ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - February 25th

Episode Date: February 24, 2020

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ZM. Hit music. Lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Welcome to the show Fletch, Vaughan and Megan minus Megan. Who, if you were listening to the show yesterday, was not well. No, not at all well. She had a lump. She had a chinny chin. A chinny chin. A lump on her chinny chin. Yeah, yeah. We said, little pig, little pig, let me in. She said, not by this horrendous lump that possibly is an infection on my chinny chin chin. So she'd already had mumps and she'd been vaccinated, but apparently as an adult, you could get it again.

But it's also just as likely, in fact, more likely to be an infected saliva gland. Yeah, right. Tooth. So they've done some tests just to keep you updated. And she's dying. She's dying. She's got to stay away in case it is mumps. Yeah, we're all dying.

I don't want to bring anybody down on a Tuesday. But it's a slow crawl to the end. Toward death, yeah. Yeah. Great. It was positive. For all of y'all. So no Megan today.

But Megan had a trot towards death. Nah, she'll be fine. She's fine. She's fine. She'll be fine. I'm sure. She's on some pills though, eh? Some antibiotics.

So hopefully those kick in. Right. Come tomorrow. See, I didn't want her to just go crazy on the antibiotics. You wanted her to wait it out and what, fight it naturally. Well, just get a confirmation of diagnoses before jumping in. This is how we get antibiotic resistant. Oh, see, I'd just rather get some pills in me.

Right. And just get it done. Right. Faster. Oh, call me old school, but I don't want humanity going down. Well, I don't know if you've looked around the world. It is starting already. It's going down.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. True. That's viral though, right? Yeah. Coronavirus? I believe so. I don't, yeah. I watched one of those little mini documentaries about pandemics.

Terrible timing. What did you do that for? I didn't mean to. I was trying to get a speaker to work, so I had to put something on. That came on, and I became fascinated by it. Yeah, the explained one. Oh, yeah, those are good. And it's narrated by, oh, what's his name?

It was J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man. He was in Whiplash. He's the bald guy with the great deep voice. Yeah, what's that guy's name? That's going to really annoy me now you've said that. Hold on. J. Jonah Jameson. Yeah, what is that guy's name?

When you say it, I'm going to be like... J.K. Simmons. Yeah, J.K. Simmons. J.K. Simmons. He's got a great voice, that guy. Great voice. Right, okay. So he's narrating... So what is this?

We're screwed? It's the story of pandemics. It talks about H1N1. Right. Which was a massive... Was that bird flu? Okay. And they think it's because a bird came into contact with the same pig.

A sick bird came into contact with the same pig that a sick human came into contact with. Right. And so it gave it the bird flu. The human gave it the bird flu. The human gave it the human flu. And this pig was like the incubator for this intense flu that had the contagion aspect of the human virus and the deadly aspect of the bird virus while H1N1 was born, baby. Okay, now you're freaking me out.

Yeah. And that was just on a pig farm. Right. Watch those pigs. But streaming of these movies, these pandemic-y movies and stuff, has been through the roof. Yeah.

Why do we do this to ourselves? Well, we want to prepare ourselves. There's a big thing of hand sanitizer in the kitchen. I'm thinking I'm going to steal it. Just in case this all goes down. Why are you all so self-centered? What about everybody else around here that wants to stay? I'm going to lock myself in the house.

All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time. Story time, three news headlines. Odd, unusual news stories. Vaughan with Megan away today. It's your pick, Free Rain. Choose one of the following three headlines. Headline one, strong woman rolls eight fry pans in one minute.

Rolls eight fry pans? Yeah. Rolls. Wow. She must be so strong. Oh, that's a weak fry pan. She's very strong. Headline two, pet owner thanks miracle of God for return of pet poodle.

And headline three, teach him young. Those are your three headlines. The return of the pet turtle Peaks my interest Because the story of its disappearance Might be akin to The seagull that was snatched in Chihuahua Oh okay

We never found that Did we? Last year I don't believe so No Seagull that stole a Chihuahua Yeah I think that one You want that one? Well, you're very close.

Okay. Very close. Well, don't keep me waiting. We've got to close down in bloody eight pop-ups. This news website needs to make some money. A pet poodle was taken by a hawk. So you're very

close, like the seagull that took the Chihuahua last year. A woman, Deborah, she said her dog, Portia, was taken by a hawk. It was swooped down and picked up the poodle. Now, she was like, well, that's it. It's gone. That's what's cooked and done. Gives up on their pet. Oh, well,

you know what they say about poodles. Easy come, easy go. Well, it had been 28 hours. Where did it, like, did it swoop? Gone. Yeah, so it took it away,

but it actually did drop it some distance away. Yeah. She then gets a call from the vets or a pet hospital. So it must have been microchipped. And they said, look, we've got your poodle.

Apparently it's quite cold. 10 degree Fahrenheit weather. What's that? Very, very cold. Oh my God, no, 10 degrees below. Oh, really? Yeah, 10F and C is negative 12. Okay, this is also a dog that's blind and deaf and 16 years old.

Oh, no wonder she wrote it off. Because even the claws alone would have killed an old, deaf, blind 16-year-old. Well, you'd think so. So it had been dropped four blocks away. A neighbour found it and took it into the pet hospital because I'm assuming it had a few cuts and stuff. Wow. But yeah, it is alive and all good, just mending up at the vet hospital.

Portia the dog. Wow. See, if the Haast eagle was still around, we'd be losing Labradors. Yeah, that thing was gigantic, wasn't it? A massive, massive bird. What was the wingspan of that? Well, actually, the minute you started talking about hawks, I googled Haast eagle because they're one of my absolute favourites.

Yep. I don't know, but we only miss them by long. The minute you started talking about hawks, I googled car seagull because they're one of my absolute favourites. Yep. I don't know. But, you know, we only missed them by long. They reckon they became extinct around 1400. That's ages ago. I don't know, but not in the scheme of the world, you know. Yeah. Not in the scheme of extinction.

I can't see the... Oh, two and a half to three metres was the wingspan of that bird. You think about how big that is. That's gigantic. That's a gigantic bird. Like, I'm looking at the wall. Would that be that distance? That would be three metres away from you.

I mean, that's not great for people, like, not in the room with us now, but three metres, that's like a bedroom. Yeah. Isn't it? Well, it's like an Auckland inner city apartment. Yeah. Like, you couldn't have had your pet harse eagle inside.

It would have taken up the whole apartment. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast apartment. Yeah. Like you couldn't have had your pet harse eagle inside. It would have taken up the whole apartment. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. The University of Arizona has studied selfies. They've looked into selfies

in a paper published called The Journal of Children and Media. Which is a worrying. A word to blame. A word to blame? The media. No, no, no, no, no. Media as in how they express themselves on media.

On media. Social media. Okay, good. Social media. They talked to 278 girls between 14 and 17 about selfies. Right. And the main finding was don't worry about kids taking selfies and sharing them. It's the ones that take a lot of time editing

and changing how they look in apps post-selfie that you need to be a little bit more worried about or be watching and making sure that they know, right, not everything has to be perfect because they feel that the girls who are editing the selfies are more likely to be depressed and have a bad self-body image because they are changing themselves before they put it out there. Yeah, but then you're setting an unrealistic image of yourself, aren't you?

Editing yourself to look nothing like you do. Yeah, and then you'll never be happy with how you're received because that's not what people were expecting. But I feel like everyone does this. Executive intern Anya. Yeah. How do we feel about the editing of photos

on Instagram before we put them up? Everyone does it. Yeah. Definitely when I was a teenager I remember there was this feature called InstaThin and I would use that

every time I put up a photo. It's only now that I realised that was really bad. But, you know, definitely like filter the shirt out of them. Changing the way your body is actually shaped, not so much. Right.

But you'll go, will you go just, what apps will you use? Just filters or will you actually like face tune the hell out of it? No, I won't face tune, but I'll like VSCO, I think it's called. I'll put a sweet filter on and then I'll over filter that filter. That's filter section. You double dip the filter. I do. Every now and then I over-filtered that filter. That's filter section. You double-dip the filter. I do. Georgia, Georgia, how do you?

I actually don't know how to do it, so I send it to my friend who's got these presets and she just puts them all for me. Is she one of those friends that sells her presets? No, she created them and then she just puts them on your app, but she hasn't got around to doing mine yet, so. Well, she creates tailor-made presets. Yeah, people sell

them, Vaughn. No, but she's making it specifically, she's going to make one specifically for Georgia. Oh, no, not specific to me. She just has these basses she's made and she slaps them on mine. What's wrong with X-Pro2? I don't know how to use it. Oh, that's on Instagram, mate.

