two fences. Yeah. Living in the city, having seen these COVID hotels and the isolation pens that they walk around, you feel for them. Yes.

And a lot of them know what they're in for, but at the same time being stuck in a hotel room for two days, for two weeks rather, even in a five-star hotel would be pretty hellish. Yes, but better than being overseas. For the greater good. Yes, it is for the greater good.

It is, yes. It is the sacrifice of, a small sacrifice for the greater good, but somebody decided they'd had enough and scaled two fences and spent two hours on the run. Central Auckland's pretty well security camera'd, right? Yeah. They'll be able to trace this person's movements to know if they went into any shops or came in contact with anybody.

The police officers that made the arrest have put themselves into self-isolation, which is good. I see. I reckon you'd like that because you get two weeks off work. In fact, I helped with the arrest, so I should never be here. Now we've all got to have two weeks. I wasn't anywhere near it. But I've got the top six things the escapee got up to in central Auckland

on her two-hour run from the law. That's right, 46-year-old Karen. Oh, Karen. Made the escape. Is her name actually Karen? No. Oh. But, you know, fits the bill. If the shoe fits. Her name might be Karen.

Imagine. Number six on the list of the top six things the escapee got up to in central Auckland. Paid $80 for an early bird car park at Wilson's. But they got there early. Oh, wow. $80. What a discount.

Number five on the list of the top six things the Escaper got up to in central Auckland on the two-hour run from the law said, ha, Shoreland Street, like the TV show. Is that where it's filmed? Because there's an actual street in central Auckland called Shoreland Street. Yeah. And the original broadcast location of New Zealand State Broadcaster is that brick building. Yeah, on Shortland Street.

And it is named, Shortland Street, the hospital, is named as a homage to the original place of New Zealand Broadcasting. So it is kind of like, I think it's an art gallery now. Yeah, it's called Cool Old Building. Yeah. That old brick. It's got like a little antenna on the top of it. Yeah, I like that. They could have

pulled that down. Number four on the list of the top six things the escapee got up to in central Auckland on the tour Run From The Law. I really got into the idea

that they should reopen the tunnels under Albert Park. I want them to open because, you know, I love tunnels. Yeah, I'm a huge fan of tunnels. Tunnels under there

originally. Where do they go? To the other side. So there's one that goes to the other side, like across to sort of the Parnell area. And also there's just like heaps of tunnels under there. It would be good for like cyclists to get through. Could they do like underground concerts?

Like they could put laneway under there. Or it would be too loud. Not many people. It was made for heaps of people though. It was in the war, wasn't it? For bombing and stuff. If it ever pushed them shut, people could hide in there. Or it'd be too loud. Not many people. That would be crowded. It was made for heaps of people though. It was in the war, wasn't it? For bombing and stuff. If it ever pushed

them to show, people could hide in there. But you don't have to research too much before you're really on board with the idea of re-owning those. Number three on the list

of the top six things the escapee got to in central Auckland on the two-hour run from the law. Took 800 PlayStation 4 games into EB Games to trade and got offered

$500 store credit or $2 cash. How can there be such a discrepancy between store credit offered and cash? They've already got enough of those games. They don't need them. I will take them. You can have a couple of Pikachu things over there if you want for $2. Number two on the list of the top six things the Escaper got up to in central Auckland. Got really upset when the farmer's

Santa wasn't on display and the Smith & Co didn't have their Christmas window display going. Not the time of year, though, is it? No, it's not too far away. July, but we're halfway there. Halfway back around the circle to the Christmas display. And number one on the list of the top six

things the Escaper got up to in central Auckland on a two-hour run from the law. She said, oh, that used to the Christmas display. And number one on the list of the top six things the escapee got up to in central Auckland on a two-hour run from the law. She said, oh, that used to be left field. Then it was float. Oh, float. And then after that, of course, you get a provador. And then it was a couple of jigs at Danny Doolin's. And then that had shut and we'd go to Code and Met.

Oh, goodness me. Are you just naming bars from when you used to go out in Auckland? Yes. Then of course you'd enjoy some casual tunes at Fuba on Queen Street. And then to commiserate old times, they got a

drunken kebab on Queen Street and that's actually where they were apprehended. Right. In the kebab shop halfway through a mixed kebab. Why choose lamb or chicken when you can have both? Get them all in there. That is today's Top Sucks. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast.

Over the weekend quite the controversy I didn't know this about Mount Rushmore but Mount Rushmore in America, the four giant carved faces of US presidents Roosevelt, Jefferson, Washington, and Lincoln in the South Dakota mountains. It turns out that that mountain that that is carved into is called the Six Grandfathers

and very important to the local First Nation, who it's the sun. No, no, no, the sun, the sky, the earth, and the four directions of the compass. Yeah, it's a sacred spot. Yeah. And pre-carving, you could see it kind of looked like six different heads, but not like well-formed heads, but kind of like, you know, if you use your imagination, you could sure.

You know, we see things around and we're like, oh, that's called a lion rock because it looks like a lion. Yeah. But it doesn't. But if you use your imagination. So it was there and I didn't know this, the history of it being that that was well known in the area when it was just decided that instead they'd just carve giant faces into the side of it. Yeah.

And in the news because Trump did a 4th of July speech there. Yeah. And I, because when I saw that in the background, I was like, is that real? We're tearing down statues. No, Megan. I know it's real. I know those are carved in there.

But it was talking about this before the show. Yeah. Before we went to air, Megan said. I didn't know that that was real. Mount Rushmore. So, okay, there's a massive mountain with heads carved into it. And when you Google pictures, it looks a bit Photoshopped. But how, and if you were leaning towards, is this fake or real?

Someone actually carved heads in this massive thing. Yeah. You'd be like, no, that didn't happen. Wouldn't you? But haven't you seen it on movies? I've seen it in Team America where they open the mouth and that's how they get into the inside. Yeah. Isn't it?

