ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 8th September 2020

Episode Date: September 7, 2020

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Hello, welcome to the Fleets for Warnamegan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe Coffee for great tasting barista-made coffee on the go. Oh, it's not going to be a long one today, the intro. It's not going to be a long one. Oh no, because we're doing it in an ad break. Yeah, and we have to go and get fitted, don't we? For a top secret photo shoot. Yeah, I don't like getting fitted. I always find them very handsy and grabby. Do you find that? No. Just me. I think they normally put on these jeans so they fit

No Oh no they come in they're like let me put my hand in there Oh just me Yeah just you Oh Okay Well this does come with the territory of being New Zealand's most

A smoking hot biscuit Yeah right New Zealand's hottest biscuit New Zealand's hottest little biscuit Alright so Is that what your wife calls you? My hot New Zealand's hottest little biscuit. All right, so. Is that what your wife calls you? My hot little biscuit? My hot little biscuit.

No, because you're probably like imagining a Tim Tam that's been left on the bench in the sun. But I'm talking biscuit as in like the bready biscuit that you would get with American food from the south. Like a scone. Yeah, right. A hot little biscuit. Dip, like a scone. Yeah, right. A hot little biscuit. Dip me in gravy. Put me in your mouth. This is my hot little biscuit.

Fresh out the oven. In gravy? You dipped in gravy? Cooked on. Grandma's griddle. Yeah, I will be. If you play your cards right. Can you say this to the people fitting you today?

I'll be dipping right in gravy. Touch this hot little biscuit. You're going to dip me in gravy gravy. Touch this hot little biscuit. Hands off the hot little biscuit. You don't get to touch the biscuit until you've paid for the biscuit. And there ain't no biting it. Alright, enjoy the podcast. Good morning, welcome to the show Fletch Fauna Megan, well, that's a warning for you, Megan, in the news.

The gender reveal party that sparked a wildfire. In fact, there was that famous video a few years back, wasn't there? Yeah, there was an explosion, right? And it immediately caught the surrounding. So many of them go wrong. So they reckon it was a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device. So like a blue or a pink smoke grenade, I guess. Man, there is, um, those wildfires that were on the news last night,

all the people that were out camping in America and all of a sudden they were all just driving their cars as close as they could to the lakes and everyone was standing on the lakes up to their waist. And they had to rescue them in choppers and they just had to leave all of their cars and everything there. And they said, you'll go back one day, and we'll see if they're there. But as for now, it's just, we've got to get you out. Yeah.

Oh, my God. Yeah, that gender reveal party in Arizona that sparked a wildfire, that was 2017. So three years ago. Wow. Not a year ago, and that cost about $8 million in damage, they reckon. So you might have to just stick with a blue

or pink cake. That's pretty safe. Less fun. Oh, it's cake. Can't eat the smoke. Although you're a bit of an undercover bogue and you could do

one of those burnout reveals. Oh, and my pastor was. Oh, they come into that. Sick little girl. She'll love, past awards. Oh, that comes into that. Ah, yay.

Sick little girl. She'll love, we'll call her Skids. Call her Dunlop. Or Sylvia. Isn't that a car? Oh, Nyssa and Sylvia.

Yeah, but Megan's a, like a proper V8 bugger. Oh, yeah. She'll be calling her like, Commodore. Commodore.

V8. But I don't think you can call her Commodore. Oh, because that's a title. Because that's a military title, isn't it? Ah, you'll have to go with Tarana or Barina. Barina. You're holding Barina. That's cute.

Oh, bless. The top six is coming up on the show. Yeah, Zac Efron. We've been talking about Zac Efron and his love for Australia and Byron Bay. He's still there. And he flew in on Jetstar. Lovely. That was who he managed to get a flight into Byron in.

So we've got Zac Efron's top six thoughts about flying Jetstar. Next on the show, though, a lot of airlines unable to fly. And so they're looking to make some extra cash. And they're kind of thinking outside the box. Some of the ways next airlines are making money in these COVID times. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Well, obviously a lot of airlines are limited to the places that they can fly, some not flying much at all in these COVID times.

And a lot of airlines have, I guess, looked at other ways to make money during this time. And somebody's compiled a list of all the ways that airlines are doing this. Thai Airways, the Thai... Well, they had to sell to the government. Yeah, they defaulted and... Yeah, they got a bailout, I think.

Yeah. Because I thought they were like a huge airline. Yeah, but that must have been. Although even Emirates, I think Emirates got a big helping as well. They got quite a bit of money. Yeah, so airlines struggling at the moment. Thai airlines have actually opened up a cafe

using the seats from the aircraft. That was everybody's favorite thing about planes. The seats. Yeah. So I guess it's just a way for them to, I guess, you to have that airline experience. And because they have those colored seats. They're very recognizable.

So you can go along, get served in the seats, and kind of feel like, because, you know, some people love flying, so they're missing it. I do. I love that about flying. I love the little compartments that the food comes in. Do you get a little tray table? Yes, you get it.

Well, you sit in the actual airline seats. And then when you finish your meal, they leave that tray on your lap for like 80 minutes. You need to go toilet. Yeah, and you can't because everything, you're just like crammed in. And the person in front of you finishes their meal so they don't, they start to recline.

So you wear your tray. ANA, the Japanese airline, they did a flight to nowhere and you had to go on a ballot for these. I think they did 300 tickets. They did it in A380 and tickets cost about $250 New Zealand dollars, and they filled all the seats on the plane.

And you went on there for a 90-minute trip to nowhere. Oh, my God. And it cost $250. Mm-hmm. A Canadian airline is getting rid of the meals that they have, all that they're making and just delivering, frozen meals. They're selling those as frozen meals. Right, okay.

Doesn't sound appealing. I don't think I've ever had a plain meal that's been amazing. Have you? No. No. Not amazing. Even when we got upgraded to business that time, that was all right, eh?

It was all right. But still wasn't like restaurant quality. It's still made somewhere in a kitchen, mass produced, isn't it? Yeah. You know what would make those better? If you freeze them and then reheat them later. Exactly. Some airlines are doing, in China

an airline's doing all-you-can-fly deals. So you sign up, they're one of the big carriers in China. You sign up and you can get unlimited weekend flights for the rest of the year for about $700 New Zealand dollars. Right, internally.

Internally, so domestically. So that would be like Air New Zealand saying, all you can eat flights for the rest of the year, weekends. Do you have to book them or do you just turn up? It doesn't say. I think, yeah, you might have to book them. Maybe you get a code or maybe you turn up and you just do standby. Right. Right.

Yeah. That's not ideal because then... All the flights are going to be booked up. Yeah. And then I don't know if they're doing the social distancing thing, but you probably have to have a gap in between you and them. Yeah. Less seats.

Qantas have been selling their business and first class pajamas and their amenities kit that you get if you fly business or first class. You get pajamas. See, I'd take it with me. I'd take it with me, but I don't know if I'd go out of my way to buy one. $25. The amenity kits in first class

for like some of these, because when, where did we, oh, we went first class. But I remember we flew business class and it was like a designer. It was like Givenchy creams. And I was like,

I'll have all of these. I'm stealing all of these. You can tell the people that get upgraded like us for work for free. Steal everything that's not bolted down. And every time they come past or something, you're like, oh my God, wow. Can you take a

photo of me in this big seat? They're like, oh my God, you're so embarrassing. This is your first time. Yes, and probably my last, because I'm stealing all the pyjamas. All right, 16 past six. Ashley Bloomfield. Dr. Ashley Bloomfield has opened up to the nation,

and it's kind of heartbreaking. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Our much beloved Director General of Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, has revealed something to the nation? Like, did you know we even had one of these before? No. A Director General of Health?

Nah. Neither. Like, I know that America's had the Director General. Of everything. Because, I don't know, they'd always be like, in pop culture you'd see that reference, wouldn't you? Didn't they have a warning on cigarettes? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, the Surge in general. Yeah. Well, he's already pretty relatable. Everyone loves him. But he has revealed something, that he suffers quite a bit of anxiety. He was on a, or he said during a webinar, this was for the Graham Dingle Foundation, that, yeah, he suffers from anxiety, especially on days when he has the press conferences. I have moments of great self-doubt and of anxiety.

And I love the days when I don't have a stand-up to do because I know when I have because by 10 in the morning, I can just feel my cortisol levels rising and I'm focused. I'm probably not that much fun to be around at work, although only because I'm focused and thinking about what's coming ahead. But it's important just to acknowledge and name the anxiety and put it out there. And then those around you know why you're feeling like you are and they can support you in that.

That is so surprising. Yeah. To hear that, don't you think? I have watched him so many times and I've always wondered if he got nervous or like when they make a mistake. Because if you make a mistake in front of the nation, you'd be like, oh, you idiot. You know, like I'd really beat myself up about it.