I'm not up with the filters. I don't know. Is she using to... That's a good question. I'm actually waiting currently. It's been about six months and I still don't have it on my phone,

so I'm not sure. Right, okay. What about you, Mountie? Because you're great with Photoshop. You can make anything. Yeah, I'm not bad at it, but when it comes to Instagram,

I'll just edit the exposure and lighting and things like that. Yeah. Smooth out the lines. May I start getting into a bit of this, do I? I'll show you after the show. Don't nod that vigorously, Executive Intern Anya, or you'll lose your executive state high.

That sort of sass in the nod department. Nah. So what did the study say? Don't do it. Or just keep an eye out for it. It's a red flag. It's a little bit worrying. The odd selfie's not hurting anybody, but if it's all

that's on the camera roll and there's apps to heavily edit them, that's where concern is. Some red flags. Yeah. ZM's Fletch Warner-Megan, the podcast. Sean Carroll is a name that may not mean anything to you. Yeah. He's a theoretical physicist.

Yeah, right. And he was in Auckland at the weekend, and he does a speech called Our Preposterous Universe and talks all about, like... Is he famous? Is he like the Post Malone of the physicist world? Is he doing a tour and I didn't know about it? No, well, he's doing a tour,

but I don't know if he's the Post Malone of the physicist world. So you're doing a tour and I didn't know about it. No, well, he's doing a tour, but I don't know if he's the Pius Malone of the physicist's world. Right, okay. But he said highly probable we're living in a parallel universe. But of course we're living in a parallel universe, but it's got to be parallel to something. So what is it parallel to? Well, what did he say? There's another universe next to us.

Well, it's like It's a never ending Possibility Infinite possibilities So do you think there's a me in the other universe Yep That's what he's saying Maybe not though because it all depends what universe you go to You might go to a universe where

Your grandad got hit in the balls Playing cricket And it registered him unable to have children. So why don't live? Henceforth, your father wasn't born and then you were born. That could be the one difference between our universe and

this parallel universe. But then the whole world would be off kilter, wouldn't it? But it's all they've ever known. Oh, okay. It's a fleshless universe. Yeah, that's weird. Okay. So I was really looking forward to just popping into another universe and seeing myself. Well, you could be there or you could have made like one different choice when you were a kid and now you could be the head of the...

Munger mob. Munger mob. Or the headhunters. Freaking. And then there'd be another universe where if you weren't the headhunters in that first one, you'll be the headhunters in the next one. Oh, okay. Right.

Yeah. Great. Infinite okay. Right. It's infinite possibilities. Imagine that you're just walking along and you walk in from another universe. Would you be a bit freaked out? It'd take a fair bit to convince me that it wasn't a joke or a prank or something. Right. But, yep, it's a bit much to think about. He did this talk on a Saturday.

I hope nobody was, like, high. Or hungover. Imagine hearing all that chat when you're hungover. Yeah, no thanks. No, come on, man. Not now. Not now. I'm exhausted. I just wanted a footlong bloody sub.

I just wanted all the extra meat. I can't. And you wandered into a business chat about Parallel Universe. You're like, this is a heavy chat for a pre-sub chat, okay? From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there and welcome to the... Bit of cheese last night. Bit of cheese last night with dinner?

No, I don't think so Okay I can't even remember what we had for dinner You can't remember what you had for dinner last night Yeah zoodles Zoodles Zucchini noodles God I love those They're great

I got a spiralizer Yeah Brilliant invention What does your spiralizer look like? What's what? You stick it in and twist it? Yeah, you stick it in and twist it. It looks like a sand...

An hourglass. Yeah, one of those. Okay, maybe we've got the same sort of spiralizer. Yeah, we might have. And then you shut your eyes, and you can almost pretend it's actual noodles. Yeah. Without the guilt of post-6pm carbs.

Carbohydrates. I know. Yeah, zoodles. But have you ever tried to put a mushy zucchini into that? That's a fool's errand. You've got to have a hard zook, mate. You've got to have a hard zook. The harder the zook, the better.

Yeah, because if you've got a soft... Because then also, you want to steam them. Yeah. To give them the noodley texture, and if they're already soft... Yeah. Puckeroo, mate. It's a slimy mess. Yeah, you don't want a slimy mess in your zoodle.

So the, what were we talking about? Cheese. Right, we haven't even started. A lot of people have discovered that Bunnings will do a dead plant return policy. Now we talked about this briefly yesterday. It went nuts yesterday. I got tagged in it and sent it so much because you kill houseplants.

Oh my god, do you want to see? I've got a dying houseplant. Like, I'm so bad at this. Why didn't you use? Have you printed off my houseplant cheat sheet? Oh, what the? What is this one? I don't know.

I put it on top of the fridge, so I think it needs more sun. You've over-wooded. Nah. Those dripping leaves are dead at the end, dead at the tip. Nah. I don't know what's going on. Can you cut off the dead ones? Yeah, I'm gonna do that today. Or now, I can take

it back. God, they're gonna go out of business. It's bizarre that this is a thing. Because it became big news yesterday, and then all the news outlets were highlighting the different plant stores that will do this. Yeah, most of them do. But I heard from a lot of people saying they just passed the buck back to the grower.

Oh, that's not cool. I know, that's not cool. If you take a whole lot of plants back, it could be going back to the person who raised it from a seedling, from a seed to a seedling, and got it to a point of healthiness to sell it to a store, and then they gave it to you, you irresponsible mongrel. Yeah, okay.

And you killed it, and now it's back to them. They have to pay it. See, I was all good with a big, giant Australian corporate business, taking the hit for my dead pot plants, but not like a mum and dad grower or something. Yeah, I think it's a local grower. Yeah, that's not cool. But on the back of the Bunnings plant return policy, the top six other return policies we need.

Okay. Number six, this razor nicked me and made me bleed, and while it was fun to flick blood around in the shower for a little bit, and be like, it won't stop now, and I've got tissue, I've got toilet paper stuck to my head. Returns policy. You need the pencil.

The stip- That doesn't work for me. The aluminum sulfate or whatever it is. That works for me. It just stops it bleeding straight away. Why does it get blood all over the lip? It looks like a little hard lip balm. Yeah, right.

It gets blood all over the lip balm. Okay. But you could return the razor. That'd be nice. Yeah, the top six other returns policies. We need number five, the I've put too much salt on this food return policy. I've got to restrain it. I've messed it up.

Tip, tip, tip. And then the salt will break through. Yeah. And it will coat your food. And then it's too salty and you've ruined it. And you could return it. Yeah. I mean, it's your fault, but now it's theirs.

Yeah. Number four on the list of the top six other returns policies we need, the I drank most of this goon sack of wine and it made me feel a little bit recycled return policy. Yeah, take it. Was that what you want though, another goon? No, you just want credit. Oh, right.

It's still credit. And then you just go buy chips and stuff to help with the hangover that the goon gave you. Yeah, okay. It's a win-win. Number three on the list of the top six other returns policies we need. The ice cream fell off my cone and I didn't even get to look at policy. What is it? Yeah, what?

Because I've had that before where it's nearly come off and I'm like, who would have paid for this? I would have had to buy a new one, eh? I think you'd be pretty hard pressed to find an ice cream roller that wouldn't roll a kid another ice cream if it fell off. Well, I'm not a kid though, am I? No. So I'd have to buy a new one. It'd be on you.

But if a kid drops it and it cries, I think it'd be a bit heartless to be like, eat it off the floor or pay for another one. I'd probably definitely pick out a couple of goody-goody gumdrops before I let that ice cream go. Because it hasn't touched the floor, so technically those are okay.

Yeah. I'd probably cut off the bottom part, leave them to clean that up, plop the rest back on top of the cone. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six other returns policies we need, the apparently this car needed its oil and water checked periodically returns policy.

When you've fried your car. Yeah. Yeah, great idea. How were you supposed to know? Yeah. They should have taken care of that before you got it. And number one on the list of today's top six other returns policies we need.

This toaster doesn't toast enough on one push down, but it will completely burn the breed in two. That's on you. Yeah. Returns policy. Yeah. Especially a lovely thick Vogels. Yeah.

Lovely thick Vogels. Barely warms it up on the first one and you come back later and it's burnt it. How does it do it? It's weird you've given us six ridiculous options there for returns that sound crazy and you'd never do them but yet the plants one. Sounds as crazy.

