ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - April 30th 2020

Episode Date: April 29, 2020

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Welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. It's all thanks to McDonald's. Your Macca's favourites are back at drive-thru and McDelivery. ZM. Hit music. Lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. It's two minutes past six. Good morning. What is the day? What's today? Thursday. Absolutely no idea for a second. What would your guess have been?

Wednesday Yeah Well a short week as well Yeah It's very confusing What year is it? 2020 2020

Gotcha Gotcha The Prime Minister joins us on the show this morning 7.40 Do we think we're going to get a telling off? I well I mean it's a Thursday We don't normally talk to her on a Thursday I don't deserve a telling off? Well, I mean, it's a Thursday. We don't normally talk to her on a Thursday. I don't deserve a telling off.

No, neither do I, for that matter. Well, I've been keeping my two metre distance. But some of you might need a telling off. I think we're getting a telling off. I think that's why they've requested an interview. That just came through last minute, last night. I think we're getting a telling off. The boss wants to talk to us.

The big boss of the country. Yeah. I blame that photo outside Burger Fuel. That was crazy. Yeah, wasn't it? Yeah. But everyone just wanted burgers, right? I hope no one in that line had lined up for a vegetarian one.

That's what annoys you. You wouldn't want to risk your health for one of those. Those veggie burgers are legit. They don't even weigh up to a sea in cheese. They're really... Actually, if you're going to go buy veggie burgers, these aren't too bad, but... All right, well, the Prime Minister,

Geoffrey telling off at 7.40 this morning. Coming up on the show, our game homeschool. We set the homework yesterday, and very soon Robin is going to report back with a 60-second presentation. Which one was Robin's subject? Was it the history of biscuits? The rise of the barbecue. Oh, yeah, that was my one. one was Robin's subject? Was it the history of biscuits? The rise of the barbecue.

Oh, yeah, that was my one. That was Megan's subject. The rise of the barbecue. Whatever that is. I panicked. Sounds interesting. I'll stick around. All right, well.

Yeah, you'd hope so. Her homeschool report. The teacher sitting here sitting there halfway through being like, oh, no, this is a mistake. How boring. It's coming up. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The teacher sitting you're sober and halfway through being like, oh no, this is a mistake. How boring. It's coming up.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Lots of Kiwis still working from home even at alert level three and while some people

might be really keen to get back into work because of kids, distraction, maybe noisy neighbours, a huge percentage actually find it a lot more pleasant because there's

noise pollution at work. A study's been done on the, well, it's more like a survey into the noises that are affecting people at work. 54% of people say they find it too distracting. And the causes are 33% to your colleagues laughing and talking too distracting. And the causes are 33% to your colleagues laughing and talking too loudly. I get that. Well, yeah, a lot of people wear headphones at work, though.

But then some offices don't let you. You already have to hate someone if their laugh annoys you. Yeah. You already have to have feelings, negative feelings towards them. But then don't you also want an office that's laughing and having fun? Yeah. I don't know, you walk into some offices and they're so quiet, I'm like, ugh.

I know, but even when we're rowdy and noisy out in our office, I feel like we get some looks sometimes. Well, Vaughan does. He's very rowdy. You're just loud. I get so many emails from people around this office saying my mirth. Yeah, right, mirth. Mirth.

Yeah. Brings untold amounts of joy to their life. Right. You get so many emails. Megan, if I go into that. Forward them. If I go into the email. From now on, forward them to us.

Simon Bridges and I are allowed to mention hundreds of emails and not have to prove them in any way. Conflate your own stats. I walk out there, I'm loud, and you're right, people look at me, and they look, you might interpret that look as, oh, my God, but it's like, oh, my God. And then they email me and they say, thank you for tuning my day in. What about when at least twice someone's gone, shh.

They go, shit, I'm having fun now that he's in the office. That's what they're saying because you leave mid-shush. I can't wait until it's Fletch, Judith, Collins and Megan. We're going to roll you, Sue. Are you going to roll me? Yeah, we're going to roll you. No, but it's those hundreds of emails I couldn't prove that I got. No, it'll be Fletch, Crusher and Megan. Oh, yeah, Fletch, Crusher and Megan. It'll be Fletch, Crusher and...

Oh, yeah, Fletch, Crusher and Megan. It'll be Fletch, Jude and Megan. Yeah, Jude. She's not going to go with Jude. She wants to feel more warm. Yeah, Judy. But it's Jude. Jude.

Jude. Jude. It'll go down well. 32% get annoyed by telephones ringing and not being answered. You don't really have to put up with that at home. 27% by nearby construction. And 28% by their colleagues sniffing, coughing, or sneezing. It just sounds like people just can't be bothered dealing with people.

The list you've just read out, read it again. Colleagues laughing and talking loudly. Telephones. Nearby construction. Sneezing, sniffing, coughing. Those are also all the things that drove Sade nuts about having me home for a month. Nearby construction. She'll know.

I just have a power tool going and she'll be like, what are you doing? I'll be like, I've decided to tinker. It's very loud. Do you have to do it right there? I'd be like, well, there's no better place to tinker. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Home school. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We have set Robyn the task of completing homework today. She has to do a presentation on the rise of barbecues.

Which was my topic. I don't know if there has been a rise of barbecues, has there? Rise in popularity. They had to start somewhere. Robin, I don't know about you, but I'm kind of offended that this wonderful topic has been put in so early. It's not in prime time, is it? It is a great topic. There are some good barbecues out there.

Listen to her enthusiasm. I'm excited for this. Okay, well. I'm pumped. I am. I'm excited for this. Okay, well. Okay, well, Robin, you have 60 seconds to give us your presentation on

the rise of the barbecue. Start now. Alright. Everyone loves a good barbecue. In fact, nothing can beat one on a hot summer's day. But this wasn't always the case. Around one million years ago, a Homo erectus, the species just before the Neanderthal man, tasted cooked meat. And I think it's safe to assume this was done on an open flame.

Over the years, the way of cooking meat has adapted and changed for the better. When you think barbecue, you generally think of a gas-powered grill that cooks your snags outside of Bunnings. But all around the world, there are many different variants of barbecue. South Africa has a braai, traditionally done over hot coals. Mexico has barbacoa, meat that is generally slow-cooked underground. And of course, Korean barbecue, generally done indoors with a smoking hot grill in the center of the table. Aside from amazing flavor, there's one thing all of these barbecues have in common.

You'll almost always experience them with great company. In 2019, barbecue sales in the U.S. reached a whopping $1.5 billion, up from $1.2 billion the year before. Barbecues are becoming more and more popular, and for good reason. Who doesn't want to stand around a barbecue with good company, cold beer, great banter, and amazing food? I do agree. That was really well done. That was really well done. So good.

Very concise. Yes. Lots of facts in there. I love a fact. Yeah. There was sales facts. I love how much effort you put into that. That was so good.

definitely the highlight of my 12 to 12.05pm yesterday. Wow. Look at you getting your homework done early so you can go out and play with your friends. I was going to forget.

I didn't want to pick up the TV. I think that's an A. That's an A from me, Robin. Well, thank you, man. Yeah, it's an A from me too. It's an A plus. I think it's across the... A plus plus from me. Wow. No, thank you, man. Yeah, it's an A from me too. It's an A plus. I think it's across the...

A plus plus from me. Well, it doesn't go past A plus. Past A plus. I think you nailed that. You killed it. Dude, I had to impress you. You know, you were pretty apprehensive about the barbecue topic, but, you know, good one.

It's so good. Thanks, Robin. No worries. Thank you. Now, still to come this morning, we have another homework report. My topic. That will be later this morning. What is your topic?

It's just escaped my mind. The history of New Zealand biscuits. That's right. Yum. Thrilling. Thrilling. So thrilling you forgot what it was for a second. Just for a moment. Just for a moment.

Just for one little moment. Just for one little moment. It's probably all the biscuits I ate during lockdown. Well, you're going to be an expert on this topic already. Absolutely. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM.

And Nelson. There's a story out of Nelson. Yeah. You'd imagine in these times a story of a community coming together. Yeah. And quite an elderly population in Nelson too. Yeah, lots of rest time. Yeah, exactly.

The sort of place where COVID-19 could have made a real situation had there not been extreme measures taken. Yeah. So maybe it's a great story about Nelson, I don't know, rallying around and is there fruit to pick at the summer of the year in Nelson? I know you're more of a summer berries spot, but there'll be something that needs picking. Nope. It's the story of

a man who had his TV up too loud for 20 hours a day. 20 hours? Yes. So the neighbours in the flat complex, I'm imagining a shared wall situation. They called the police because they went around there and said,

hey, would you just be able to turn it down a little bit? Because you kind of turn it on at 6.30 in the morning and leave it on until 2 o'clock in the morning. Yeah, right. So there's only about three and a half hours in the day where you're not cranking that thing. Or four. And he turned it up louder. To annoy them.

