ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 6th September 2021

Episode Date: September 5, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network. Play. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to McCafe, Barista made coffee from drive-thru and McDelivery in level 3. Hot debate off-air about air fryers. Yeah. Because do you guys have an air fryer?

No, but I almost bought a $60 one at the supermarket the other day. Yeah, I don't trust home appliances from supermarkets. I can't do it. Apart from my toasty machine, that was last lockdown. I simply had to. You simply had to. But that's not something I'd leave on the bench for a long period of time unattended. Right.

An air fryer, I don't know. I mean, TikTok is pushing me towards one, but for some reason I just don't want to because everyone's so passionate about it my only issue is it's chunky bench space it takes up like i've got the pizza oven i have to store that away in the spare room because it's so huge and now you're gonna have this and now i'm gonna have an air if i get an air fryer they're huge as well but god i need but everyone's talking about them and i know they have been for months but just this lockdown friends have been like i've got the air fryer this Look at this food.

So it cooks everything faster than your oven? Yeah, yeah. And it's also healthier because it's air, right? I mean, that's what the oven cooks with. Yeah. And the fat like drips away. Well, not my oven. My oven's really just, I don't know, just like, eh.

Your oven cooks with magic, does it? I don't know. I think I've got a fan bait but it's pretty it's pretty shy it's like this weird no brand weird like new zealand brand oven not like fisher and pike or like some budget brand like literally the cheapest oven they could buy right and then sometimes stuff takes way longer sometimes the element isn't on full. Oh, God. Oh, my God. It's a bit weird. Get a new oven. Get an oven. It's fine.

It's fine. Or get an air fryer. Yeah. The oven that sits on top of the bench. Yeah. Because you'd never cook anything that was too big for an air fryer. No. You know the big thing, salmon.

I love salmon. But pan frying salmon's annoying And the oven is annoying Like just an air fry That'd be so quick Do you know what would go great in that air fry? Mars bars And batter What?

Yeah, Scottish No, those teagull takeouts Oh yeah, we've been talking about those Unpaid endorsement for teagull takeouts Which are yummy, yummy. If you can find them. Now, you're about to hear in the podcast, we talk about Australians not brushing their teeth.

I've just had a message from Nay. I had a message from him saying, are you brushing your teeth in lockdown? Apparently, Victorians aren't brushing. Also, Vaughan just called you a dirty boy on air. And he said, a dirty boy. He is a dirty boy. A ooga, a ooga.

A ooga, a ooga. A ooga, a ooga. A laugh face. Yeah, yeah. Thank you, Rachel. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleeche, Vaughan and Megan. Three minutes past six.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Well, let's hope for a better week this week. Let's just scrub last week. Yeah, I hope this week doesn't kick you in the face like Geordie Barrett kicked that guy. Oh, that was such, that was rubbish. Yeah.

Did you see it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I did. I like, I saw someone tweet last night, go and find your worst enemy. Yeah. And try to kick them in the face at the same time as you're nearly two metres off the ground catching a ball and see if it is at all possible to do. Yeah. You got a red card, right? Yeah. Kick them in the face at the same time as you're nearly two metres off the ground catching a ball.

And see if it is at all possible to do. Yeah. You got a red card, right? Yeah. But it's different now. You go off for like 20 minutes. Yeah. And then they can bring on someone else after that 20 minutes. But that person's off for good.

Yeah. You're like, I'm jumping in the air here. You get your face out of the way, please. I'm going to be using all of my limbs to try to balance myself so I don't come down on my neck. Yeah, totally. All right, coming up on the show, the top six. Yeah, the top six things about 2.5 or 2+.

This is the level that the rest of New Zealand could possibly be moving to. So we find out there's a press conference today after Cabinet meets to find out about the rest of the country. So that's a four o'clock, all right?

Yeah, I believe so. Three o'clock or four o'clock and not your usual one o'clock. There'll be a one o'clock release of numbers, latest numbers, but if it continues the way it is,

Auckland will remain in level four, but the rest of the country looking to, you know, take another step back to normality. But level two is a big jump from level three. So they're thinking level 2.5, which was in Auckland last year. Or was it the start of this year that we did a 2.5? 2.5 has been done before.

A little reminder about 2.5, which they're trying to call two plus this time around. Oh, okay. To make it sound slightly more positive. It does sound more positive. Yeah, so I've got the other top six positive parts about level 2 plus. All right, five minutes past six. How much money are people making on OnlyFans?

I'll tell you the average amount next. All right. Is it worth it? Depends if you're getting your boobs out or not. ZDM's Fletch, Ronan Megans. We hear a lot of stories about people on OnlyFans making an insane amount of money for, like, farting or... Or just showing your boobs.

Socks, feet, boobs. Who did we talk to, that Aussie chick? She was the... She was a supercar driver. That's right, and then just made money from OnlyFans and bought a house. Yeah, now she's going to use it to fund her re-entry to the supercar, right? Yeah, yeah.

Which is pretty cool. So we hear a lot about these stories. $100,000 a month, $1 million in a year. Well, it's been revealed that the average OnlyFans user makes $180 a month, which when you take into account how many people make a million dollars that we always hear about, that means a lot of people are making zero dollars. A lot of people, yeah. That was the exception rather than the home.

Yeah, it seems so. Right. But still, it's not your, for most people, it wouldn't be your main job It'd just be a bit of side money, wouldn't it? Well, that's what it's Yeah, they call it gig work Yeah And then so if you got your boobs out for $180 a month

On top of your job Sweet Except when your boss finds out And you're one of those stories And your boss is like, no, this isn't going to do It could become your main job Yeah, I don't think Ross' boss would mind. Yeah, I don't think he'd be looking, to be honest.

Well, he gets his boobs out, so it would be quite hypocritical. It would be, yeah. Have a problem with anybody else doing that exact same thing. But they basically said, strip away the sexy marketing of OnlyFans and it's a digital platform facilitating gig work no different to rideshare drivers or food delivery couriers. It really isn't, though, is it?

No. And out of all of those, I would rather be on OnlyFans. Oh, yeah, because you don't have to go out. You don't have to go out. You don't have to pick people up in your Uber. You don't have to talk to them. But also, you don't get to pick. It is a little bit different to Uber drivers

because you don't get to pick your Uber driver. You're just like, I want one in the area. And then they get to pick. It is a little bit different to Uber drivers because you don't get to pick your Uber driver. You're just like, I want one in the area. And then they come to you. But OnlyFans, you can choose who you subscribe to. It's not like you pay $20 a month to OnlyFans and you're randomly assigned somebody. Yeah, true. But the service isn't the person when it comes to Uber.

It's the ride. Whereas the service for the OnlyFans is purely the person. Yeah, yeah So you're picking someone to your tastes Like the lady who farts in the jars Well, they should do one Is that a thing? She videos herself doing it

And then she sends the jars to like the highest No! What? I'm not making it up And you just throw out your old jars And your farts I thought you were going to say my farts Yeah, I just get rid of those.

Just pump them out. You should be saving your jars. You could be making some absolute coin. Oh, my God. Lady who jars farts on OnlyFans. Just, if this world survives in like a few million years or whatever, people are going to be like, Oh, yeah.

Or the aliens are going to come and be like, Okay, so I think I've got a, hang on, hold on, what? She's farting in a jar. No, no, no, no. Okay, back to the moon. No, back to the moon. There's something there. There must be weapons or something. Don't go to the planet with a fart in the jars.

I'm selling them for money. Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Megan. Well, the UK, and this is all because of you, Megan, and the show that you love. Ah, excuse me. Don't put this on me. Your fault.

Your fault. Well, you love Love Island. Have you caught up yet? I'm not alone. I think I've got nine more episodes. But there's like 57 episodes. And you still don't know who's won. No.