It's number one. I've been like, you kill a plant due to your own negligence or inability to keep something alive, return it and get your money back or another plant. It's ridiculous. I know, but it's happening. That is today.

So you watch it get canceled before the end of the week. Some strict guidelines come in with it. That's today's top six. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan,'s today's top six. Otago University. So this is a homegrown study. They've said that if you're in a shitty mood, you should bake. Oh, okay.

You should bake. Everyday creative activities, like cooking and baking, lead to an increased well-being, a little bit of a mood change. So any activity, scrapbooking, colouring in. Yep, yep. Anything.

Those are included. Knitting, painting if you're into it, some creative writing. Oh, okay. Could all change your mood. The Journal of Positive Psychology, they asked 658 university students to keep a diary of their daily activities and emotional states that they would feel during these activities. Right. They kept it for two weeks.

Then they analysed them and they found that things like cooking and baking, they reported higher levels of enthusiasm. And those aren't activities where you have to do like a lot of strenuous activity, are they? No. Because I would have thought like if you're out there going to the gym

or running or walking, that would help. But baking was good. It made you relax, but also at the end of it, you had cookies. But that's a double-edged sword because you bake,

you feel good baking, you eat a little bit of the batter. Yeah. Smells good when you're in the car. Yep. Eat the batter. Yeah. And then you make the biscuits and they smell delicious and then you eat them little bit of the batter yeah smells good yep eat the batter yeah and then you make the biscuits

and they smell delicious and then you eat them but then you're like oh I've eaten a whole cake or all these biscuits and then you're back to feeling bad sometimes that's what you need

but something like knitting yeah I would find very frustrating yeah because I don't know how to do it and the same with painting I've never painted anything then looked at it and thought, well done.

Job well done. Not even a wall? Oh, yeah. If it's just one colour. Yeah, right. Then you're okay with that. I can be a bit fastidious about that. Yeah, right.

And the corners and a little smooth and nice. Yeah. But I've never been like, it's time to paint a landscape, Bob Ross. Because, yeah, I'm the same. Paint by numbers. It's not funny. I know. I see people draw and paint and I'm just like, wow, that is like some the same. Even paint by numbers. It's not funny. I know, like, I see people draw and paint, and I'm just like, wow, that is, like, some skill.

I wish I had that. Do they know what it's going to look like before they start? I think so. They've got an idea. I've just never known the process of drawing something. Do they have any idea? Are they copying what they can see in their mind? I think so.

Wow. Executive intern, Anya, you love the baking. Does that make you feel better post if you're in a bad mood? Yeah, definitely. Especially because we have quite a bit of time in the afternoons. So if you can fill it up making a little afternoon treat. Yeah. And then it also helps de-stress you.

And I just make super easy things. Like what? What do you do baking? So banana choc chip muffins is my specialty. Okay. Because like mashing the bananas. Oh, it's so therapeutic. Have you never seen a banana choc chip muffin here at work? Have you? No, for all this talk about them.

There's a lot of talk about banana choc chip muffins. Oh, I've got a famous banana choc chip muffin, but this is easier to make it. Excusez-moi. If you'll cast your minds back to 2017, it was one of my first days here and I bought in some brownie and Fletch said it was dry, so I never have baked again. Wow.

Well, I mean, it probably was dry. A brownie should be moist. Do you know what? You don't see peanut brownies anymore. Oh, yuck. Why would you do that? Because they're yuck. Because everybody was like, the peanut's dragging it down.

The brownie on itself is dragging it down with the peanuts. You want a molten effect. Have another go. Yeah, right. And bring it in, and then we'll see. To get your approval. Sure. If that's what you need.

Wow. What did we say? Bring in the banana choc chip muffins. Okay. That's probably where you went wrong. Don't bring in a brownie unless you've got chocolate sauce, caramel sauce or ice cream to go with that. Okay, boss. What about a yogurt?

Or a bit of yogurt? Sure. Yogurt on a brownie, nah. Nah, see, I'm with you. Yuck. Yuck on the yogurt. You're an old mate, Vaughan. When they ask, do you want cream or yogurt?

You say, oh, yuck, cream, please. You always go yogurt. No. No. No. No. Yeah, George is with me. She knows what I'm talking about.

All thanks to Save My Bacon, making borrowing better for financially responsible Kiwis. Soundkeeper Gary, good morning. Good morning. How are we feeling today? Good, mate, good. Jackpot? You want a jackpot, don't you? You want a Jackpot? You want a jackpot, don't you?

You want a jackpot? You want a jackpot? I just thought it'd be funny when Megan's not here to give us a jackpot. You know what? I'm actually itching a jackpot. I'm feeling a jackpot. Are you? But I think I'm going to give it an hour.

Okay. Because I want something from you. From the both of you. Oh, Gary. I'm already disinterested. Oh, it's a one-way street, is it? It's about what you can do for me, Gary. Yeah, exactly.

That's how it works. That's how it works. But we may not get there yet because there's someone who could win 55 right now. Okay, yeah, no fair call. You're right. We may be jumping the gun. Rebecca, good morning. Good morning.

All right, so this is the secret sound. $55,000 is all yours right now, if you can tell us what that is. No pressure. I think it's the gas being dispensed into a bottle of water in a soda stream machine. Oh, okay. Do you both have soda streams? I do, yes.

Non-spawn. I have one, but I've never opened it because it's a slippery slope. Why? To just fizzing everything. No, you can't fizz everything. I tried to fizz. What did I try to fizz? Oh, some homemade kombucha, and it just went everywhere. Yeah, that's a bad idea. No, but I't fizz everything. I tried to fizz. What did I try to fizz? Oh, some homemade kombucha and it just went everywhere.

Yeah, that's a bad idea. No, but I saw online the other day someone had a goon. They fizzed a goon. Yeah, you can fizz a goon. That's okay. But you couldn't fizz a kombucha because doesn't kombucha already have a bubbly element? It wasn't that fizzy. But it just went everywhere.

Yeah. But I just use it for the soda water, for vodka sodas and lemon sodas. I'd be fizzing Milo. You'd be fizzing Milo. Why couldn't you fizz Milo? But how, okay, back to the clue though. Is it at work? Do we have a soda?

We do have one here. We do have one at work, yes. Okay. It got used once, the gas bottle emptied, and then nobody filled it up. So it's just been sitting there for like six hours. What happens if you don't screw it on tightly? No, no, it was just people used it.

It ran out. You just said it got used once. Oh, you mean it got run through once and then no one, that's the other thing about SodaStreams, then you're gilded

into buying another CO2 canister. But you are saving the planet. Are you? Okay. It's carbon dioxide that's killing the planet, Gary.

And you're just dispensing more into the atmosphere. I think that works with it though. It does sound dioxide that's killing the planet, Gary. And you're just dispensing more into the atmosphere. I think that works with it, though. It does sound very similar, Rebecca. Hmm. Hmm. Well, keep hoping. Rebecca?

Yes? That's a great guess, but that is not what the secret sound is. Oh. All good. All right, thanks, Rebecca. We'll come back at 8 o'clock. And will you want something? I want something from both of you.

You're going to tell us now or at 8? Actually, I will tell you now. Okay. I want a compliment. Jesus, Gary. If you both like... What are you, needy? Let's have some man love here.

That's so... That is. Wait, so if we give you a compliment at 8 o'clock... I'll raise the jackpot. To what? $59,000. No. Flat 60.

And I get a compliment? Yep. Done deal. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Megan away today. If you heard the show yesterday, she had a little bit of a mystery lump on the face. Wasn't feeling great. Sore necks or.

More like a swollen side of the face. It looked like it was centered on the side of the chin, but it would spread somewhat for swelling. So she's in some kind of, I guess, a self-isolation in case she's got mumps. Yeah. Which is a possibility, but more likely an infection. A gland.

The temp was up. Oh, yeah. That tells me the body's fighting something. She's sore in the neck. So she's getting seen to. But in her absence, a few weeks ago, you may remember, a little printout of Megan was made and laminated. Yeah.

And still being used, I believe. And she would go to a shoe website, and she would put her little cutout over the shoe to see what the shoe looked like with her. Now, that was a very simple one. You could also make a paper doll of yourself and add different outfits. Or, yeah, just print out your head and arms. Yeah.

And hold them on little sticks next to the T-shirts. Yes. Or dresses or whatever. It could be done for anything, really. Brilliant hack. And we actually did that and surprised her with that. Yeah. And then yesterday we started getting notifications from people saying,

hey, look, it's Megan on the Hindustan Times website. Hindustan Times, that's in India? So I've just looked, yeah. It's an Indian English language daily newspaper and website inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1924. Well, you don't get better than that. You don't get better than that, do you? You get the Mahatma Gandhi tick of a brick.