Right. He also threatened them with text messages and he turned it up louder to annoy them. He also threatened them with text messages and said, I will beat your head in with a stick. Good Lord. And so he got taken to the Tennessee Tribunal, and he's in trouble. Yeah. And, you know, he's been home. You imagine that sort of kerfuffle kicking off

just as the lockdown happened, so you couldn't go anywhere anyway. And you'd be there 24 hours a day to listen to that sweet, loud TV. Mind you, it would be a good reminder that The Chase was on. I was going to ask, what is he watching? Just free to hear. It doesn't really say. Oh, right. But it would get to that time of the day.

Yeah. Sometimes it's that time of the day where it can sneak up on you and you miss the first 20 minutes of The Chase. I hate that. I hate that. Did. Sometimes it's that time of the day where it can sneak up on you and you miss the first 20 minutes of the chase. I hate that. I hate that. Did you see it last night? I only saw the end

last night. Yeah, they got smoked. I only ever see the end before the news. But they only had like 13 or 14. And there was only two of them left.

Everyone knows you need at least 18 or 20. Yeah. Yeah. And like a few pushbacks. Oh, you're doing the questions. Yeah, at the end. Well, they had the pushbacks.

Yeah, they had so many pushbacks. Didn't they have five or six last night? Yeah, it was not the destroyer's night. No, they only got two out of the six possible pushbacks. Yeah. Idiots. The best thing about watching the chase is they ask questions like, what Dutch city does the airport of so-and-so go to?

Now, I only know two Dutch cities. Yeah. Amsterdam and Rotterdam. And I know it's not going to be Amsterdam, so I'll just say Rotterdam. And I know it's not going to be Amsterdam, so I'll just say Rotterdam. And I'm right a lot of the time. This is how the questions on the chase go. They'll ask

a question where there's a couple of options and you'll probably know it's not the first one because it's a little bit more well known, so you just yell out the other answer. My kids may think I'm the smartest man alive. They've said multiple times, Dad, you should go on the chase. I was going to say, does Sade watch it with you and be like, did you know that?

And you're like, yep. Yep. Of course. But you just picked one randomly. She's like, I would hate to be on the chase with you because you'd yell out the answer before anybody else in the team had had a chance to go in that final round where they got a buzz in. Yeah.

You might get them wrong. I was like, hey, look. But then I'd imagine the chase would also be one of those situations where you got there and it would just be a way different vibe. Yeah. Yeah, and you'd freak out. Because imagine if you're one of those contestants that never sees anything or gets anything right.

Oh, I know. And the first round and they're just like, pass, pass, pass. Or how ballsy would it be? Exactly. Exactly. First round, pass, pass, pass. Or how ballsy would it be? Exactly. First round, you step up. Yeah. You get, you're like, pass or, oh, I don't know, I'm such a dum-dum. Yeah.

And then the chaser comes out and they're like, okay, well, you can take your 2,000 pounds and stay where you are. You can take a step closer for negative 5,000 pounds. Or 84,000 pounds to take a step back to me and you're like, yeah, well, you just got hustled, bitch. I don't know. 84,000 pounds to take a step back to me and you're like, yeah, well, you just got hustled, bitch. I don't know, 84,000. I'm only here once. Yeah, and then you're just like, 84.

Yeah. But then I'd be like, play hustle, and then the next lot of questions would be real hard. Because occasionally they do throw a curly one. Like, last night one of the questions is what Roman Empire emperor was in charge when the Colosseum was built? And it wasn't a multi-choice.

It was a work it out yourself. Oh, which one was it? Alexander the Great. Not even a Roman Empire emperor. I don't think I do very well. It was Tiberius.

Oh, I don't know who that is. Is that right? I don't know. Tiberius. Said it with T. Yeah, right. I don't know. Yeah, no, you'd be great on the chase.

I can't even remember the answers after I've told them. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Everyone's buzzing about the takeaways. I've got takeaway stats. McDonald's stats. Because we know that, you know, everyone was queuing up. There was... Or yesterday I saw huge lines outside KFC and McDonald's. Did you?

Yep. Because I wondered if it was just going to be like a Tuesday thing. Everyone was like, well, the queues anyway. Because everyone was wanting to get them on the first day back. I don't think it was. But still queues yesterday. I still... I've got takeaway coffee.

Still haven't done takeaways yet. Yeah, no, I haven't done takeaways. Just takeaway coffee. Just needed a coffee. We did that takeaway coffee the other day and you were all bloody. Everyone was. Oh, my God, it was amazing. It was a mocker.

My first mocker. I was easily pleased with instant. I don't know. Do you think you've four weeks of. You've turned basic. Yeah, I have. Four weeks has turned you basic. Just an't know. Do you think you've four weeks of... You've turned basic. Yeah, I have. Four weeks has turned you basic. Just an everyday man.

Just an everyday bloke. You'll come back. I've got to get one of those little brown glass cups to drink out of those Pyrex. Yeah. Croc, croc, croc, or whatever it's called to drink out of. Yeah, sit on your porch with a menthol cigarette.

You'll be real West Auckland. Yep. Why would anyone want to leave? You're so close. Why do I need Starbucks? You can keep your bloody Starbucks. I've got my Nescafe instant. McGreg's Red Ribbon Roast.

No, I'm not quite at that level. No. So this is stats from the first day of Level 3, so from Tuesday. We heard that there was 300,000 McDonald's burgers sold. But I can tell you that most of

those were Big Macs. Nearly half of them. That doesn't surprise me. That's their signature burger. That's not what I'd get. I always go, I always go. I think I've had one Big Mac. I'll go Quarter Pounder Cheeseburger. Yeah, I'd go for quarter pounder. I think I've had one Big Mac. I'll go quarter pounder cheeseburger. Yeah, I'd go quarter pounder McChicken. Hello?

My kids have reached that age now where they want a Big Mac because just like their old man, they've worked out that there's more. There's more. Is that why people get it? Because there's more. No, do the other burgers all have the sauce? The Big Mac sauce? No.

The Big Mac sauce. Come. The Big Mac sauce. Come on. Yeah, right. What's wrong with you? Yeah, right. Get in there, this one. So that means close to 150,000 Big Macs. Wow.

Any words on how many... On Tuesday alone. Filet-O-Fish. Do people buy those? No, a friend the other day said that, because we were talking about going back to get fast food. Yeah. And he was like, oh, yeah, my go-to is a Filet-O-Fish.

I was like, who are you? How are we even friends? Yeah, I did. Fine. It's fine that you eat them, but don't say that it's your go-to. Yeah, no, it's weird. I don't know anyone that that's their first choice. It's like finding out someone's a stuff commenter.

It's right up there, yeah. Or a Nazi. Yeah, I mean, that's up there too.'s a stuff commenter. It's right up there, yeah. Or a Nazi. I mean, that's up there too. Whoa, whoa, whoa. We'll back away from that a little bit. It's not our pick, but it's not quite at that level. So 300,000 burgers, there was 125,000 transactions. So that means that each transaction

had at least two burgers on it. Yeah. By that. At least. But then each transaction you imagine is like flats and couples and you know, it's not just one person ordering two burgers.

Yeah, you shouldn't even get through without laughing. It was New Zealand. I can tell you that they had 30,000 coffees. McCafe made 30,000 coffees on Tuesday. Yeah. Madness. Which was the one that came out? Which restaurant came out and said they were wiring on about?

Wendy's. Wendy's. Wendy's came out and said all their competitors were breaking the rules and should be held to account. It's like, well, it's easy to say Wendy's when not many people go through your drive-thru. But don't be mean. I feel bad. I feel like I have to defend Wendy's.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Wendy's was mean to me first by delivering me a substandard burger on more than one occasion. I don't know if I can. And I don't want to draw lines. Yeah. And a little bit too much causation equals correlation, but the Warriors never won a championship when they were sponsored

by Wendy's. Okay. They've been sponsored by a lot of people that haven't won. Yeah. I don't know if that haven't won. Yeah. I don't know if you can blame sponsors. Well. We've got the top six next on the show. Yeah, the French have been asked to eat cheese as an act of patriotism.