But like he gets stressed. Would he have even known that would be part of the job to stand up and address the nation at one o'clock on live TV to millions of people every day during a pandemic? Well, I don't think anybody predicted the pandemic. No.

But also he's like, so the days he has to do the press conference he feels stressed. There'd be more days when he does, well, not so much now, but there would be more days

where he did than he didn't. I like how Wim puts on a bit like, oh yeah, I get a bit stressed, I get a bit worried. He's like, I feel my cortisol level

is rising. And you're like Oh yeah It's medical baby And that just shows you Someone who fully understands Yeah What causes stress and anxiety Still gets stress and anxiety

I love that he Spoke so openly about it Now I'm just like Oh Yeah I turned on the TV Yesterday at one o'clock Nothing And I was like

Where's my press conference, baby? It's just having some lunch. It's become a little bit of a habit. I have a later lunch now because I sit down and I watch a little press conference. Right. There was no press conference. I think it's the end of season two. Bring it back.

Well, I don't want them to bring it back now because it causes them anxiety. Oh, yeah, true. It's generally bad. Yeah, when that comes back, we're living in a state of it back now because it causes some anxiety. Oh, yeah, true. It's generally bad. Yeah, when that comes back, we're living in a state of some kind of lockdown. Lockdown again. So, yeah, we don't need season three. No, we don't. Fair enough.

Next on the show, the top six, and Zac Efron has flown into Byron Bay. Yes, on Jetstar, nonetheless. The top six thoughts Zac Efron had while flying Jetstar. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top 6. Hello there.

Welcome to today's Top 6. Zac Efron. We've talked about this a bit. Settling down in Byron. That's pushing up the average hotness, isn't it? Just a little bit more. Just well with the Hemsworths. Your Efrons. Although, what's his face? Pushing up the average hotness, isn't it? Just a little bit more. Just well with the Hemsworths. Your F-Roms. Oh, Lord.

Although, what's his face? Crazy conspiracy theory. Pete Evans. He's moved to that commune, hasn't he there? Really? Yeah, they put tinfoil on the fences so the 5G doesn't get in. I hope he doesn't infiltrate the Hemsworths. Oh, no.

There's no way that could happen. Keep the barrier walls up on that mansion. I hope not. Westfield shopping mall. I saw, speaking of Byron, Chris Hemsworth had one of those flow beehives there. What, where you turn the tap and the honey comes up? Get out of my...

I want one of those. I looked into it. Yeah. Beekeepers are like, nah, mate, you want the traditional method. Well, that looks hard work. Yeah, it does look a bit harder. How does the honey just come out? Is there a thing inside that just squeezes it?

When you turn it, yeah, it pretty much cracks it down the middle. So the honey, like, you know how they create wax at each end and the honey's stored in the cells? From what I could understand, it cracks it and then the honey just falls. And that's a separate thing to turning on the tap. You turn on the tap when it's drained. Right. And that's when the honey goes out. Do you think Chris Hemsworth likes honey on toast

or is he a lemon honey? Those are my two uses for honey. He probably does a honey face mask. Oh, yeah, probably. He probably makes his own paleo cereal with like honey on it. Oh, roasted nuts. Yeah. He probably makes his own paleo cereal with like honey on it. Oh, roasted nuts. Yeah, okay. He probably has

Elsa, his wife, lick the honey off him as a treat for her. Yep. What were we talking about? Zac Efron. Zac Efron's moving to Byron. Yep. The Hemsworths, yeah, they're there. Carrie Bickmore, she's there. Nicole and Keith, apparently, have been on holiday there.

Nicole Kidman, wow, okay. Did you see that? Did I send you that video of that US comedian and her friend doing the impression of what it's like when Nicole Kidman faces Keith Urban? Shit, it was funny. I'm just, we're going to watch it again after I finish this. It was really good. Okay, so Zac Efron's flying there on Jetstar.

Zac Efron's top six thoughts on flying Jetstar. Number six. Well, this flight left on time. I feel the reputation Jetstar has about always being late is unwarranted. That's what he thought when they were in the air on the way to Byron. Number five on the list of Zac Efron's top six thoughts on flying Jetstar.

Man, it's lucky I'm five foot six and don't need any knee room because there is none here. Is he actually? Five foot six. Yeah. Is he? I looked up his height. He's a metre 73.

And then I put that into Google because I've got no idea how that translates. Is he actually... It's 5'6". Yeah. Is he? I looked up his height. He's a metre 73. Huh. And then I put that into Google because I've got no idea how that translates. I was going to say, is that still taller than you? Yeah, yeah. He's 5'6". Number four on the list of... That's why he looks so muscly so easily. There's less of him.

Yeah. Skinny. Number four on the list of Zac Efron's top six thoughts flying on Jetstar. Orange is a staff uniform. Interesting choice. Not exactly a calming color if there was an aviation disaster. No. Number three on the list of Zac Efron's top six thoughts while flying Jetstar.

Oh, yes, I'd love a drink, thanks. What? It's $4. I have $4, yes, but I don't want to pay $4 because generally that's included in the, it's not included in the ticket fare. Well, I guess I'll pay with credit card. There'll be an additional charge.

All very interesting. I'm Zac Efron, number two on the list of Zac Efron's top six thoughts on flying Jetstar. Man, I wish I'd paid the $55 a year for Club Jetstar. There's a radio producer in New Zealand that won't stop going on about the benefits. Anya loves a Club Jetstar. You get the benefits so quickly. You really reap the rewards. You simply must join.

What do you get, though, in the club? I think it's 20% off baggage and seat selection. And then they also, if they're having a big sale, they'll send you an email like the day before and be like, hey, we're having a sale. So you can be ready. Yeah, you and all the other thousands of people on Club Jet stuff. But then, what do you mean, because bags cost extra?

Yeah. So they're giving you 20% off something that other airlines don't make you pay for? No, you have to pay on other airlines. How much baggage are you taking? So, one 20 kilo bag. Oh, you get it like a seat in a bag. Yeah. Right, and you get 20% off the additional bag.

Yeah. Right, okay. So it's only $8. Right, okay. Now that's a bargain. I'm telling you, get on it. And then, okay. You always have to fly Jetstar though.

Well, yes. Because you paid for the angel beam. Zac Efron seems to be enjoying it so far though. Great, me and Zac on par. And number one on the list of Zac Efron's top six thoughts while flying Jetstar, this woman in front of me is complaining a lot. She's saying she paid a very low price for this flight, yet she's acting like she's paid for first class tickets.

She's saying that it's definitely the last time she'll be flying Jetstar because they were 10 minutes late leaving. But you know what? I feel like that's an empty threat and she'll always come back to the cheapest option and then bitch about it. She'll be back. She'll be back. That is today's top six.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, when we didn't have it, everybody was like, bring it back. Oh. Bring it back. I love it. Bring it back. love it Bring it back And then they were like Okay shut up

We'll bring back Georgie Pye And they did didn't they They did yeah It's been a Few years When did they Oh god I don't know

I don't like playing this game anymore It'll be like The time went around for 12 years We'll be like Why how Time's lost Meaning And perspective Oh my Jesus I've got the Year here What is it 2013 We'll be like, why? How? Time's lost meaning and perspective.

Oh, my Jesus. I've got the year here. What is it? 2013. Oh. No, it doesn't matter. Something about this year where just time is just so warped. So 1990s, it closed and everyone was like, me, me, Georgie Pye.

And then Georgie Pye got brought back in 2013, as it turns out. And it went okay, but it obviously didn't set the world alight. Everybody that said they'd eat them every day obviously didn't. Yeah. Because they're retiring it again. Also, it was a different time when Georgie Pie was around. They had the $1, $2, $3 menu. Yeah.

And you just couldn't do that now. No, and there wasn't a huge amount of fast food competition. There wasn't. No. Everything, you know, as it is now. But there is going to be the last box of McDonald's is selling them. The last box of Georgie Pie Pies, steak, mince and cheese, 42

of them is going to be auctioned off for charity. Wow, cool. And the money raised will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House, which is a great charity. That's where families if their kids are getting treatment and they don't have accommodation near the hospital

they can stay at the Ronald McDonald House we've been into the Ronald McDonald House before it's pretty amazing yeah people doing really good stuff so yeah you can find that on Trade Me

and the bidding goes until September 13th the last ever the last ever box it says the box says on the side handle like eggs okay

fragile not enough anymore. Do you need some kind of description? Yeah. Or is that like a level of fragility? You wouldn't tip the box at all. It says up. Straight up. You'd hold it straight up.

42 pies per carton. Seven layers per carton. There's a lot of details on the side of this box. But yeah, you've got to keep it up a certain way, and you're going to handle it like it's eggs. Well, if you want the last seven pies, I'm imagining that's online. Yep, on Trade Me.