It has a circulation of nearly a million people. The newspaper, that's just not the online section. So that's big. I've seen it on the Daily Mail, The Sun, The Mirror. What's Nine Honey? Nine Honey's honey. Nine.com.au It's just their lifestyle section. Channel Nine. Honey. Oh, nine.com.au.

Oh, you're right. It's just their lifestyle section. Channel Nine's website. Mirror of the Sun, Daily Mail, Metro. Woman has tiny cut of herself to make sure she buys the right shoes. Revolutionary online shopping tip. Now, how did this get around? What are the social stats for that information?

We go to Mountie at the social media desk? Where do people get this from? So this was put up on the ZM online Facebook page and it currently has 2.5 million views. That's not bad for an idea we nicked off somebody else. We've stolen something

there and got the popularity out of it. The social stats people in this company must be fizzing at the bit. Absolutely. Yeah, they'll be chomping. Well, that's how the internet works, isn't it? Yum, yum, yum, they'll be saying. More stats. More. A tasty stats. More clicks. More

insights. I don't like to do this because then next week, when we reach next week when we don't do something they're going to be like, why don't you do the shoes thing again? Well, I actually get that feedback, not you guys. Oh, that's good. Because we don't do something, they're going to be like, why don't you do the shoe thing again? Well, I actually get that feedback, not you guys. Oh, that's good. Because I don't have another idea for next week. I haven't seen anything we could steal.

Yeah, neither. So that means next week our web stats will be down 2.1 million. Yeah, we're going to have to dig a little deeper. This is why you don't try. Because you set yourself up for failure. Yeah. And now there's going to be a blip on our graph. Great, a blip. Everybody wants to there's going to be a blip on our graph. Great.

A blip. Everybody wants to live at the highs of the blip, not the lows of the blip. No, yeah, but you've got to have the lows to have the highs. You've got to have the lows, so that's how highs work. Yeah. But if we could make our lows the same as the highs at the level of the highs, wouldn't they be gobbling like gritty little pigs at the trough of social media insights? They'd be... Where do we steal the shoeough of social media insights. That'd be...

Where did we steal the shoe thing from? No idea. Does anybody remember? I think I saw it on Instagram. It was on TikTok. Oh, was it? Okay. We've got to steal more stuff off TikTok.

Download the app. I'll go there right now. Oh, what have I done with it? Oh, Dad's lost his TikTok. Next on the show, polling moly. Oh, not yet. I've got to go on the TikTok and see what we're going to steal. First video. Oh, Dad's lost his TikTok. Next on the show, polling moly. Oh, not yet. I've got to go on the TikTok and see what we're going to steal. First video. Oh.

Oh, that didn't take long to end up in a TikTok hole, did it? Remember those little worms that you'd make it look like a magic but they were being pulled along by a little bit of nylon the whole time and you'd make it look like the worm was dancing? Someone turned it into a stripper and it's going up the pole.

Now that's good TikTok. Okay, well you do that next week for the web stats. Otherwise, the web stats will be down. Okay. It's Polly Moly,

Moly, Moly, Moly, Polly Moly, Moly, Moly. Come on! All right,

Polly Moly, we put a series of questions on our Instagram stories and we ask you to vote yes or no. Very simple. Well, not always yes or no, but it's series of questions on our Instagram stories, and we ask you to vote yes or no. Very simple. Well, not always yes or no, but it's always one of two options. Yep.

And then we give you the poll results. And this one was the sleep edition. We always like to theme them. Sleep, very important. No one's getting enough. No. If you're getting enough, you're having too much. Yeah.

You've got to hit that Goldilocks zone of sleep, don't you? But nobody can. So we've asked some questions about sleep. Everybody's favourite pastime. The first question, do you snooze your alarm? This is my, you know, this is my pet peeve, Vaughan, because you're a snoozer. Yep.

A big snoozer of the alarm. I set my alarm at the last possible moment. Yeah. And I have to get up. So I know I have to get up because if I don't, I'm going to be late. Yeah. So I just get up. There's no snoozing. I would rather have and people that snooze like

half an hour, that's three wake-ups, isn't it? Every ten minutes. Why not have half an hour of uninterrupted sleep and then just get up? Don't know. The human condition. Just get up. Don't know. The human condition. Just get up. I like how

nine minutes is also just long enough to fall back to a nice comfortable sleep. When your alarm first goes off you're like okay it's time to get up but I'll just snooze once but then you just put yourself into this funk. This muddy puddle of wake

up for the next time. But we asked, do you snooze your alarm? And 66% of people said yes. 34% said no. They're just like me. They just get up and get on with it. That's two thirds. That's higher than I would have, I mean lower than I would have thought I would have thought. We would have been up around the 80 mark

for the snoozes. Yeah, same. Next question we asked is how many hours of sleep do you get? That Goldilocks spot of whereabouts you get. And this was a sliding graph. It slided along between four or less. Yeah. Up to 10 plus.

And the average answer was seven. Just over seven, which is pretty good. Yeah, that's all I need. If I get any more I just start waking up early. Yeah. That's the thing about at the like Friday night and Saturday night when you're used to getting up really early, you can't go to bed too early. Otherwise you wake up

at the same time. Yeah, you don't get to sleep and the old bods just churned into that. The Sleep Edition of PoliMoli also asked, do you listen to something while you sleep? This could be podcasts This could be music This could be whale calls

See I get the idea of listening to music To fall asleep But people that have to Because I know someone that has to have rain playing Like rain sound effects So they'll just leave their phone on the side of the bed And it sounds like it's raining on the roof. My brother runs a strict fan regiment.

Oh, yeah? Even in winter. So he's got a fan going because he likes the noise of the fan. Oh. Even in winter? Yeah. Oh, no, that's weird. He just likes the white noise provided by a fan.

How does his wife feel about that? I don't know. She's... Doesn't care. Yeah. She's just grown used to it. Right. I'd imagine it'll be probably in the first or second paragraph of their divorce papers when they are a ship.

Yeah, right. But yeah, he runs his fan policy and he says, why not get a little white noise machine beside the bed? Yeah, or just play some music, some whales or something. But do you listen to something while you sleep? Like 28% of people surveyed do listen to something while they sleep. 72% like a good bit of silence while they sleep. Polly Molly Sleep Edition, do you have a top sheet?

This is a big discussion because the millennials and the Gen Zs, they've gone anti-top sheet, haven't they? Yeah, and Georgia is one of those manky people who sweats all over a duvet in summer and doesn't wash it that much probably. No, we've clarified I wash it every couple of weeks. Okay, the duvet cover. The duvet cover. I just do it all in one go.

Okay, right. Oh, do you have no top sheet? No. I'm currently rucking a no top sheet situation. Shade just decided one day we weren't top sheeting. What? In summer we don't top sheet. No, but in summer, you need the sheet.

You just need a light sheet. Because you might have a fan on, or it might get on. You need a good summer duvet. You do, and it's just that weight of snuggling into something. Because at home's away at the moment, I need something to cuddle into. A bit of security. Yeah. But doesn't it get too hot with the duvet?

No, I have to be all tucked in because otherwise the gremlins will get me I can't be having Well you're safe aren't you? What about you Executive Intern Anya? You run a hot tent Do you go top sheet or any straight duvet? Do I?

Such a bizarre thing for one co-worker to say to another I don't have absolutely no idea But you know what's very creepy? You don't have absolutely no idea. But you know, it's very creepy. You run a hot tent. You run a hot tent. It just means that, you know, some people,

they exude a lot of heat. Are you saying I'm sweaty? No, I'm not saying you're sweaty. You're just running a hot-a-core tent. You kind of are. It's not coming across

as a compliment, that's for sure. It's really not. You know who runs a hot tent? Big dude, muscly dudes. I'm a muscly dude?

No, I'm not saying you're a muscly dude. Where are you going with this? Yes, I do a top sheet and I only sleep under the sheet at the moment. There's no other blanket, no other business because I'm just so steaming hot all night. Where's the security there? I don't know, the duvet's a bit added security.