Because they've got so much cheese they can't export it. Oh, I have some. I know. Oh, God damn it. That would be good cheese too. And is it the Belgians? What do they have? They're fries.

Fries. Yeah. No, they damn it. That would be good cheese too. And is it the Belgians? What do they have? Their fries? Chops it. Yeah. No, their fries. Potatoes. They've got so many potatoes. They've been asked to eat like at least two servings a week. Yeah. Imagine your government saying you have to eat.

Civil duty. Yeah. It feels real like wartime, eh? Yeah. So do your bit and help the local boys by eating potatoes. Plenty of them. You're like, yes, sir. I'll do what I can.

All right. Good chap. Good boy. Flesh, Vaughan sir, I'll do what I can. Good chap, good boy. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. From the ZM think tank, this is the top six. Hello there. The French are in an interesting situation.

They are being told to start eating more cheese as a patriotic duty due to a sales slump? They said, eat more fromage. I would say, yes, no problem at all. You would say, oui, oui. Love my cheese boards. Yeah, get in there. Yeah. Well, the traditional way of buying cheese, la coupe, is that a counter?

Oh, okay. But apparently preferring the vacuum-packed versions. And then, like, the open-air markets where they would buy big wheels of cheese aren't happening. Oh, yeah. The canteens of the like are shut as well. Yeah, right. So people are buying the vacuum-packed cheese.

Their vacuum-packed cheese would still be so good. Oh, it'd be amazing. So, right, so what are they saying? Go and buy it. Where are they getting it from then? Get yourself some vacuum-packed supermarket. Oh, you can still get it from the supermarket. Right.

But everybody's just getting the vacuum-packed stuff, apparently. Right. Because I guess, like, tin stuff went through the roof because everyone was like, what if I don't get to leave the house? You want your cheese to last. Yeah. Or do you?

Do you want to buy a blue and forget about it and then find it and it's extra stanky? Yeah. Cut a little bit off and nibble on that like a posh rat. But if we are going to eat patriotically, this is what we need to eat. The top six things we should be eating for patriotism. Number six, chips. Lots of chips.

We make so many chips here. Yeah. We really crank out the chips. Well, we touched on it before, but Belgium have asked their people to eat fries. Lots of potatoes. Yeah. In the form of fries or potatoes. Yeah.

Cup fell over. Nothing was in it, thankfully. But just chips. Yeah. In the form of fries or potatoes. Yeah. Cup fell over. Nothing was in it, thankfully. But just chips. Yeah. We need to eat chips. Yeah. Well, we're good at that. We are great at it.

Number five on the list of the top six things we should be eating for patriotism. Pavlovas. Yeah. Because if we, if our numbers dwindle. Yeah. If Australia are eating more p Pavlovas per capita, they're going to have a stronger claim to it post-COVID. Yeah, true. So we can't let them have that.

We can't let them have a damned thing. Because then people will be like, this only happened because we went to level four. We should have started level five. I'm Australian now. I'm going to have a damn thing. Number four on the list of the top six things we should be eating for patriotism. Lollies.

Okay. We make a lot of lollies here, guys. Do we? Yeah. My neighbours work at the big lolly factory. What? You've never told us this. You know how I feel about lollies.

He works at the Macy's factory. Oh, my God. During lockdown, we had an isolation beer. Over the Macy's factory. Oh my God. During lockdown, we had an isolation beer over the fence. It was really like a lovely... Remember how I said I love raspberry drops?

Yeah, they make them. They make them. I can't even speak. Does he get a discount? Can I get a tour? Can I just come and sample? When this is all over,

he might be able to take you on a tour. I love lollies. Love that. I want to go to a lolly factory. Yeah. Well, it's not like Willy Wonka's.

Wait, hang on a second. And it may cease to those Fijas, eh? The South Fijas. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Now, he's not just telling you he's got a lolly factory just to lure you over to his house, is he? The lolly factory's not his, nor is it at his house. He travels and works at the lolly factory.

Oh, right, okay. Well, you be careful. But they are cranking out some lollies. Okay. So if we don't eat, can you get us a tour? There's going to be a lolly stockpile. right, okay. Well, you be careful. But they are cranking out some lollies. Okay. So if we don't eat, can you get us a tour? There's going to be a lolly stockpile.

Yeah, sure, I'll ask. Yes. I'll be a lolly ambassador for free. Yeah, imagine if we see the feed jars being made. Ah! I dare.

I dare. I dare. Dared. Dared. Number three. With a lolly in my mouth. You choked on a feed jar lolly straight from the machine. Dared. Number three on the list lolly in my mouth. On the list. You choked on a Fiji lolly. Straight from the machine.

Dared. Number three on the list of the top six things we should be eating for patriotism. Mints. Mints. Mints. Oh, mints. Mints. C-E.

Not those free mints you get at a restaurant or a hotel lobby. They're not made here, a lot of them. Aren't they? Not a lot of them. Those individually wrapped ones. Did your neighbor with the lolly factory tell you that? I'll ask. Okay.

I'll ask for the locally made mints. Okay. I'll get the good, but I'm talking mints. I'm talking ground beef, baby. What are our biggest exports? Meat, beef. So we should be eating mints. So, so far you've told me pretty much burgers, lollies, chippies.

Chips. This is all good news. All great, yeah. Number two on the list of the top six things we should be eating. For patriotism, chocolate. Yeah. Oh, yeah, true. What it is.

Chocolate. Yeah, we make so much dairy here. Yeah. And all that milk's got to go somewhere. It might as well be into chocolate. Into us, yeah. Yeah. It's true.

And then, you know, your Whittaker's. Your, I don't know, there's loads of like local little chocolate manufacturers. Yeah. That are made locally. So for, you know. Is there more milk and white chocolate? Or just no cocoa? Just no cocoa.

Oh, right. Yeah. And number one on the list of the top six things we should be eating for patriotism. This is one of our biggest exports. Wine. Oh, yeah. Good call. Vaughn, you can't drink wine.

You can't eat wine. Yes, you can. Just go like this. As you're drinking it. It's very, very easy. It's easy to chew. Fruit was also on the list, but, you know, they tried. But try hard enough fruit, you could be made into wine.

And then we'll all eat you. Just do that while you're pouring it into your mouth. It's really, really simple. That is today's top six. So now that we're in level three, we're allowed to buy a few more things online and have them delivered. So that means that Trade Me searches have spiked for those non-essential items.

And I've got the list of some of the most searched things in level three. Already? So we've come out of level four. What do you think the most searched item is? Szechuan sauce. No. Gym equipment. People getzechuan sauce. No. Gym equipment.

People get crazy about that. No. Although that would have been pre-lockdown, it would have been gym equipment. I know, I wish I'd got a bit of gym equipment. I looked during lockdown

and there was nothing available. I know, I looked during lockdown and things had sold out like benches and all the dumbbells. Like, it was crazy. Yeah. Did you see people

making their own stuff at home? Yeah, I filled a countdown bag with cans like it was crazy. Yeah. Did you see people making their own stuff at home? Yeah. Out of like bottles. I filled a countdown bag with cans as like a weight for like deadlifts

and stuff. Oh, okay. That's going to be inventive. Did you weigh it so you knew how much you were doing or did you just put down 10 spaghetti cans?

No, I reckon it would have just been like 5kgs. Because the weight on the outside always says neat. Yeah. Yeah. So it's not, it doesn't include the can.

No, it wasn't gym equipment. Ooh. Well, a type of fitness equipment. It was. A bike. Yes. Oh. Mountain bikes.

Right, that was one thing that I thought during, it would have been good to have. Because I went out for quite a few bike rides. Yeah. Like I always do. And I, you'd see a lot more people biking, and a lot of people biking that maybe you wouldn't normally see going out for a daily bike ride, just because I guess they were locked up and bored.

And then I guess after lockdown, if you didn't have a bike, you'd probably want one because you would have seen everyone biking. Yeah, and you would have thought, I'll go for a little bike. Yeah, so searches for mountain bikes, caravans, spa pools. Do you think caravans is because people realise that international holidays won't be happening for a while, so they might as well when it opens up again, Tiki Tour around this beautiful country of ours. Totally, totally. And Lego blocks and couches.

People have discovered that their couch isn't actually that good. Yeah, because they haven't spent a lot of time on it. Yeah. Yeah. So 47,000 searches for mountain bikes, 50,000 searches for couches, and 40,000 searches for spa pools. 40,000? Yeah.

You're like, I'm stuck at home. Do you know what would be great right now? A spa pool. A spa, yeah. Yeah. And so the spike for mountain bikes was up 44%. But crazy, eh? Did people specifically search mountain bikes? Yeah.

