ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - January 31st

Episode Date: January 30, 2020

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ZM. Head music. Lives here. Fletch Warner Megan. The podcast. Hello, good morning, welcome to the show. Fletch Warner Megan. Two minutes away from six. It means we're giving the company an extra two minutes extra work today because we're early. We're already here anyway, just whether we're talking or not. It'll be invoiced. Oh, there will certainly be an invoice. It will be appropriately invoiced. It will be an invoice.

And I will be, it's like a trading. You pay for the hour regardless of how much of it you use. Yeah. So. People are always surprised to find out that I'm not the diva on the show. No, you're the diva. I'm just the financially switched on. Do you know anything? A hosky will do half an hour for nothing.

It's two minutes. Or as it's known in the radio trade, a full half hour. Which adds up to our full day's work. Right. Yeah, so you can see why we're a little aggrieved to be giving an extra two minutes to the company. Yeah. Yeah. Megan, if you...

You are already here. If you let them roll you once, they'll roll you all day long. Okay. That's that. We've got the top six coming up. Yeah, the Queen, it turns out, has a secret Facebook. I know. What is the name?

Elizabeth Windsor? Elizabeth Windsor. Windsor Mountbatten? Weird. Yeah, she might be going by a middle name. What's her middle name? Do you think that one of the kids set it up or the grandkids set it up at Christmas? Because how many grands or grandparents get a Facebook

or an Instagram or a TikTok set up for them? Yeah. A TikTok. I don't think too many grandparents are getting a TikTok set up for them. Oh, 100%. There would have been some grandparents thrust onto TikTok. Yeah. Over Christmas.

100%. She might be. I've just looked up. Her name's Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor. So she could be going like Liz, Liz Mary. You know how people want to use their middle names? Five seconds left of free company. Well, no, no, no.

They're paying me, so I better fill it up. Right. It's just gone six, so officially we're on the clock. She could be Lilibet. That's what they call her nickname. I hope someone finds this. Yeah. I hope someone finds this page.

Okay, well, I've got the top six things that the Queen will be posting on her secret Facebook page. All right, it's coming up. Storytime's next. All right, you lot, listen up. It's Storytime. Storytime, three news headlines. Vaughan and Megan must pick one headline only. Headline one, up, up and not away.

Headline two, exes to be eaten in three-day Valentine's Day promo. And headline three, meme mum threatens legal action. Good Lord. Two, the exes being eaten is the cockroaches. Is it the cockroaches this year? It is, yeah. Oh, naming your ex after a cockroach. No, naming a cockroach after your ex.

Yeah, yeah. Either works if you've fallen out with your ex. And then they feed them to zoo animals. Correct. That is that story. Meme mum threatens to sue. So mum's been made into a meme there. Not quite, no actually, no. Not at all correct.

Oh. What's story one? Up. Not at all correct. Oh. What's story one? Up, up and not away. Oh. What do you want? Up, up and not away. Oh good, I want that one too. You cried during the movie, Up, didn't you? Oh yeah. Who didn't? First ten minutes.

First ten minutes. It got you. Absolute destroyer. Well we go now to the US and to Bristol, where a lawmaker says that balloon releases are harmful to the environment and wildlife, and they are introducing a new bill to ban balloons being let into the sky. I kind of get this. Yeah. Yeah.

Because they do. They take, especially helium balloons, they're a tougher balloon. They take a long time to break down. Well, and the little pieces of the balloon pops and the little pieces are eaten by wildlife. And of course... Microplastic.

Yeah, not good for the environment. Why? I didn't realise that people were letting them off on purpose. So much? You see a rogue balloon every now and then. You hear that, a crying kid. Yeah. But I didn't realise that people were doing it on purpose. So much? You see a rogue balloon every now and then. A crying kid. Yeah. But I didn't realise that people were doing it on purpose. Well, they did a coastal clean-up in

2018. More than 700 balloons were found along 88 miles of shoreline. Balloons that had been released for celebrations, memorials and more. Oh yeah, we're a bit more woke than that now, surely. We don't need to be lending those out. I doubt you'd be, you wouldn't see a big balloon release at an event.

You'd be crazy to do that. Because, you know, water bombs. Yeah. The old rule. I remember being on the throwing end of the water bomb, Dad saying, if you're going to throw them, you've got to pick them up. But now that I'm a dad, I'm the one saying, if you're going to throw them, you've got to pick them up.

And then I read on the Zuru ones, the bunch of balloons, you know the ones that you just plug into a hose and it fills up? Oh, my God. Game changer. Like the best invention in the world ever. Game changer. I read that those are biodegradable. So you can leave them in mum's rose garden and just say,

they'll eventually break down. Nah, they're biodegradable. But then I don't know how will a biodegradable, how long does that take? Yeah, so like in 10 years it'll be gone? Yeah. Then surely like that's, well, it's enough to throw it back in mum's face. That's for sure.

And storm off. Just poke it into the soil, forget about it. And then if you had one lot left and mum just right in front of you put her hand around them and just rolled them all off the end of the filler. Ooh, a power play from mum. It'd be a couple of absolute power plays. And the balloon might be biodegradable, but the little rubber band thing is that.