Yep, Trade Me. Bye-bye, Georgie Pie. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Well, Monday the 26th of October is our next public holiday. Labour. Our nationwide, yeah, Labour weekend. So that means, yeah, it's not too far away.

What's that, six weeks? That'll mean the next one. Yeah, that'll either go by in, like, record time, like lightning, or it'll feel like an eternity. So... Yeah, as time is feeling at the moment. That'll be the next long weekend group too as well. It will be.

Oof. It's a bit of a weekend group too as well. It will be. Oof. It's a bit of a drought over winter, isn't it? Yeah, but there's been talk, and you may have heard this yesterday, of a new public holiday. So to celebrate Matariki, and this has been spoken about a lot, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said

that if they are re-elected in 2022 is when we would see the first Matariki as a public holiday. Right, so not next year or after, right. Oh God! I was like, that's ages away. Yeah, your kid will be nearly two. One.

One. It's born in 2021. Yeah, but in 2022 it'll be one. It'll be one and a half. By the time it's mid-year and we have this holiday. Yeah. Yeah, right. Yeah, your kid

will be 18 months. Given that it's your first child, you are under obligation to refer to it by how many months old it is. Is so.

18 months. It is very annoying. Miss 18 months. Miss one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, I don't know. Would it be celebrated on Matariki or would it be moved to the summer months?

Well, it's always, it's a floating time, isn't it? Because it has to do with the sun. Yeah, but it's always midwinter, right? Yeah, it's always midwinter. Yeah, the start of the Māori New Year. Yes. So, would it be normally July? It would be July, August?

Remember we looked into it? Yeah, June, July. End of June, July. Yeah. Okay. So around our birthdays. We don't get any public holidays or sun. You get Queen's birthday at the start of June,

so that could mean a month where you have two public holidays in one month. Yeah, you could do. I'm not complaining. Well, some people are against it because they reckon it'll cost businesses. Someone put a price on it like $200 million? $200 million. Yeah,

for employees for an extra public holiday. But then what about all the businesses that do really well on public holidays? Restaurants do better, destination, tourism, which is going to need a massive boost up after. I'm never opposed to public holiday because a cafe, everyone comes and eats. Yeah, but you don't put an extra 10% on your eggs,

Benny, though, do you? No, we don't put a surcharge on because we always do really well and I'd rather not put the surcharge on so that people want to come to you. Yeah, at your cafe. Yeah, and then you make up for all you have to pay your staff through doing that much better at your business.

Yeah. So I'm down. Yeah, but you think about, yeah, tourism places like Rotorua yesterday, which was, I believe, where the Prime Minister was when they announced this policy. Yeah. All the tourism operators were stoked because especially domestic tourists,

if you've got a long weekend, you're far more likely to... Yeah, head off. likely to head off. Yeah, head off. Rode it or fly somewhere. And if we're comparing to other OECD countries, we don't have as many. So, like, we need more. Don't we? No.

The height is around 18 on average public holidays. And we currently have 11. Oh, let's get seven more. And this one's unique to New Zealand. So, why not? Just trying to think now of 7 more we could have. Yeah, definitely. I know, because even then if we get 12, everyone else still has 18. And everyone should get their

birthday off. That would be good too. Imagine that. Yeah. Some places do that, eh? Some workplaces do that. I'd just change my job every month and say it was my birthday and then leave. And they've got all those details on your official, like, IRD. Oh, okay. Damn it.

Fletchforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. ZM FM. Fletchforn and Megan's Community Notices. Hello there. Welcome to Community Notices, a segment of the show where we have a look at what's happening around New Zealand According to local Facebook pages Let's pop down to buy, sell, swap

Hwanganui Okay Huffay asks, any WAP around town tonight? Oh, wow, straight up Yeah, straight up Wow That means wetbacks and porridge, obviously Yeah

Yep, Huffay Planning for the breakfast in the morning Yep Straight up. Yeah, straight up. Wow. That means Weet-Bix and porridge, obviously. Yeah. Yep. Once breakfast, then dinner. Planning for the breakfast in the morning. Yep. All right. Great to get it sorted the night before rather than leave it till the very last minute. And obviously feeling for something grainy. Yeah.

Either in Weet-Bix and or porridge form. Yeah. Ah, but. Yep. Right there. Right on the old community page. Do you notice any comments on that one? Just a lot of reacts

Right A lot of laughing reacts Let's go to Personalised Plates Buy, sell, swap NZ only This is I never knew

there was a page Yeah Wow You can switch out your personalised plate for another personalised plate Or hope there's someone with the same name as you

Graham with a four instead of an A same name as you, Graham, with a four instead of an A. A Graham. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Maybe you could swap Graham the plate and a little bit of cash and get the one with the actual A, not the four. Wouldn't that be an upgrade in plates? Well, Michael's got something for sale on there.

It's a door ram. House got raided and Nelson, and they left this behind, trying to make a quick buck before I get arrested. Now, how much fun does a door rammer look like? I'm always baffled by these because they look so little, and they just swing them, and then it's like, pow. Is it because they're so solid? You could probably use that at a CrossFit.

I reckon F40, what is it, F47? Five. Two. Well, if they put in a bit more effort it could be F47. Why not round it up to 50? Just put a hard pad on the wall and then you ram the pad with that.

Boom, boom, boom, boom. What would you call that? Police battering? Door. Door ram. Battering. Police battering ram. No, battering ram to me

seems like a multiple person. This is just a one person. You've got to hit it in the sweet spot, right? That's how they also work. You've got to know the sweet spot to hit with the door ram. Right by the hinge. $40 he wants for it.

I'm putting an offer on it. $40? $40. Yeah. Oh, my God. Okay, so that one there, do you reckon it's that one? Oh, no, it's got movable handles, isn't it? How many brands are they?

Second one, that one. That looks like it. $305 US dollars. They go up to the most expensive one is $439, a tactical mini-ram entry tool. Yes. Jeez. Who knew this?

Look at that one. Has a pointy tip attachment. That's to get through the door. That's to get through there. Oh, that's $2,000, the one with the pointy tip attachment. Apparently they're around 16 kgs. Is that a cheese grater? It's like a kettlebell.

Yeah. Amazing. Well, $40 is... $40 is cheap as chips. It's a hell of a bargain. While we're in, Nelson will pop next door to the Mochueca buy, sell and swap page. George writes, To the sick creep who entered my family home and did this,

you better, you hope I don't find you. It looks like, this is what he's written, it looks like somebody used my clippers to shave their pubes and then threw them into my bathroom ceiling fan. What? Along with the vanity unit, my family's toothbrushes are in there. I take this very seriously. This is an invasion of privacy.

I thought they threw the clippers in there. Now, the person who sent this in, they screencapped it, but it was a video, and the video showed walking around, and you can see there looked like there's a big clump of hair. Oh, my God. And they said watching the video, it was very creepy. It wasn't, say, head hair. It had a real pubed vibe to it.

A pubed vibe. That's really leaving your DNA at the scene of a crime now, isn't it? Yeah. Also, like, what did he do? That classic thing guys do where they shave, like, their pubes and stuff in the bathroom, but then they don't clean up properly. And then their wife comes in and they're like, you have left hair everywhere. Can you not see it?

What? Someone must have broken. Yeah. Can you not see it? It just keeps falling off you though. Oh, right. Yeah, it's incremental, isn't it? And then all of a sudden there's a big mess. Yeah, like you'll clean, like you do your chest and everything, and then you'll like clean up

all the mess, and then you'll turn like, clean up all the mess. Yeah. And then you'll turn, and that turn makes more fall off. Right. Yeah, get a waterproof one, do it in the shower, but take out that little thing that catches the hair because otherwise it'll all get clogged up in there, and that's gross. But anyway, I don't know. We never got to the bottom of that situation. Good Lord.

There's something brewing. All right, now let's go to Papamoa, Mount Maunganui Community Notice Board. The name of the person who wrote this has been scribbled out, but it says, To the 30-something blonde lady at Pack and Save Papamoa, I was in the bathroom and forgot to lock the door, and you walked in while I was wiping up. You looked at me a bit awkwardly, blushed, and then quickly left.

I didn't have the guts to ask you out right then. The situation was less than romantic. But I found we had a connection right there, so hit me up if you felt it too. That's doubtful. Now, wiping up is an unusual. I would have just said wiping if I meant wiping. First of all, I'd never shit in pack and save.

No, but you don't know that it could have just hit you. Yeah, when the moment catches you. Sure, that can happen. You know what? There could have been a free sample that pushed. That was the final straw that pushed it out. Yeah, or they got a coffee from the place on the way in. Yes, and that gets things moving.