It's so hot. How is anyone sleeping under anything at the moment? Yeah. It's ridiculous. Like, I'm a nude sleeper, and there'll be no sheet. I might have my foot under, just so that if I do need the blankie later, I'm under it. Like, ready to go. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ready to go. Wow. 68% of people said, of course I have a top sheet. And 32% said, what's the point of a top sheet? Monsters. Fierce debate. Fierce debate, the old top sheet one. Has a partner's snoring ever ended your relationship

was another question we asked for the sleep edition of PoliMoli. And 93% of people said, no, it has not. 7%. They've had to give up. Ended it with it Because of the snoring. In the past I've had flatmates like years ago and I remember one you could hear him down the hallway.

No good. How does someone sleep with that? I don't know. Which maybe leads us on to the last question. Do you and your partner sleep separately? 8% said yes and 92% said no. They still cohabitate the bedroom. But 8% of people.

I'd imagine if we had an older audience, that would get higher. If we did this poll in the 1970s, when people were unhappily married because you just had to stay married unhappily, then it might be higher. Yes. For sure.

Significantly higher. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. We want to talk about something that Petra in the office, who's not here yet. There may have been a bus delay. Phil Goff, am I right?

Funny there were more roads for calls. So she opened up to you, Executive Intern Anya. Yes. Was this to be shared or was this a private girls chat? It was initially a private girls chat

and then I was like, we simply must tell the nation about this. That's what makes a great executive producer. Yeah. Exploiting people's personal lives.

Personal lives. Emotions. Yeah. It's just a little thing I like to do. So we had a chat and she was telling me about how she's got

a real little penchant for guys who wear Patagonia shirts. Now these are, Andy's just recently got one actually and she replied to my story being like,

oh damn. I didn't know this when I was wearing my Patagonia long sleeve t-shirt last two winters. Have you got one? Yeah, I've got one. What is this Patagonia long sleeve t-shirt last two winters. Have you got one? Yeah, I've got one. What is this Patagonia?

Isn't this what they called the earth before it split up into continents? Also a clothing label, yes. Yeah, so she finds them real hot. So it wouldn't matter if the guy wasn't her usual standard cup of English breakfast. She likes them if they're in a Patagonia shirt. Yeah, and so much to the point that she went out and bought one cup of English breakfast. She likes them if they're in a Patagonia shirt. Yeah. And so much to the point that she went out and bought one

in the hope that she would attract guys. Right. She could just hang out at any store that sells Patagonia t-shirts. Who sells Patagonia? Andy got his from Kathmandu.

Yeah. Outdoor stores. Oh, so you've got to be able to have Kathmandu do them. Yeah. I think he said he got it from there. They do their own stuff. There are heaps of outdoor stores. There's outdoor stores sell them and clothing stores.

How much do one of these T-shirts retail for? They're a very woke company, though. Super woke. Super woke. Yeah, a great company. I'm just looking on their website. There's a lot of wokeness. I'm being a lot of wokeness.

Right, okay. Yeah, on all the things. But I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing one because I've never climbed a rock face. This looks like an adventure brand.

It was an outdoor clothing brand. You don't have to. I'm not outdoorsy enough to, people would be like, hey, Patagonia t-shirt, bro. Cool, man. And I'd be like,

oh, thanks. And they'd be like, do you want to come rock climbing? Bring your own harness. And then I'd have to go buy a harness. You were man. And I'll be like, oh, thanks. And they'll be like, do you want to come rock climbing? Bring your own harness. And then I have to go buy a harness. You were never in the Rip Curl Pro, but you still wore your boardies, didn't you? And how many rips did I get caught in trying to look like I knew what I was doing on a surfboard?

I'm saying, I'm older now. I am wiser. Yeah, right. I shan't be going rock climbing. That sounds like a disastrous way to hurt oneself. Pangea is what they called the world before it was called the world. Not Patagonia. Thank you for everybody letting me know.

Right, okay. That's fantastic. But weird that that would make someone really hot. A piece of clothing. Yeah. Transcends the looks. Yeah. Because let's face it, that's initial attraction, right?

The first initial attraction is someone's got to hook you in with a look. There's got to be a sparkle in the eye. Yeah, certainly. Then the personality. Oh, she's just turned up. The bus has arrived. Oh, she's wearing a Patagonia t-shirt.

Brilliant. Petra, Petra, what is it about a guy in a Patagonia t-shirt that gets you fizzing? I don't know. It's just, it fits really well. It catches my eye.

I'm like, wow, they must be outdoorsy. This is what I'm saying. She's going to expect me to be a rock climber if I'm wearing one of these. Right. What if the guy isn't that attractive though? Has he got points added because he's wearing the Patagonia t-shirt? Yeah. The shirt kind of adds a little layer.

I'm like, wow, that's hot. And then I kind of miss the point of the actual human. Let's say a guy's a straight six in a standard tee. He puts on a Patagonia. He was a six before the Patagonia. What is he now? Ten. It's a four.

Wow. It's a four-point jumper? Yeah. Wait, so if he's a five and he puts on the Patagonia, what is he now? Nine. So it is a four-point jumper? Yeah. Wait, so if he's a five and he puts on the Patagonia, what is he now? Nine. So it is a four-point jumper. Holy moly. So if you were a one, you'd be a midfield player if you were in a Patagonia T-shirt.

Yeah, you would. Did you see any hot guys when you went Patagonia T-shirt shopping? Because you're wearing yours now. Well, I actually bought it online because I was worried that people might think that I'm buying it for my boyfriend, but I don't want to look like I have a boyfriend. Right, because you're trying to find your boyfriend in a Patagonia t-shirt. You're hoping, yeah, right, okay. Could we take some calls this morning and maybe see if this is a thing?

Like, is there an item of clothing that makes someone really hot to you? Makes them jump four points? Or makes them, you know them jump a lot of points. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know if you're going to find a four-pointer. A four-point add-on. But, yeah, just clothing in general. A piece of clothing that you like.

They're really about the shoes, aren't they? A lot of people are sneaky heads. They'd be fascinated probably because the person would appreciate the same shoe. Yeah. I don't know. I think you might be alone in this, Petra. Oh, George, no. What's one item of clothing that gets you going? Straight RM Williams.

If a dude's wearing those boots, it's just like, wowee. You're so Canterbury. There is an instant because also they are some good quality shoes. They're expensive too. You're seeing a guy that's not afraid to splash out a bit of cash on some nice boots. Tess, what do you find really attractive on a guy?

It's not an item of clothing. It's a brand. Okay. Which brand? I cannot resist a guy who wears iLab. Well, there'll be a few of those out there for you. Yeah. Yeah.

It's easy to know if they're wearing iLab because if you can't see their clothes, you might be able to see their car and it will be a turboed Subaru Forester or a Mitsubishi Lancer. Or a Honda Integra. I mean, totally stereotyping here. Completely.

Yeah, so wrong. But they're wearing an iLab t-shirt and that's it. They've gone up how many points? Oh, four. That's a four-pointer?

Yeah, absolutely. Well, because to me, like, iLab is a duck boy brand. Yeah, and you love a duck boy.

I'm an ice queen, so I'm just like, oh, something to tear apart. Hello, darling. Wait a minute, hold on, you're an ice queen, so I'm just like, oh, something to tear apart. Hello, darling. Wait a minute. Hold on. You're an ice queen?

Yes. You like tearing apart duck boys? Yes. I love that. You should. Wow. Wow. Wow. You should. Technically, if you're tearing apart ducks, you should be a poo kicker. Right. Do they

love? Okay. They'll pull a duckling limb from limb. Tears, thanks for your call. Keep your calls coming in. She's dangerous. I think we need to isolate that phone number. Maybe pass it along to the police just as a precautionary measure. I tell you what, there's no shortage of gents. Bust out a refill and a pen and take some notes.

Yeah. Because there's a few consistent, so many. So, look, I'm scrolling right the way down. God, is it a Thirsty Thursday or something? No, it's Thirsty Tuesday. And Taco Tuesday. Oh, that's not to be joked about. No.

Somebody said black lingerie. On girls, on guys, it can look a bit weird. But that's just their taste. Some people might be into guys in black lingerie on girls, on guys it can look a bit weird. But that's just their taste. Some people might be into guys in black lingerie. Hear a lot about a well-fitted suit. Oh, yeah. Well-fitted seems to be the consistency here and the difference. Somebody said we were going to a wedding once and my partner at the time's suit didn't fit when he put it on.

It was so unattractive. It was too big. That relationship didn't work out. Yeah. Somebody said Wrangler jeans, a well-fitting jean.

That's getting a few mentions. Georgia's not alone in her love for a pair of R.M. Williams either. Oh, those will all be coming from Canterbury,

those texts. Timberland boots. Somebody said Timberland boots are a massive red flag, but red's my favourite colour, so what it do, baby? Millie, what's the one item of clothing on a guy that does it for you? So I love it when guys wear hats. Okay.