Oh, I don't know. Why did it say it would be? I don't know. Yeah, and I don't know, because that really surprised me. That that would be biodegradable. But so why aren't all balloons made of... Well, I mean, I'm sure it's heading that way. Yeah, right.

But, I mean, it's probably cheaper to not make them biodegradable. Yeah, I'd say so. Stick to the old ways. Megan, when did this new GST on overseas goods come in? 1st of December. 1st of December. I believe 2019.

And how have that, so we're looking at two months. Two months. How's that affected your shopping? Have you gone to the checkout and been like, nah? Yeah. Because I don't know if this is the same for every website,

but the ones I've experienced, when you are browsing, it doesn't have the GST on it. And then when you put it into your basket, the GST goes on. It pops on the bottom. So then when you go to your basket, you're like, oh, hell no. That's just generally shopping in some countries, though. Yeah. Like, was it Canada or in California?

They've all got state taxes. Yeah, so you see a price, you're like, that's not bad. Then you get it up and it's more and you're like, what's happened? They're like, oh, federal and state taxes aren't included in the display price. But like, even if you're at Macca's in California, yeah, you get the price for the combo and then it's more. You're like, where did that come from? Yeah.

Just put it in the price. Yeah combo, and then it's more. You're like, where did that come from? And it was very deceiving. Put it in the price. Yeah. Don't make it a secret. That's my bugaboo. Like, when you're browsing on these sites, I wish you could see the price just added on. As it goes. But then even if you're shopping on an American site, it's in American dollars,

and then they add the 15% GST, but then you convert it. Yeah. And then you're like, eh, no. Yeah, pretty much. That's nice. So you're not the only one because spending on overseas sites was apparently down 9%. Yeah.

Which is, I mean, that's good because as a country, we're all reaping the benefits of this. Yeah. Like we're getting some extra money for tax and lollies and roads and stuff. I don't know if lollies were in the $12 billion labour infrastructure plan. Someone's got to be getting some lollies out of this. There's some rail money. There's some schools money.

You've got your lollies money, your hospital. Can we just go back to that last one? Hospital. Before that. Lollies. Lollies. I pay enough tax. I should get some lollies.

That's all I want. When you pay your tax, you should at least get a little pack of lollies for it. Yeah, there should be a request when you do your end of year tax. What do you want from your tax dollars? Just a couple of dollar mixtures. Some lollies. Along with all those roads and hospitals I'm getting. That'd just be lovely.

I want to plaque saying thank you. Thank you. You're welcome every time I walk past. Just speaking about shopping and prices, somebody sent me this. I don't know. They must have been under the impression that I was a big Trade Me user, even though I'm not.

Because I don't want people coming to my house. Yeah. I always post out. You're saying, but I'll always post out or buy. People aren't coming around. No, no. There's been a change to the Trade Me Maximum Success Fee.

It says we're making changes to our fees for professional sellers. No, I don't know what qualifies you as a professional seller. Oh, that's if you're hardcore selling. Selling quite a bit. Yeah, so that's not going to affect the everyday person. The Maximum Success Fee for a general item will be going from $149 to $249. The minute anything is sold for over $1,886. That's a hefty percentage increase though, isn't it?

It's a big chunk. It's why a lot of people are going to Facebook Marketplace. But then who knows who you're dealing with there. Yeah. Isn't Facebook Marketplace weird? It's weird. The stuff people put up on there, eh? You're just like, what? And then there's a circle on a map. It's weird. The stuff people put up on there, eh? You're just like, what?

And then there's a circle on a map. It scares me. Somewhere in there. You're like, where are they? How do I find them? Yeah, no. Because have you ever bought anything on Facebook Marketplace or listed?

No, but I get scared browsing. I click that button all the time being like, is this still available? Which must then send them a message saying, is this still available? And they can say yes, and then you can ask them more questions over Messenger. Right. But then you've opened Communique with an unknown source. Yeah.

Yeah. Someone's selling a... It's creepy. An old shoe they found on the side of the road with a frog that lives in it. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Hello there. The Queen, Queen Elizabeth II,

has a secret Facebook page, apparently. She uses it to keep in touch with friends and family. Do you think it's going to take long now that we know this for people to hone in and find her page?

Someone will find it, maybe. I mean, search for pages that like corgis, gin. Oh, yeah. Slow cooker recipes. Yep. Knitting. How to keep your palace warm and not, you know, spend a fortune on power.

Yeah. Those sorts of things. Exactly. Maybe. She has a cell phone and apparently she uses an iPad. Oh, okay. She wrote text every 93. She has to be, though. Like, Marlene She wrote text every 93. Yeah, she has to be though.

Like Marlene's not that old. My nan and she wouldn't. Do you reckon that'll be an episode of The Crown in like season eight? Like someone's teaching her how to use the iPad. Or every time like one of the grandkids come around, she's asking about the Wi-Fi. Yeah. Because what year was that last season?

80s or 70s? It was. I haven't seen the latest season. Pre-Diana. Yeah, I watched it with mum. 70s. Would it be 70s? 60s, 70s.