Okay. Just bikes would have been the better. Because what's your bike called? Because I've got a, like, it's like a hybrid commuter bike. Commuter bike. So it's like half a road bike, half a mountain bike. Yeah, because you don't want to go like full noise and look like you've watched a cycling documentary

and you want to be Lance Armstrong on the subway team. Yeah. You don't want that. And you don't want those big mountain bike tyres in the city. No, no. Because you get punctures. You need like a Kevlar. They're very noisy, aren't they?

But also, I saw a lot of people on e-bikes as well. Yeah, e-bikes, right. See, I would have thought e-bikes might have been a more popular search term than mountain bikes. Yeah. But I'm just not doing as much as an e-bike. One of those little foldy bikes. Many people on those little foldy bikes.

I really thought they were going to take off. Did you? Yeah. I'm surprised at the amount of people I see on them. I was completely on the other end of the spectrum. I'm like, no one's buying a George Jetson foldy down bike. Yeah, because then you can just carry it into the office. Seems like a great idea.

Can you imagine if someone here decided they were going to ride a foldy bike to work? I would go out of my way to make them regret that decision. If I lived closer, I might. But just get a bike that you don't fold. Appropriate clothing and shoes. Yeah, and just leave it outside on the bike rack and lock it up.. But just get a bike that you don't fall. Appropriate clothing and shoes. Yeah. And just leave it outside on the bike rack and lock it up. We don't have a bike rack.

Yeah, we do. We've literally got a bike room. Oh, yeah. I walked past it. Yeah. The two thing down there. There's one out there. There's one out there.

Oh, yeah. There's lots of bike racks. So there's really no excuse for you not to bike to work. And anything can be a bike rack if you're creative enough. Like that table outside or that handrail that helps old people up those stairs. Yeah, they shouldn't be out at the moment, so that could be a bike rack. Joined on the show now by Bree from Bree and Clint. Good morning.

Hello, guys. How are you? Good. Thanks. Did you wake up early to talk to us or were you already awake? I woke up about three and a half minutes ago. Sounding fresh as a daisy. Good warm up.

Do I sound fresh? Yeah. You did actually. I would have imagined you'd been up, if you'd said an hour, I would have believed you. It's like when you try to be silent to your parents. You're like, hello, I'm here. It almost sounded like you'd been through a jog

and you'd just jumped out of the shower. Oh, well, surprisingly, my jog lasts for two minutes, so I've already done my exercise and I've had a shower and I'm now with you guys. So the new show, You Got This, how quickly did that, because I saw the ad for this, how quickly did this go from idea to happening? No joke, guys.

It has gone from idea to happening to being on TV tonight at 7pm TV2 in seven days. Wow. Wow. 7pm? Yes, it's prime time. I'm just as shocked as you, please. That's a better time than your show, Vaughn. Correct, yes.

And you got bumped by the dog show with... No, we thought we'd been bumped by Perch Perfect, but we hadn't been. We'd been bumped by 8 Out of 10 Cats. So it wasn't dogs, it was cats. Wow. Right. Anyway, it was an animal.

Okay. So explain how the show works, Brie. So essentially, guys, there's all different bubbles around New Zealand that have signed up to join the show. And I give them like a how-to video challenge. And then they have like a really short amount of time and they can only use stuff that they've got lying around the house to complete the challenges.

Right. And it's just an absolute disaster. But some people, like, actually, to be honest, most people are so talented and I've been so surprised with how good people have been. Right. Because I saw you got people to make, like, one of those marble kind of tracks.

Oh, yeah. I've seen people doing those and those are cool. Yeah, so tonight it's a chain reaction video, and we've all seen those videos online where they kick something off and it hits down dominoes and then knocks something over. Yep. In tonight's episode, two of the teams actually end up turning on something electric at the end for the finale.

Like, that's how good it is. Wow. Wow, and if they burn their house down, what does the insurance company say about it? electric at the end for the finale. Like, that's how good it is. Wow. Wow. And if they burn their house down, what does the insurance company say about it? To be honest, one of the teams comes close, I'm not going to lie, like, with it. Wow. Yeah, it's crazy. Nice.

Okay, and so is this, are you just going to be going for the next couple of weeks while we're in lockdown, or do you reckon it'll keep going? Well, there's talk because it's been so much fun to actually make it into a full-blown show, but who knows? We'll see how we go. But I don't think I'll be filming it from my flat anymore because my flatmates are about to kill me

because so far I've made an indoor slip and slide and I've also filled my bath with Froot Loops. So, you know... I've always wanted to do that good for the plumbing yeah yeah great for the plumbing uh my landlord's listening this is all just jokes and cci yeah it was a cgi slip and slide huge budget for cgi absolutely all right so uh tvnz2 tonight, 7 o'clock. Bree, you got this. Looking forward to this. Thanks so much for having me, guys.

It's going to be a lot of fun. Thanks, mate. 18 past 7. Next on the show. Holy moly. It's where we ask a bunch of questions. And this bunch of questions is about lockdown. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Holy moly, moly, moly, moly. Holy moly, moly, moly.

Come on! Millions of people follow our social media channels. Absolutely. Millions. And they cover the entire spectrum of humanity. Yeah. So when we ask questions, we are more reliable than Colmar Brunton. More reliable than...

Who's that other crowd? Read Research. Read Research. Roll my eyes at Read Research. Because we've got an Instagram poll. Yeah, betcha, pal. So we ask questions and then we give you the breakdown. Yeah. And maybe some replies Under that

So the lockdown updates Is the poli-moly today, that's our subject All about the lockdown We ask the question, have you made a dramatic Change, life change In lockdown? Lots of people Were seeing this four week Period as a chance to

Become a yogi. Yeah. To learn a new skill or hobby. And I didn't. I didn't do any of that. Megan? I have started making a skirt because I always said I was going to use the sewing machine. As of yet, I still haven't used it, but it's out and on the table, and I've cut the pattern.

So if this becomes wearable, I'm going to be so proud of myself. Why'd you stop there, though? Because I had cut the pattern. Right. So if this becomes wearable, I'm going to be so proud of myself. Why'd you stop there though? Because I had to come back to work. It took you two weeks to lay out a pattern. Yeah, but I was like doing baking and stuff.

Yeah, you guys were doing a lot of baking. And watching Netflix and sleeping. Oh yeah, yeah. That's a skill I wanted to pick up. Sleeping. Netflix. Hard. sleeping yeah that's a skill I wanted to pick up sleeping Netflix hard

16% of people said they had made a dramatic change and 84% had said no I did not make

any dramatic life changes during lockdown that's okay some of these changes were I changed career it took a wow it made me realise

life is too short to have a shitty career that I don't enjoy. I love that. Did they get a job? Because it's not exactly the greatest time to be switching careers. If you thought Fletcher's response to that one wasn't shiny, what about this one? We've decided to get pregnant and try for a baby. Three, two, one.

Wow, there's a lot of uncertainty in the future. Oh, my God. Moving ASAP as I have realised how bad my apartment is. So when lockdown's over, I'm going to move. Yeah, that's the thing. A lot of people were stuck in tiny apartments, weren't they? Yeah. During lockdown and thinking,

do I want to be in that situation again? And they might escape to go to work, but when work wasn't happening. I thought Fletch was going to be like, well, can you afford a better place? I feel like you're just shitting on everyone's dreams. I'm not shitting on anyone. I'm just being realistic. I'm just saying.

So he'll always be the voice of reason. The next question we asked was, are you secretly enjoying lockdown? This was the most surprising result, poll result. I didn't even make any secret of it. I very much enjoyed it. I realise my circumstance is significantly more fortunate than some, like that person who's just

living in that shitty apartment that we mentioned prior, but I loved it. Well, you've got a little farm let with all your farm animals and lots of places to tinker away. Yes, all the bits and pieces. 80% of people secretly enjoyed lockdown. That really surprises

me. 20% have not. I feel like from talking to friends and stuff, the first week or so was enjoyable because lots of people were getting OTP with their flatmates and friends and in their bubbles. But then I feel like the last couple of weeks kind of really started to take on people

from the people I talk to and know. Yeah. Especially if they didn't have a job to go to. Yeah. Like people that were working, I think it was fine for them because they just kind of had something to do. But there was a certain holiday aspect to it. But then reality kind of knocks on your door and you're like, okay.

Yeah. I got to go make some money, do something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So some of the comments were, having no social expectations has been an absolute dream. Yes, okay. How great is it? You don't know, but like not wearing makeup and being like, I don't care what I wear today.