Because hats frame the face, and I just love, it gets me. When they wear either front ways or back ways, it's just like, whoo! Well, it's lucky you're not in studio. Because we're both wearing hats. Hat-wearing hotties. Oh, my God. Are we flirting? I've been out of the game for a long time.

I don't know what's happening here. Are you wearing hats? Yeah, we're both wearing hats. Yeah, we're both wearing hats. Yeah, we're both wearing hats. Fletch is this blue, mate. Sorry, I love it, eh? Millie, thanks for your call. Ask for more text messages.

Somebody said, anything that makes a man look like he's not afraid of a bit of hard work. Oh, I'm getting a few texts in about tradies too. Tradies. Is it the, Georgia, you mentioned the Tradies. Is it the Georgia? For the ladies. You mentioned the tradies. Is it the high-vis? Is it the high-vis and shorty shorts and the big chunky boots that do it for you?

Nah, not so much. But I tell you what, though, it shows a hard-working man. Yeah, I think that's the message. Which is quite attractive. Okay. Message there. And he's not afraid to say he's working late but be down at the pub with the lads. Oh, it's the pub with the lads. Oh. It's the lying that gets me going.

Somebody said their partners got some Hivers bright orange safety overalls that say rescue team on them. They make me absolutely weak at the knees and I'm not the only one. I've seen the ladies look at him when he's dressed up like that. Can you just go and buy those overalls if you're not in a rescue team? Just a question. Probably.

Okay, great. You can go to, like, a safety store and buy high-vis overalls and get them printed at the mall. William, what's the one item of clothing that does it for you? Oh, the skater shoes, eh? So anyone wearing skater shoes? Specifically vans. Like, you just know they look after themselves and that sort of thing.

You kind of forget to look at their face sometimes. But are we talking, like, 2000s chunky skater shoes, or? Like the low, the low cut ones. Oh, yeah. And then if they top it off with, like, some Nike, long Nike socks, oh. Yeah, okay Nike socks. Yeah.

Okay. You said, you know, they look after themselves, but you've pretty much described slippers. Like somebody is too lazy for laces. They're just like, yeah,

yeah. That's it. You know? Yeah. Right. Okay. All right. Well, thanks for your call.

Some more texts. Um, Nike Air Max TNs. Okay. Somebody said that'll get a, that'll get, that'll get some of those places. Have you seen those Nikes that have ZM on them?

No. There's like Nike ZMs. What's that? I've been sent them a couple of times. We should make the most of that. Yeah. Well, why don't we sue Nike? Weren't we here first?

I think they got all mad at us. Or at least get free shoes? Or will they sue us? Yeah, sue them for shoes. We'll have to change our name. God, imagine that. Somebody said steel-toed boots. Oh, yeah, imagine that. Somebody said steel-toed boots. Oh, yeah, okay.

I love seeing steel-toed boots. They'd go well with the outfit from before. Somebody said volunteer firefighting outfits. Really get them going. Anything that says hunting and fishing. Oh, yeah, those camo tops. Yeah. Fleece camo tops.

One of those orange, those camo tops. Yeah. Fleece camo tops. One of those orange fleece camo tops that when your man's out in the New Zealand bush with his mates on a long weekend they don't shoot each other because they think they're a deer. Yeah. Oh, I like it when I can see him at a mile away. Not for his 14 points

tag. Welcome to the Fleece Warner Megan podcast, brought to you by McCafe for great barista made coffee on the go. All thanks to Save My Bacon, making borrowing better for financially responsible Kiwis. Soundkeeper Gary, you have promised us a jackpot. If Vaughan and I give you a compliment each. That is correct, and I'm looking a compliment each. That is correct. And I'm looking forward to this.

I have my tissues ready. I'm going to go. I'll go first. And I know you said the e-bike thing was silly, Vaughan, but I think what I love about you most, Gary, is you're so passionate. You didn't have to say I love you. You said he just wanted a compliment. You didn't have to say I love you.

I didn't say I love you. You just said you love about him. What I love about you is you're so passionate about the environment so much so that you e-bike to work and so you save the environment for us

and I think that's such an amazing thing to do. Even though you could just get a normal bicycle and power it yourself and probably get more

exercise out of it. 20% more exercise. 20% more exercise. This is how the compliments you've unraveled all your good work. No, but there was still a compliment in there. Vaughn.

Are you visible? Are you happy with that? It's better than nothing. To be honest, that's pretty good as far as switch goes. We've worked together for five years. It's been five years. There's a bit more touch to it. Wow.

I have to admire, Gary, your financial frugalness. Is that a compliment? You are always looking for a way to save a little bit of cash money and you're not afraid to spend it to save it. Like when you planned on driving all the way out to my house to fill up with gas if

it was exempt from the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax which it's not, but you were willing to drive so far to save some money. Financially, very, very frugal. And that's a lesson to us all, isn't it? Yeah. Be frugal. Frugal.

You had an hour to come up with the compliments and that's all we've got. How did we do? Do we get a jackpot? Look, you get a jackpot, but I haven't felt this. I just say, I haven't felt this cheated out of money since the Elton John concert. Oh, you're feeling cheated?

I'm on the boat with you guys. Did you put in for a refund? Yes, I did. Okay, one of our... Of course, Gary's one of only 100 people in the country. Frugal. Along with us. Well, this is it.

$60,000 is the most money that the jackpot has ever been for Secret Sound, ever. New record. So the most we've ever given away in one go is $50,000 is the most money that the jackpot has ever been for Secret Sound, ever. New record. So the most we've ever given away in one go is $50,000? $50,000 is it. We've never seen $60,000 before. It's a new number on the front. It is a lot of money, a life-changing amount of money.

Olivia, good morning. Good morning. $60,000, what would you do with that? Pay off bills. I think I'm holiday. Yes, good. Okay, I do with that? Pay off bills. I think on holiday. Yes. Good. Okay, I wanted some kind of lavish spending there.

All right, Olivia, so this is the secret sound. That $60,000 is all yours if you can tell us what the sound is. So I think it is stretching out GladRab and tearing it. Okay, so tearing it On the box on the little perforated thing That you sometimes get your thumb caught on Yeah the blade Okay Because you hear the secret sound

The mic's right in there isn't it So it could be See to me that works That makes sense I reckon you're You're better off going down Like baking paper Or foil

Somewhere down that That route Route or route Route Or route Either one Except for I mean if Gary's

Suggesting What would be a better answer. What I love about... It's not good news, is it? It's not great news. On the glad wrap front. Olivia? Okay. Oh, okay.

Hang up on him, Olivia. Hang up on him. Hang up on him, Olivia. Go to it. No. It's a power play. Power play. You can't be told you're wrong if you're not on the phone to hear it.

Yeah, but it doesn't sound good, does it? You're wrong. I would have hung up on him. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. A study has found that not everybody that you think is your friend is your friend. 53% of relationships studied turned out to be mutual in the 600 student evaluation of friendships. Okay.

And the rest were either one-sided or both people didn't really like each other, but they were like, well, we're friends, so. Well, you've got to break it down to acquaintances and friends, don't you? But then someone you think could be your friend, to them, you're just an acquaintance. Yeah, but you might consider them a friend, but they think, no. No. No more than a formal acquaintance.

So I just Googled, like, how many friends would the average person have? How many do you think? I remember reading that the social part of our brain can have good relationships with 150 people. Any more than that and it's too much. Yeah, so that includes like your family and everything as well. A study that I've found here from 2017 says the average British person has on average 40 friends in adulthood,

including two best mates and four close pals and five work buddies. They also have nine other friends within their friendship circle. So, yeah, 15 acquaintances and five friends outside of the immediate group. Right. So making up 40. I just don't, I've had this conversation with some close friends about that. I just, they were stressing about somebody who was hard to deal with. It wasn't you.

Don't. I just thought those were all, this was all the criteria that was leading you, hard to deal with, difficult person. But super cute. But friend. That's what made me think it wasn't me because you didn't say super cute.

Cute. But I just said, I've got to the point where I'm not going out of my way to try Yeah if someone's hard work If it's a hard friendship It's too much work And I'm just friends with the people That are easy to get on with

That are on the same wavelength And I'm not putting All this effort into them. And I think definitely as you get a little bit older and you move away from like high school and uni, you definitely start to choose quality over quantity. Oh, yeah, definitely. And I'm drama, I'm drama free.