Okay. Prince Charles is like in his 20s. Right. Yeah. But I was just thinking maybe in the one where it's covering the 80s, maybe she's been a tech geek all along. Oh, yeah. She's got an Omega 500 and an Atari and stuff that she plugs into the Palace TV,

plays a little gaming. So today's top six are the top six things the Queen's posted on her secret Facebook page. Okay. Number six, that latest Facebook scam

about someone not coming forward to win a caravan and now it's your chance to win it just by sharing a status. Have you seen that? Yeah. There's two. There's one where you can win it just by sharing a status. Have you seen that? Yeah. There's two. There's one where you can win like a small home.

Yeah. One of those like amazing spaces. It's like a trailer. Yeah. And someone's not come forward to win the prize. Oh, so they need to give it away then. They need to give it away. So you just share the status and like our page.

There's lots of people doing that. Mums and aunties love that. They love the Land Rover giveaways. They love the fake Qantas giveaways. Oh, the first class ticket around the world thanks to Qantas. And they still don't get it, eh? They're always,

I've got a couple on my Facebook feed, friends, mums, always posting it. It's like, come on. Number five on the list of the top six things the Queen's posted on her secret Facebook page

are memories of her kids, but not of Andrew. She's like, oh, I remember what a cute young man he was about Charles. Yep. Oh, great to see the grandkids.

These memories, it seems like, just yesterday. What about Andrew? Who? Didn't she take him somewhere the other day? He went with her somewhere.

To bloody jail, I hope. Oh, no. You know when you're in trouble and your mum's like, I'll take you to the other day? He went with her somewhere. To bloody jail, I hope. Oh, move. You know when you're in trouble and your mum's like, I'll take you to the police station myself? She could still do it. Yeah. Number four on the list of the top six things the Queen's posted on her secret Facebook page, some hot climate change denying content.

Oh, yeah, okay. She won't speak publicly on it, but, you know, she's of that age. Yeah. Is she a denier? It's safe to assume there's that age bracket. It's always the old people, I've not noticed a change. They've been saying the sea will rise for years. I've not noticed it.

Philip would be. Oh, yeah, he'd be. Or Charles is all about it, isn't he? He was at the... He's pro... Yeah. Not pro-climate change, because no one's pro-climate change, but he's not denying it.

Yeah. Number three on the list of the top six things the Queen's posted on her secret Facebook page. Something about the good old days where kids played outside all day and they were allowed to hang off high power lines and stuff. You know how old people love posting how much better it was when kids were allowed to wrestle tigers. Yeah, they'd go missing in parks.

Yeah, now they're all snowflakes and people care about their children and don't want their arms broken. Oh, God, everyone's gone soft. Number two on the list of the top six things the Queen's posted on her secret Facebook page, a coronavirus meme that she thinks is funny right up until she realises it's always the old people that die of these things first. Especially in their 90s. she thinks is funny right up until she realises it's always the old people that die of these things first. Yeah. Especially when they're

in their 90s. Yeah. She's still riding horses though if she wants to get rid of Philip. Knock him off horse. Oh yeah. Flip one of those.

I think you're going to say send him to Wuhan. Yeah. Yeah. I was meaning that. Right. Oh. Put him on a flight to Wuhan.

Yeah. You need to go and sort this out. I don't know if her deal with Wuhan was as racist as mine. I was going to say, you wouldn't even get there. Yeah, but they'd get the last laugh. Yeah, they would. And number one on the list of the top six things the Queen's posted

on her secret Facebook page, something she's put up as a status that she meant to be a comment on somebody else's wall. Yes. Yeah. Like, great to see you, Pat. We should catch up soon. How's your daughter doing at university?

Yeah, yeah. Roses are blooming lovely. I assume your rhododendrons look as beautiful as ever. Status update. Yeah. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. There's new emojis for 2020 that have been released

and Italians are rejoicing. Now, they're not out yet, are they? Like, they're coming out. No, no, no. for 2020 have been released and Italians are rejoicing. Now, they're not out yet, are they? Like they're coming out. No, they've been announced. These are the ones that are coming out in the 2020 update. Okay. Why are Italians rejoicing? Because the pinched finger, which is often known as the Italian hand,

has been added to the emoji. Not Salt Bae. Not Salt Bae. Other way up. That's delicious. No, no. It's Bae. That's like going all the way up. That's delicious. No, no. It's got a name. I can't find the name now.

I found it yesterday when I read the list and there's actually a Wikipedia page. Oh my God. There are 250 specific hand gestures that have been identified

as official non-verbal communication to the Italian people. Really? Very gesticular. Yeah. Okay, so this is it's called the finger purse. You keep your fingers together with tips? Very gesticular. Yeah. Okay, so this is, it's called the finger purse.

You keep your fingers together with tips touching and pointing upward. Yeah. The arm's about a foot away from the body. The hand can move up and down if the wrist is being held.

It's like, what do you mean? That's basically what it translates to. Right. You would say, ma chevoi. Ma chevoi.

But then you can kiss that right and then that's like muah muah finger kiss bunch ten fingers together

and lift them up to the same height as mouth then use the muah excellente right there's the I love the Italians

so much so that's gonna be an emoji rejoice yeah the first one not the oh okay not the muah the finger purse

what do you mean right the finger purse okay because it's mean? Right. The finger purse. Okay. Anything we've been screaming out for? A smiling face with a tear. I thought we had that. No, we had the laughing so much you're crying, but this is like smiling through the pain.