Is it pyjamas or is it track pants? I like that Sade just couldn't come outside at some stage of the day and be like, oh, we're going to somebody's house for dinner in 30 minutes. Stop what you're doing and get ready. I'm like, I don't want to. And that didn't happen. It was real great.

And somebody said, for couples that don't see each other very often, the added time together can go one of two ways. Yeah. I'd imagine there'd be some relationships. Well, what did we ask the other day? We said, were you considering a relationship, Shane? What was the question we asked?

Yeah, 10% said they were considering ending a relationship. Have you extended your bubble in level three? Was another question we asked. This was a chance for people to include maybe grandparents if they'd been alone all this time, but you were only allowed to extend your bubble to one other bubble. 47% of people said yes, they had. 53% said no, they had not extended their bubble.

That may be why the Prime Minister has scheduled an interview next. See, you're bubbling. Could be. You're bubble expansion. What was your first takeaway? We asked whether it was a fast food chain or a local business. 75% of people said local business. Yay!

25% said fast food chain. That local business? 75% of people said local business. Yay! 25% said fast food chain. That's so cool. But they might just be thinking of the McDonald's that's in their neighbourhood. Yeah, true. Are you going to open your cafe soon? We're still trying to figure out how we can do it safely,

but yeah, hopefully. We want to try and be open this weekend. Are you going to do donuts? Don't quote me, okay? Because we're still trying to work it out, but yeah, hopefully. We want to try and be open this weekend. Are you going to do donuts? Don't quote me, okay, because we're still trying to work it out. But, yeah, I want to try and do some donuts this weekend. I'll be there. Vaughn, I'm going to need a ride to Megan's Cafe. That's outside your bubble.

Yeah, and he's going to come 20km from his house, drive in, get you. You're still going to stay in your area. See, this is why the Prime Minister's going to get right up your ass next about your bubble break shit. Why am I playing so bloody slap happy with popping over to the other side of Auckland to go to a cafe? I thought she said we could go across town. He's supporting a local business.

She's not your local business. How local do they have to be? Local, you have to stay in your area. Auckland is local. And we're going to have to ask Jacinda next. Oh, yeah, because there's one thing the Prime Minister loves. It's specific examples of bubble expansion. Yeah, Tover O'Brien.

Stupid questions. She'll give us that Tover O'Brien. That's why she keeps on saying Tover's name right, so everyone knows. Knows that it's about toBrien. That's why she keeps on saying Tova's name right, so everyone knows. Knows that it's about to be, everyone can prep themselves for the Tova question. Everyone knows who's saying the stupid questions. Tova.

Tova, you're about to ask a question that's already been asked? Tova. Tova, you want to ask if 5G's related to coronavirus, do you, Tova? Tova O'Brien. Go, Tova. I wonder if she didn't talk to me that time I was at Beside her on a plane. To Tova O you want to ask if 5G is related to coronavirus. Do you, Tova? Tova O'Brien. Go, Tova. I wonder if she didn't talk to me that time I sat beside her on the plane.

To Tova O'Brien. I wonder if she was writing in all the dumb questions she wants to ask people. Finish the sentence. This is our last Polly Molly. We said it only took a global pandemic for me to dot, dot, dot. Top responses. Not to spend money on things I don't need. Save money.

Yeah, because I haven't done any online shopping. No. You don't go out, so you don't spend. Yeah. Number two, it only took a global pandemic for me to learn how to cook and bake. Three, exercise. Four, clean the house. And five, launch a side hustle.

Oh, what's a side hustle? Drop shipping. No, don't do that. One just listened to a podcast about drop shipping. There's no winners in drop shipping. No one's making money. There's no winners in drop shipping. The only people making money are the people talking about drop shipping.

Yeah. Teaching us. Well, maybe they'll actually do it and not talk about it. No. You're not allowed to. You're not allowed to be a drop shipper without telling everybody how you're doing a drop shipper. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

ZM. Yeah, so we're joined on the show by the 174th Prime Minister of New Zealand. Good morning, Prime Minister. Good morning. What number are you? I feel like... 40... I want to say

42nd. 41st, 42nd. Something like that. A great one. It's a relevant one. Forget about level three. What number prime minister is she? These things have not been on my mind. Wikipedia says 40th.

Excuse me. Round number two. Thank God we all know that now. Speaking of 40th. Oh, dear. Yeah, a couple of months away. Don't do it.. Speaking of 40th. Oh, dear. Yeah, a couple of months away. Don't do it. A couple of months away. Don't do it.

And the only reason you know it's close is because it's close for you too. Yeah. Not as close. Pretty close. Yeah. Right. But your birthday's in July. I mean, it's impossible to tell, right, what the future holds.

Who would have seen this coming this time last year? Yeah, if we're comparing milestones between Jacinda and you. No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm saying, I'm not comparing milestones between the Prime Minister and myself, who's had a high-profile year, you know, doing very well. But where do you see New Zealand come July? What's, I mean... Well, I mean, I guess my version of where New Zealand is in July

is very much from a politics lens. Most of New Zealand is not thinking about the fact there's an election in September, but of course that's in the back of my mind. But in July, I hope life feels more normal for people. That's what I hope. And is that what's required for us to have a normal life

by July? A more normal life? For people to space out at Burger Fuel. No. We did wonder if we were going to get a telling off this morning. I just said that.

Is there something I should know? No, no, no, not us, not us, not us. No. No, just generally, just we need to stick to the rules, stick to the plan, and the majority of people are. They really are. But we just need to stick with it. A bit of, just a bit of patience over this next period of time and we'll get there.

But we just can't afford, even with our numbers low, because COVID is such a tricky infection and can be really mild for some people. That means that what we're seeing in our daily tests may not be everything. So we've just got to be really careful for a while longer. Is it on the business? Because I saw the Burger Fuel photo and I thought, that's surely on the people. That comes down to all of us.

We've been doing this for weeks now. We should know better. Is it the business's responsibility or is it the people's? I mean, obviously it's both. It's both. But the thing I'd say first and foremost is we do need, and some businesses have been amazing, some of the efforts I've seen them going to,

but they need to basically make sure they've got a setup that really enables people to follow those rules. Key for them is contactless, but then they've got to think about, if I have a whole bunch of people showing up at once, have I got the spacing? Have I got some signage? Have I got some indicators for what I need got to think about if I have a whole bunch of people showing up at once, have I got the spacing? Have I got some signage? Have I got some indicators for what I need people to do?

Because in their defence, I walked past another Burger Fuel earlier that day and saw that they had prepared for their opening that night and had stickers on the pavement. So I thought, well, that's just more on the people turning up, not respecting. Yeah, and people do need to, even if they arrive and there's other people there, hang back, give each other space.

I understand that I think what might have happened there is people were all just coming in at the same time. They were told at the same time to pick up their orders. So there were lots of things at play there. And we've spoken to different businesses who may have struggled in those first days to talk them through what the expectations are. So we're really leaning on just advice and education at this early stage. And was there a lot of reports going into Level 3?

A lot of people using the COVID-19 website to report what they believe to be breaches? Yeah, there were. There were several hundred people. But actually, when we've narrowed it down, we've had about, from memory, we've got about 60 that we're following up. So given we had so much, you know, so much change and so many different outlets that were opening up for contactless trade, that's not too bad. Yeah.

How was the conversation with the Queen? Oh, she's amazing. She's so incredible. She's someone I would aspire, you know. And not even given her age, just as a person. She's amazing. Did she just call your cell phone?

It was all set up. Oh, okay. It was all set up. Much like when we talk to Ed Sheeran, someone else puts the call through. Yeah, so someone else, you know, drops you a line. They set up a time, and then, yes, someone called me, and then you get patched through, basically.

Yeah. Wow. Is that still pretty surreal? Yeah, just chatting to the queen on the phone. I think, you know, so you might remember a couple of years ago I had the chance to meet her, and I completely stuffed up the protocol. There were things you were meant to do and I just didn't get it in order. It was all where I was meant to stand and what I was meant to do.

Over the phone, you only had to worry about one thing. And so that was a bit easier to have a conversation like that but just her interest and memory of New Zealand and she just genuinely was worried about New Zealanders and how things were going and in all aspects, not just COVID and so that was really lovely. Have you had, because New Zealand has been

in the spotlight in the last week for our response to COVID, have you had other calls from world leaders that are like got some tips? Well, I reach out the other way as well because there's no rule book for this and everyone's learning as we

go. And so particularly when you come to things like opening up and the evidence you're using for how you deal with schools and different things. So yeah, I've spoken to a few prime ministers from Singapore, Denmark. I've been on a few prime ministers from Singapore, Denmark. I've been on a call with quite a few leaders from Europe. And I speak with the Australian prime minister regularly.