There might have been a longer line. They knew they were pushing it when they left home. I can't believe. But it wasn't ready. Put that out there. But they're wiping up. They knew they were pushing it when they left home. I can't believe. It wasn't ready. Put that out there. But then wiping up makes it sound like they were cleaning. Yeah, it does. Wiping the sink for a courtesy wipe or something.

Or the seat. Maybe they'd weed and there'd been some whey on the seat. But then you pull your pants up before you do that. I don't know if that would be awkward or not. Wouldn't you just be so embarrassed you'd never want to mention it again? Like no one's falling in love with someone when they open the toilet doors. It could totally be a fake post, but we've been sent it so many times. It's undeniable that it needed to be aired and dealt with.

And even if there is a slight chance that it's true, love could blossom. And who would we be in 2020 to deny somebody possible love? Yeah. I'm just trying to think if I walked in on, like, Harry Styles doing the same thing, if I would be, like, gross, but hey. Depends how he's wiping. No one loves good wiping their ass. Oh, my God, I'm sorry, but hey.

And he's like, I haven't even washed my arms. Give me a minute. Give me a minute, love. I'll just wash me arms. I'll finish up back here I'll just wash me arms. I'll finish up back there. I'll wash me arms. We'll get your deets. Those are today's community notices.

If you see anything on your local Facebook page, you can screen cap it and send it to ours, FEMZM on Facebook. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Just quickly, a follow-up to community notices, the love story out of Papamoa. Mm-hmm. If you've just joined us, this was a, we were sent this a lot.

Yeah, it was a post from the Papamoa, Mount Maunganui Community Notice Board. It said, To the 30-something blonde lady at Pack and Save Papamoa, I was in the bathroom, forgot to lock the door. You walked in while I was wiping up. You looked at me a bit awkwardly, blushed, and then quickly left. I didn't have the guts to ask you out right then.

The situation was less than romantic, but I felt like we had a connection there. Hit me up if you felt it too. I felt like you had a connection in that moment. Who's feeling a connection when you busted in? Yeah, I don't know. Well, anyway, Executive Producer Anya, you have followed up on a text message we've received. Yes. So we got a text saying my friend is the lady from Papamoa.

And I called her and said, what's the dealio? She didn't want to come on air, understandably so. Apparently her friend was also listening to the show. The one who was at? The one in Bathroom Gate. Okay. And she said to the friend, do not text him if you're listening.

And the friend said, oopsie, it's already too late. So that's a no then, right? They're not keen. That's a no. So that love story's not going anywhere? Yeah. Damn. It's a real shame because that would have been a nice little piece on 7 Sharp.

To end 7 Sharp, you know, when they have a cute story. Who would they have sent? A little fluff piece. Lucas Dijon. Yep. And he would have been like, they met in a pack and save. Yeah. Beep.

Have you ever been wiping your arse in a pack and save? And someone pops in. Somebody just opens the door. Well, that's the story of these two lovebirds from the Bay of Plenty. And then it would be the story of their life. That would be lovely. Okay, well, it's not going anywhere. We can confirm.

Yes, that's a no. That's a no. Tipping culture in New Zealand. I don't know that it's Domino's that's to blame for bringing it here because I've seen it in other places, but people are blaming Domino's for adding tipping to their purchases. So I saw like this was quite big on Reddit, right? Because people are blaming them, but how often have you had the add tip button?

It's been around for years. All the time and you've got to like work out how you're going to skip past it without upsetting the person who's serving you. Because some people's F-posts, right? As soon as you put the thing in, it says, add tip? And you're like, la, la, la, la, la. Especially around the tourist areas, like downtown Auckland, a lot of those places. Well, when Americans used to come here.

Yeah. They'd just be like, oh, okay, we need a tip here. Oh, yeah, that's tipping. That's what we do. And they'd do it. But this is less confronting because when you order your pizza, you're taken to a payment page and then you're given the option to tip the delivery expert.

Right. $3, $5, $8 are suggested. Yeah. But it's not required to, like, finish the purchase. Right. And there's no one standing there watching you. Just skip over it if you don't want to do it. And if you do want to support someone, do it. It is always a bit confronting when there's no one standing there watching you. Just skip over it if you don't want to do it. And if you do want to support someone, do it.

It is always a bit confronting when there's someone standing there waiting for you to pay and you're like... Yeah. Because I've been... Ah, there's a fire in your kitchen. They turn, you're like, no tip. Oh, was that? No, it was a bird.

It was a bird. You shouldn't have birds in your kitchen either, actually. Because in America, right, the waitstaff are paid less because then they rely on tips? Yeah, so it depends. Some states have a minimum wage that you have to be paid. Yeah. So those places don't, like California.

But yeah, other places you might have a base wage of like a dollar an hour. Yeah. And so you have to make money on your tips. You have to get tips, yeah. Yeah. Which is not so much the culture here. Not saying that people don't deserve tips, but. Yeah, I mean, you're more than welcome to tip, babe.

Do you ever find people tipping at your cafe? Yeah, people do. And a lot of people say keep the change. Right. But it's not like... We don't have...

Do they say keep the change, you filthy animal? No, but in my head every time. Keep the change, I'm like, I've said it before. Keep the change, you filthy animal.

But they obviously haven't seen Home Alone. Who hasn't seen Home Alone? I would love someone to say that to me one day. Okay. Keep the change, you filthy animal. And then you'd say, you got the other counterton to get out of my cafe.

One, two, ten. I don't know if that's a good follow-up. If they said filthy animal, though. Yeah, right. That would be your absolute lead-in. follow up. If they said filthy animal though, that would be your absolute lead in. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Helpline. What's a brand new

feature, segment of the show, the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan Helpline. You, if you have a problem you need help with, you call the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan Helpline. We've been round the block. We've been round the block. You then pick one of us.

We'll pop you through and we will give you advice. I don't know if we should be giving anyone advice, to be honest. We welcome to the Fleechmore and Megan Helpline. Your call may be recorded for monitoring purposes. You've got no chance of getting out of this call being recorded. So I don't even know why I'm saying this. It will also be broadcast. Yes, it will, to the nation.

Good morning, Tom. Welcome to the Fletch, Fawn and Megan Helpline. How you guys? How's it going? Really good. Good, thank you. Now, what is your problem? Honestly, I'm having a discussion here today.

A lot of my friends, I think because of COVID-19 and lockdown, a lot of their relationships have had quite a lot of strain on them. Okay. Okay. You just, you muffled at the end. What do you reckon about what? To get back? What? To get back on the horse. To get back. How do you get back on the horse? That's tough. Okay, well, Tom, I could put you through to myself, Fletch.

Who's on and off horses like you wouldn't believe. Who hasn't had a relationship for some time. Yeah. Megan, married now? Yeah. Went from. Big congrats on the baby, by the way. Oh, thank you, Tom.

Yeah, I haven't dated in the modern... Has never used Tinder. ...situation. So, I mean, I will do my best to give you some help. Or me, I've just been on the same old horse for a long, old time. Did you just call your wife the same old horse? What do you mean a horse? It's easy back on my horse. It's an analogy. I'm a cowboy. Oh, God. I'm just on the, old time. Did you just call your wife the same old horse? What do you mean a horse? It's easy back, I'm a horse. It's an analogy.

I'm a cowboy. Oh, God. I'm just on the same old horse. Not in reverse cowboy. Clean it up over there, please. Tap us. We'll stick to the horse analogy. All right, Tom,

how may I direct your call? Who would you like to be put through to? Oh, decisions, decisions. Oh, Fletch is not here, my friend. Here we go. Fletch. Oh, God. A wise choice. Now connecting you to Fletch is not here. There we go. Fletch. Oh, God. A wise choice.

Now connecting you to Fletch. Hello, Fletch speaking. Hi, Fletch. How's it going? It's good. Oh, hi, it's Tom again. Fantastic. That's right.

Yeah, that was actually me in the other call centre as well, Tom. Oh, cool. Right. How to get back on the horse. Are we allowed to ask questions? How long do you want to be on this horse for, Tom. Right. How to get back on the horse? Are we allowed to ask questions? How long do you want to be on this horse for, Tom? Is it a short-term horse or a long-term horse?

Long-term's the end goal. Well, you've come through to the wrong helpline, Tom. Yeah, but you can help him start and then he can get on the horse. Yeah, right. You don't seem to have any problem finding a horse and leading it to water and getting it to drink, which is against the entire saying.

Right. Okay, right. But Tom, you get Tom to that part, he'll take it from there. How do you lure the horses? Yeah. What's good horse bait? Tom, are you putting yourself out there? Are you on any dating apps?

Oh, yeah, we're all on dating apps as much as we can. It's just the actual getting out and doing stuff. That's the hard part at the moment. Right. But are you getting the matches? Yeah. Okay. Right.