Smiling with a sweat we had. Yeah. Now we're getting like smiling with a tear. How does that look? That is such a mood. Yeah. It's literally a smiling face with a tear. How does that look? That is such a mood. Yeah. It's literally a smiley face with a tear, like you're smiling through the pain.

Oh, that's weird. I know, it's sad. It's really sad. It's sad. I pictured an open mouth. Mouth is needed. I think laugh, laugh, cry. Like the teeth.

Oh, no, no, no. There's a heart, but it's like an anatomically correct heart. Oh, okay. And lungs. I love you Actual internal organ I breathe you For the lungs There's an actual ninja

Which is good We're getting ninja with various skin tones Okay There's a woman in a tuxedo Nice There's also a man in a wedding dress With a veil But then there's also described as Person in tuxedo and person with veil,

and they've made the character androgynous. Right. It could be anybody. Well, that'll get the talkback callers going. Oh, yeah, because they love. I hate that. It affects their life so much. They hate emojis, but they hate them more when they don't affect them at all.

There's a woman feeding a baby, a man feeding a baby. There's a non-gender specific Claus character. Oh, okay. Santa Claus. Right. Okay. There's a black cat. There's a bison in the animal department.

Okay. We've got a beaver. We've all been screaming out for the beaver. A polar bear face. A dodo is going to be added. Oh, okay. An earthworm. In the food area,

there's a pot plant now, like a house plant. Oh, you need that. Is there a dead house plant? Not yet, but... It would be very millennial to have a dead house plant. Yeah.

Oh my God, by the way, a leaf dropped off one of my new pot plants today. But to be fair, it was already orange, a yellow when I bought it. When did you buy a yellow? When I had one yellow leaf.

But I also stood on that pot plant when I was repotting it. Oh, my. So I think that... How did you stand on a pot plant? I stepped back and I stood on it. But it was just that leaf. Just using another Italian hand gesture in the studio. Blueberries.

Oh, what? A pitted olive has joined the... Oh, yeah. I ate a whole jar of olives the other day. They're very easy to eat a lot of. You ate a whole jar?

Yeah, they just... That's a lot of sodium. Yeah, that's what I thought, but it was real yum. Cala... What are those olives that I love? Calamari.

Calamari? Calamari. No, it's not calamari. It's calamari. Right. There's flatbread. What else? A fondue pot. Calamata. Bubble tea's been added. Calamari. No, it's not calamari. It's calamari. Right. There's flatbread. What else? A fondue pot.

Calamata. Bubble tea's been added. Oh, okay. I don't like bubble tea. Those little bubbly things are real weird in your mouth. Yeah, no good. No good. No balls.

No. You don't want them out. There's a rock. There's a log. There's a hut. For the vehicles, a pickup truck's been added. Yeah. Piñata. What else? There's a lock, there's a log, there's a hut. For the vehicles, a pickup truck's been added. Yeah. Piñata.

What else? There's lots, lots of new additions to the emoji family. But like you say, it's just more to troll through to find the emoji that you actually want. Yeah. And like I'm excited by the piñata, but when am I going to use it? What's your most used emoji? If you go in, write a message. It's changed at the moment.

Mine's laugh, cry, and then laugh, cry sideways. Oh, wow. You've got both laugh, cries on the go. Yeah. Well, no, because if I do a laugh, cry sideways, that means I'm really laughing. Oh, mine's heart, and then cry, laugh, and then just cry. Mine's third. That's my life.

Mine is cry, laugh, and then both hands together like preach. Oh, I love that one. I use that one. I use that one all the time and clap. Tacos number seven. Not a mince taco. And a hat away. No mince tacos.

Because yesterday was taco Thursday. Axe is very confusing. Axe is right up in mine. But that was because well, last night I put a photo up of a chicken egg

with no yolk in it. And people replied saying mine do this all the time. What do I do? And I just sent them back the axe. There has been a list release of the most stolen New Zealand vehicles in the last six months. Now, what are just an absolute turn of events here? Executive intern Anya's boyfriend.

The Sluice Goose. The Sluice Goose, upstairs in New Zealand Herald in the Driven Department, has written and compiled this article. He has. It says here at the top, by Sluice Goose. He's giving the people the news they need. This is synergy. Yeah, company synergy.

This is integration. Company synergy, relationship synergy. And thus, another level of synergy. So much synergy here. He loves his cars, doesn't he? He does. Big fan of the Vroom Vroom's, our Andy. Or our Sluiceus, as you guys have called him.

Always wanting to buy stupid cars, isn't he? And he always does buy stupid cars. Apart from now he's on the budget. No, because he just bought a Golf. He bought a Golf. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. He bought an old Golf. He bought a Golf. It's so weird, my headphones have stopped working.

He bought a Volkswagen Golf. Anya. Anya. Guys, guys. What are you doing? This is not going to help your budget. If you could have seen one thing to trigger them, you know that was it. I know, I like to get them riled up early in the morning.

It's the golf and the polo. It's a no-no. So much leg room, though. And the boat space is really surprising for such a small vehicle. Buy a new one, but when you buy a second hand, they're expensive to fix. Yeah, so on day two, the fuel light came on. That was a hoot and a half. Yeah, okay.

But does that just mean you needed fuel? No, no. Oh, the engine light, sorry. Oh, yeah, okay. And then he fixed one of the lights and then two more popped on on day three.