So, yeah, we do talk to each other because, yeah, there's no one answer to everything at the moment. So we're trading ideas and just, and just really supporting each other, I guess. And how's Dr. Ashley Bloomfield? How's he doing? He's a great man. Yeah, I mean, we don't see each

other for long because we still, even though we're on the same stage together, you can see we've got distance between us. We mostly are over the phone or teleconferences except for those moments when we're downstairs in the beehive. So he's, you know, from all of the work we do together, I know that he's doing well.

Yep, he's handling those journalists well when the same question gets asked three times. I'm glad you tuned in. Oh, I love it. I love it. I love it. I'm finding them fascinating. When the days were all blurring into one, it was that one o'clock, tune in, see where we're at as a nation,

I think became a point of viewing. Yeah, well, we were putting things back to normal. On Monday, I said we'd do that. And then we got some, oh was it Sunday we got some feedback that people wanted us to stick with the agenda so we've gone back. So I'm back with Dr Bloomfield.

It's going to be weird when you're not talking to us at one o'clock. Yes well hopefully that though will be a sign that other things are less weird and that life goes a bit more normal. God I bet the ratings are through the and that life goes a bit more normal. Yeah. God, if the ratings are through the roof, we could sell that to a client. That could be.

Get that economy going. Sponsor that one o'clock. You could do some liners. Who would we be brought to by? A burger fuel. Now offering you a more precise pick-up time. Over to you, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield. That would be... Oh, good stuff.

Well, thanks very much for the chat. I always have a good time. I hope you do too. I do. So during Level four lockdown, we were obviously allowed to go to the supermarket and we've been loving lockdown stats the past couple of days. We've got some supermarket stats.

Okay. On what people were buying during level four lockdown. Is anyone else having a real nightmare getting through all this toilet paper? I didn't know Sade had a specific storage place. So every time I'd go, I'd be like, well, we're nearly out of toilet paper. And I'd get some more. And she kept being like, why do you keep buying more toilet paper?

I'm like, because we're almost out. She's like, we're not. But wouldn't explain to me that she had a storage of it somewhere. Oh, so she did a panic buy. No, well, she didn't do like a whole trolley load panic buy, but she bought like a big full. And then I would just dip rather than buying one every month. Every week when I went, I'd buy another one

because I couldn't see where it was being kept. I'm expecting at least a month dip in toilet paper sales. Yeah. Until people catch up. Yeah, yeah. So not surprisingly, cleaning products, supplies, and disinfectants increased by 70%. Actually, overall...

Were people not cleaning before? Obviously not. Extra. Extra cleaning. It just sales at supermarkets across the country. How much do you reckon they increased by? A hundred percent? Because that's doubling it, right?

If something increases by a hundred percent. Is it? Wasn't it 50%? 80, 60. Oh, don't get into it. Don't bother. Increasing it by 50% would only be increasing it

by half again. Okay. How much? 27%. Okay. I would have thought it would be way more than that, but obviously

we still go to the supermarket. Yeah, but I guess once people learnt that we would be able to go to the supermarket, they probably stopped buying as much. But that's still a lot more. Yeah, yeah.

Heck yeah. Yeah. Baking products increased by 53%. So that includes eggs as well. Butter, flour. Everyone couldn't get flour. Sugar, baking powder. Cooking chocolate even increased 53%.

Coffee products. So instant coffee, pre-made little sachets. Those boomer sachets of the cappuccinos. Increased by 37%. Yeah, but that's because people were making it at home, weren't they? But some of the biggest, the top three, so cleaning products,

and they're... Baking products? No, not baking products. Home brewing kits, up 94%. I wanted to make some Fijoa wine over the break. Because the Fijoa trees came to fruition. How many hobbies are you starting?

You're going to start wooden spoon carving. I'm going to start carving wooden spoons. I won't be. He's going to buy tools. He's going to buy carving tools. Don't worry about it. Someone's not getting a wooden spoon for their birthday. It was a statement.

It wasn't judgment. If you want to make me one, I'm okay with it. I'm not getting a wooden spoon for their birthday. I was just, it was a statement. It wasn't judgement. If you want to make me one, I'm okay with it. I'm gonna be real wonky. Can I sell wooden spoons at the cafe? Yep. You can take a commission. Yeah. A sales commission. Yeah. Okay. They're just gonna sit there, aren't they? And I can make stuff. Local artist, Bea Smith. I'm supporting

local business. Hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. It's a local business supporting. It's gonna be like Vaughan Smith from ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. And as you've seen him on Have You Been Paying Attention, baby, I know how to market this thing. Vaughan Smith, loving husband and caring father. $5 pine wooden spoon. $5?

Owner of goats, cows, chickens. I was thinking $20 for a big handcrafted wooden spoon. Go to Briscoe's and buy one. I'm not for sale. We made it out of pine, by the way. Oh, it would be. I don't have any access to pine. Yeah, it'll be one stir and a bolognese and it'll be stained red for life.

That's the kind of spoon you'd make. Yes, but that's how you know it's got no poor Zalvatops. Or you'll put like varnish on it and the next time I eat my dinner I'll be like. Marine varnish so it lasts. And you're like. Tastes like the ocean but the massive increase in sales was up

103% is boxed hair dye oh wow okay that doesn't surprise me although hair styling products were down 36%

so people weren't styling it they just didn't want the roots hairdressers are going to be working like 16 hour days when they're allowed to open a I saw so many hairdressers being like don't do it. They just didn't want the roots. Hairdressers are going to be working like 16 hour days when they're allowed to open A.

I saw so many hairdressers being like, don't do it. It's easier for me to fix it afterwards. Just don't do the boxed hair dye. But up 103%. What's wrong with boxed hair dye? I don't know. They just don't want you to. Yeah.

Right. Maybe because we don't know what we're doing. They should have been encouraging you to so that. They've got more to fix. Bingo. Yeah. Bingo. ZM's Flet that they've got more to fix. Bingo. Yeah. Bingo.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We were just discussing if we should play two songs. Is that on air? For a Brian. It's where you play two songs back to back, but it's the same song. And then another song plays and it's the same song again. Hey, you on the phone, I bet I can guess your mum's name. All right.

You don't need more time, Vaughan. We're here now. We're ready. Jeannie, good morning, Jeannie. Good morning. All right. So you have a mum and we're going to guess her name now, or warn us, in 15 seconds. But he gets to ask you five questions first.

Jeannie? Who? Good morning, Jeannie. Hello. Hmm. Jeannie short for anything? No. Is that one of your questions?

No, no, no, no, no, no. Okay. Because that wasn't regarding her mother. That was regarding her. Okay. Right. J-E-N-N-I-E? Just one N. Just one N.

Jeannie. Okay. All right. I'm going to start asking questions about your mother. Okay. Were you with your mum in her bubble? No. Interesting.

Was your mum... What does that have to do with her name? Because if she was, I would assume that Jenny was younger. Yeah. And that mum would be younger. Oh, okay. And I say she would have a slightly more modern name. Yeah, okay.

Just ask how old her mum is. Well, that would be Christian. Like I said to the end of the list. Okay. Was your mum pro or con how our country handled lockdown? You know, there were some old folks that did it, but they weren't happy about it. She was pro, I think.

She was pro. Okay. She was pro. She was pro. All right. Did your mum post any alcohol-related memes on Facebook over the lockdown? Oh, good question. Let me just have a quick look.

I don't remember seeing any. I don't know if we've got time to go. But she might, like she's posted them before, been like wine o'clock, like that sort of thing with a cat holding like a glass of wine or something. Yeah, yeah. Okay, she does. Okay, that's good. That's a good indicator. Okay. We're playing with a

fun mum. What's your... What are your siblings' names? You're Jeannie. Have you got any siblings? Yeah, I've got a brother. His name's Lachlan, but he goes by Lachie. Okay. Lachie and Jeannie.

Okay. I've got and Jeannie. Okay. I've got a feeling we've got a pretty funky mum here. Okay. All right. Okay. All right. And I believe this is my final question? Yes.

My final question. What's your mum's takeaways that she's most looking forward to coming out of lockdown? Takeaway curry, I think. A takeaway curry. Yeah. Not too hot, though. I'm not sure. That was me trying to get additional information.