I don't want drama. Do you know people, there's people who have dramatic friendships? Yeah. People seem to thrive on that. That's just, look, I love having a goss in here in the latest. I love when someone's brewing the tea. But it's better when they're friends of friends. Isn't it?

Yeah. Not in my close circle that I can look from a distance and be like, whoa, train wreck. But thank goodness I'm not having to deal with that too close to home. So I put up on my close story. I put up a close. You have a close. I have a close. Who are your close friends?

It's basically... I mean, that's the thing. It's basically everyone that I follow, give or take. Right. Just so that if I, you know, yeah. So I put up saying, look, a survey has suggested that only half of your friends really like you. Do you really like me?

And this is 21% of my friends. I said no, but it was just because I didn't think it would be that stacked. I wanted variety. Don't joke. Don't joke. Can I see who voted? I actually can. I can see who voted no.

I can see who voted for no. You are one of them. Anna. Rossboss. Maddie McClain. It's an absolute roasting over here. It's an absolute set up roasting. Those people do like you, but they're just roasting me.

Oh my God, so everyone likes me. Oh no, no, that's a no from you, aren't you? Okay, great. Oh no, she's still standing by no. She's still standing by no. But that's a good turnout. That's a really good turnout. Thank you, friends.

For the 70s. Yeah. I don't want to set up a close, I quite like, just on the close friends thing. Yeah. You can say, I always get a little bit of huh, that's nice. If somebody has included me in their close friends.

Yeah, right. But then I wouldn't necessarily include them back. Oh, okay. Yeah, that's awkward. So that's kind of like this online situation in real life. I mean, this real life situation online. Okay. Yeah.

Just don't have too many friends. It's too complicated. It's a lot to keep up with. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Megan's away today. Intern, executive intern Anya in the hot seat, Megan's hot seat. And an absolute huge fan of The Bachelorette. In fact, you even have a medium rating podcast in there,

don't you? Medium rating podcast. A junior podcast. Thank you. Thank you so much. What a pack of bastards. I'm glad you realise it too. I just had this moment of self-realisation

with that horrible ha-ha-ha-ha. Your podcast. Can I steal you for a second? Yeah, actually beat our podcast last month, Vaughn. Yeah. In the company stats. Sweat on. I'll give you some tips if you like.

All right. Only on one outlet. It doesn't matter. Guys, can we not fight in front of the kids? We're twisting our results. Tevita left last night. Hello. Good morning.

How are you? Good morning. I'm good, thank you. I'm morning. How are you? Good morning. I'm good, thank you. I'm great. How are you? Good. Now let's relive you leaving on the show last night. To be honest with you,

it feels like I'm quitting and giving up. But over the last few days, I have tried to accommodate myself with this hernia and just things haven't gotten better. And obviously if I'm doing nothing and I'm lying down too long, I start thinking about other things too, like my mum's health and what's going on there and what's going on back home.

And I can't help but prioritise that over the situation that I'm in right now. Now, Tevita, you have obviously had a little bit of time to process all that and have been watching it play out on TV. Do you regret that decision or do you think you made the right call? The only thing I regret is just hearing my voice back over but to be honest with you, have you ever heard your voice and gone, oh god, that's great.

All the time. Don't know what you're talking about. Don't know what you're talking about, mate. Nah, I don't regret the decision. I mean, well like right now I've had surgery and my mum's in such an awesome space so I mean, now it would be the perfect time to be on the show kind of vibe. But, you know, you can't really do that, can you? How long was it between the hernia and leaving?

Because it feels like you've been on TV for like eight weeks with a hernia and every week I'm like, I need to see a doctor. But obviously in real time it was a lot shorter. Yeah, well, yeah, it felt longer, but like, you know what I mean? It's like, you're thinking probably this guy's going to die soon. Yeah. Surely he's going to die this episode, but he

doesn't, so he keeps sticking around like a bad smell. I had a hernia when I was like 11 or something, or 12, I can't remember. I've just got this gnarly scar on the pubes area. Yeah, it's from a hernia. Thank you, Sharon. Yeah, we call that a, yeah.

Yeah, but it's when you're, the wall lining tears, isn't it? Totally. So it's your abdominal wall just giving up on your whole body and letting your lower intestine peek through, which is so cool.

Like, you know, that's exactly what you want to have in your body. I think I was pumping too hard in squats or, I don't know, lifting too much when I was 11. Yeah. Oh, Jesus. Start them young. Start them young.

I was going to say, gym bra. Yeah. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of you. Get them gains early. Yeah. Tevita, Lucina called you out for giving her an ultimatum when you said that you were thinking about leaving. Did you see it as an ultimatum when you said that you were thinking about leaving. Did you see it as an ultimatum?

Was it, though? I mean, in a weird way, like, so she's the best interviewer you'll ever come across. And she's so, I don't know what's the word, like, so independent in everything that just clicks into gear with her. So she felt like it was an ultimatum at the time. But to me, it was a big issue. So it wasn't so much an ultimatum. It was just like, hey, am I actually here for the right reasons? Like, do you actually like me?

Because you don't really know, you know? And at the same time, like, looking back at it, it's pretty bizarre to see everybody smooching and stuff because you don't see that either. Because you're obviously not on the single date. You wouldn't. And then you get, yeah. Wow, I never thought about that.

What about, you said it's weird Hearing your voice But what about Seeing yourself smooch Well I don't smooch So there you go Yeah right I'm the only exception

You see so Right Is it hard thinking That you lost out A lifetime of free Medical advice And zoppy prescriptions Yes

Yeah Just when I think About it now How good would that be? Hey, babe, check this rash that you gave me. It's from the hernia, right? Yeah, yeah. And you were best mates on the show with Jessie and Liam.

Yeah, Jessie, Liam and Mark as well. Yeah, who were both. Me boys. Yeah, who were both Team Lily. Was that a tactical move? 100% it was. Great. In a weird way,

we got along more because it was like we weren't all going for the same bird. So it was sort of, we could share feedback on what we thought and possibly try and figure out their lives and their storyline sort of thing. Yeah, right. So it worked in our favour not all going for the same girl because

otherwise it kind of gets weird. Right. And as you see, it gets kind of dramatised, which is so funny because it's dudes being drama, which is awesome. You don't ever think of it. It is good to see that. It is.

So you've done Heartbreak Island, The Bachelorette. What's next? The Block? I don't know. I was just sort of thinking ZM's for me, eh? Yeah, all right. I'll be rolling up soon who did I hear somebody was away sick today

Megan's away sick so if she dies from the mumps yeah I mean there might be an opening there might be an opening sounds like it might not be why did you why did you sound so positive

like you wanted to happen oh no definitely not it's so much hard work. Oh, yeah, true. That means you've got to pull weight for too many people. Yeah, I get it. And I've already had a hernia. I don't need that again, Tevita.

Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us, Tevita. No, thank you. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. It's time for Fact of the Day. Day, day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day, I was searching for a fact of the day. Okay.

Searching. Searching, high and low. Scrolling. And then I just thought to myself, why don't I ask a question, and then I'll find the answer to it, and I'll present that as fact of the day. Okay. That works, doesn't it? Isn't that great?

So then I was like, what question can I ask? And I was sitting at the bench. Yep. And my lovely wife tended to dinner, and she said, what are you thinking about, sweetheart? What's on your mind, your mind what's the grey matter buzz in there okay

champ she didn't say any of that she's like what are you looking at because I was I had glazy unfocused eyes right

and I said I'm trying to think of a fact of the day and I was like that part stage where she was like huh didn't say like

how about or anything she just huh and she picked up some rice. Okay. And I thought, rice. Okay. And I was like, isn't rice always like so cheap?

You could buy a big sack of rice. Yeah, you can. Such a staple, isn't it? For a lot of the world. Yeah. Much of Asia. I'm actually contemplating getting a rice cooker. So, me too. Yeah. But is it worth it for the pantry space it will take up? The storage space it will take up. Mate, you've got so much pantry space.

It's ridiculous. I can fill that pantry space. That's what I'm thinking. I don't have a lot of space. No. And that's what I've thought. But you would need a big rice cooker because you're only ever cooking for one. Maybe two.

Yeah, right. Yeah, I don't know, but I really want one. Do you know, I was looking at them, and there's one that's wireless. There's a wireless one. So I could literally get an app on my phone and be like, start cooking. Oh, I thought you meant it didn't plug into anything. It's obviously plugged into the wall, but it has wireless communication ability. Yeah, so I could be like, hey, rice.