Yeah. Yeah. I knew that it was, I'd seen pictures and I knew that it was a thing, but I didn't know it was actually carved in the rock. But you've seen so many pictures and so many references in pop culture that you didn't think well that's a real thing. No. You just thought every time it was made up. See and in this picture it looks like they've photoshopped it on there.

Like maybe I thought it was kind of just an outline and they were like this is the four dudes on the rock and they just photoshop a better image on top. I don't know. And then you went around the room asking all the producers, did you know that? Other question I had was how come I haven't seen it on the gram? Like, why don't people go and visit it?

Because it's hard to get, you can't get right next to it. Like you're down. I've never been there, but from what I've seen. You have to have a good zoom. You have to have a good zoom camera. Right. Whereas you can't just do a selfie on your phone. It just doesn't look good.

Also, it is. I googled hashtag Mount Rushmore on the gram. Yeah, 162,000 posts. Because it's also a bit out of the way, isn't it? Yeah, it's pretty much the only reason people go to South Dakota who don't already live there. Actually, I mean, we can probably see now why that's problematic, but it's actually quite amazing.

Oh, yeah. It took a long time, didn't it? It took a very, very long time to do. Because of them, like, chiseling it out and carving it out. And it was supposed to be bigger. It was supposed to be right down to their waists, all four of them, all looking like a boy band on their album cover, but they ran out of money.

Right. They ran out of money. They just did the heads. Yeah, because I saw Donald Trump standing there. I was like, hang on a second. It's real. Is it real? Yeah, it is real.

So add this to the time you found out reindeer were real and flamingos. Yeah. Nothing quite like the flamingo discovery, though, when I turned the corner and they were there. At the zoo. Yeah. You were just like, wow, is this a practical joke for me? That's really something.

Yeah. It was a time of discovery. I think we should make Megan feel better and take some calls on this very thing. Especially if someone saw that over the weekend and was like, whoa. Nobody, no, you're the only person that thought that was photoshopped. Somebody messaged in saying that they thought the mouth opened. Team America. It opens and there's like a base in there.

It doesn't, there's nothing behind there. It's just solid rock. But could we make Megan feel better? Could we take some calls now? When did you have a recent discovery on something? And maybe you found out something was real. It's hard when you turn to your friends too for like validation and they just make a mockery of you.

And then total strangers like this person that messaged in, don't forget when Megan learned that wingdings was an ancient hieroglyphics. That hurts. How's that? I completely forgot about that. It was a long time ago. And they were like, don't forget about this.

It's like I've run out of ammo and they're like, have some more. And I'm like, thank you. Click. Thank you. All right. No, we're doing this to make you feel better. Are you? 0800 Diles at M.

You can text in 9696. When have you made a recent discovery and learnt that something was actually real? Like Mount Rushmore. Like Mount Rushmore. Or flamingos. Or reindeer. Or wingdings. Okay.

Yeah. So we want to know when you made a recent discovery and found out that something was in fact real. Like Megan adding to the list when she has just now found out that Mount Rushmore with the faces carved into the rock is real of former presidents. It's pretty amazing though. Yeah. Because I've Googled them actually carving it. What a feat. Yeah.

So not photoshopped. Not photoshopped. Yeah. And not just in Team America. But, but so not photoshopped. Not photoshopped and not just in Team America. But the mouth doesn't open. No. So we want to know when you've made a recent discovery and found out something is in fact real. Emma, what was your recent

discovery? Well, I was watching Madagascar with my kids and I didn't realise it's actually a real place. I thought it was just like fictional. They have those funny trees too. Yeah, and I was watching it with my kids and my oldest is nine and he was like,

nah, I'm pretty sure it is real. I was like, no, no, it's just for the movie. You were like, shut up, child. I am your mother. What do you know? Oh, cute. You think it's real. Yeah.

It's real in your heart if you believe it to be real. Yeah, that's right. Just believe. And so how did you find out it was? Did he have to Google? No, he Googled it on his Chromebook and he's like, see? I was like, yeah. Wow.

This is gold. Now, just to confirm, it is real, but the monkeys don't sing there. That's right. The whole thing is. And it's not those little raccoony things that dance around and sing. Yeah. You know. Lemurs.

Lemurs. No, they're real, though, aren't they? They're real. Yeah, but they don't dance around and sing. No, no, no. Not while we're watching. Hey, Emma, thanks for your call. Kelsey, what did your sister just find out was real?

The Titanic. Oh, wow. She just thought it was just a movie. Yeah, we were watching a documentary on the Discovery Channel and she turned to me, wide eyes, and was like, wait, what? I can relate. Megan's like, she's not laughing. I knew the Titanic was real though.

I wouldn't hope so. Yeah. Oh no. And so did you tease her about that quite a bit? Yeah. And we went on a cruise and she even did the whole Jack's pose thing. You can't take any credit for that because you had no idea that that was. No.

Brilliant. Kelsey, thanks for your call. Karen, you just found out something was real. Yeah. The green man on a crossing only lights up when you push the button. How many minutes did you stand waiting for that man before pushing the button? Yeah, a few minutes.

Yeah, right. What did you think that big button was for? Yeah, I knew you pushed the button to cross the road, but I didn't know that's what woke him up, what's what you let up. Fair enough. Some of them in peak times just are always on. They make it so that they always go on.

Exactly. Yes, I have to push the button to wake them up. You stand on that thing right and it registers that somebody's waiting. Yeah. Oh, sometimes. Some of them. Very, very few of them can do that. But, yeah, most of the time if you don't push the button, nothing happens.