Yeah. All right, I think I'm ready. Here we go, Jeannie. If you hear Vaughan say your mum's name, yell out, stop, that's my mum. Vaughan, you now have 15 seconds to guess Jeannie's mum's name. Your time starts now.

Sarah, Nicola, Angela, Lisa, Michelle, Rebecca, Rachel, Melanie, Natasha, Amanda, Joanne, Kylie, Tanya, Karen, Andrea, Katrina, Vanessa, Kim, Megan, Kelly, Catherine, Elizabeth, Donna, Paula. Oh. Oh, no. I love how those were sounding more desperate. I wanted to appreciate that. Yeah, yeah. It starts sounding faster and more of a,

please let this be your mum's name. I missed it, though. I didn't get it. Jeannie, what is your mum's name? Cheryl. Oh! I wouldn't have had her pinned for a Cheryl. I wouldn't have had her pinned for a Cheryl. I thought Cheryl would have been the generation before your mum.

I don't know. How old is your mum? 52. 52. I suppose that's kind of Cheryl level. Cheryl would have been a bit younger, but yeah, maybe not. Teeny, out of interest, what was your dad's name if we ever got to the bonus round? John. Cheryl and John.

Cheryl and John. What a couple. Fantastic. Jeannie, sorry that you don't win today. That is A-OK. That's actually good because we don't know if we even had a prize. COVID times, Jeannie, COVID times. It was fun.

It was fun. Thank you so much for playing. I bet I can guess your mum's name. We'll be back next week on the show. Had a cool roadside rescue yesterday. You've become a statistic. I became a flat battery statistic. Literally just after that morning on the show,

we read all the statistics about AA being called out to all the flat batteries. Yep. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Yesterday, after being fat shamed here at work. Excuse me? When were you fat shamed?

I was by myself. Oh, okay. I looked in the mirror and I was like, you're fat as shit. And then. That's not fat shaming. Oh, I think it is. I think you'll find it is. Um, yeah. No, isn't that just, I don't know, low self-esteem

or... Well, I don't know. I'm not ever looking in that mirror again. I don't like the form that lives in that one. He was very aggressive. But when I got home, Sade said, should we go for a run? We've got a local park and it's got a nice pathway on it, which means the girls can ride their bikes.

Because we live on rural, so the road's not like super safe for... They're just learning that little and, you know. There's not a lot of people on the road and there's corners and stuff. So we go down there and they ride their bikes around there. So they could ride their bikes and we could run. Okay. So we went for a run around the park. But there was a tumble off a bike by a child.

Oh, no. Indy was actually on a scooter. Indy hit a curb. You can't laugh. I'm crying. I'm laughing. Why did you laugh? Just because of the way she told me it happened.

She's like, I didn't know. It was such a big bump. I'm like, it's a curb. Anyway, so she took a tumble, so she just sat down. Right. And on one of the loops, because the thing is you could see the car the whole time. It's like a loop.

Oh, yeah, okay. And so we were running the loops. Yeah. And she said, and I said, oh, do you want to sit in the car? And they were like, yeah, we'll sit in the car. So they sat in the car and they turned on the radio and, you know when you're a kid and you're left in the car and you flick the indicators and you turn the lights on and off

and you play with everything. And remember the day you used to be able to play with the Siggy lighter? Oh. Oh, you know when you're a kid and you're left in the car and you flick the indicators and you turn the lights on and off and you play with everything. And remember the day you used to be able to play with the Siggy lighter? Oh! I've still got the scar on the end of my finger from when Mum left me in the car outside Weight Watchers. She said, don't touch anything. I was like, I promise I won't. Click.

The minute she was gone, click, and it went. Well, she came out of Weight Watchers with a smile on her face. I presumed it was a good week. And she saw her young son, I'm presuming 7, 8 max with his finger in the gutter because it had rained. I was using dirty puddle water

to cool my finger which had been severely burnt by the cigarette lighter. Okay. At least you knew what to do. Put it in cold water. At least she didn't look out the window of Weight Watchers and see the car on fire. They're like, great news, Christine, 800 grams down this week. Wahoo.

Everyone is here. Christine, she looks out the window and I'm like, don't worry about it. Nothing to see here. Cha-cha-cha-cha. Congratulations. It's a great week for you. The car's on fire.

So anyway, they were in the car, and then when we'd finished exercising, got back into the car, put the key in, turned, and it did that thing where it was like, no, it sounded like it was going to start, and then it really quickly turned to click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click. Oh, no. So I took the key out because this is some sort of magical trick that was going to work. Put the key back in and turned it and it did the same at the start.

And then click, click, click, click, click, click. And they felt red. And it was my fault because I gave them the keys and sat them in there. I was like, listen to the radio. And they had my phone. So they were like, listen to the songs they like. And it was totally my fault. They felt terrible about it and then I called...

It's not your fault. They should have turned the engine over a couple of times. I told them not to touch that. They weren't allowed to touch the key any further

because I know what it's like being a kid. It's very hard to sit there knowing that the windscreen wiper is squirt water and you only ever get to see that action from the back seat.

So you're finally out front. What do you want to do? You want to figure out what that the windscreen wipe is squirt water, and you only ever get to see that action from the back seat. So you're finally out front. What do you want to do? You want to figure out what gets the squirty going, what gets the back squirty going. You want to play with these things. But I also think that may have led to playing with the other side, and they're like, well, this one doesn't do anything because unbeknownst to them, it was daytime.

They'd turn the lights on and off, so the lights might have been left on. This is all a credit to you, though, because while it makes it sound like you guys were running for ages. Yes. Well, how long does it take for a Hyundai Santa Fe to go flat? See, that's, I also think, because the Honda's battery shagged. Yep. And I think this one might be on the way out as well.

Right. So I don't know how long they last, but we've never replaced it since we've had it. We've had it since we started here. So six years right that's pretty good life from a battery i think yeah so they're probably both need replacing but anyway i called and i knew having read the statistics of how many flat battery call outs there were when i called the roadside rescue that we've got with our insurance i was like hello and they were like

hello how can we help i was like i'm just wanting to add my name to the long list of statistics. And she was like, what have you done? I was like, I've got a flat battery. She's like, are you at your home address? I was like, no. Because I'm guessing most of the call outs were to the home address because the car had been in the garage or whatever. But no, there was no judgment,

which I was pleased with. Because I was ready to throw the kids under the bus, or the children, but then I thought how that would sound. I left my children unattended in a car for 35 minutes and they ran their battery flat. Oh, where were you? Weight watchers. Good week this week.

Good week. I was down 800 grams. My son burnt his finger on the cigarette lighter, though. That little shit deserved it. Oh well, at least he didn't burn the car down. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Fact of the day, day,

day, day, day. Day. I'm I just went past a couple times. There was someone doing skids outside. That just reminded me of that noise of that passing. There was someone doing skids last night. And I didn't think about it until I woke up this morning, and I was like, man, I'm still so tired.

It was those people doing skids. I was like, well, that's a level three breach. And you should have got your AliExpress road spikes out. Well, you know what they say about using your AliExpress road spikes. You've got to be pretty sure. Yeah. Because people can get really hurt. And you know what happened last time I set up my AliExpress road spikes?

Yeah, but they shouldn't be out. Should they? No, they shouldn't be. No, you did right. I might just leave the AliExpress road spikes set up at the end of the driveway. Just in case. So I can walk down and just eyeball them in my Jim Jams and just stomp the thing that makes the spikes come up. You'd go to work and forget you put out your AliExpress road spikes.

Oh, no, they'd be in the flat position. Oh, you're right. They'd be in the extended yet not erect position. Okay, right. Which is funnily enough how I look in my PJs when I stroll down to the end of the driveway in the middle of the night. Extended but not erect. That's what made me, no, that noise made me think of it.

The skids. Right, okay. And I thought that's a level three breach. It is. Well, it certainly is. I should have gone number plate and I should have reported them. Yeah. I mean, you're on my watch list now, pal.

Buddy old pal. Next time, get out your AliExpress rocket launcher. Well, I'm a little bit sketchy about how reliable that's going to be. It did cost $5. Yeah, I know. And came with a lot of extra rockets that I'm pretty sure I didn't order. Yeah, okay. You know, at least it'll show them my main business.

All right. Today's fact of the day is that in Mandarin, the written Chinese language, penguin, the symbols that make up penguin stand for business goose. Business goose. There's two symbols. Yes. The first one is business. The second for business goose. Business goose. There's two symbols. Yes. The first one is business.

The second one is goose. Because it is. It's a business goose. It looks like a goose and a tux and a suit. And a suit. Now, this is the sad. This is where I have to say there's more news and it's not all good. Okay.