Are you going out on dates? A few at the same time. What? I don't know what more I can say. It's just, you know, like I say, it's more that how do we, because it was the group of us talking, it's not just me, I'm calling a lot of people, it was all of us just in general, how do we get out there?

What do you guys reckon would be a good place to go or a good activity, I don't know, just to sort of start finding and meeting people again? I'm just trying to think of something you can do in numbers. Because I don't know what's happened to your counsellor you've put through to, but he's drawn an absolute blank. But you want to go out as a group, like for group dates, or are you just wondering?

No, the whole group is wondering how they find love. He's seeking advice that he can then share with the boys. Right. Is there some dead weight in this group? They're not travelling as a pack. Right, okay. He's saying that some of them are newly single. He's not having anything. They just want general like, how do you meet people?

How do you meet people? I don't know. On an app and then you go out on a date. What more do you want? But he's like, they're trying the apps, but it's not like conducive to the sort of relationship he's after at present. Fletch? Yeah? You just go out on a date, don't you? I don't know.

You go to a bar. Mini golf. Have you? I don't know. You go to a bar. Mini golf. Have you just hold on, please? Now connecting you to Vaughan. Counselor redirecting your call. Hello, Vaughan speaking. G'day, Vaughan. G'day, mate.

How are you? Good, yourself? Yeah, Tom, look, I've just got a brief description on my screen here of what's happening. You've been put through from another call centre. We are having some problems with that counsellor, so I do apologise for that. Look, it's a crazy time, I'll give you that.

It certainly is. I don't know because the thought of being single in 2020 absolutely terrifies me. I'm happily married in the hope that she never leaves me because I would just become a reclusive hermit who played with himself excessively because the thought of socialising is giving me anxiety. Right now I'm starting to sweat. I'm just going to put you through to another counsellor, Tom. Just wait there, mate.

Now connecting you to Megan. Good morning, Tom. How are you today? Hi, Megan. Good, thanks. Good. I'm looking at a couple of notes from previous two counsellors, was it? Two counsellors.

Goodness, sorry about that. Yeah, I've been redirecting a little bit today. Yeah, okay. We'll see if we can sort your problem here. So you're looking at how to connect with people in the COVID age. That's the one. You could always try something different. I think a different date is a really great idea.

What about aqua-robics? Take the date to aqua-robics What, he doesn't want to date an 80 year old No You'd have a laugh Try something different Because while, you know, like bars and restaurants There's social distancing and stuff

All that kind of usual stuff is quite hard Why not try pottery? Pottery is sexy Pottery can be very sexy Yeah Yeah, but it'd be all fine and good Because someone's, you know, wearing the latest gloves And putting on a mask Pottery's sexy. Pottery can be very sexy. Yeah. Yeah, but it'd be all fun and good if someone wore the latex gloves and put it on a mask.

Yeah, it's not very sexy when you're masked up, is it? Yeah. Okay. Well, guys. Good luck, mate. Now connecting you to Fletch. Oh, we're going again.

I know, I just had another idea. What about rock climbing, Tom? Indoor rock climbing. Very doable. I would think, hold on, put them back through to me. Now connecting you to Vaughn. Tom, it's Vaughn here. I just had a quick thought.

Maybe find out what they're into and then, like, customise find out what they're into and then like customize it to what they're into my wife's always saying i should listen to her more i think that's what she says so and do things that she's into so like maybe rock climbing see i can't imagine taking my wife rock climbing because she'd hate it yeah because she wouldn't be good at it and she'd be worried about looking silly doing it. So use these apps to get in and then find out a little bit more about them and then customise the date

to what they're into. Sounds like a plan. Yeah. You know what we should do next time we do this segment, if we do, is get them to do an art, you know, it's please hold the line and do a quick online survey of how we did. No, no, we do that annoying thing where we hang up and then an automated call calls them back, scares the shit out of them too because it's coming from a number

and they're like, hello? It's like, you recently called our call centre. Please push the buttons. To let us know how we did. At the Dutch call centre. No Russian Please push the buttons. To let us know how we did. At the Dutch Col Center. No Russian. The Dutch. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.

The podcast. Ross Boss joins us in studio because he's done that silly thing where he lets out a personal story behind closed doors and then we find it quite entertaining so we want to share it with the rest of the nation.

Silly Ross boss. I'm usually much smarter than this and just keep everything hidden except for the really cool stories. Right, okay. That's why I don't really talk much. Now, this is about when you met your now wife. Yeah, so she, I used to go out with her flatmate, which is a whole other story.

But I'd go around to her house and be like, hi, I thought I was pleasant. And then Stace moved overseas for a while and then came back and as we started dating, let me know that she actually

used to call me Drab Ross. Drab. Wow. Drab Ross. Drab Ross. I'm going to bring up the definition of drab. I think it's pretty scathing.

Lacking brightness or interest. Drearily dull. I've never heard that part. Drearily dull. You're so Ross of friends. It's so you because he's kind of drab. I mean, not that you're drab. Drab is a dull white brown colour.

It's not the way you want to be described, though, is it? It's also pretty confronting to actually have that much Detail about Drab Ross given to me right now Because it's hurting me She for a long time thought I was Drab Ross But eventually No thank you Tedious, wearisome

Ho-hum Oh my god There's nothing worse than being called ho-hum Boring, dull, monotonous And uninteresting Ho-hum? Oh, my God. There's nothing worse than being called ho-hum. Boring, dull, monotonous, and uninteresting. Wow. Okay, I feel like we've moved into just let's rat on Ross. Wow, yeah. How did she do a full 180 on you?

I mean, I guess she let me talk a little bit more. Maybe I'm an acquired taste. Is that a thing about drab? It's an acquired taste. But eventually she came around and we've been together 13 years now. I think they call this Stockholm Syndrome. What you're

describing. When they do a full 180 and they're like, well I'm captive. But I mean I don't think I'm that drab. Maybe. No. I went to broadcasting school with your wife. I've known her for a long time and I always thought she was really cool. No, she is very cool.

She's much cooler than me. But this happens, right? Either the settling or something. Stockholm Syndrome. Didn't she have a mohawk once? She did have a mohawk once. But I've never known a chick to rock a mohawk like she did. So you didn't get cooler, she just got more drab.

You drabbed it down. Yeah, I drabbed it down to my level. Oh my God. Is that not what's happening to you or why, Ford? That's, yeah, it's been a long,

slow climb. Stockholm Syndrome. Yeah. The other day she said, I don't feel like going out. I was like, yes. You were doing it. Yes.

Oh my God. So we wanted to ask the question this morning, when have you done a full 180 on someone? Like, at first you were like it. Yes. Oh, my God. So we wanted to ask the question this morning, when have you done a full 180 on someone? Like, at first you were like, yuck, or no. You always hear about that. People were like, oh, was it love at first sight, or how did you meet?

And they're like, I hated them. Yeah, I couldn't stand them. Yeah, didn't want to be around them. And then something happens. We don't want to hear about it the other way, because that's pretty much just every breakup. You think someone's great, and then you think they're an a-hole. That just happens all the time.

But when did you do a full 180 on someone? You started out and they weren't your thing. They were drab. They were drab. Drab Ross. Not a good day for me. And then all of a sudden they weren't and then you went out and either you're still together now

or maybe you gave it a shot. 0800 dials at M is the number. You can give us a text as well. 9696. When did you do a full 180 on someone? Fletchforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. So we just heard Ross Boss talk about his now wife,

who did a full 180 on him. She called him Drab Ross. Yeah. Initially, she was like, no, not this guy. Not for me. Not for me at all. And we want to know when you've done a full 180 on someone. You initially thought, no, this is shortage yeah i had horrendous opinions of their partner at first um

jessica what did you first think of your partner well it was actually him that didn't like me so back when we were back when we were 16 we met through mutual friends at parties and stuff. And I thought he was, like, the nicest. He was great. Yeah. And then, you know how, like, back in the day, you used to, like, put up Facebook statuses and, you know, like this, and I'll tell you my honest opinion of you? Yeah.

He did that, and he's like, you were the biggest B word. I only put up with you because we're friends. Like, we've got mutual friends. Oh, my God. Yeah, so that. And yeah, that was when we were 16, now we're 28. You know, we kind of caught up again about a year and a half ago and now

we live together, dog, and we're all happy. And he has no recollection of calling me a B-word. Sure he doesn't. That's brilliant. Alright, hey, thanks you called Jessica some text messages in I thought my partner Was a duck boy

And avoided him Even though we worked Similar shifts It wasn't until a work party Where he was stuck Where he was stuck And telling me how much Drunk maybe

That's what it's meant to be Oh right okay Yeah Stand auto correct And telling me how much He loves his mum That I warmed up to him We've been together

For almost 10 years now Oh Alright well Tell us when you did a full I just love my mum mate and telling me how much he loves his mum, that I warmed up to him. We've been together for almost 10 years now. Oh. All right, well, tell us when you did a full... I just love my mum, mate. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We want to know when you did a full 180 on someone. So it wasn't quite love at first sight. You hated them.