Oh, that's brilliant. It has to be a walk-in. That's brilliant. Are these making you feel better, Megan? Yeah, that one did for sure Thanks Karen Some text messages in I've just learnt this morning that Mount Rushmore's real

I told you I've only ever seen it on the Simpsons And their mouths moved Exactly Yeah My brother didn't realise chipmunks were real animals Because he just thought Alvin and the chipmunks were just like Made up chipmunks

But then it turns out chipmunks were real. I recently found out that people in black and white photos didn't actually live in black and white and I have a master's degree. What? I'm not laughing at you. If you're still listening, I need

to know what your master's degree is and I'm going to message them. What is this degree in? Oh my god. How did we get colour in the world? I've got friends like that that have really smart degrees and they say things and I'm just like, how? How did you do?

When I was a kid, I thought for a minute that the times of black and white photos must have also been black and white. I think I was five when I asked somebody. Yeah, right. How did colour come about? You just, like, how did it? They invented it, I guess.

Things just started being colour in 1945. Yeah, right. Don't know. I thought kraken were real. You know, like the mythical sea creatures, like those huge. Release the kraken. Really made swimming in the ocean quite scary. Just get a giant tentacle around your leg.

I never believed that Rotorua actually smelled like eggs. I always thought it was a joke that Dad was saying because he didn't want to have to take us to the luge. I went there and I could smell the sulphur inside the plane before we even landed and I was so surprised. I just couldn't get over the smell the whole week we were there. I'd be like, oh my God.

How about this? I'm 32 and I only just found out this year that Taranaki is a region, not a town. Oh, okay. They think that... Now, a further follow-up question is, did you think that New Plymouth was called Taranaki or did you think it was another town altogether?

Probably another town. Probably another town. Yeah. Okay. Side by side. My husband only knew it the other day that the sun comes up every day, even on cloudy days where you can't see it.

He thought it went somewhere else. I was having a rest today. The sun's sick. Wouldn't it be really dark? Oh, come on. No, because it's still somewhere, but it's just not right up there. Has it ever been in a plane above the clouds and seen it?

Yeah, but that was just the day when it was there. Maybe that's where it goes. Oh, yeah, right. Okay. So they've messaged. We've had two messages of questions we've asked. Yeah. They thought it was just another town.

Okay. They'd just never been there. Taran asked. Yeah. They thought it was just another town. Okay. They'd just never been there, Taranaki. Yeah. And the master's degree, what do you think it's in? I'd be genuinely concerned. History. Oh, really? History.

Politics. They don't even teach you certain things. It's not like you get sat down in school and they're like, okay, the Titanic was real. Mount Rushmore's actually carved. And Michael Joseph Savage was New Zealand's last black and white prime minister. There's a new survey that has found one in three people, dog owners, would choose their dog over their partner. One in three people, dog owners, would choose their dog over their partner.

One in three. Would your – She wouldn't dare. I know you wouldn't pick your dogs because your dogs are annoying. But would she maybe pick Ralph over you? Nah. What could he? Doesn't add anything to the occasion, does he?

Doesn't add anything to the situation, does he? Doesn't add anything to the situation, does he? That's a lot, though. Yeah, and 38% said if they get a partner and their dog doesn't like them. Oh, I can understand that. See you later. I can understand that, or if they don't like the dog, if the dog was there first. Well, the dog probably doesn't like them because they're being mean to them,

and then who wants a partner that's going to be mean to a doggy? Dogs don't live forever, though, do they? Yeah, but... This is true, yeah. You've seen Marley and me. Doesn't even well. They don't last forever. I was just trying to think

like if I had to choose, that would be so sad. Don't be silly. No, I'd choose my husband, but that would be so sad. But your dog doesn't know. Your dog doesn't have the conscious

ability to be like she's chosen him over me. No, but he would be sad. He'd be like, I'm never going to see her again. He wouldn't know. He absolutely would. I don't believe they possess that ability. Have you not seen all those videos where

someone comes back from military duty and the dog's like, oh, my God, it's true. Somewhere else to another family who bought him bloody H&M pyjamas and fed him treats. He'd be fine. He'd be as happy as Larry. Can we just talk about the fact your dog has an H&M jumper?

Yeah. Since when have H&M done dog clothes? He's got a little H&M peacoat too. A what? A peacoat for when he got a little H&M peacoat too. A what? A peacoat for when he goes out. Look at this peacoat. Tell me he's broke. That's the only...

I know what peacoats are from that Kanye song. It's like a brown colour and it's got buttons on the back. P-E-A coat. Yeah. It's like a formal attire. Yeah, like if we're going out to someone's house or something. That's ridiculous. Peacoat for dog rides.

He would absolutely miss me. But yeah, one in three dog owners specifically say they'd choose their dog over their... Right, this is an overseas study as well. And how long have they been together? Like, have they been together ages, like Vaughn and Sade? And Sade's a bit like... I'm sick of him. Yeah, but Vaughn doesn't come in And Sade's a bit like, oof. I'm sick of him. Yeah, but Vaughn doesn't come in all muddy, does he?

No, I don't. I do come in muddy, actually. I don't clean my boots properly. But you don't walk all over the lounge suite in the duvet. No, no, no. And every time you see Sade, you're like, oh, my God, oh, my God. I'm so happy to see you. And I've stopped shitting on the lawn.

That was my New Year's resolution. And 2020, I am doing very well. Thank you. So that was an overseas study. And what was it? One in three would choose their pet over their partner. We asked on our Instagram in a very scientific poll, would you choose your pet over your partner?

49% said yes. So it's like 50-50 here. Whoa. That's so close. Awkward if you're driving in the car right now with your partner. And you've got a dog. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Bluff or Stuff.

Sarah joins us. Good morning, Sarah. Good morning. All right, so we're going to play Bluff or Stuff with you. We have a prize up for grabs today. A Urban Decay Naked 3 eyeshadow palette. Now, the idea with the game is that only one of us is holding this product. We will describe it.