You've avoided that online. I don't know how you've done that because I don't even watch it and I've seen it everywhere I am. I've pretty much avoided the Daily Mail. So they're looking to ban Botox for under 18s amid a surge of teenagers asking for treatment, especially after Love Island. The health minister in the UK has said that ages will need to be verified before any enhancements. Whereas I'm guessing in the past they were just like, need to be verified before any enhancements.

Whereas I'm guessing in the past they were just like, well, if you've got the cash... You don't need Botox at 18. That's not a thing. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Where's the money coming from? Like, they've got a part-time job and they're paying for it.

That's really sad. Yeah. So the health minister said the aim job and they're paying for it. That's really sad. Yeah. Yeah. So the health minister said the aim is to protect teens from pressure to achieve celebrity bodies. A recent poll in the UK showed 80% of girls considered surgery to enhance and change their appearance. Isn't that nuts?

Yeah. I mean, that's obviously a lot of social media, TikTok and Instagram as well, not just Love Island. Yeah. Is that, yeah, I mean, there's a lot of problems with that show, isn't there? There's a lot of issues. It's very much a lack of diversity when it comes to bodies. Very much so.

So this is... What about, like, shows like The Simpsons? It's been on for 30 years and Marge has an age today. Yeah, this is true. So they're to blame. Setting unrealistic precedents for yellow-skinned, blue-haired individuals. In the UK, how many under 18s in 2020 do you reckon got Botox? In 2020, so a year famously with lockdowns, COVID restrictions.

What? How many? I've got a feeling it's going to be lots. 800. 41,000 procedures. In under 18s? Yeah, in the UK. That's not a thing.

So what? The providers need to have some kind of ethics where they're like, hey, you turn them away. You don't need this. Come on. There's not even, You've really got creases On your face From your cafe

Not giving them cake If they were obese No but that's not That's not the same thing That is absolutely Not the same thing Yeah good luck On this one

Yeah That's not I can't believe that I can't believe that Oh no neither That's nuts But that's why I see that show

And everyone's got the lip fillers. I'm just like, ugh. But even the guys, you don't get on that show unless you've got abs. Yeah. And I don't think I've ever been with anyone who had abs, like physical abs. Yeah. This is very hard. Yeah.

It's just, yeah. I mean, there's lots of problems. I would have thought people would watch it this time around and be like, I'm not going to get lip fillers. That's how I feel about it. No, it appears not. It appears not. Yeah, okay.

All right, 6.20. Next on the show, something that's close to Megan's heart. Yeah, okay. A rise of something. It's a feminine product. And you were not on board. Not really. But, you know, each to their own.

ZDM's Fletch, Ronan Megan. So in the world of women's feminine products, there has been a massive rise in period pants. So these are underwear that essentially kind of have like a built-in pad. Right. And you buy a few of these, right? Yeah. And they've always been pretty expensive,

but now they've just started coming down in price and apparently are very popular. So obviously it's for people, you know, like if you don't find tampons comfortable or if you're like worried about the environment. It obviously doesn't have such an environmental impact as single use products. There was a massive rise in moon cups and they've got, they come under other names. I can't remember.

What do they call them in America? Yeah. They don't call them moon cups. I was watching a show and they were all referring to them as this thing and I was like what are they talking about? And then I was like oh they mean moon cups. Yeah I can't think of another name. Diva cups.

Yeah that's it. Halloween coming in. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. But yeah period underwear is massive now and I've actually seen some of these but I just can't. Not to your personal taste. That's all right, isn't it?

Yeah, I mean, yep. People probably come at me for... Well, we're very, very committed. The trouble is when you've always used one thing, you can't, like, that's a very personal product to have to change. And, like, my hat goes off to people who, like, try things out because it's a hell of a thing to have to change. And my hat goes off to people who try things out because it's a hell of a thing to try as well, to test, because if it fails, it's not fun.

There's a New Zealand company, right, called AWA. AWA? A-W-W-A. Okay. I googled it. I'm on their website. Introducing period-proof thongs. Oh, okay.

So they can go up your bum hole like a G-string. They don't go up your butt hole. Why should your menstrual cycle mean you aren't allowed to have your undies touching your butt hole? They sit carefully between the butt cheeks. They don't go up your butt hole. It's the equivalent of two regular pads or two regular tampons. Yes. Or a moon cup, yeah.

This woman who was writing the story, she said she was very, like me, very sceptical and then literally took them home and ran them under the tap a little bit and not a drop was leaked. Really? Yeah. I guess it's hard.

If you say you were curious and you wanted to try them, it's a bit of how much money do you have to fork out? Because it'd be like buying a new pair of undies, right? You'd be paying 30, 40 bucks, right? And the thing is, you can't just have one pair. You've got to have a few. It's not $29. For one pair of undies.

For a low-cut brief, $20 for the thong, thong, thong, thong. And then it's the investment, right? Because then you're not having to buy single-use products again. Yeah, totally. Yeah. Yeah, and I mean, how much do undies cost? That's kind of what undies cost anyway, right? Yeah, kind of what undies, yes.

I kind of feel like there's a thing where, and I haven't actually discussed this with any other person who has a period, so I don't know, but like if you do what your mum did because they're the one that teaches you and so like then when you grow up it's very hard to change Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.

Even like the same brand is like what your mum did. I've often wondered that. Do you just stick with like the same brand tampon? You wouldn't go to a different brand just because it was on special. I did for years, but then organic ones came out. So you went to organic.

Yeah. Okay. But yeah, you always just stick with what your mum taught you because that's kind of like, or whoever taught you. Fascinating. And my mum would not be down

for any of this shenanigans. Carwain at the social media, apparently the warehouse, you've said here, the warehouse in Celtic sell them. Celtic. I've seen them at the warehouse. Cotex. Kotex.

Kotex. It sounds like it's a casual brand. Yeah, just $20.91 and a pair of period pads, please. Yeah, I'll stack the discounts for next time. And then they just pop them out the night pay window. Oh, my God. Maybe they should. Maybe they should, exactly.

Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. Southern Cross Pet Insurance have released their list of the top 10 most expensive pet insurance claims over the last year. So if you have a pet, especially a dog. Oh, yeah. This is just encouragement to get some insurance. Every year this list comes out, I'm like, oh, thank God I've got insurance. Has it been a year? Yes, I believe so.

Apparently. Phenomenal. Yep. This is like your birthday and Christmas, the Southern Cross Pet Insurance, big payout, PR email. Yeah, comes around quickly. Oh, God, every year.

Yep. So dogs are more expensive, but I do have the most expensive claim for a cat. Okay. It was $11,479 for a ragdoll cat that was hit by a car. We don't have... Did it ragdoll? Probably.

But it got hit by a car? Jeez, $11,000. Yeah. But that's nothing... How many ragdolls would that buy? I know you can't replace a family member. Maybe like five? Yeah. But that's nothing. How many ragdolls would that buy? I know you can't replace a family member and blah, blah, blah. Maybe like five. Yeah.

Then you've got a team of ragdolls. Five ragdolls that when they say the magic words form into one huge ragdoll like Voltron. Or could pull a sled. Yes. So this is just cats and dogs. Would horses and stuff not be? Horses have got to be. Are they all different?

That's not pet insurance, eh? Would there be separate horse insurance? There might be equine insurance. Yeah, because that's like... That'd be massive payouts. Yeah. Dumb, huge beasts. So cats obviously know when they're

dogs. Top five dogs. A bull mastiff had skin issues and a reaction after it ate slug bait. I'm surprised. Like, that's how our dog died. Oh, no, eating rat poison. I can't say no to some blitzen when I'm pouring it around the lettuce sprouts in early spring.