It's really been a rollercoaster so far. What year? Mid-2000s. Jesus Christ. You are not saving at all. Well, no, because I might buy it off him.

I'm going to smack you. You're not allowed to do that anymore. Oh, I don't care. Call Sue Bradford. I'm about to smack a child. I'm not a mechanic, but I find if you just put a bit of duct tape over the light that's a problem. Gone. Yeah. I thought it was a light

to make sure everything's, I'm working. I'm here. I'm still working. I'm still here. That's what lights are famous for. The Volkswagen Polo isn't on the list. Because car thieves aren't idiots. Do you know in the past it's been the Mazda Demio? Number one, baby. Number one.

But there is a new car in the last six months that has been tickling or what would you say? Fulfilling the needs. Tickling the fancy. Yeah, tickling the fancy of thieves. I'll tell you. Shall I do the list from the bottom to the top? Yeah, you don't just spill the bag. Because I was about to give it all away.

God, how many years have you been on radio? I was about to pull a horn. That's not how we do it. Don't stop saying every time it's a mistake that you're pulling a horn. Number 10 on the list of the most stolen cars in New Zealand, according to police reports in the last six months, Toyota Land Cruiser. That's a great vehicle. Yeah, Mitsubishi Lancer.

The Mazda Altenza. Atenza? Mazda Atenza. Mazda Atenza. Nissan Toronto. Toyota Hiace. Subaru Impreza comes in number five. Toyota Hiace is a great van.

Yeah. Subaru Impreza, always up. That's always on the list. They love a brah brah. Don't they? Ford Courier. That's at number four on the list. Oh, the horses.

That's my dad's ute. Really? Why are people stealing utes? Yeah, well, that's the thing. Utes have made a big comeback in this list. Holden Commodore is at number two on the list of most stolen vehicles in the last six months in New Zealand. And the Toyota Hilux ute.

Oh, they'll go forever. Number one on the list of most stolen vehicles. Is it so they steal the getaway car that's got, like, place to put the rest of their stolen goods? That's a good point. Maybe. Or a lot of these could be work vehicles, and they could just be stealing, like, a Hilux that's got all the tools on the back. All the tools, yeah.

So it's a kind of a... That's true. A piñata, if you will. You're getting the piñata, but you're getting everything inside as well. That's so poetic. I think that was a car piñata. The theft was a piñata. And the tools are the lollies.

Yeah. Well, hopefully there's some lollies in the centre console. There'd be tradie lollies. My fishermen's mint. What is that? Fisherman's friend. Mint-based.

Yeah. Because they're snaking a couple of durries at work and they've got to get rid of the smell before they get home. We're just reflecting in the studio how hard it is to find good people these days. But then I see it's always been hard to find good people. So I made some good people. A good person joins us in the studio, though. Kim Crossman, good morning.

Good morning, guys. Thank you. Not a problem. I'm also one of the good people. Congratulations on your new podcast. Megan, you're also one of the good people. Just so we'll pass it around. Yay!

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I think we can all leave Fletch out of that though. Oh, look. I'll just say it how it is. You have a new podcast. I do. Apparently, actually number one New Zealand podcast is up this morning. This is awkward because Anya's just got a new podcast. I do. Apparently, actually, number one New Zealand podcaster of this morning.

This is awkward because Anya's just got a new podcast and that's not number one, is it? Who's yours today? And our podcast obviously isn't number one. I think we're like 34, but Cam, I'm so proud of you. That's awesome. If I was going to be beaten by anyone, it would be you. Well, you're beaten by 33 other people too.

Someone has to be podcast number 34 that's great that's a huge achievement I could be 35 you could be could be worse could be worse prime time radio

spot about it this is great where's our radio podcast the show podcast 67 I think yeah right down right down

we're being beaten by you yeah but you were also part of this podcast so it's your fault this is a common denominator in these low rankingranking podcasts. Always passing the buck.

Don't argue in front of Kim, please. Tell us about your podcast. Okay, so last year I was diagnosed with depression, which, huge shock, because I'm a very bright, happy person. But I also found out I'm very stubborn, because I was like, nah, that doesn't seem right. But I think what it really highlighted was just my ignorance around mental health. I thought depression was all kind of, you're stuck in bed, you can't get up, can't go through with the day and horrible to be around. And it's like, no, that's not what it is at all. My brand of

depression is just really bad self-talk. So when things go wrong, I tend to kind of spiral and just, yeah, my brain is just a real douche, I guess. So, yeah, it was really interesting to kind of go, OK, well, a lot of my depression is attached to what I'm doing in my career. And you guys can probably relate to like huge highs, huge lows. So since I don't have any transferable skills, I thought the best thing I could do would kind of be talk to my peers or people that I've worked with who are kind of making big waves or seem to be navigating their life in a way that looks aspirational to me and sit them down and kind of figure out how they're doing it so I can better ride the wave so I'm not going up with the ups and down with the downs um spoiler alert they're not doing great either I was gonna say when you were like when you see from the outside someone who seems to be navigating their life well I'm like I know lots of people just

put on the front especially with Instagram now we're seeing everyone's highlights reels aren't we yeah so that was really heartbreaking because I was like oh no I've come in here actually to fix this problem but ended up being really cathartic in terms of

going like oh wow there's so many conversations we're not having and my big thing was I kind of isolated because I felt like, oh, I don't deserve these feelings, like there are so many people who are struggling in other ways like it's such a privilege to be depressed because, you know, not really, but this idea