We'll answer any questions you've got. And one by one, you must eliminate people and decide who is actually holding it and who is telling porky pies. Okay, now. Guess the right person, you win the palette. I'll start, Sarah, because I can tell you this box that is in my hand is a beautiful box. I'm just running my finger over the raised,

embossed Naked 3 on the front of it. I shouldn't have let you touch it before. It's my fault. So you can hear my finger there rubbing over it. Sorry. Megan! Don't try to put up my lie. I don't know about you, Sarah,

but I think I would look lovely wearing mugshot. Now, that's one of the shadow colours that I could put on my eye using the double-ended brush for blending and shadowing. It's a bleeding and shadow brush. Does one end do the shadow and one end do the blend? You put it on with one end and then the other one blends it through. Amateur.

Which end? The thick end? Look, I'm holding the box. I don't know anything about it, but I can tell you I'm holding the box. He knows that, Sarah, because he can see it from the box that I'm holding. I can tell you all the colours if you'd like. These strange dust, burnout, limit, buzz, thick, no, no, liar, factory, mugshot. Dark side, dark heart.

Dark heart, because Megan was reading that from the website, Sarah. She's not even holding it. From the palest shimmering pink to the deepest black matte. Matte? Matte. Matte. Where are you reading this? With red micro glitter.

I'm holding it up. I'm holding it up because he's always having trouble reading it because he's squinting. Now, I'm holding the box, Sarah, because on the back of it, there's a little security tag so you can't shoplift it. Yeah, I can see. Yeah, see, I'm just peeling that off there. That's why I'm holding the box. God, shoplifter. That's not on anymore.

All right, so any more questions about the Urban Decay Naked 3? Fletch, are you able to read me out the barcode on the back? Absolutely. 9467824876. That sounded really odd. Okay, well, I'm just going to get changed. I think, Megan, you are lying, so I'm going to eliminate you. Oh!

Damn it. Bye, Felicia. That is correct. Okay, so it's down now. That's the sort of sassy thing you'd say when you've got burnout on your eyes from urban decay. Sarah, you now have to eliminate either Vaughan or myself, Fletch. God, this is hard. These two both were very convincing.

Were they? Whatever, Megan. Don't be sourpuss just because you lost. Oh, God. Do I have to just guess a winner who I think's got it, or do I need to eliminate someone else again? Either way, it will be obvious, won't it? Yeah.

Okay. You do whatever makes you comfortable. Tell us who you think is holding the box. Who do you think is holding it? Oh, I really, really think it's Fletch holding the box. You want to lock that in? Surprise? Oh, God, sorry.

Those are some of my knees are laughing. I feel like I've done the wrong thing. Can I ask one more question? Yes, sure. Vaughn, can you read me out the barcode? Oh! No, he's turning around the box to find it. No, because he needs time to lie.

Six. Okay, I'm going to stick with my gut feeling, please. I think it's you who's got the prize. You're going to lock that in, Sarah. Yeah. That is incorrect. Norm was turning around the box to find the barcode. I couldn't think of where the barcode was.

It was so forward. It was too slow. I looked at the barcode before, but then I couldn't find it. I mean, this is why I'd be terrible at supermarket. I'd be like, oh, where's the barcode on this? That's why you're one of those people that takes forever at the self-serve checkout. Sarah, unfortunately, you have not won Bluntful Stuff. Oh, good, guys.

Thank you for letting me play. Okay, no worries. All right, we'll be back. You were the only one who didn't read out the colours on the box. I know. Sorry, sorry. Prepare-vous. It's also got French on the box, too.

All right, well, there we go. It'll be a carryover game of Bluff All Stuff back on the radio again one day soon. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. So spent the last week tiki touring around the country, helping the local economy. Good on you. Because that's what we're doing now. You're welcome.

Thanks, Megan. You're welcome. But at the weekend, ended the weekend. Just hold on. While it's fresh in my memory, I'll compile an email for the Queen's birthday honours list. Who do I send that to? Just Queen Elizabeth. Are you nominating me for helping the local economy?

Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. QE2 at Hotmail.com. Yeah. Queen Lizzie. Suggestion. 69 at Hotmail.com.

Subject. Suggestion for knighthood. Sir Fletch. Thank you. Sir. Subject, suggestion for knighthood. Sir Fletch. Thank you. Sir Fletch Vaughan and Megan. Thank you. Well, it was nice getting around the country, help out the local economy.

But it was the last stop in Rotorua where this airdrop accident happened, incident. Okay. So I'd been for the last half of the week with my good friend Morgan, and we've gone around holiday many times. That amazes me. Yeah.

Well, we're both the same. We don't dilly-dally. We just get things done. She's the same as me. If we go somewhere, we look at it, and then we're like, okay, we've seen it. Let's go. Okay. When did you part ways with Morgan?

What do you mean? Well, she dropped me off yesterday. Oh, full moon. Was she charging her crystals on the dashboard of the car? She did say, no, she did say it was a full moon, and she's got one of those drink bottles with a crystal inside it. This is the part that blows my mind about you being friends with Morgan. Oh, yeah, she's real happy.

Everything she believes in, you are wildly against. She's real happy. I just, you know, I just let her be. Let her be. Anyway, so she had her drink bottle with the crystal in it and all of that. But we have a bit of a tradition when we airdrop each other. Because, you know, you're out for the day, so you take photos on each other's phones. And we were at dinner in Rotorua on the lovely 8th Street.

Beautiful strip there. Love it. Now, was it busy? I hope it was busy. It was, yeah, because it's out of hope it was busy. It was, yeah. Because start of school holidays as well on the weekend. True. And so I was like, oh, hey, send me those photos from today so that I can put some up

on, you know, Insta. Yeah. And we've got an age-old tradition because we've gone on holiday many times. When we airdrop photos to each other, you have to have a silly, rude photo. Amongst all the airdrop photos to each other, you have to have a silly, rude photo. Amongst all the airdrop. In the airdrop.

Because that's just what we do. And so if you don't have one on your phone, you must Google one. Okay. So that when you airdrop, there's a rude photo. Right. And there's genitalia in there often. Right, right.