You really disliked them. And now you've warmed up. Serena, you didn't like your partner at first. No, I couldn't stand my partner at first. What was your initial summary of your partner? You were like, no. He can't tell toast for drinks and he was just

quite cocky and thought it was all that. I couldn't stand the attitude he had. And what about now? What's your opinion of him now? We got together on Bumble. Funny or not. But a year later, we got together, moved in together.

Now we've been together three and a half years later. He's still quite cocky and obviously still the same guy. Now that I actually know his personality, I love it. Right. Okay. And what was his opinion on you? Did he ever tell you? He didn't like me either.

So the whole point of us walking right on each other on Bumble was just a joke to each other. So we actually cut out for a drink and thought, hey, you're actually not as bad as we thought you were. Oh, my gosh. Solid foundations of any relationship. Not like a guy because he's cocky. Matches each other as a joke.

Wow, brilliant. Hey, Serena, thanks for your call. Leanne, you didn't like your husband at first. You did a full 180 on him. Definitely. We first met back in high school through a mutual friend. He thought I was a bit of a stuck-up person. I thought he was a bit of a bogan.

We got together again through another mutual friend. We ended up travelling, doing our away together. We've now been married for 20 years with child. Oh, wow. The universe tried twice. It's like, come on.

Come on, yeah. Brilliant, Arlene. Thanks for your call. Sophie, what did you think of your partner initially? Yeah, so I met him at a show, and I was with someone at the time, and he thought it was fun just to make fun of me the whole time. I think he was trying to flirt, but I'm not sure if he was doing a great job. Some dudes are terrible at flirting. And so you did a 4-1-80.

How did you end up liking him? Pretty much I just met him at another metal show again and I had left this person that I was with and then I was like, oh, I get it. He's trying to flirt. He's not actually making fun of me. I get it now. But yeah, now we're married now with two kids,

so he must have done something right. Wow. I like how all of these women are calling in and like, yes, I don't know what happened but,

but I, I came around. Yeah, I came around. Sweet talk, mate. Brilliant. Sophie, thanks.

You called some text messages. My husband was a nice guy but I always seem to go for the bad boys. I met him at first. I was like, nah, he's too nice.

I'm naughty. This would not work. But after a few days I thought, nah, give it a crack. Nothing to lose. Four years later, we're married and he's the best bloke I've ever known. My current partner used to talk shit about me to his friends

because I got with one of his girlmates. Girlmates, exes. Oh, right. One of his girlmates, exes. But it turns out I was an actual GB and he fell in love with me. And here we are. Here we are now. I friend-zoned my hubs for three years.

After hooking up with him one night, I was too scared of his eggplant. That took me a second. That took me a second, too. I was like, it's a good vegetable. It's a great don't eat. But she was obviously scared of how much he was using in a tagine. No, you know that Japanese restaurant down the road, they do the grilled miso eggplant.

And it goes with a cheese topping and it goes all good. Oh, my goodness. She was obviously more of a traditional pizza base. Yeah. She was scared of his eggplant. Finally gave him a go. Now we're married with two kids and he's my favourite person ever. Oh, nice.

See, we'll be scared in the end. Well, they're scared, isn't it? At least twice. My daughter and her now partner matched on Tinder. They talked online. They thought each other was so boring. She was like, oh, this guy's so boring. And then six months later, They hooked up at the pub

And then they worked out That they were the same people That had been Pretended they'd been together Three years And had just bought a house together So they put 180 on it Unless they just like

Come to terms with the fact That boring is the secret To success In a relationship Fletch, Vaughn and Megan The podcast ZM I'm all

Get it started I'm all Get it started Get it started Don't get Fletch started Don't get Fletch started In here podcast ZM If you've never heard this in the show, it's where we Fletch says something he's very easily wound up about, mostly silly things.

I thought this was going to be me wanting to peel that sticker off the new FPOS terminal at the supermarket. You should... Shouldn't I? You just don't peel someone else's sticker off. What do you mean?

Did I put that on here? No, I put it on my Instagram last week and overwhelmingly 90% of people said you should pull off that protective sticker. But then what did somebody say to you?

Well, someone said they had a small business and if they sent their FPOS machine back without it on, they got charged. Rough. So you should never peel someone else's sticker off. Is that why some places put a bit of glad wrap over the FPOS machine so that you don't wear the buttons out? Maybe.

Maybe. Because sometimes the five seems to get a lot of wear. Yeah, maybe. A lot of wear. But it's not that. It's not that. It is something you may have seen popped up. I thought this was weird when I saw the Instagram update.

And you can add text, of course, to your Instagram stories. And one of the text options was Comic Sans. Now, I've gone about not using it. But Fletch... I haven't used it either. You've found particular issue with the re-emergence of... I honestly thought we'd said... I thought Comic Sans

had been left in Microsoft Word and other word processing. I thought Comic Sans had been left in there just so primary school teachers could use it for like the junior classes. Yeah. But I'm seeing you're also seeing grown-ups.

Oh my god, it's actually driving me crazy. Because, correct me if I'm wrong, but have Android users been able to use Comic Sans on their Instagram forever? Or is it just now that the app in Apple has updated that you can use Comic Sans? Or is it a new font for everybody?

I don't know. Because the amount of people using Comic Sans on Instagram stories is driving me crazy. You're not hate messaging people though, are you? No. You haven't gone to that level? I did ask somebody the other day if their use of Comic Sans in the Instagram stories was ironic, because it wasn't

ringing with irony. Can we just go to the social media desk? Mountie, who does a lot of graphic designing, very good at graphic designing. You are. Thank you. Very good. What is the Instagram account where people can see your Mountie made? Yes, it is. Mountie Maid.

Mountie Maid. What are your thoughts on the font Comic Sans? Well, I think it's fine in ironic use. Yes. Yes. But the history of Comic Sans is actually quite fascinating. Oh, is it? So it's called, to me, it's called Comic Sans because it originated from the comic book font.

Yes. Which was originally handwritten. But then why wouldn't you like it, Vaughn? Because you love comics. Not the comics I read aren't. Right. Where did it, what comic did it come from? Just all comics.

Right, that was kind of what you aimed for with your hand drawing. But that was all handwritten. Right. Whereas when you have Comic Sans and it's, you know, designed in the computer, it becomes too formulaic. And it's just a bit cringy. I don't know. I mean, maybe I'm a font snob. Am I a font snob?

Is this what a font snob is? I think it's good to be a font snob. Welcome to the club. I don't use it myself, but I don't think I'd judge someone else. Oh, I judge them. I'm judging people that are using Comic Sans. Yeah, my husband used it the other day on an Insta story. He did?

Yes. And I was like. Did you tell him off? No. Did you? I didn't say anything. You should know, but you should have a word. No, because I didn't want to start that fight for a font.

He's just a kid. They're monsters. Save it up for a time when you're having an argument. Like that time you used Comic Sans on your Instagram. It's worse when a business uses Comic Sans. Oh, no, no, no. That's not okay. No.

Or Joker IT. You want to be taken seriously. Or a business that uses Papyrus. Yeah. Or someone who's got their logo using Comic Sans. You need to be taken seriously. Yeah. For someone who's got their logo using Comic Sans. Yeah, no. You need to be taken seriously. Yeah, it looks like you've been run by children in the 90s.

Like if a plumber turned up and his van was sign written with Comic Sans, I'd be like, is it too late to cancel? I don't want you playing with my pipes. I was following a tradie. Yeah. And on the back of their van, their email address was written in Comic Sans, but it was also a really long email address at gmail.com. Right, okay.

And I was like, there's a whole lot happening here. Yeah. It was setting up the whole, it was like all of their name of their thing at gmail.com. Go for the initials, go for a shorter option and don't put it in Comic Sans. There's other fonts. It just drives me so... It shouldn't, should it, though? No.

But it just drives me so crazy when I see people using Comic Sans. Stop it. Do we just become like a... You are such a font snob. Professional business board, though, the way we were just dishing out that advice. I think so, yeah. Yeah.

I mean, you run a business. You probably... Yeah, and font is definitely one of the biggest issues. Well, you've got to do a menu You'd never do a menu in Comic Sans No god no Not even the kids part

of the menu No No you're right Right it's been settled on me Did we all just jump on board that one? We all got on board I'm glad that we could

all get on board one of my pet gripes Yeah You have to be so careful at the gym because you know, you could really hurt yourself. And we're across now to producer Jared,

who has had a whoops-a-daisy at the gym. I'm really sore, guys. Bra, bra. Bra, you've been gymming bra. How long have you been gymming for? Because I feel like you didn't tell us that you were starting at the gym. You just started. I definitely did.