I'm going to be home in three quarts of an hour. Start the cooking. Start cooking. That's fantastic. But do you, it's not needed. Like how ridiculous is that? You could be out.

You could be like, Alexa, start cooking that rice. How great would that be? You get home, the rice is cooked. I know. Perfect.

Ready to go. Had a little cooling period. But the reason I want it is because I'm a fan of the brown rice, but it's real hard to cook. Impossible. Impossible.

So a rice cooker, just leave it in there for ages and it'll be real yum. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.'s real hard to cook. Impossible. Impossible. So a rice cooker, just leave it in there for ages and it'll be real yum. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, that's a side note. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was thinking rice, I thought it's cheap,

it's a staple. Yep. I was like, what is the world's most expensive rice? I thought to myself. Oh, okay. Knock that around in the head

for a couple of minutes. Baz Marti. No, no, no, no. Surely not. Surely not. Okay. okay well i can tell you according to the guinness world records the most expensive rice was produced in 2016 by the toyo rice company now you've probably had roy at toyo rice massive rice maker what are you googling this what the bag looks like what did you google on? On a woman, there's a woman called Toya Rice.

Oh, well, that's not. Toy-O. Oh, Toy-O. Okay, yeah, right. Toy-O Rice. Yeah, I don't know if I have had this. No, I don't know if I have. Well, they won the Golden Awards at the International Rice Convention,

and their winning rice, the world's best rice, was then sold for $109 US per kilogram. Goodness. So $109 US per kilogram is the world's most expensive rice. Huh. Hmm. It's a painted technology. No one outside of the Toyo top dogs knows how the rice is processed and polished and shined

and get ready for sale. So today's fact of the day is the most expensive rice in the world is from the Toyo Rice Company and it costs $109 US per kilogram. Fact of the day, day, day, Tay, Tay. about a woman that expected someone to photograph her wedding for nothing. Well, she wanted a friend to do it. And when her friend said no... It doesn't even sound like they were that good of friends.

Well, you know, because when she said no, she turned around and called her a fat bitch. A loose acquaintance. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Ruthless. And it was this... It's actually a year ago...

Yep. ...that I asked Mountie when she wasn't in the role she's in now. She wasn't sitting at our social media desk, if she could help me with a little something. And I paid her in mac and cheese because that... Well, that seems like... Was that fair enough payment, Mountie? Well, it was actually two years ago and at the time I was...

Was it two years ago? Yeah, I was still pretty eager to impress and help out co-workers. That's worn right out now. You've been exhausted. Yeah, exactly. You stopped caring. I think at the time I said, oh, you know, don't worry about it.

And you said, no, no. And I said, well, I'm going to spend it on mac and cheese anyway. So let's just cut the middleman out. And get mac and cheese. Uber eats a very fancy mac and cheese. Okay. But now on this anniversary,

second anniversary, I'm hearing that it wasn't enough mac and cheese. She didn't tell me. She told Anya, and Anya's looking at any reason to bloody shiver my parade this morning for some reason. She's humming her crosshairs. No, apparently what you paid in mac and cheese wasn't equivalent to the work done.

This took hours of work, Mountie. Well, it would have been a $15 mac and cheese, would you say? Are we including Uber Eats delivery charge? $20. So $20. So she's a $20 mac and cheese. And it was a pretty good mac and cheese. How many hours work was it? It was a couple of hours. Okay, so that's below minimum wage. That's tax-free

also, so I don't know. Who needs to be reported to the IRD? Both of you. Okay, so let's cancel that. That was a silly idea. Let's not tell them. I think you owe her another. Both of you. Okay, so let's cancel that. That's not happening. That was a silly idea. Let's not tell them. Thanks, Gary. I think you owe her another hours worth of work.

Another mac and cheese. Would you find, Mountie, because you're great at Photoshop and video editing, that your friends ask you to do things for free? Like invites and stuff? I feel like I'm pretty lucky.

Like, they know how hard I work, so they always offer to pay, but I'm kind of a bit awkward about that sort of stuff, so I'm like, no, no, just buy me lunch. You tell a guy that mac and cheese is plenty enough, and then two years later, say it's not. That's fine. But your wife gets this a bit too, Vaughan,

because she's a designer as well, isn't she? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Definitely. All the time, people are just taking the mac, aren't they, asking for, like, cheap or free? Well, I think a lot of people, like you said your friends know, but I think a lot of people have no idea of what's involved and how much work it is and how many hours it takes,

especially if you're starting from scratch. And they'll always come back with a few things they want changed, which can take a lot of time. Okay, well maybe, I'd love to take some calls this morning. If you've got a job or a skill, do people ask you to do this all the time for free? Yeah. I was just checking the history of that. It was a $20 mac and cheese.

Okay. So still below minimum wage for two hours work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you owe Mountie another mac and cheese. Another mac and cheese. Okay. So we want to know from you what you're asked to do for free. Somebody said all the builders

would be texting in but they're too busy putting up decks and fences for a box of beer. Completely cheap. Very. Cheap rate. Very good call.

Linda replied to our Instagram story saying, I'm a vet. We are asked to give free advice to our friends all the time. I bet, yeah. And bakers. Cakes don't come cheap and people always want them gluten, dairy and egg free,

which is even more expensive. Oh, yeah, and too much hassle. I'd just give them one of those Edmunds boxes. Say bake it yourself. This is easy, mate. Somebody said I'm a beauty therapist and people always want waxing and the whole work's done for nothing. But, I mean, that's still, you've got to buy the supplies,

and they're not even offering to pay for that. Nah. Very cheeky. Maybe you could have a friend have a close look at your intimates. Well, there's that too. Anonymous, what do you get asked to do all the time? G'day, guys. I'm a real estate agent,

and I get asked to pop through people's properties, give them thoughts and advice on how to add value, and give them thoughts on value and then boom, they sell privately. Oh, what? So they don't even ask you to do it. I know, crazy, crazy. And you do it because that's

of course what you have to do is the end to sell the house to make your commission. Gives us the opportunity, absolutely. But unbelievable. I hope you don't give them any free adjectives when you walk around the house, like, ooh, cosy. Well, that's the beer, totally, totally. All the selling words.

These are the sell points. You've got to advertise these points. Terrible, don't do that. And then just use all your info, and that's so cheeky. Anonymous, thank you. Sean, what do people ask you for free all the time? Well, I own a marquee and a vampire company. And one of the things we have is bounty castles.

So I'm at that age where I've got a lot of friends who have kids. And I'm like, oh, can you just chuck us a cheeky bounty castle, please? And I'm like, oh, okay. Why not? So you do it for free? Yeah, well, I'm in a position where I can actually do it nowadays, which is really nice. So I tend to do it, and it's all about word of mouth.

Nice doesn't pay the bills, though, does it? Oh, word of mouth. Word of mouth. Oh, word of mouth. Yeah, okay. Bit of pro bono. Yeah, fair call. All right, Sean, thanks, mate.

Jess, what do people always ask you to do for free? I'm a makeup artist, so I always do their makeup. And so they don't ever get, do they bring their own makeup for you to put on, or are you expected to? No, I use my own supplies. What? That is so cheeky. Especially when, you know, some foundations are easily from $6, $70, if not plus. And they don't even... And they want that one.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Do they ever offer to pay? I do get the odd ones that offer, but otherwise I get the other ones that will get a cheeky, you know, do I get a discount? But it's just like, it's my time and my products, and they're not cheap to replace.

Yeah, good on you. You just put your foot down. Right. But then they get shitty at you because you're not being a good friend and doing it for free. Yeah, I do sometimes. Otherwise, the next thing I'll get is I'll get them posting for other people on Facebook

or something like that, looking for someone cheaper. That's cheeky, isn't it? All right. Thanks, you call Jess. I work for a wine company, reads this text message. I get looking for someone cheaper. That's cheeky, isn't it? All right. Thanks, you call Jess. I work for a wine company, reads this text message. I get asked for free champagne. Pretty blatantly for it as well. They just want free champagne.

Don't know what's in that for everybody else. Yeah. My husband gets asked to design floor plans for houses and renovation plans because it'll save them a lot in architect fees. And, well, they don't understand it's hours and hours and hours of his work. Yeah, yeah. And they give him a $16 bottle of wine as a thank you. He's a nice pinot.

Yeah. Or a shardy. Yeah, got it on special. I'll just peel that little sticker off there. Someone said, I worked in a retail outlet and all of my friends and even some customers would ask if I could use their staff price. That is so cheeky. Yeah.

What are you staff pricing? Can I just have that at the staff price?