She Googles, you just got it sorted. Sometimes it's just there on the phone. Anyway, so I'm like, well, can you airdrop me the photos? And so she's dilly-dallying away. We're at dinner. I'm snacking on fries. I'm like, airdrop

me the photos. How many times do I have to ask? And she's like, I have airdropped the photos. And I'm like, airdrop me the photos. Yeah. How many times do I have to ask? And she's like, I have airdropped the photos. And I'm like, well, they haven't come through. So get out the phone. And she's like, look, and shows me her phone, and it says Carl, which is my first name, sent. And I'm like, Morgan, my phone is called Fletch, not my first name Carl.

And then she's like, oh, no, because she had sent me a rude, along with our snaps of the day. And had it been sent? You know how you get like an accepted or? Yeah, sent. Some poor bastard. So she's like, oh, my God, is anyone at the table laughing? Are they looking around?

What should we do? And I was like, we should go. Was it an image that she'd Googled or was it one she had on her phone? She'd Googled it, yeah. Oh, thank God. I was like, oh, my God, so embarrassing. What would you do? Have you been confused that it was yours, the nakedness? No, I don't think so. Because if it went through, people who don't know you would have been confused that it was yours, the nakedness?

No, I don't think so. Because if it went through, people who don't know you would have been like, you guys in photos, photos of each other, and then it would have been like, maybe this is a couple and then a nudie in there. Yeah, I don't think so. But would you accept a random? Yes. Yes, I am.

Yeah, me too. I'm just a bit too curious. Yeah, if you're at dinner and it's like someone wants to see you, Morgan wants to see you, 18 photos, would you be like, yes? I'll have them. Oh, you don't have room to accept them. I'd be like, well, delete photos of my children because I need to know the mystery of what this photo is.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. A guy by the name of Brad, he took to an Australian Facebook page, Dad Mum. Right. he took to an Australian Facebook page Dad Mum and he posted his plight and he has been met with a whole lot of support from other guys. This was his post. Imagine this. You have friends over

and there is a delightful conversation happening. You're distracted by the obnoxious devil's ivy plant inside your nostrils so you begin pushing the strands away with your face. She looks at you like some gang boss and starts making death threats with nothing but her eyes. Legit, she hears, is so much of a snap of a single leaf, I guarantee she will stab me.

So I sit here and drink my beer quietly. I assume it's an engaging conversation, but I wouldn't know. He's sitting at the dinner table and he is engulfed by a plant. Like it's all over him. Yeah. Right.

And there was a lot of support. I know the feeling, mate. I live with a plant lady too. Ouch. Hubby is slowly losing his carport, another person, and there's legit no room in this carport other than it's just full of plants. Right. And then other people said, well, it's

her fault because everyone knows you're supposed to keep your plant babies out of reach of your husband. Otherwise they could break them. But there's a lot of support for this guy with a lot of, well, he calls them plant ladies, but absolutely taking over the household

with plants. And also the time taken over as well that people spend with these plants. Yeah, apparently they're saying it can take over sometimes to the expense of a relationship. And you can't, you spend more. You don't need a lot of time for plants. You just chuck some water in them. No, but then when it rains, you like carry them all out. So they get some natural water.

And then you've got to carry them all back in again, fertilise them. Just pick some favourites. Sprinkle some of that stuff on. And people like have a lot of plants. Like I've got some friends that just their inside looks like a jungle. I've got quite a few and my husband's always like we literally don't need any more.

And then you sneak another one in there and he's like okay it looks quite good. Yeah. I used to have a lot. But they keep dying. They keep dying. It's a rotation thing. Yeah. I used to have a lot, but they keep dying. They keep dying. They keep dying. It's a rotation thing. Yeah, it's a rotation thing.

I've got another one dying as well. I was like, oh, God. Yeah. Just going to not have plants, I think. But it's quite devastating. Just get fake ones. It is quite devastating if someone cracks a leaf off or something, lose the plot.

It takes so long to get a new branch. Yeah, right. But off the back of this, and not necessarily plants, but it could be, what have you lost your partner to as in their hobby? Maybe their hobby has come between your relationship. Like they disappear for hours at a time or... Yeah.

Yeah. Or they prioritise their hobby over your relationship. Is PlayStation a hobby? Yep. Because there'll be a lot of people that lose their partners to PlayStation. Something like an interest that has caused arguments. Right. Or your partner's just AWOL.

But it's like missing for hours. Yeah. It's that classic when your partner puts down their phone and then looks at you and says, you're always on your phone. Just because they've taken their time to, it's because they might not have a hobby at that time that is taking up their time. Are you trying to say that being on your phone is a hobby?

No, no, no, but I'm just saying, you know how you're like, you know what I'm talking about. Everybody's done this and has been on the receiving end of this. Everyone's on their phone and then someone takes the time to put their phone down and then like gives it a beat and then goes, you guys are always on your phones. Try and make them say something.

And it's like that with hobbies. Like, oh, you're always doing that hobby and it's just because they don't have something to get that exact time. To do, yeah. That's taking up their time. You sound like this has happened to you.

Isn't it? Oh, well, it's like with, yeah, a bit of PlayStation every now and then. Oh, you've been on that for hours. It's like with um yeah a bit of playstation every now and then oh you've been on that for hours it's like well you've just been sat

doing nothing for hours like what are we comparing here who's wasted but I could have been sat doing nothing with you but you were too busy

she has been sat there with me listening to me giving out commands to my squadron of elite killers alright well give us a call oh 800 dials at

m9696 you can text uh what have you lost your partner to uh hobby wise for hours at a time maybe uh or maybe you'd like to be the one that admits that you have the hobby yeah that takes up all the time maybe you're a crazy plant lady do we we need to say crazy? Or a crazy plant daddy. Just a plant daddy. Definitely plant daddies out there. Oh, yeah, definitely. Or try hard plant daddies like Fletch. You try, but...