I always have a couple of blitzen pellets. It stopped you getting COVID and people laughed. It did. But wow, look at you though. Put your ivermectin to a side. Have a handful of Blitzen. Don't. Just in case. For the record, we are joking. Please do not consume ivermectin.

I wasn't going to say just in case, but now that How dumb are these people? Don't eat Blitzen. Don't eat ivermectin either. Don't eat horse. What don't eat ivermectin either. Don't eat horse. What is it? Horse wormer. So they paid out $12,236. Wow, for that.

To save that bullmastiff. A Bichon Frise. That's half my doggy. Let it go. Stupid dogs. High liver levels. Removal of lump and glands, pancreatitis and more, $12,500. So that wasn't even an accident.

That was like old age. And it was 11 years old. Oh, okay. A Labrador who was 14. Irritable bowel disease, regurgitation, exorcism of a lump. Exorcism? Are they doing exorcism the catholic church

will do a dog whatever $13,200 is how much wow yeah and a greyhound a 12 year old

greyhound um hip pain diarrhea I know the hip pain oh cause they get

sore hips too when they get old yeah but they're running really fast and pooping at the same time. It's an absolute nightmare to clean up. It's sprayed all around the neighbourhood. And arthritis, $13,400. I'll say it. I know they've talked about it this week.

The greyhound industry is on watch. The sooner that shit's banned, the better. Oh, on watch. Just get rid of it. German Shepherd, five years old. A young one. Damaged ears. Peritonitis and vomiting. $13,770.75.

Is that the highest? That is the highest. How did it damage his ears? Was it listening to drum and bass too loud? You know those Germans. They love electronic music. They go to those underground raves. Yeah.

Disco tech. Yeah. From the muggy ZM think tank, this is the top six. Hello there. Level 2.5. Level two plus. It's Kiwis, not Auckland.

Not Aucklanders. No. But if the rest of New Zealanders to exit level three in the coming days, of course, you work your way slowly down. But experts and members of the University of Otago's public health department have said level two is too soon for level two yet. So we might do a level 2.5, which has been done before.

Otherwise known as level two plus this time around. It's just going to be level two, but with more masks, right? Like if you're in a big area, if you're in a public place, you're going to be like, put a mask on. So mandatory, yes. Yeah. That's one of the aspects of it. So I've got the top six positives about level 2.5.

Number six, takeaways are still open. And if you ask for the two plus special and give them a wink, they give you twice the dipping sauce. Oh, I like that idea. Someone's going to go on and be like, hey, two plus special. Can I get the two plus special and give them a wink, they give you twice the dipping sauce. Oh, I like that idea. Someone's going to go on and be like, hey, 2 plus special. Can I get the 2 plus special? And they'll be like,

that's 50 cents. Nah. Nah. And then you do that. Nah. Number five on the list of the top six positives about level 2 plus is that you can still avoid people

because of the 2 metre social distancing. Yeah. Two metre social distancing is still very much a thing that will be enforced at level two plus. And that is a great reason to not stop and talk to somebody. Yeah. All right. Just, I'll give you a call. We'll catch up when this whole thing's done, eh?

Let's get a coffee. Yeah. We really must catch up. Oh my gosh, yes. Later on. Tell you what, up. Oh my gosh, yes. Later on. Tell you what, when the world gets rid of COVID, me and you. Catch up time. Number four on the list of the top six positives is about a level 2.5 or a level 2 plus.

Zero tolerance to drink driving, which I think is a great idea. It means that you will have zero alcohol limit on your breath to reduce demand on emergency and health services. Yeah, right, okay. Which means I'm still drinking at home, baby. Where the drinks are cheap, just the right amount of ice is in that drink and the bartender isn't serving hot girls before he serves me because he is me.

So you don't pour Sade's drink before yours? Nope. I'm like, get a line, bitch. This fine looking gentleman was here first. Don't walk up here with your cleavage and your beautiful face and expect priority service. Fall in line.

You don't know what it's like, Megan. Oh, no. You don't know what it's like. Thank. Oh, no. You don't know what it's like. Thank you. That's a compliment. Oh, my God. Number three on the list of the top six positives about level two plus. Mandatory masks in all indoor settings that aren't your home.

So that's workplaces, secondary schools, shops. A great treat of smelling your own breath. But not having to smell anybody else's, which is the positive about masks everywhere. That and not having to fake smiles. Just squint your eyes a bit. It looks like you're smiling. But you're actually giving them the evils. Yeah.

Number two on the list of the top six positives about a level 2.5 or level 2+. QR code scanning is mandatory. I love scanning a QR code. That's one reason I like this. The second is it's a good outing of people who are like COVID deniers. I'm not scanning that.

Well, you're not coming in the store. Yeah, this is a basic breach of my human rights. And number one on the list of the top six positives about level 2.5, potential super spreader locations won't be open, including bars, nightclubs, gyms, and churches. So churches are shut. That means a Sunday morning sleep-in for you early morning Sunday Catholics. A few more dollars in your pocket for you tithers,

because it's like the gym. If you're not going, you're not paying. Yeah, exactly. Well, you're not getting your Jesus, are you? You're not getting your weekly God. Because you're not paying for it're not paying. Exactly. Well, you're not getting your Jesus, are you? You're not getting your weekly God. Because you're not paying for it. Your weekly Holy Spirit. Yeah.

And God's not watching you play with yourself for everybody else. So that's true. That's actual. Okay. Ashley Bloomfield asked him. Yeah, okay. Right. And he said, yeah, no, no.

Stop watching. Tough times at level two plus. I won't be watching you play with yourself. But level one, I'm back, baby. I'm peering down. I'm seeing through your roof, unless it's a lead-lined roof. I can't see through that. It just sounds creepy now that he's watching.

Oh, yeah, he's an absolute voyeuristic. Yeah, he's like, what are you doing? Stop it. Naughty boy, stop it. Stop it. Stop it. But that just gets some people off. Yeah.

You're being a naughty, dirty boy. I'm God and that's yuck. That's dirty. You're being a dirty boy. Stop it. Stop it. Yeah, you're like, yeah, shame me. Okay.

Next. Humiliate me. Tell everyone about it. Is that done? Are you done? Yeah, I think so. Is that today's top six? I think everybody's adequately grossed out.

I can see why that bartender kept skipping me at home the other day. I'm a dirty boy. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. I can absolutely relate to this. A woman has had the police called on her by her neighbours. So she let out a blood-curdling scream and the neighbours were like, oh my God, what is happening? Where was this?

Maybe the UK. Okay, because I needed to know because I was going to say, quick, call 111, but in the UK it's 911, isn't it? No, that's in America. 911. 911. Oh, that's right, it's 999 in the UK. Yeah.

Okay. Scotland it was. Right. So she let out a blood-curdling scream. The neighbours are obviously quite worried. So the police turn up to her house to help her out, see what the hell's going on. She is throwing books and having an absolute meltdown in her bedroom

and it turns out that there was a spider the size of her hand. This is her words. I would honestly say it was the size of the palm of my hand. Do they have big spiders in Scotland? Yeah, no. This is that classic, it would have been tiny. Hey, McGann, it was the size of a dinner plate. It wasn't, it was the size of a spoon tops.

Yeah, and so the police actually came in and blessed them. Tasted it, tasted it. Oh, I wish. They had a wee laugh and then found it and took it out for her. So they were quite happy to find that she wasn't in any immediate danger. She wasn't dead, yeah. No. Okay, great.

And she's quite mortified but also quite thankful and she's dreading now apologising to the neighbours. I creep out at like the tiniest spider. It was in her bedroom. It doesn't say, but like, could have been in her bed. Or that time we went to the butterfly enclosure in Dunedin. Oh my God. You couldn't deal with that.