Is that the sign that means business also means standing. So it could mean standing goose. Okay. And it also means tiptoeing. So it could mean standing goose. Okay. And it also means tiptoeing. So it could mean tiptoeing goose. Which I'm also okay with. Yeah. The tiptoeing goose.

Yeah. Standing goose, I'm a little disappointed in. But business goose would be my favorite choice to make this translation. But this isn't the only situation. The symbols that make up panda. Yeah. The first one is bear and the second one is cat. Cat bear.

Okay. And you know the red panda was called a panda before the giant panda. Right. So that would indicate that they named panda because that does look like a bear cat, the red panda. Yeah, it does. And then the other panda came along and they gave the name across. Alpaca is made up of the symbols for sheep and camel.

Oh, yeah. Which is, again, that's a fair call. Yeah, it is. That's a fair call. Lobster is dragon shrimp. Oh, yeah. Monster, the first one is strange and the second one is thing. And dolphin is sea pig.

Oh, yeah, because they're a bit snouty and a bit, yeah, okay. A little bit piggy. And the other one is a hippopotamus is river and horse. River horse? But you might think that's crazy, but the English origins of the word hippopotamus are also river horse from Greek. Are they? Ah. Well, aren't we learning today?

That's what we're here for. That's what we're here for. That's what we're here for. It's lovely. I'm here for it. So today's fact of the day is the symbols in the Chinese language that make up penguin also say business goose. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan

The Podcast ZM Homeschool Homeschool, we see you the homework And you have to report back with a 60 second presentation Iona, good morning Morning Now, yesterday you chose my subject,

the history of biscuits in New Zealand. Yeah, I did. Now, how did you go with your homework? Well, I forgot about it till last night after dinner, so then I had to do it. Classic. Unbelievable. We've just actually been chatting about biscuits in studio.

Fletcher's sent a new biscuit. I saw it at the supermarket during lockdown, the Fern's biscuit. And it's like a Fern, it's like a chocolate thin, but it's white caramelised icing, like a caramel. Chocolate. Caramelised white chocolate. That sounds like a bit of you, Fletch. It does, because I love caramel.

I just love biscuits, actually. She knows you. She knows me, yeah. They're only three hukka. That's not too bad. Three dollars. For a pack of Bic yeah. They're only three hukka. That's not too bad. Three dollars. For a pack of Bickey. It's not three hukka.

What a bargain. Three dollars. Three hukka. What a bargain, yeah. All right, well, you have 60 seconds to give us your presentation on the history of biscuits in New Zealand. Your time starts now. Okay, so biscuits are a crowd favourite in New Zealand.

By Google definition, they are like an unleavened cake, which is usually crisp and sweet, though Americans call scones biscuits, which is just bananas because they're not biscuits. Yeah, they're not. But anyway, in New Zealand, we have two big, biggy brands, Griffin's and Arnott. Griffin's are manufactured here in New Zealand we have two big bicky brands, Griffins and Arnott. Griffins are manufactured here in New Zealand

and they bring squiggles, our favourite of Fletchers. Yes. And Arnott bring us the mince slice, which was voted New Zealand's Biscuit of the Year in 2017 in a poll done by the project and advertised on ZM Online. As we know, Kiwis love a bit of home baking as well. So the first feature home-baked biscuit is the humble Afghan. It is believed they originated from New Zealand

and they were named after the colour, which is Afghanistan brown. So it's not actually after the country. Oh, wow. So a bit of racism there. Yeah, well, I wasn't sure. so it's not actually out of the country. Oh wow. So a bit of racism there. Yeah, well I wasn't sure. No,

because I understand Brown could have just been reflective of the environment rather than the people. Yeah, that would be Asgani Brown. Are we trusting that

from the history of No, not knowing New Zealand in the early 1900s. By gollywogs, no. Yes, true.

Okay, sorry, carry on. Okay, so our second feature biscuit is the Anzac Brickey. Yep. It's a popular biscuit at this time of year, and these Oaty Golden Syrup goodies have a lot more significance to them. During both World War I and II,

they were sold around Australia and New Zealand to raise funds for the war effort. This is a fact that I learned yesterday. Sorry, this is a fact that I learned yesterday. No, not yesterday. I thought that these were the troops in Gallipoli. Turns out they weren't. They had like, I think it was called ship's biscuits or, like, teeth crackers, apparently. But there is some evidence that they were sent out to the Western Front,

but mostly they just got ship's biscuits and they were sold here in New Zealand to raise funds for the war, yes. Yay! Wow, I always thought that's what made them a good biscuit for travelling is they lasted ages. Nah, apparently not so much. Wow. Interesting. And because it's quite a basic biscuit, isn't it?

I love it. The Anzac biscuit. I don't, I mean, I know we've just had Anzac, though. I don't like Anzac. You just love smothered in chocolate and candy. I know, I know. Yona, that was great. Yona, I'm going to give you an A+, because you mentioned all my favourite biscuits.

It's an A for me. It's an A for me. Great work. Okay. There we go. Thank you. So there you go. There was a PowerPoint presentation to go with this,

but it just became too hard. And also, we're on the radio. It's on the radio. What you do is, when you do something... No, no, no, but the PowerPoint was for you guys. Oh, bless. But when you do something and then you don't do it,

you just don't tell people you did it in the first place. No, I was just trying to shoot up a presentation. From years and years of laziness, you let me pass that knowledge on to you.

Iota, thank you so much. That is our, another edition of Homeschool. You know, you mentioned gollywogs ever so briefly there. Yes, I did, yes.

Not in support. No, Warren just went and wrote something down. I've written down gollywog. Why? We'll chat about it next. Oh, goodness me. Okay. Oh, I know what you're going to say.

ZM's Fletch, Warren and Megan, the podcast. So before when in passing gollywogs were mentioned, not in a positive light. No. More of a retrospectively light. I went, and it reminded me of something. Megan and I have conversed over the song and we are talking about the same thing. Is that when the teddy bear in the window hunt was happening,

we don't have neighbours and stuff. We don't live suburb and suburbia. But I mentioned before we put down to a park. It's so good to see. Yeah, we went for a walk and we saw so many and it was like kind of cute. I really like it. Gave kids something to do in isolation

and there was new ones or they changed or people were changing whereabouts they were in their house and their whole nation kind of got into it. I saw on one of our little walks a couple of gollywogs in the window. And I was like, I said, whoa, contentious. Yeah. Because I know any time gollywogs get mentioned,

people are like, you know, the old people come out and say, my best friend when I was a child was a gullywog. You say contentious. It's not contentious. It's racist. No, but what I'm saying is some people see it as a contentious issue of the whole, they'll go into bat for it. It's a rag doll.

It means just no. No, no, no. I saw and I went, oh, contentious. In 2020, it's a no. It's an absolute no. And the girls were like, oh, no. So I saw, and I went, oh, contentious. In 2020, it's a no. It's an absolute no. And the girls were like, oh, why? And I said to them, well, the origins of that is that they were always the bad character and the extrapolated facial features and just the whole thing.

And they're like, oh, okay, we've never had any. I was like, no, no, you haven't. You haven't. Anyway, the person who put the gollywog in the window was gardening and they heard it and, man, I got like, what? It's almost like they were gardening, waiting for someone to comment on the gollywogs because they wanted to have a go.

They were like fishing for it and then they were waiting. So I'm waiting for someone to be like, oh, God, I don't know about the gollywogs. And what did they say? Oh, you've bought into that, have you? Racism. Yeah. You've bought into that, have you? They're fine.

They're fine. Blah, blah, blah. Because it doesn't affect you in any way. Next quote. Some of my best friends are Maori. Oh, wow. I was just like, oh my god. Yeah.

I knew what you were talking about because I've also had a golly walk in my neighbourhood as well. I was tempted to write a wee note in the letterbox but then I was like, I don't think that's going to fall on deaf ears. Or they're lingering outside waiting for you to comment on it so they

can pounce on you. It was like they were missing the everyday interaction of being able to rile people up in some way. So they put that out there and they sat in the garden being like, oh, they'll come. These social justice warriors will be out today peddling their anti-racism. Don't they know some of my best friends are Marys?

Almost corrected them on the pronunciation them all. Don't they know some of my best friends are Maoris? Almost for me. Corrected them on the pronunciation and said the plural of Māori is just Māori. Yeah, no. I don't think that would have got through. I was like, quick children to the car! Why not give ZM's free and Clinton to listen to? Subscribe on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Hit music lives here. ZM. you