I think I've got four left. We would like to know what you lost your partner to, hobby-wise, because there's a bunch of husbands and boyfriends saying they've lost their girlfriends to plants. Plant mums. Yeah. It's taken over their relationship. Because when you've only got a few and you just water them every now and again,

it doesn't take much. But when you've got a whole house load of plants. And they all require different care. Yeah. And they're the expensive ones. And then you're not including people who go out, like, looking for them. Yeah. Like, they're going hunting for them.

And spending, some of them are expensive, spending money on more plants. So hours a day. And then, of course, living space is taken over by plants as well. Nicola, what did you lose, your partner, to a hobby? Martial arts. Oh, right. So he'd just be away fighting all the time? Yeah, so we had really young kids, and he was Tuesday nights and Thursday nights off teaching the

class, and then long weekend holidays, you know, public holidays, he was off doing tournaments, and it was just like, well, I'd never get to see you. The kids never get to see you. Yeah, right. But then at least if you have an intruder come into your home, he'll... Well, he's not there. Oh, yeah. Kickbox their face in or something.

Nicola, thanks for your call. Chloe, you are the person that got lost in a hobby. Yeah, so my partner has lost me because I'm a horse mum, not a plant mum. I'm a horse mum. Oh, okay.

So I'm a horse rider and I have three horses. And not only has my partner lost me, but my kids have lost me as well to my horses. You guys are about crazy, eh? No, there's some of us that are crazy, and we all know who those ones are. It's the ones that deny being crazy. The crazy ones.

Right, okay. But how much of a problem does he have with it? Do you, like, argue? So we actually separated about six years ago for six months, and I had always told him that you will be gone before my horses and he knows that's the rule and he's listening right now so Michael, you know this. Yeah, definitely stay away

from those crazy ones, hey! Wouldn't want a crazy one! And so what, so he came back knowing that it's the horses before him? Yeah, pretty much. And then he decided, oh, I want to have a crack at riding. So he got him a horse and shit.

He's a bloody good rider. He's joined in. You converted him. That's cute. Yeah, so I kind of converted him, but then he doesn't like doing all the chores. So, yeah, no, he kind of gave that up real quick. He just wanted to do the fun bit. Yeah. He just wants to ride and not pick all the chores. So, yeah, no, he kind of gave that up real quick. He just wanted to do the fun bit. Yeah.

He just wants to ride and not pick up the shit. Yeah. Fair enough. Fair enough. Chloe, thanks for your call. Some text messages. Oh. You were so rude to her.

She was laughing. We were all having fun. You can still be right. I think she had a moment of realisation then. Forced or not. I lost my husband and our Saturdays to a $5,000 mountain bike.

You hear about the mountain bike folk? The weekend. If you've gone past a mountain bike store and you're just like, oh my god, that's how much a mountain bike costs. I always thought you could just get one for like $500. But then if you want ones

with like the springy wheels and suspension and a stand. Springy wheels. And a stand and a belt. And a stand. And the things that do your mail delivery. Do they know they can ride on the flat too?

I know. You make an extra work for yourself doing it on a mountain. Some of them are like $5,000, $10,000, even more. And if you fall off a $10,000 bike, it hurts just as much as falling off a $5 bike, from my experience. It doesn't put out a float. No, it doesn't go.

Blow out an airbag to save you from hitting the deck. That's a good idea. Somebody said, I'm seven weeks out from competing in a bikini model competition at a bodybuilding comp. Wow. It's consuming everything. Dieting, training.

Husband's actually really supportive. I'm seven weeks out from competing too. I'm not. I'm going in un natural. Yes. Are you eating a lot of broccoli and tuna? No, not much at all. No, I'm avoiding that because I don't want to fart in my bikini.

Because if I eat too much broccoli, they get a little. Yeah, I know. And I'm wearing a white bikini on the day, so I don't want to fart in my bikini. Because if I eat too much broccoli, they get a little... Yeah, I know. And I'm wearing a white bikini on the day, so I don't want to skid. I don't want to turn around and give them my back pose. A little brown... Now, when are you deciding to go orange? What? So you've got to go orange before the...

It's the day or two beforehand. No, no, no. They're zigging. I'm zagging. Oh, you're going to be fully white. I'm not waxing. Yep. I'm going to be white and I'm going to be fully white. I'm not waxing. Yep. I'm going to be white and I'm going to be hairy.

Okay, good. And I'm going to be a man. Okay, right. Which is really going to throw a spanner in the works of this bikini competition. Yeah. Oh, I've got visuals. Yeah. Yeah, you can see why it's going to be a crowd favourite.

Fishing? Oh, yeah. That got me the whole day. But then you get some nice do you? Someone coming home stinking of bloody Benito all over their hands and he's pissed because he didn't have to drive the boat or the car home. Get one of those nice boats

that's got a flatbed you can sunbathe on. Read your book. Take a wine. Sounds lovely. I mean, there's a fishy smell, but. Somebody said those tabletop, you know those little models, you paint the little models and then you have like war games against your pals on tabletops. Lost the husband to that because a lot of it was prep work

and then the games themselves took a while. My husband drives a truck simulator, not a truck. husband drives a truck simulator, not a truck. He drives a truck simulator game where you have to like drop stuff off at a depot. I said, why don't you just

become a truck driver? At least then you'll be earning money doing this. That sounds kind of fun. Oh my God. And do you refuel at the servo and buy a pint? Well, it's a simulator.

You'd have to. Yeah, and you get out of your simulated truck at the server and you show everybody your balls because you're wearing your short shorts and they've written up on the long drive up State Highway 1. Of course, yeah. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Fact of the day, day, day, day, Tay.

What? It's just a lady walked past with big fluffy earmuffs. They were huge. What, like to keep her ears warm? Like real huge. Like real huge. But it's not that cold. It's bigger than our headphones. What colour were they?

So I had to point them so Megan could look. Grey. They were cute. They were just really big. Okay. Okay. Carry on. So I expected that I was actually inspired.