Museum, that was amazing, wasn't it? Those are flying spiders. The pretty wings are a destruction. They're like, oh, look at my wings. And then they touch you and they're like,

oh. But they're not doing anything to you. They're harmless. They're beautiful. The legs are like, like tiptoeing on your skin and you're like.

Even spiders are nice. Spiders have got their place. You get a little spider up in the corner of the hallway, he's going to take care of some midges. Yeah, exactly.

I don't mind the daddy long legs because they get rid of white tails. Is that what they're called? White tails. Yeah, do they? How do they get rid of them? I don't know. I just thought that that was a thing, so I always leave them be. They shame them with their short legs.

You can come in here with your short, gross legs, you chunky little bitch. Get out. Sorry. No out. Sorry. They're the supermodels of the... Yeah, no fat skanks in here. Ooh, yuck. Is that a white towel that is so out of fashion? And then the white towels are like...

Oh, now I feel bad for them. I've got a venomous bite, but I can't get in pain with that venomous tongue. So it's an article here. It's also worth noting that Daddy Longlegs is one of the White Towers' more formidable opponents. Yeah. Yeah, so whenever I see them, I'm like, okay, you got me. You can stay.

You can stay. Okay. Interesting. Ava, I took the cover off a barbecue the other day, and cockroaches love living under the black because I guess it's warm. Yeah. They used to freak me out, but they don't freak me out anymore, cockroaches.

They're just kind of. Oh, no, they don't freak me out in New Zealand, but when you go overseas and you see the big ones. And those ones that make that weird noise in Australia. Yeah. The hissing ones. Yeah. Yeah.

I encountered a wetter in my house. That's phenomenal. Just like last week. I haven't seen one of those forever. I was like, you can do what you want. I'm not touching it. Your house now, wetter. I'll just stay away from you. But I would love to know

this morning what animal or insect you can't deal with. Especially if it's one that people find a little bit different. Like maybe butterflies. Yeah. But I maintain the spider spiders. Or something so tiny that that's it, you can't go into that room anymore.

Like you see a spider in the bathroom and that's it, you can't go in there until it's gone. Yeah. But then like when it's gone, you're like, where did it go? Someone needs to get it and take it outside. But yeah, is there an animal or an insect that you just absolutely can't stand, can't deal with?

Play ZM's Fleshphone and Megan. A woman in Scotland had the police called on her because she was creeped out by a spider in her bedroom and was screaming. And the police came and took the spider away. And the neighbours thought she was being murdered. That's how loud it was. Yeah. So we want to know what animal or insect can you not stand? Yasmin, good morning.

Morning. Good, you're like Megan. You're petrified of butterflies. Oh, terrified of them, honestly. So you've never been to one of those like butterfly enclosures? My parents dragged me there once

and I was like, absolutely not. I got to the entrance and I was like, no, and I waited outside. Because they'd land on you and everyone's like, oh, this is beautiful. And I'm like, what? Yeah. No.

No, no way. It's frowned upon when you swat at them in an enclosure. Oh, yeah. Megan was trying to swat them. They've come all the way from Ecuador. Megan was like batting away a South American beautiful blue butterfly. It's like flying at my face. Yeah, no, I couldn't handle that.

Yasmin, thanks for your call. Similar to butterflies, Kelly, what animal or insect can't you go near? Moths. Moths. Oh, yeah, that's the demon brother of butterflies. It's like a powdery butterfly. It's a dusty butterfly. A dusty brown butterfly.

Yeah, especially the big fat brown ones that buzz around. It's sickening. Are they the puriri moths? Oh no, we don't have those in Christchurch. Thank God, because otherwise we'd die. Man, when they hit the window and they're just like,

tonk! You're like, yes! You're not getting this light. You're not getting this light. Come for it. That would be awful. And so if there was one inside, what, would you just be like, ah, get rid of it, someone else?

Yeah, my partner's the moth guy, and I leave the room. Okay, you'd hide under a blanket or something. All right, Kelly, thanks for your call. Odette, what animal or insect can't you go near? Wasps. I hate them. Oh, I think everybody does to some extent, right? A bee or a wasp. No bees, bees. Yeah, I crashed my car

once trying when one flew in. Absolutely hate them. I've locked myself out the house and like rung my partner home from work. Oh my god, Odette. People die doing that. How bad did you crash? Nah, not too bad, but I rang my dad to come help me while he was at work, and I think

that was worse than a wasp, to be honest. He was pretty angry. I know, they came in stinging. Yeah, wow. Alright, Odette, thanks for your call. Some messages in. Somebody, we're hearing a lot from people who have said centipedes or millipedes. Nikki messaged saying shongololos.

That's what South African word for millipede is. Oh, is it? Okay. Shongololo. And there's a train called the shongololo because when they put trains in, a tribe thought it was like a big millipede. Oh, okay. So there's a train called the shongololo express.

So millipedes, centipedes, a few of those. Spiders, more spider stories. Someone said camels. I've never seen one in real life, but even when I see them in books or on TV, they make me feel sick. Really? Yeah.

They can be a little bit grumpy. Remember the camels we were on in Dubai? Didn't someone have a grumpy one? Yeah, but they were being forced to cart us around on sand. I would have been like that too. It's spelt with a K, but camelophobia.

It's a fear of camels. Camelophobia. It's a thing. And Camilla Cabello. Yes, and Camilla Parker Bowles. Yes, anybody called Camilla. I was in the toilet and I put my hand in my pocket on my jacket and I was like, that's weird. Ugh. And what is that?

And I pulled out a wetter. I'd had that jacket on for over an hour prior to. I just wanted a warm hole to go into, a cold. Yeah. Huge armoured grasshoppers. Dinosaur grasshoppers. Yeah. That's awesome.

A ladybug flew into my ear as a kid. So now I hate ladybugs. Do they get it out again? I hope so. Get the dice in. Otherwise, I would not recommend that. No, it'll pop your eardrum inside out. Oh, yeah, okay.

Seek medical help. Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah, right. Flush it out with some oil. Or iver. Oh, yeah, okay. Seek medical help. Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah, right. Flush it out with some oil. Or ivermectin. Either or. You know what? That horsey wormer cures COVID, gets a ladybug out your ear,

it'll do everything. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Well, a Tinder spokesperson has said that New Zealanders have included the mentions or phrasing along the lines of buying a house in their Tinder user bios has increased by 2.6 times in the last year. So the mention, so they must be able to go through everyone's bio. Date one, let's buy a house. Yeah, basically.

Or like they're telling people that they're buying a house and that's like a big... Also, they've given some examples. Most of them are lighthearted, but the rise does, they say, reflect a real economic exclusion of young single people from the housing market. Bio's like, apparently it's easy to buy a house with someone else. Genuine outdoors bloke

looking to settle down, hopefully. Another one read, bank told me I needed to find a partner to buy a house. Right. Another one said,

looking for someone to combine incomes with so we can buy a house using the KiwiBuild 180 couples limit. And while another joked, just wanted someone to buy a house with,

nothing serious. Long gone are the good old days, eh? Where you're just like, I just want to kiss someone on the mouth. I don't know what the good old days were. I never did it. Never had to do it. You never had a Tinder, no. But yeah, so I mean, they say that most of them are lighthearted, but there's certainly been an increase.

Is this a way of letting people know you're serious, though? Maybe. Rather than just looking for a good time. Maybe. Hookups only. What do people say? What are the code words if they just want a hookup? Because I heard, this is going back a while,

I heard the girls at the gym talking about how they couldn't find just a hookup. All the guys that they'd been matching with were after proper relationships and they just just a hookup. All the guys that they'd been matching with were like after like proper relationships and they just wanted a hookup. That's a role reversal. I know. Isn't it? Yeah. And they still weren't happy.