I definitely told you. But after, but after, like you joined and then you told started. I definitely did. I definitely told you. But after, like you joined and then you told us. Yeah, I didn't want to get the pre-roast, only the post-roast. Is this a classic worn yarn where you just literally want to let everyone know that you've been gymming, bro? Oh, piss off. Absolutely not.

You had a nerve there. We got some run stats the other day. You put up an Instagram story out for a trot and a bop. I don't go on Instagram being like, look what I've achieved. I absolutely hit a nerve. You did it and I did it and I did a trot and a bop and publicly did it. You used to do personal training sessions and share them on Instagram. Yeah, but I'm not the one who even probably had other people doing it.

What Fletch gets up to at the gym can't be publicly shared because it's illegal in most countries. No, but you're the one who lives on a high and mighty pedestal, like judging people for their gym posts. I don't make public gym posts. I share them with close friends who, from now on, won't be getting any.

Oh, damn it. Oh, yeah, nah. Oh, no. It's such a shame, one. Oh, I know, yeah. Wow, you really hit a nerve there. Jeez. You did do a half marathon the other day, though. Yeah, didn't we

hear about it? Once. It was a great time. It was a great time. 21.7 Ks. I did 7 Ks. It was a great time. 21 points, something Ks. I did seven Ks comfortably, so I carried on.

Carried on, pushed on through to the half marathon. Hey, jealousy's not going to get you over that half marathon line at all. All right,

well, what happened at the gym? See what I say, you brought it up. It was Friday. It was after work. I got home. I started,

I went for a run. I got to the seven K mark and I was, indeed, feeling comfortable. My body after work. I got home. I started. I went for a run. I got to the 7K mark, and I was indeed feeling comfortable. My body felt good. I said, I'm going to keep on pushing. I kept on pushing. This isn't about you. And shut up and listen for a bit. And then I got to the point where I was like, if I just had a little, a couple more Ks here,

I can do a half marathon by the time I got home. And you did. And I got home, and I did it, and only a couple of minutes slower than I did in 2008. So this old boy still got it. That story was so much better the second time around. It was good. Jared. This is about producer Jared, not you actually.

He's been going to the gym. Yep, can you tell? Yeah. Yeah, I'm flexing. A bit of bulk. So it was like a normal gym day. I rocked up, did my two minutes on the treadmill, did my chin-ups.

Okay, good. Can you do chin-ups? I can do assisted chin-ups, guys. Oh, good to know. Assisted. With the thing that comes up. The rubber band or the platform? Platform.

Yeah, lots of weight, then you get up easier. Shame on you. No, you don't lean in with, I can do chin-ups and then... No, no, it's just a... You mumble... Okay, half marathon. Yeah, I can do chin-ups And then Okay half marathon Yeah I can do chin-ups too

So I don't know If it's competition or not But that's two Nil Me versus everyone Oh shit Okay continue So I was doing

I think it's called Like a lat pulldown Where you Yeah Basically pull a bar down While you're sitting Yeah And I was

I hit a new weight New new PB on that bad boy. Okay, good, yeah. So I did that, pretty cool. And then I stood up and I sneezed and I completely shanked my back. Oh, no. A sneeze? You sneezed and you pulled a muscle.

I've been in agony since then. If you'd have told me, I would have put the massage gun into that and I would have given you a good 10. Yeah, that would have been great. Yeah, so watch yourself. You did a PB on a machine and then stood up and sneezed. Yeah. Buddy!

We talked once about the danger of a sneeze. Somebody caused like a five-car pileup because of a sneeze. Do you remember that? Yeah. They sneezed and they lost control of the car and they hit the gravel and they like went on to the other side of the road. Does insurance forgive you for that? Because it was a sneeze?

It has to. I think you say you saw a badger. You were avoiding a badger. I wouldn't tell them I sneezed. I'd say I was avoiding a badger. And you'd be like, that's why I was so scared. It was because it was a badger and it had no earthly reason to be in New Zealand. Exactly.

I thought you were going to say when you sneezed you head-butted the bar that you'd been lifting. No, no. I wish. That would have been a bit smoother. Do you have to go to physio? Nah, nah. She'll be right. I was going to say,

are you going to lie on your ACC form? I was just going to lie on a plank of wood. I've heard that's what you're supposed to do. Like, lie on a really flat, hard thing. To fix you back? Yeah, to fix you back. I don't know. Where are you getting your advice from?

Shit is advice, Jeeves. If I went to a physio and they're like, oh, no, mate, what you need to do is lie on a hard piece of dirt. And you'll come right. Yeah, it would be great. Well, there's a better story than I read 21 Ks. Was it?

You be the judge. Did you? 21 point. Actually, 22. But I stopped the counter at 21.1. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fact of the day, day you some cash at 12 today and 4 today. A question about today's Fact of the Day will be asked and you could win some money.

Sorry, all thanks to Save My Bacon helping you borrow money online and growing your credit score at the same time. Today's Fact of the Day is about mountain gorillas. Okay. I always thought, there's a side fact, I always thought silverback gorillas were their own breed of gorillas. But they're not. They're just the old male gorillas that go silver because they're getting older. Are they?

Silver foxes. Yeah, yeah. They're like the silver fox of the gorilla world. Yeah, I always thought they were their own breed. Massive silverback gorillas always look terrifying. But no, every great ape and stuff has a silverback, and it's just their leader, their alpha male, because they go a bit grayer when they get a little bit older.

But that's not today's fact of the day. Today's fact of the day comes to us thanks to a documentary called Spy in the Wild 2. This is where they build... This one's funny. Because usually they build this one's funny because usually they build like a rock and they put the rock in the middle of the elephants

and the rocks like a remote control car under a rock so they can kind of like when the elephants set up camp they can be like and then they can observe the creatures. Right. They couldn't really get a good robot in to observe mountain gorillas

until they built this. I'm just showing Fletch and Megan. It's like a little gorilla and its eyes are cameras. Wow. It's very lifelike. Yeah, I know. Except when it moves, it looks really fake and it gestures eating and it's just got a leaf in its hand and it just goes up to its mouth

and then away from its mouth. Up to its mouth And then away from its mouth Up to its mouth And then away from its mouth But it recorded a lot About mountain gorillas You might recognise the voice In this that I'm about to play you Because this is David Tennant

Oh yeah From Doctor Who And a range of things As they eat So Today's fact of the day is A chorus of appreciation Mountain gorillas sing while they eat So, today's fact of the day is... Mountain gorillas sing while they eat.

...ever been recorded among wild mountain gorillas. But, wow, they not only eat... They not only sing for their support... Oh, sorry, they not only eat. They not only sing for their support. Ah, sing. Consuming 20 kilos a day is bound to have consequences. They live in a semi-permanent state of flatulence. Wow. I did not know about

a semi-permanent state of flatulence. Wow. But that is where farting is in an event. It's not like us, where we're like, fart event. It's where you just fart almost constantly. Wow. Like. Even at little inaudible ones. Yeah. You you just fart almost constantly. Wow. Like... Even at little inaudible ones.

Yeah. You're just constantly like... Because they eat... You imagine these animals aren't too much bigger than humans. Some of them are actually smaller than humans. And they eat 20kgs of plant matter a day. Wow. Okay. So you imagine eating 20kgs of anything in a day.

And they are just in a constant state of digestion and a semi-constant state of flatulence, meaning they're pretty much farting the whole time. Wow. Yeah. So that's, wow. Today's fact of the day is mountain gorillas sing while they eat and live in a semi-permanent state of flatulence.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Novic Djokovic, no doubt you've probably seen the video. He was defaulted from the US Open. So he hit a ball backwards. It was like just popping it into the... Had he just been arguing with the actual umpire? I don't know. Yeah, because I haven't seen any more of the clip other than him just being like, whack, to get rid of the ball,

and just, and it hits like a throat punch. Throat punch to a lineswoman. Yeah. And puts her on the ground. He goes over to see if she's okay, but under tennis rules, he was automatically dismissed. What, do you think that was a bit rough? It kind of doesn't matter, it's the rules.

But he was having a tanty. Yeah, that's what somebody said, he'd just that was a bit rough? It kind of doesn't matter. It's the rules. But he was having a tanty. Yeah, that's what somebody said. He'd just been having a tant, so it was like he lashed out. Yeah. And hurt the wrong person. Like if he'd been going for a shot and hit it at her and it hit her in the throat, I'd imagine everyone would be like, well, that's okay, right? I don't know.