Yeah, I know. Yeah. So, yeah, it was quite interesting to kind of hear these stories and people whose their current situation perhaps is just a lot of darkness. Some people who have maybe struggled with addiction and kind of went into how they would medicate, whether it was with women or with drugs and things. And then kind of this other half of the podcast became about how, yeah,

what tools they're doing. There's lots of people doing really alternative therapies and stuff. So it just kind of opened me up of going like, wow, there's so much golden juicy stuff here that we're not talking about. And I felt really nervous about putting this out. Obviously, I'm incredibly putting a lot of my laundry out there as well. But because my guests were so vulnerable, it kind of felt irresponsible not to share these chats because maybe they'll help someone else like they helped me. So who do you have on the podcast? What guests?

Sure. So I've got people that I've worked with. So I've either gone through a life high or a life low with them. So there's, we've got Kevin Connolly. He was EOF Entourage. He's the executive producer of the podcast and a great guest. Jamie Lynn Sigler, Reece Darby, Martin Henderson, Peter Mockery, who played my dad on Shortland Street as well, George Lopez, Ashley Tisdale's going to do an episode when I get back.

So yeah, a lot of really great, great people who are sharing stuff like Kevin said, like he's never done an interview like this before. Everyone's so nervous about the episode coming up. So that's one thing that I think people do struggle to understand, how someone who is living a life like Kevin, when he was doing Entourage. Yeah. It's the biggest show that's ever been.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. This huge show, literally about being famous and thus making him famous in real life as well. People don't understand what he would possibly have to be depressed about. It's interesting to hear you saying, when something goes wrong, your brain turns on you. Yeah, so that was kind of my ignorance about it.

It's not necessarily the things in your life. You can be your own worst enemy. It could be something like I had a severe hormonal imbalance. That's something that your body tries to tell you things. So I'm trying to learn, and one of the tokens I learned from this was leaning into the depression and going, oh, when depression shows up in my life, it's a symptom that something's not going good. So whether that's my diet, my gut health, perhaps, yeah, it is.

I'm not monitoring my thoughts, which is just exhausting if anyone else is having to learn to do this. Yeah, so it's kind of maybe things are going great, but maybe they're their own worst enemy or perhaps they isolate. They don't have community. Perhaps they're so famous that they don't feel like they have any mates and that could be part of it so yeah or most cases people who are pursuing something where they're not following their heart's desire that can cause great depression so with and you mentioned reese darby

before yeah i've never seen reese darby at his highest high and it was the same with the likes of robin williams no one had any idea because whenever you saw Robin Williams... But that's also, these people turned on is the wrong word, but that's what came to mind. And me too, I thrive in this environment. I'm around people who feed me energy and that's exciting. It's when I'm alone and

trying to do the self-care and laying in a bath that my thoughts go, she's alone, grab the microphone. So it's in those moments where you're like, oh, yuck. It's so refreshing to hear someone like you talk about it though, I think. Like someone who we've always seen as really bubbly and like you say, turns on all the time. Can I say that that is true?

I'm not putting on a front. Like two things can be true at the same time. I can be a bubbly person, but that doesn't mean I'm not horrible to myself when I'm alone. Yeah, but it's so refreshing and I think it's important to talk about that side of depression. So good on you. Oh, thanks. So Pretty Depressed is the podcast?

Number one in the iTunes store. Just like bloody executive intern Anya's deep and riveting chat on The Bachelorette. Yeah, right. I'll aim for number two. Who's number two? Number three. You get aim for number two. Who's number two? Number three. You get us to number two. That's your job. I know, but I'm still dining out on the fact that I bet Dolly Parton for a hot minute.

That is it. That's great. Thanks, Kim. You're my favourite. That's awesome. But the podcast is, and you've got how many episodes out now? I've dropped three episodes and I've got 15 in total at the moment, but it sounds like hopefully some more. Wow.

Yeah. Look at you getting it all prepared and then doing drops. What an overachiever, eh? Wouldn't this card comprehend that level of work ethic? No. Really? That's my problem though. I'm like.

You've got to get it done. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. This happened a few days ago in Australia. A grandmother kicked this off in Australia. Yeah, cigarettes are very expensive. Yeah, I saw someone post about that a few weeks ago.

Like, what's one pack? It's like 50 something. 50 bucks? A 40 pack of cigarettes is $56.95. And Judy, who's just a grandma, she self-identified. I'm not calling her a grandma. Yeah. She went and spent $56.85 on groceries.

Is that? To see how much food she would get for the same amount that one pack of smokes costs. So the New Zealand Australian dollar is pretty good at the moment, but that's just a little bit more. $58.92. Right. So $59 for one pack of cigs in Aussie. What's it here?

A 40 pack of cigs. That's for 40. That's crazy. In New Zealand, are most packs of cigarettes 20? Yeah, I think so. I don't know. When you think about multiple packs a week, you're getting into hundreds of dollars.