Proving my theory, you can't please a woman. So why bother trying? Ever. Just at all. Yeah. There's no pleasing them. All right. so don't bother Nah

Okay ZM's Flesh, Worn and Megan Play ZM And while it starts tonight It's every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 7.30 on TVNZ2 Hosted by our very own Brie Thomasel Alongside Matt Chisholm

Celebrity Treasure Island You can get all the inside goss as well Listen to the, Celebrity Treasure Island. You can get all the inside goss as well. Listen to the Inside Celebrity Treasure Island podcast, which is hosted by Kim Crossman on iHeartRadio. And she joins us right now. Kim Crossman, good morning. Good morning, guys. Yeah, so exciting.

Now, a little insight, a little bit of, it's called Celebrity Treasure Island. COVID kind of ruined plans to go to Fiji again. So it's more Celebrity Mainland or Northland Treasure Island, isn't it? Yeah, although even when we were in the game, we definitely referred to it as an island because you kind of do feel very isolated. So you'll definitely hear us continuing to call mainland Northland an island.

What, a North Island is an island? Yeah, well, it is. Yeah, just to be clear, geographically, we understand we were physically on a tiny remote island, but it did feel that way. Well, it's just a big island. And, I mean, the trailer, the shots, it looks beautiful. Far North is just beautiful, isn't it?

Honestly, it was so stunning. That was definitely one of the saving graces if you were having a bad day that you were in a really beautiful location. So, yeah. Is it as hard as, like, you make out? Because, like, people always watch this, even now, and they're like, oh, surely they must get food. Surely they must get a shower.

Yeah. Well, I was such a fan of the show. I was definitely an armchair expert. I actually begged TVNV to be part of it because I was such a shower. Yeah. Well, I was such a fan of the show. I was definitely an armchair expert. I actually begged TVNV to be part of it because I was such a geek about it. And I have a huge ego. I was like, mate, I've got this doubt. I've studied every season of Survivor. Like, ha, ha, ha.

And you'll see even, I believe, in this week in episodes, I get humbled very quickly. Yeah, we've got another Maddie McLean on our hands here, haven't we? Because he's much the same. Love Survivor. Love that show. Very competitive. Well, I think it's very disorientating as well.

I mean, you also have, and I didn't realize how much I plan my day around knowing what time of day it is. But you're not allowed, you don't have any, you know, gauge of what time of day it was. So that was really, you get really disorientated really quickly. Although you will notice in the trailer that Buck is wearing a watch. I don't know how he got that in, but like that was one of my biggest things. I was like, I don't even know what time it is.

His scrotum's got a zip in it. He can hide things in it from where it got torn open in that rugby game. He put it with a watch in it He can hide things in it From where it got torn open In that rugby game He probably put the watch in there And then zipped it shut And then we got it Got it Well this is This was my first mistake I guess

Also there's this There's this huge Ball in the sky During the daytime It's up And it produces light And heat and stuff That's a pretty good

That's so facetious That's a pretty good indicator Of what kind of time it is She wants like an exact time Ha ha ha ha ha Yeah but That doesn't That's a pretty good indicator of what kind of time it is. She wants like an exact time. Yeah, but that doesn't help. You don't know, okay, surely the day must

be ending soon. They're like, off to another challenge. I don't know how to reserve my energy. This is really difficult. The sun looks the same to me between one and four. You literally wouldn't know. It comes up, I'm pretty sure it stands still, and then it just disappears.

So was that the hardest part, not knowing the time? No, that wasn't the hardest part. It was just another element of kind of feeling disorientated. And obviously the food is an element. And, you know, if either you come from a household that had no conflict or you're perhaps a child of divorce, like it's really difficult sleeping, you know, in close proximity when there's like tension in a camp. It's like you don't have the luxury of walking away and having five minutes peace. You have to stay kind of within 10 meters of everyone for however long you're in the game. So it's, you know, you're kind of robbed of all those little gems in life

that help you process and manage things. Wait, so if you were like, I'm in a half, I don't want to sleep next to these people, I'm going to take a stick on fire and I'm going to go and set up my own little camp for the night to have a cool, they wouldn't be cool with that? Well, if you're a story producer and you watch someone walk away with a stick of fire to sit

alone, wouldn't you be like, this is the perfect opportunity to put a camera in their face and talk about why they're... 100%. Yeah, you can come with me, cameraman, but not the cameraman I hate right now. Are there big meltdowns? Who's going to have a... I don't know, you probably can't say, but... Can I predict?

Were you in Chris... I suppose it's not revealed yet. Did you witness a Chris Parker meltdown? I predict? Were you and Chris? I suppose it's not revealed yet. Did you witness a Chris Parker meltdown? I feel like Chris Parker's got a good meltdown in him. Oh, I reckon I'd take the cake, to be honest. But for sure. I mean, someone with anxiety and depression and a huge ego who's humbled early in a game. Gosh.

No, I don't believe that. I don't believe that. All right. Well, yeah, we can wait and see. But I am really excited to host the after show and kind of, yeah, dive into, I guess, some of these things each week and see if, you know, they're presented on TV

the way that they felt they all were in real life as well. And obviously give people the opportunity to ask questions that you guys are asking and, yeah, kind of demystify it a little bit. So we'll watch Celebrity Treasure Island Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and then each Wednesday the podcast will come out and what you'll just talk to someone each week, the eliminated contestants? Well, not quite.

I'm going to talk to not only cast but also some of the crew and then some experts as well. Like this week I'm also talking to the show's medic who has quite a big job this week. So yeah, kind of talking to not just the cast, but yeah, also the crew as well. The medic had a big job this week. Yeah. Okay. Someone got mauled by one of those dangerous New Zealand native animals.

Yep. Nice. Well, you can check out the podcast on iHeartRadio, and it starts tonight, Monday, 7.30, TVNZ2, Celebrity Treasure Island. Kim Crossman, thank you so much. Thanks, guys. See you. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Well, 4 o'clock today is the big government announcement

on the rest of the country outside of Auckland moving from Level 3, and people are saying it's going to be some kind of two plus. Yeah, but I'm not waiting. I'm on PGG rights and looking at buying some, what is this, Cydectin, Fletcher. I know you're on board with this. Get some Moxie. Get some Moxie Decton.

I'm not stopping at one deworming, agricultural deworming. The stats I'm about to read to you prove that you should not be joking about this stuff. I know, we are joking, but the rise... Okay, how's about this for the most American headline you'll read? Oh, I know what it's going to be.

I saw this over the weekend. So in America, there has been a humongous rise in people calling the poisons hotline because they have taken ivermectin, which Vaughn is... It's a dewormer. It's a long-term it gets rid of parasitic

worms. So those on the anti-vax side have said that this cures COVID or helps. So people that are in hospital who didn't want the vaccine are dying. Someone in Ohio last week sued the hospital so that his doctors could give him ivermectin. And they're like

no. But they're like, no. But they don't know what's in that, right? They just believe that because they're hearing about it online, they believe... Do you know what you're hearing about online? Here's something else they should hear about online. The vaccine. The vaccine. And this is the most American headline I saw at the weekend.

Gunshot victims left waiting as horse dewormer overdoses overwhelm Oklahoma hospitals, doctors say. Like, that is the world we're living in at the moment. I just don't understand. Yeah. It makes no sense. I know. Well, anyway, the vaccine.

Oh, my God. Someone just messaged me on Instagram saying, I'm a pharmacist, and we've actually had lots of people coming in asking if we've got ivermectin. Oh, come on, people. I sometimes wonder if we just need to all just ban Facebook and the internet. It's wrong. But I just don't understand how you believe that if you don't believe science.