I saw online about internationally what cars are most likely to fail their warrant of fitnesses. Or whatever their country calls their version of a warrant of fitnesses. Oh, okay. Or whatever their country calls their version of a warrant of fitness. So I did some investigation into New Zealand. Oh, okay. I can tell you that there are 4.6 million warrant of fitness inspection. I didn't say that right, did I? No.

Let me try again. There are 4.6 million warrant of fitness inspections. There you go. That sounded way better. Yeah. 900,000 of fitness inspections There you go, that sounded way better Yeah 900,000 of them fail So that's like just That's nearly a million That's a quarter

I get so nervous when I go there I don't know why It feels like an exam And you're just like waiting for them to be like No, $600 You're alright though Now your MX5 would have been like that But you can't now

Every time you're just like Oh God, what's this at this time You're just like, oh, God, what's up this time? You're just like waiting for the... No, there's a lot of rust under there. Well, I can tell you that the five most common reasons for Warren Fitness failures, number one is lights. Oh, okay. Yeah, they go out all the time.

That is the most common by miles. And then steering and suspension. Then tyres. I thought tyres would have And then steering and suspension. Then tyres. I thought tyres would have been above steering and suspension, but tyres, brakes, and windows, or they might have a crack in them.

Oh, yeah. All the wipers might be shagged, and they might be scratching. Yeah, because your wipers still work, but if they go da-da-da-da-da-da, sometimes they're like, no, you need new ones. You're like, I can see. There's just jutted lines. I can still see. Do you leave, when the windscreen gets dry,

I know it to be one of Sade's largest annoyances of how long I leave the windscreen wipers on for. Like, I'll let it be dry. So I go, yeah. I hate it. She's like, turn them off. I'm like, it's not dry. And it is just because I know how much of a... It is annoying. Yeah. She says it rattles around her brain.

I'm happy to provide that service. But I can tell you that the most common cars to fail, they're Warren and Fitnesses in New Zealand. Is this just a car that there's a lot of? Correct. Yeah. Number one is. What year is this from, these stats?

This is a couple of years old, actually. Okay. A couple of years old. Because when did they bring in the warrants where you could, if you had a newer car, it would be. It was a while ago. Yeah, yeah, this was within that time frame. Like a Honda Accord.

Or it'd be a Toyota something. Toyota Corolla, correct. Yeah, because there's that time frame. Like a Honda Accord. Or it had to be a Toyota Corolla. Toyota Corolla, correct. Yeah, because there's so many of those. Toyota Corollas and Subaru Legacies hold the honour of being the vehicles most likely to fail a warrant of fitness. Now, apparently Toyota, because it's the most common car, the Corolla, and they're just everywhere. But they just last. They go for ages. Yeah, and you can get new parts of them and stuff.

But the other ones that fell into that category, Ford Falcons and Nissan Primeras and Toyota Hiluxes. Oh, yeah. Now, Hiluxes are because they just get driven to death. Yeah. And there's so many of them as well. But apparently the Nissan Primera and the Subaru Lexi tend to be older vehicles owned and operated

by the younger generation who have commonly modified them. Yes. So that's why you might have done something to your Primera to give it a bit more... Cut sprints. Brat, brat. Yeah. Because I...

For living your life a quarter mile at a time. I lowered my Primera and then got stuck at the drive-thru because of the speed bump. So I had to... It was quite embarrassing. Yeah. You have to do that thing

where every time there's just a minor change of gradient, you have to go and you try to go on an angle. And it ripped off the neons underneath. It was... Oh, bro. I know. Man, I know you ticked those up, man. Yeah, I know. I love those neons,

eh, bro? It's just a horrible embarrassment, the whole thing. Ah, shit. Did it ruin your side skirts, mate? Yeah, mate. Ah, shit. It's back to the workshop. Didn't scratch the mags, did it? Nah, the mags have worn. Ah, sweet. That's just because you've got those real low profiles.

Yeah, yeah. Just worried you might have done some demage to the Primera. Do you still call it Optimus Primera? Yeah, I do, yeah. Yeah I do You got that Transformers That sort of 3D crime sticker on the back I do, you know I do Yeah that's good stuff

To you my friend Thanks bruh So today's fact of the day Is the car most likely to fail as Warren Fitness in New Zealand Is the Toyota Corolla Fact of the day Day, day, day, day Is the car most likely to fail its Warren Fitness in New Zealand? Is it the Toyota Corolla? Fact of the day, dayughan and Megan, the podcast. There was a study that showed horror fans have shown greater resilience during the global pandemic. This is people who like apocalypse movies, zombie movies.

Like The Walking Dead? Yeah. If you're a Walking Dead fan? Yeah. Movies where you have to become resourceful and you can, you know, lock yourself away. Yeah. Yeah, there was a study of 310 individuals,

researchers looked into what their viewing habits were like, their preference for genre, and they found that exposure to frightening fictions allowed audiences to practice effective coping strategies that can be beneficial in real-world situations. What do you mean? So people who like horror stuff coped better? Yeah.

We found that fans of horror films exhibited greater resilience during the pandemic, and fans of prepper genres, like alien invasion, apocalyptic zombie stuff, exhibited both greater resilience and preparedness. I do love, like, apocalypse movies. Yeah. And there's a morbid curiosity associated with positive resilience and interest in pandemic films during the pandemic.

Yeah, right. So like watching those, if you could see that it was happening and still watch those fictions like. Contagion. Contagion. Which I did watch, remember? You can be like, okay, and then you can apply it to your. Well, you love the walking dead and zombie movies, don't you?

Yeah. That's why when we went into lockdown, you got all those baseball bats with nails in them. I did, yeah. And now I've got to take the nails out of them because the kids want them for sport. And apparently in this world gone crazy, you can't play baseball with nails batted through your back.