I've had friends that have quit and they save so much money. Yeah. So she said, this is, you know, I could feed the entire family. Yep. And she's got things in there, like she said, this is enough like food for the day, but there's a lot of stuff in there like cereals and milk and loaves of bread, as she said, would last multiple days. Yeah, yeah.

And, you know, feed quite a few people. So she said, this is the same of what, so it got replicated in New Zealand. It's actually been replicated just doing a quick Google search. She seems to have kicked off a real, a little bit of an internet buzz in different countries around the world. Different journalists are doing the same thing to show how much. And in New Zealand, it was very confronting as well as to how much you could get, how much food you could get

compared to one packet of cigarettes. So the price of cigarettes continually going up in New Zealand. It costs $35.90 for 20 Marlboro Reds at the supermarket that they shopped at in Wellington. And you hear about people that smoke a pack a day. Wow. And so in New Zealand, it got you bread, sausages, spaghetti, rolled oats, a bag of peas, another bit of pasta,

some shaved leg ham, some marge, which probably if you'd gone for butter, you would have had to put back two of the apples that she got, but always go for butter, some apples, some kumara, some canned food and sausages. And not only that, a pack of biscuits as well. So not only a treat in there as well, milk, and that compares to one packet of cigarettes.

It's confronting because you see it all laid out in the photo, all the food. I remember back when I had friends that worked, when we were at high school and people had after school jobs at supermarkets, they would say, even then when cigarettes were so much cheaper, what were they in the 90s? Oh, I can't remember. 10 bucks?

Yeah, I feel like a 20 pack was 10 bucks. Yeah, right. And people even then would have it all out and they'd be like, oh, and a pack of smokes and then they wouldn't have enough money so they'd put some of the food back. Yeah, right. So cigarettes, it's not, and they'd be like, oh, and a pack of smokes. And then they wouldn't have enough money, so they'd put some of the food back. Because they needed the cigarettes.

So cigarettes, it's not, people have always prioritised them. Yeah. But now you're costing yourself so much more, aren't you, if you're prioritising them. But then you're addicted. Well, yeah, that's addiction. I know. It's just a horrible thing.

Yeah. I know. But do you know what I find sad is that we know the effect it has on your body, but it's not until they realise how much they could buy for their family and everyone else that it might trigger them to stop. The effect on somebody else. Someone else rather than, I mean, it will kill you. Well, I've seen the pictures on the front of those cigarette packets.

Not pretty. There's not a lot of good stuff coming into your lungs. Well, that's not, because quitline's a government thing, isn't it? The quitline to get on board with this and start like sharing it around in advertising, it might help some people. But then she's had double-edged sword there on smoking because the amount of tax that's made off the fact

that every time somebody buys a pack of cigarettes. Oh, so you're saying keep smoking because we need the tax dollars? Yes. But no. No. No. We can tax the marijuana, can't we, if that comes in?

Yeah, that's a good call because all those saints in America that have done it are flush with money. I mean, everyone's stoned. They just walk into a principal's office at a school and just throw a lot of cash at them. They're like, it's weed tax. And he's like, oh, God, put it with the rest of the money. All right, it's 18 past seven. Fletch. Yes.

We need to talk about something. Okay. You and I. Okay. Because I kind of agree with you. Oh, God. On an issue that has been brought up lightly. Are you getting me started?

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so get your team together. Details at simasters.com. Sit in. Reminds me of all of the years and the dreams I've been chasing Fueling the fire inside so the fear I can face Cause mama never told me nothing about being complacent So you can knock me down But I won't stay on the ground Can't stop believing I'm the greatest

Heart's breaking till I know I made it I'll never know what second place is No pain, no doubt Till the lights go

out, just a little more Makes it worth it all When I hear the call Will I rise or fall? I know all my roads Lead to something gold So I'ma walk them all I will walk them all

You can knock me down So I'm a walk them all. I will walk them all. You can knock me down. But I won't stay on the ground. Can't stop believing I'm the greatest. Hearts breaking till I know I made it I'll never know what second place is No pain, no doubt Till the lights go out Till the lights go out

Yeah, yeah, yeah Some days it feels like I don't wanna go any farther Let's go out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Some days it feels like I don't want to go any farther. The only way I know to keep on is keep pushing harder. Can't, can't stop believing I'm the greatest. Hearts break and I know I made it I'll never know What second place is No pain, no doubt Till the lights go out

Can't stop I'll spray can Till I know I made it I'll never know what second place is No pain, no doubt 660 on CDM, Fleek's born to Megan, 722. Hit it. I'm all started Don't get fleshed out Don't get fleshed out in here Don't get fleshed out I'll set you sane.

Walking. Yeah. Treading the pavement. Taking the Huawei Express. With me old mate here. Shanks' pony. Just two mates. That's what my mum used to say.

I don't know the origin of that. She used to always say, how am I going to get there? You've got to be really careful with your old person saying. No, I thought Shanks was like the leg part. You know, like lamb shank. Shanks' pony referring to one's own legs and the action of walking as a means of conveyance.

Yeah. Oh, okay. She'd be like, take Shank's pony. I'd be like, that means walking. The meaning and origin of Shank's pony. Oh, it might have a Second World War origin and you know I'm loving my... Yeah, you're loving your...