Yeah, I know. And you don't know what's in that, but you're happy to take it. Yeah. But you don't know what's in the vaccine. So out of interest, we did ask if you have booked or had your vaccine first shot or you've booked in and if you plan not to. Just to see where New Zealanders are at with this news of ivermectin and, you know, the crazy conspiracies.

We end up in our bubbles, so we all talk about the vaccine. But, like, what is the feeling in the community? 30,000 votes on Instagram polls, which is, if you're a pollster, that's a huge sample size. If you're a pollster, you'll be getting stiff nips. Margin of error of 0.5%. Okay. So the first question was, have you had your first vaccine or booked in to do so? 83% of people said yes.

So 17 said no. So what is it? Is it Israel that they went hard on the Pfizer and they've got about a 70 something, 78? Right. And they're having a huge surge in cases got about a 70 something, 78. Right. And they're having a huge surge in cases. So it's not high enough. Right. Wow.

Okay. So 78 is not high enough. You probably need to get close to 90. And then if you don't have the vaccine, it's going to find you. They've said. Right. And it's finding people all over the world that have chosen not to become vaccinated or haven't had the chance.

So it's pretty people all over the world that have chosen not to become vaccinated or haven't had the chance. So it's pretty scary stuff. Yeah. So, yeah, that equates to 2,651 people saying no. Okay. But that's saying no as they're not booked yet. That's not saying no as in they're not going to get it. That's just saying as yet not booked. Yeah.

So the next question was, if not, are you planning to? 83% said yes. 17 said no. That equates to 1,403 people. Okay. Said no. They are not planning to. Could be for medical reasons.

Yeah, absolutely. Could be. What is 17% of 17%? So that's still pretty good numbers, right? Of 30,000, yeah. Yeah. So, and I wanted to mention this website, which is so helpful. I don't know who's made this.

I've tried to look, but I couldn't find it. You can obviously, there's a government website, bookmyvaccine.nz. That's where you book your vaccine. But there might not be appointments available immediately. You might have to wait a week or two, but then you can also change your location. But that's a bit annoying because you've got to go into each location

to see what appointments they have. If you go to vaxx, V-A-X-X dot N-Z, someone's made a website that scans all of the appointments in your area and tells you on what day, how many are available. So for example, we were looking at this website at 5 a.m., there was nothing this week. But now it's found 33 appointments today in Auckland alone,

and just in the city. So I can click on that, and then it tells you the locations, and then you can make the booking. Because it would pay to check often because people are constantly changing their appointments. At the last minute, maybe. So my second appointment, I couldn't get into the one right down the road from my house. Nothing.

And then today, I've found one, so I've changed it. Because of this website. It's so good. It saves so much hassle. So vaxx, V-A-X-X dot N-Z. If you're having trouble finding something that's close, bookmyvaccine.nz is the website. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Well, we talked earlier in the show,

Southern Cross Pet Insurance released their list of like the most expensive pet claims, insurance claims. Yes. Like what was the most expensive? It was a dog, a sick dog. It was upwards of $13,000, $14,000. Jeez. Yeah, it's a lot of money.

So kind of, if you didn't have pet insurance, you'd be like, okay, how much is the injection? Oh my gosh. But it's like one of the family members. It is one of the family members. If a man was going to cost that much. Finish the sentence. Give her a Jif injection too.

Oh my gosh. I don't think Jif could come out of a needle. Yeah. I think you might have to water it down. Anyway. No, no, not your standard needle. Big needle. Jif injections aside, you'll give the ivermectin people some ideas.

We should point out we are joking. We are talking in jest. It got us talking behind the scenes. Producer Jared had a dog, which sadly passed away. Ruby. Producer Jared had a dog. R-U-B-Y. Ruby. Jared joins us from the producer studio.

Good morning, Jared. Producer Jared. Good morning, team. How are we? When did Ruby pass away, sadly? December? December 9th last year. December 9th.

Your best friend. The end of what already was a shit year. Yeah. Yeah. So, this morning when we were talking about pet insurance claims, that made you think, didn't it? Yeah, it kind of reminded me that a few years ago I got Ruby some pet insurance and then forgot to get rid of it.

So you checked your outgoing bank statements, and since December when your dog sadly passed, you've been making a monthly donation. Yeah, of about $30. Fortnightly. Fortnightly. No, it was monthly. I just checked my policy.

It's monthly, $30 a month for some insurance. And they also didn't actually cover all her medical needs back in the day. Yeah, that'll happen. Okay, let me just do a nine times 30. No, don't do it. You're a third party. No, it'll be 10 months, won't it? December.

Okay, so add another $30. $300, Producer Jared. You have been donating $300 to a company. Yeah, I'm ashamed. When I had my cat, my previous cat, Karen, I paid like the year, and then they gave me a refund when the cat died. But did you have to inform them? I did.

I called them because that's what you do. You inform them so you don't have to keep paying. But how do you prove it? I mean, you're stopping your insurance. So then if something does happen to the cat and you've lied about it dying, you're not going to be able to claim anything. Well, exactly. Exactly.

No insurance anymore. But because I prepaid for that year and there was like, I don't know, four months left, they just refunded it. How much was yours? I can't remember. But I don't know if because you've been paying monthly

and the dog has been... I don't know. Can they give you a refund? Because it's not like a gym. You hear about people doing this at the gym. They leave their gym or they don't go and they forget. And then their cat dies. No, I mean that they're paying the gym and they forget. Hi, Anytime Fitness.

My cat's died. Can you refund the last eight months? That's not the same because you still could use that service, whereas like, your dog literally doesn't exist anymore. There's no way you could use that service. Yeah, you couldn't get a refund, but I know somebody that moves cities and forgot to cancel their gym. Like, I don't know how

rich they are that they don't even notice. Soz not soz. But did you not notice this coming out, Jared? Did you not think, oh, there's another $30 to Southern Cross? He's a baller! Nah. Nah. To be honest, I'm pretty shoddy at checking the old bank statement.

It makes me sad. Is it a classic Sunday morning, don't lock and there's no problems? Yeah, exactly. After a night out when you've been drunk and spending way too much money? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I would have thought you could call them and be like, oh, my God.

Yeah, do you have, like, a them And be like Oh my god Yeah do you have Like a death certificate I'm sure the vet will The vet could say The dog's been dead Gives the money back Insurance companies Are famously helpful They love

They love giving money back They love Making payouts You know they're A great big Fantastic company Aren't they Yeah They don't make Record profits Every year for nothing payouts. You know, they're a great big, fantastic company, aren't they? Yeah.

They don't make record profits every year for nothing. Well, yeah, I mean, maybe you should give them a call to name your origin. But we thought we'd take some calls this morning, and maybe you've been in a similar situation to Producer Jared. You've been accidentally paying for something

A, you don't use or you forgot about. Can we change it to donating to? Accidentally donating to. Yeah, ongoing donation. That makes it sound a little bit more positive. Yeah, when were you accidentally donating to a company? Like producer Jared, maybe you moved and you forgot that you were still

paying for a service. Did they give you a refund? Or maybe you moved in with someone and you used their Netflix but you were accidentally still paying yours. Oh, God. And you probably noticed $13 less. Would you? Than you would $30 a month.

I don't know. Anytime there's a new subscription company, they're getting my money. Because I do that thing, you sign up for a month or whatever for free, but you need your credit card details, and then it gets to the end of the month, and you're like, still haven't finished that thing I wanted to watch. Must cancel that. Must cancel that. Never cancel that.

All right. 0800-DARLS-IT-M. You can give us a call. 9696. Text in. Did you accidentally donate to a business? And how long for? Well, producer Jared, his dog sadly passed away in December.