Because the rules are if the ball comes from your racket and you hit someone, then you're dismissed. They should get out of the way though. I mean, it's only going at 100 k's an hour, but get out of the way. Yeah, well, if you can see it coming. Or hide behind a clear Perspex glass. Yeah. You might have a little booth you hide behind.

I'm surprised more of these like refs and line officials and ball boys and girls don't get hit more. Yeah. There was another one. I can't remember when it happened in the past, but one of the umpires or whatever got their eye socket broken. Oh, yeah. I've seen that one. What?

That was nasty. From a ball. Because the ball kind of sucks. Because you hear about that in squash. In squash. The ball can suck out the ball. That's why you wear glasses in squash. And like if I tap the ball out over to her, it probably wouldn't hurt.

But, like, you imagine they don't know how hard they're hitting it. They're quite a hefty, you know. He's got a good racket. And then he ran over and she was like, stay away from me, anti-vaxxer. Is he an anti-vaxxer? He's an anti-vaxxer. Oh, a victim out of the whole tournament. Remember, he was like, he had the party, he had the COVID.

Yeah, but does that make him an anti-vaxxer? Nobody says he's an anti-vaxxer, in they? Let me just do a little bit more. Also, her Instagram details and name, because he didn't name her, no one named her, but a Serbian newspaper did. And so everyone's found her on social media and now she's getting death threats and stuff.

What? Because she's the reason that he's out of the tournament. Through no fault of her own. Yeah, he's in direct opposition to vaccinations. Wow. And when there is a coronavirus vaccine, he said he won't be taking it. And the tennis have said, well, you won't be playing. Wow, okay.

Good Lord. Yeah, so he was dismissed. He was disqualified. He's out of the US Open. Right. And it's led us to ask this morning, we want to ask, when have you been disqualified and why? What did you do?

Like, what did you do to get disqualified? Did you cheat? Was it a weird rule like this where you accidentally throat punch someone with a tennis ball? It's not funny. It's not funny, no. But she is okay. She's okay, yeah.

She's okay. She's fine, yeah. She's okay. She's fine. So how did you get disqualified and why? Maybe it was cheating. Does it have to be in sport? Could it be in academic disqualification? Yep, absolutely, yeah. How do you get disqualified in maths and academia?

I got disqualified from a maths exam once. Why? It was not like one plus one maths. It was like year 10, 11 maths. Okay. You know where they give you the formulas

but you have to know how to work the formulas? But my calculator had the formulas written in the inside sleeve but it was nothing that wasn't already on the maths thing.

Anyway, I got hauled out. You got done. And I got a big telling off but then one of the other teachers was like, what have you hauled them out for? Like. And I got a big telling off. But then one of the other teachers was like, what have you hauled them out for? Like, exactly what's written there?

And they held it beside. And it was like all the same stuff was written on both. Yeah, right. Yeah. But then it was too late because I'd been out of the exam for like 24 minutes. I had to sit it separately later. Wow. Okay.

Does a poem competition count? Yes. Because I got kicked out because I copied it out of a book. Plagiarism. Fantastic. All right, 0800DARLS at M9696. Give us a text or a call now. Why were you disqualified?

News yesterday that anti-vaxxer. Drop that in there now. Novak Djokovic disqualified from the US Open. US Open, yeah. For hitting a ball and collecting the lineswoman right in the throat. You dropped, absolutely dropped her.

But yeah, so apparently that's a rule in tennis. If you hit any kind of official there, you're out. You're out. So why were you disqualified? Some text messages in. I got disqualified

from the New Zealand cross country in 2004 for wearing pink shorts. Well, that doesn't sound very fair. What does it matter what colour your shorts are? I don't know. There must have been rules. Right.

Let's go now to Lou. Lou, why were you disqualified? So, I used to be quite a talented gymnast in my younger days. Okay. I was in a very sort of, you know, high up competition. And I was doing a floor routine in the 80s. So, I was wearing a very, very tight, bright pink leotard. And I ended up doing a fart and followed through and dragged all that over the foam mat.

And I was covered in it man i might as well have been in a mud wrestling competition by the time i come out how old were you when this happened well i was 11. i mean yeah i was very nervous and my mum mum couldn't save the leotard because she had to cut all my badges off and sew them onto something else. Oh, Lou. And they were like, sorry, Lou, but you've been disqualified.

You've shit all over the mat. Pretty much, yeah. Oh, I was, oh, my God. Did you shut down competition for the day? Pardon? Did you shut down competition for the day? I pretty much, yeah. With that code brown.

Code brown on the floor routine. Code brown. Lou, did you? I'm doing the ball and ribbon, Mama. No, you've gone too close to Lou's slip. Lou, did you ever get back into gymnastics after that or was that it? No, I did.

I carried on until I was about 16 and then decided that, yeah. Was that kind of, did you become folklore? Like you'd turn up and everybody'd be like, fishers, fishers, fishers. Yes, because it happened at my school gymnasium. Oh, no. Did you get a long-lasting nickname at school for that? Well, everybody still calls me Lupu, so possibly that's...

Yeah, Lupu. Oh, that's brilliant. Lupu, thanks for your call. No worries. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, Novak Djokovic out for hitting a Lions person. Lu, we just talked about before. Shitting herself as an 11-year-old in a gym competition.

Dragging it across the floor, Matt. She should have been commended for carrying on like a professional, but in turn dragging it around the mat. Yeah. But, you know, I admire her that she didn't let it waver her. Yeah. I got disqualified from my school art competition to get your art of JC on the cross.

That's Jesus Christ, not John Campbell. Jesus on the cross displayed behind the altar for Easter Sunday. It was like, you know, the high art prize at school. Yeah. Because when I drew Jesus on there, I drew him with a fair amount of blood on him. Okay. At seven, we were told how he was crucified, which is a lot to put on a seven-year-old.

As a seven-year-old that was told that story, it was a lot. Seven-year-old me couldn's a seven-year-old that was told that story. It was a lot. Seven-year-old me couldn't understand why I'd been disqualified when it was well-known and we had been told the story. You wouldn't be held up there by nails through your hands if you weren't bleeding.

They were going for an accurate depiction. Yeah, they were going for an accurate depiction of how he suffered. And they said they were disqualified. Somebody said,

I was one of three females on our high school first 11 hockey team. We were playing an all boys school and they kept mocking me for being goalie and the other girls. So I tripped one over with my stick on accident, of course. And I ended up getting carded, getting disqualified, kicked out of the game. I'm disqualified from family games of Monopoly because I was that kid that always packed a sad and kicked the ball when I lost. So I'm not allowed to play anymore.

Yeah, I get that. That's how you've always got to be banker. Free money. When the other family members go to the bathroom or aren't looking. You take your taps.

Matt, why were you disqualified? So this was a few years ago. We had a bit of a soccer game. The guys were being a little bit aggressive and one of them cleaned out one of my players and as he got up

he spat on my player and I said to the ref, I was like, come on, ref, you know, what's up with that? And as the player who spat on my player walked away, he said, don't worry, he was dirty anyway. And I just turned around and said, yeah, dirty like your mum last night. So ensued a full-on team-versus-team battle,

including the coaches. And the dude come running over to me with a big haymaker, and he missed. I punched him in the mouth and knocked his tooth out, and he had to come back onto the field to find his tooth. So who got disqualified? Both teams got pulled off the field, because literally everyone was fighting.

The coaches were in there fighting, the players were in there fighting. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Holy moly. How coaches were in there fighting. The players were in there fighting. Oh, my God. Yeah. Oh, my God. Holy moly. How old were you all? Oh, like 30. Oh, my God.

I thought this was going to be like some high school. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Some, like, hormones-charging 14-year-old boys all hyped up. Brilliant, Matt. Thanks for your call. Some other text messages about disqualification. I got disqualified for swearing at my own teammate during a soccer match. Would have been encouraging swear word or something.

I don't know. Okay. Maybe it wasn't just the swear itself. I was 10 years old. My relay team just won a swimming race and I jumped back into the pool to celebrate. Yeah. And I got our whole team disqualified

because I re-entered the water, even though I was just jumping in to hug the final swimmer. What a stupid rule. Yeah. Disqualification. I was playing netball, flew off the court. I don't even know how I did it. Someone who was watching it said it looked like a defiant physics. But I flew into the umpire and't even know how I did it. Someone who was watching it said it looked like

a defiant physics. But I flew into the umpire and broke her nose and I was... No, but sometimes they're just getting away, you know? Yeah, they're right there.

Get out the way. I broke up a fight started by our own player in a basketball tournament and the ref said that I'd started it and I threw a punch and I obviously hadn't.

I was trying to stop it. And I was sent home on day one of a five day basketball tournament. Disqualified. Lots of disqualifications.