Yeah, unbelievable. And I watched World War Z recently, the Brad Pitt. Oh, that's end of the world kind of stuff. Those zombies move too fast. They are like a tsunami of zombies. But it kind of, you look at it and you're like, well, it's not that bad. Yeah. You know?

It's true. They've got worse than me. Exactly. You know, that's not real though. That didn't happen. Yeah. Always got to check with you. But it was like last night this is low end but last

night at our house the power went out oh yeah and i was immediately sprung to action in the dark i knew exactly where to go to get the headlamp i put it on and charlotte's like you bloody love this i was like don't because the kids have just had a bath don't worry we're not on a water reserves we've got our own don't come at come at me with your wasting water situation. You've got a bore. Yeah, we're sucking water straight out of Mother Earth herself. So we can cancel you for that. Yes, I believe so.

But I was like, don't pull the plug in the bath. We may need it to flush the toilet. Oh, my God. You're such a doomsdayer. She's like, you love this, don't you? I was like, I sure do. She's like, why? I was like, I don't know.

It's just like a little bit of excitement and survival. I was like, don't you? I was like, I sure do. She's like, why? I was like, I don't know. It's just like a little bit of excitement and survival. I was like, don't open the fridge. Don't touch the freezer. Dad, we've got no water to drink. I was like, I've got a thing of water, so I filled up all the water bottles. Drink your bath water. Yes, you bathed in it, now you'll drink it. So when you flushed your toilet, was it bubbles?

Huh? No, there was no bubble bath. Oh, they weren't having a bubble bath. I didn't have a bubble bath every now and then. I thought all kids had a bubble bath. So they're not. Every grown up. How many bubble baths were you allowed as a kid?

None. We got our G.I. Joe bubble bath for Christmas, but as soon as that was run out, there wasn't any more. So you had to set. We just had to use sunlight dishwashing liquid. Oh, that's not good for you. You'd have to share a bath with your siblings and you'd get in afterwards and all the suds are gone.

It was all milky looking. Yeah, and then you'd pour a bit more bubble bath in and try to fill it up with your hands, but the bubbles never lasted. Because the soap killed the bubbles somehow. We all learn, don't we? We do. So our week off last week is part of the week off.

I went to my... What? It's part of the week off. This was a new sentence. A week off last week. Full stop. It's part of the week off. It's part of the week off.

Yeah. Comma. I might start saying all the punctuation I'm using. Yeah. Just to clarify. Full stop. Comma for you guys. Yeah. Comma Yeah. Just to clarify. Full stop. For you guys. Yeah.

Comma ending. No one else. Full stop. Shade and I went to Martinborough with some friends. I've never been. Well, it's lovely, isn't it?

You know, I've scoffed at the Wairarapa area. Why? Not like a full scoff, but just like a little bit. I guess it's just that it's more of that

regional banter between like Waikato lad. I've obviously got to say that it's the best. Yeah. Much like I scoff at Taranaki.

Which Megan found out was only just recently was the province not a town. Told you that incompetence. Many people messaged him before saying that

they were learning as we were saying it that there is no town called Taranaki. That's the province. But they didn't think it was New Plymouth. They thought it must have been another whole town. Taranaki and New Plymouth. That everybody mentioned, but it doesn't have its own weather flyover. So that must have been confusing for them.

Every time they watched the weather. But the Wairarapa, lovely, beautiful area. And then back after that, we went and had a night in Wellington to catch up with a friend. Now, I went out to get an afternoon treat. Yeah, I won't be shamed. I was on holiday. What?

Just went out by yourself to get a wee chocolate or something? Well, Sade said, it's too cold. I'm not going outside again. That's what she said. Yeah, okay. That's her to a T. I was like, oh, she'll go and see some stuff around Wellington. It is too cold.

I won't go outside again. Okay. So's her to a T. I was like, oh, should we go and see some stuff around Wellington? It is too cold. I won't go outside again. Okay. So I went for a walk. Got some delicious slices. And I was walking back, and I was just about back at the hotel, and I heard a voice familiar to me. It was Fletcher's voice. And I thought, perhaps, because I couldn't understand it,

I could just hear the voice. Yeah. Those distinct reedy tones like someone's blowing into a saxophone but they don't know how to play it. Pot, kettle, black. Pot, kettle, black. See, saxophone or a clarinet. Oh, rude.

And I was like, oh, maybe it's one of those things that plays on the radio. Between songs, yeah. Fletch for an American. Yeah, but I don't know if those were even playing last week. Let's give a word to somebody about that. Right. Anyway, and I came around the corner and lo and behold, it wasn't the radio. It was Fletch.

It was me. But he was on the phone and he was walking away from me. So I just let him walk. And I went out to the room and I said, shut up, I just saw Fletch. Did he not say anything? Did you say hello? I was like, nope. She's like, why didn't you?

That's so weird. I was like, he's on the phone. And she's like, but you should have waved or said hello. So he was walking away from me. He was on the phone. And he was doing that walk he does where. I do a fast walk. And I was already behind him.

There's no way I was catching up. So I let him walk and then I messaged him. That's so weird. Saying, oh, yes, just leaving the hotel, are we? That's what I messaged him. And he said, this is an invasion of my privacy. How do you know? I said, I saw you.

And then, yeah, when he came back, I was waving from the balcony. I was like, you are kidding me. And not only were we staying at the same hotel and had no knowledge we were literally two doors away on the same floor you seem to encroach on everyone's holidays remember when i got engaged in rarotonga and you're like oh hello yeah and bourne was like with the binoculars and the sandals looking for the ring on the show me and Megan and Andrew get on the bus and Sade's immediately, she goes,

oh, there's Megan and Andrew. No ring yet. I'm like, yes, yes, yes. So we went out for dinner, didn't we? Yeah, we hung out. Hung out for the rest of the time there. Great times, great times. Good times, good times.

ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZDM's Bree and Clint a listen too? Great times, great times. Yeah, good times, good times.