2020. He's been paying pet insurance ever since. Which he's just discovered. Yeah. Lots of helpful messages, and maybe that they would give him a refund. He's just paying pet insurance ever since. Which he's just discovered. Yeah, lots of helpful messages and maybe that they would give him a refund. He's just got to get in touch. You may need to show proof, but then the vet can provide you with that

if they dealt with the death of the animal. Yeah. But we wanted to know when you have accidentally been donating to a business. There's a lot of gym stories. A lot of gym memberships that are not being used. But you know you're paying for that, right? And you're just not going.

Because it's when you sign up, they lock in for that 24 months and you've had a green shake for breakfast. You're on this new health kit. You're like, yes. You feel motivated for a day. This is the next 24 months of my life. And it's not. It's the first four days. But then the car park's full when you're like, well, I tried.

I can do 730 more of these. Days. Easy peasy. So we want to know the donations you've been making and what companies you're still making donations to. Somebody said insurance is a shocker for us. We moved house two years ago and I forgot to update the house insurance after weekly reminders from my partner.

He ended up calling to add our new car to our insurance policy and updated the address and the insurance company were like, have you been paying for insurance in a house you don't live in and living in a house for two years that's uninsured?

Oh my God. Oh my God, that would do my head in. That would have a heartburn immediately. Thank God they found out on this side of the house fire, though. I know. Imagine your house burns down and they're like, it's all right. Oh, no.

Oh, God, I actually know. We were insured for a two-beddy and this is the five-beddy. God. Uh-oh. Different addresses and everything. What is with? That just makes me so. It seems to be predominantly gyms.

I paid a year for a gym up front, used it for three months, then moved towns. So I've been paying – okay, I'm going to disguise this gym. Leslie Milligan's. I have no idea what gym franchise you're talking about. It's an Irish one. Okay. You walk in, they're like, all right, it's time to put some iron.

Let's get on a bike. And bike. Logan, this is you. You're donating to a gym. Yeah, no, I just finished. I ended up moving about eight hours north. And just never got around to it. I had the Mrs. Hounding for about two years. And you couldn't get out of it? You couldn't

sell the gym membership to someone else? Oh, I let my brothers use it, but then I got sick of paying that $15 a week and paying my gym up here. Yeah, and seeing how good your brother looks and he's getting all the honeys and you're like, damn it! I'm facilitating this! Hey, but you

weren't charging him, or were you just letting him have it for free? I was letting him have it. Why not? I would never let my brother have it. Oh, no, neither of us. I'd charge him more. I'd charge him a goddamn thing.

Yeah, definitely 20 bucks a week. I'd make $5 out of that. All right, Logan, thanks. You call some messages. So I didn't get to the Leslie Milligans. Oh, apologies, apologies. The Irish gym. Yeah.

$80 a month for five years, and I haven't been. That's $4, apologies. The Irish gym. Yep. $80 a month for five years. And I haven't been. That's $4,800. Wait, you still pay, but you still don't go? Correct. Or do they go like once every six months or something? I don't know. They just said it's been five years.

Is it that people get a feeling that they've got the key ring, they get the sticker? Maybe you should start a business, Fletch, where you like do this horrible admin that people just don't want to do. You're so good at it. I could charge her, like, a couple of hundred bucks. Like, she's obviously made of money. She hasn't been.

I'm assuming it's her anyway. Because some stuff is really hard, and they're like, why? You should just come back, do the, and it's like, oh, my God. You could crank through it so quickly. Charge them one month's fee, whatever that pay. And I'll do their life admin. And you'll do the admin. So, like, to cancel the Leslie Milligan's gym membership at $80 a month, you charge them $80.

You take care of it in a minute. Yeah. But, like, do they not know that you've literally, like, I've changed my credit card. I rang them. They answered within 30 seconds. I gave them the card, and they changed it. Done. Yeah, but you know what the gym's like. You ring up, hi,

I need to cancel my gym membership. Why? Why? Why? Why? And you're like, oh my god. They don't do that. Or they go, oh my god,

I've just started working here and I'm very attractive. Maybe I should come in and see if the gym's for you. And you're on the other end of the phone and you're like, damn it, they do sound hot. Remind yourself, the rule, if they sound hot, very rarely are they. It's like radio, isn't it? Very rarely.

That's why I sound terrible, but look. Ten out of ten. Ten out of ten. Ten out of ten. Okay, yeah, great. Yeah, God, he sounds annoying. And then they send me and they're like. What is that noise?

How many times has someone met you and gone... All the time. He's the guy at the radio. Their eyes pop out of their head, their heart starts pumping out of their chest. Please, if you ever meet Vaughan, please say... Stephen joins us. Good morning, Stephen. What have you been donating to a business?

I was donating to a car insurance company. Right, and did you not have a car? I sold my car and I was paying the insurance for about two years. Two years, Stephen! Stephen! Yeah. Did you get your money back? Oh my God. They didn't want to, but I tried to pay them to Fairgo and then they ended up paying it.

Oh, that's a classic. That's a classic. Always use the Fairgo line. So over those two years, did you just forget or was it something you didn't get around to? No. I had house insurance and another car insurance and so it was just added onto that, an extra. Stephen, why didn't you cancel that when you sold your car? Are you a bit, do you not like life admin?

I just got caught up and just forgot about it. For a one-off month payment, you could enlist the services. See, maybe I could run a business where I just take over people's life admin. Thanks, Stephen. Totally. Some more messages in. My friend was paying $60 a fortnight

for four years for a gym. Finally got her to cancel it on her birthday last year. That is so much money. Don't add it up. I know, it up. I know. It's thousands of dollars. Yeah. I had third-party car insurance, $18 a month,

and I sold the car and just completely forgot about it. They refunded me. It came to $3,000. So it was like a savings account. It was like you were doing your own Christmas club there and just paying a few dollars a week. Yeah. Oh, Lord.

And then people have rung in with actual donations they make to actual charities. Yes. Stop going on about your charity. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Fact of the day, day the advent of refrigeration, if Russians had a bucket of milk that they didn't want to spoil, granted it's very cold in Russia a lot of the time, they could probably just leave it kind of not outside

because it would freeze. Yeah, like hanging in the kitchen. They could use a few techniques to keep it at a cool temperature. But if it was summer, for example, how they would keep their milk from spoiling, they'd pop a frog in it. Oh, that is disgusting. A Russian brown frog. Okay.

It would keep the milk from going off. They didn't know how it worked. Oh, okay. Was it because it was swimming around? No. It would keep the milk from going off. They didn't know how it worked. Oh, okay. Was it because it was swimming around? No. It would like churn it? So it turns out that these frogs secrete from their skin antibacterial and antifungal properties. So it would stop the bacteria gathering and curdling or, you know, the fungus from sitting in and making mold in that.

I imagine this was one of those happy accident coincidences, right? Like one jumped into a bucket one day and they're like, why hasn't this gone off? Yeah. And they're like, the bucket next to it went off. Yeah. What's going on here? I don't think I want to chuck that in my meal.

That's a big frog. Yuck. So this is... Did the flavour change? Good question. Don't know. But then Russians, they don't care if flavour change.

You want milk, girl, big strong boy. Father, father, the milk tastes like frog. That was a little bit French. Let me try that again.

That was French, yeah. Because you've got to go like this to get Russian. You go, father, father, the milk tastes like frog why does it go french when i say the milk tastes like frog father father no that's german the milk tastes like frog father that'll do it yeah drink your milk boy if you want to be big, strong like Stalin.

So yeah, they'd pop a little frog in it. It's because frogs don't have teeth. Gummy frogs. They're gummy little froggy. They don't have claws. So their main defense is the poison that they can excrete. Either it tastes disgusting, so a predator will bite it and be like, I won't do that again.

Or it's got a poison in it which will kill them, so they'll be like, you know, you're a wolf. Presumably, again, Russian. Don't eat that one. It killed Barky. Wolf's name is Barky. Barky, don't eat that one. It killed Barky. Howly.

I don't believe you. Here, have some Ivermectin. How mad the frog? So, yeah, they did some research and they said, yeah, this particular frog excreted. Wow. And just the right amount of antibacterial and antifungal properties that it stopped the milk from curdling. So today's fact of the day is before they had fridges, Russians used to pop a frog in their bucket of milk to keep it fresh.

Fact of the day, day, Vaughan and Megan. I think we've heard from psychotherapist and relationship expert Neil before. I think we've heard enough from Neil. Neil Wilkie has broken down five common mistakes people make on their first dates. So these are things you shouldn't do. Okay. First up, thinking it will be perfect. Don't hype up your first date to think that anything less than perfection you shouldn't settle for.

I've said this about life many times. Manage your expectations. Manage expectations. Don't expect much. Don't expect anything. Yeah. And then you'll be pleasantly surprised at least a little bit. Imagine, like, think about how nervous you are.

That other person is also nervous. You do silly things when you're nervous. You say silly things. He says human beings aren't perfect and especially aren't going to be on a first date. So, yeah, manage your expectations. And if they are, it's where I like to rely on another old adage, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Next one is overplanning. So this is for people who like to do spreadsheets or lists of their favourite attributes, writing questions that you want to ask them. Before a date, writing questions. Who does that? I don't know anyone that's done that. I certainly know people that have made lists of ideal attributes, though.

I don't know if I could, because you'd notice if someone was looking at their list on their phone, right? Yeah. Yeah, during the date. Yeah. So he said don't know if I could, because you'd notice if someone was looking at their list on their phone, right? Yeah. Yeah. During the date. Yeah. So he said, don't do that because when something doesn't go to plan, it throws you off. And more often than not, it won't go to plan. But yeah, I can understand people writing questions if you feel like you're not very good on the fly

and you get like caught up with small talk. Yeah. But don't just have them in your mind. Don't necessarily write them down. I'm obviously off the market, but if I am back on the market, probably best anybody I go on a date with prepares questions because you know when people first meet me.

Auga, auga. Yeah, that's what they do. They do. Yeah. Like the wolf. I mean, you know how hard it is even for Megan and I just to work with you in the same room every day. Sometimes I do notice I'll just look across the side eye

at you guys and you'll be like this. I'm so embarrassed for you. Don't be. I'm not. Don't feel embarrassment on my part. You haven't given up. The next one is talking too much, Vaughan. Aim for a balanced conversation rather than monologuing your way through the evening.

A lot of people aren't comfortable with silence, so feel the need to fill it. I feel like this is very pointed. They came for dinner, they got a show. Try to relax, ask questions and then make sure you listen to their responses. I'm terrible at small talk. Because I'm always like, they asked you a question, ask the same one back, and then they ask it back. And then I don't listen to what they're saying

because I'm trying to think of the next thing to ask them. I get so like... So yeah, I understand. Small talk's everywhere. Just look around. You could talk about anything. What's your favourite colour? That's not bad.

That's not bad for a few. You could be like, what's's your favourite colour? That's not bad. That's not bad. You could be like, what's your favourite puzzle in the back of the Herald? And then they'll be like, what do you mean? And you'll be like, well, you know, there's a whole page of them. There's like World Wheel. There's Simon Shucker's Code Cracker. What's Simon Shucker doing day to day?

Did he crack the Enigma code? Is he still alive? Is it simply named after Simon Shucker because he invented it? Maybe he should have a go at the Zodiac cipher. Okay, this date's weird. Simon Shucker is the Zodiac killer. What a great date. We just solved an angel mystery.

We start a crime podcast, a true crime podcast. Yes, and now we're lovers and fellow podcasters. A-ooga, Ah, ooga. This date is going great. Did we just become best friends? I've got two more mistakes you could be making on a date. Okay. So ask questions yes, but don't interrogate them.

So make sure you're not just like firing an onslaught of questions. Like what do you want out of life? Do you want to get married? How many kids do you want? When are we having babies? Yeah, save that for at least the second date. Number one. Is this number one?

Number one. I feel like it shouldn't have to be said. Staring. But the number one mistake you make on your first date. Stop looking at their boobs. Talking about your ex. Oh my god. Don't do that. Yeah, why would you do that?

If there's any mention of your ex, the best thing to do is to speak briefly and speak positively of them and move on swiftly. Right. Don't dwell on. My ex had an iron deficiency. What? That's not positive.

No, I know, but I'm saying that you're out of things to say and they've ordered to read me and you're like, oh, my ex had an iron deficiency. She used to take Floradix. A dietary supplement with organic iron, yeast, herbs, fruits and honey. Floradix. See, small trance, small dogs everywhere.

Floradix. You've been trance and small dogs everywhere. Floridics. You've been married for like 12 years or something. I know, it's a goddamn miracle. Because every time when I get home, she goes,

he's home. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Now imagine my surprise over the weekend when I found this story, read it in depth, the disgust I felt

that half of Australians aren't brushing their teeth in lockdown. And Victorians are the worst offenders. We've got a friend in Victoria, don't we? I wonder if he's... I'll message him now. He's a filthy boy.

He's a dirty boy. Message him right now and say, are you brushing your teeth? He won't be awake. This information was gathered by a not-for-profit health fund. So when asked why, why aren't you brushing your teeth?

They said that they weren't leaving the home, so it was less likely they were going to come across somebody who thought they had bad breath. But never mind. Exactly. Never mind the person that you're kissing at home. Or your children, or your flatmates, or anybody you're living with. Or if Never mind the person that you're kissing at home or your children or your flatmates or anybody you're living with.

Or if you've got bad breath, it's probably gingivitis related. So rather than having... Definitely needs a toothbrush. And then the lack of routines are a major part of it. Okay. So rather than brushing their teeth because it's what they did when they woke up

before they went to work, before they went to school. Yeah. They said they now felt prompted to brush their teeth by things like feeling unhygienic. Like you feel, you're just like, oh, I'm furry. Oh, my teeth are quite furry. No, no, that had its own one.

So feeling unhygienic, 39%. So maybe you looked in the mirror and you're like, oh my God. And you need to take 10 minutes to sort yourself out. Yeah, yeah. And part of that is brushing your teeth. 27% said they only brush their teeth when they started to feel furry. Oh. 21% said I'll brush my teeth

when I'm feeling guilty about the fact that I haven't brushed them for so long. And 20% when they were about to leave home to go to supermarkets, etc. You notice it when you put the mask on, eh? Yeah. You're just like, oh, okay. Yeah.

But it's just because you're out of your routine, right? Yeah. Like I get up, brush my teeth, go to work and then you come back and enjoy before bed.

Yeah, brush my teeth when I'm leaving the house at any point but we're not doing that so. So it's less brushing. Yeah,

so morning and night and then if I go to leave the house again, brush my teeth. See, I might do a mouthwash. Maybe midday if you're going out. I also don't have any fillings, so.

You're doing something right. Just saying. But then that's because you weren't allowed cordial growing up. That too. Yeah, and you don't eat night. You just don't eat stuff. You don't have fun. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I eat things with metal bits in it. Yeah. I know, I remember once a minty took out a filling. Oh, that's how I live. Oh, my gosh. I remember a a minty took out a filling. That's how I live. I remember a roll-up ripped out a tooth. There was that time I was trying to take ivermectin to stop COVID and I banged the front of my teeth on the drench gun

and see? But it's good because you're not getting COVID. And once again we're pointing out that ivermectin will not stop COVID. It'll stop your horse having worms. It won't stop you getting COVID. And once again, we're pointing out that ivermectin will not stop COVID. It'll stop your horse having worms. It won't stop you getting COVID.