See, I've taught you something. Going by Shank's pony. Walk short distances and leave room for those who have longer journeys. Huh, okay. Well, anyway, me, old mate Vaughn and I are walking along. Walk short distances and leave room for those who have longer journeys. Huh. Okay. Well, anyway, me, old mate Vaughn, and I are walking along. Oh, yeah.

And I stumble, Megan. Yes. I take a light stumble. And Fletch immediately gets into a rant about how dangerous fixing footpaths are, but not having them exactly the same. Well, it's not even about fixing. It's just about them looking. They don't look the same.

So, like, for example, out there. People at home don't know where you're pointing. Okay, out. And this doesn't apply to their out there. Out there might be like a pattern. And sorry, I momentarily closed my eyes in a very long blink in a frustrated... Well, outside our work, outside the ZM Studios,

lots of roadworks. In fact, lots of roadworks in Auckland. It's called the City of Roadworks at the moment. It's road cones bloody everywhere. It's little orange people. Oh, boomer over here. And so say, for example, there's a nice footpath and what's that stuff they put down

and it's nice and black? Asphalt. Yeah, tar seal. Is it tar seal? Like, you know. Bitumen. Bitumen. They do a nice, like, black footpath

and then they lay it down and then three months later they're like, oh, we've got to cut a hole and put something in the ground and fix a pipe or something. And so they cut a square hole in this lovely footpath. They do their work, but then they reseal it. But you can see that they've resealed it.

They've got to do the whole thing. They should do the whole thing to make it look all nice. Yeah, but where are they going to stop? At the driveway or the corner. Oh, my God. If you, and you see this everywhere, and they spray paint stuff, and you're like, oh, they're going to dig that up, aren't they? And then they dig it up, and they do a little patch. Oh my God. If you, and you see this everywhere and they spray paint stuff and you're like, oh, they're going to dig that up, aren't they?

And then they dig it up and they do a little patch. Same with roads. They should have to do the whole little bit. That's a waste of money. No, it's not because- Tax pay is money. Then because that becomes a pothole because the contractors don't do it properly and then you've got to fix it again.

You might as well just do the whole road again. 964-96 is our text number. What are your thoughts if they have a concrete footpath, but then they decide they're going to patch it with bitumen? Yeah, I don't like that either. The whole thing should be concrete. So downtown at the moment, there's cobblestones, and they've pulled up like a metre square to fill it up,

and then they put bitumen in there. Put the stones back in so it all matches. But maybe they're coming back to it. You know, like they don't want to do the permanent path. Yeah, I did wonder that because that was at the weekend they did that. I'm like, maybe they are coming back to that. But I tell you what, it's all got to look the same. And then it's uneven and then Vaughan trips over. Elderly people trip over.

Why did he trip over? You were on your phone. I was dragging my feet. No, I wasn't lifting my feet. And my mother was saying, I was scuffing. No, but it't lifting my feet. As my mother would say. I was scuffing. No, but it just gets me wild. And then they fill the hole in or the square and it's like higher or lower than that. Oh my God, it doesn't match.

It does my head in. Everything's got to match. You need... I don't like when they do a patch and there's a bump in it. Yeah, because it always sinks down. So that's why they do the bump. So they've got to put a bump. But still, do the whole thing.

You wouldn't have that problem. Should I give you some other problems to... Vaughn agreed with me. He was agreeing with us. It all looks patchwork. I don't like it when they're finished out here. And that out here can be your out here. There's no rules to where out here needs to be.

When they're finished out here, it better all look the same. That's the thing and if they do roadworks and they do a little square patch and it it better all look the same. That's the thing if they do roadworks and they do a little square patch and it doesn't all look the same oh it gets me so wild. Somebody said it makes them very angry

when their city looks tacky. Yes it does it looks tacky. It's like if I went to a city it looks like a patchworks quilt. If I went to a city and I saw all these patches

I'd be like ooh city sort it out. But isn't that American roads are so patchy and cramped? Oh yeah, American roads are terrible. That should make you appreciate what we have.

We could have perfect roads because it'll all be the same. Oh my god. Like, how hard is it to, you see them standing around all the time doing nothing. But they only have a certain budget. They love it. That's why I see the text number. Now, okay, some text feedback. Someone said, blame the council and Vaughan's mate Cindy.

I assume they're referring to Jacinda. I'm a road worker and we say the same things as Fletch, but our hands are tied now. Budgets are tight. That's what I'm saying. Hi, Cass, it's a budget thing. They've only got a certain amount of money. But the thing is, just do the whole patch or at least over the other...

They don't have the money. It's taxpayer's money. But see, if I was a road worker or a road contractor, I'd be like, let's just do this whole little bit just so it all looks good. Like, let's not tell anyone. But then you don't have enough, like, of the Tarsealy stuff for your next bit.

Somebody else said... Yeah, it's the way it is, isn't it? It's unfortunate. You might have been called a boomer, but you sound like another entitled millennial who thinks the government has unlimited money. See how easy this is? I can't wait for talk back.

I can't wait. A couple of things you don't even really mean with a bit of passion and then people start firing on all cylinders and Hosking just sits up there licking his lips, wearing his Gucci loafers with goat hair on the top, thinking about how he's going to spend all this money he's making. Yeah. Yeah. And he's going to spend all this money he's making. Yeah. Yeah. And he's riling people up.

It's so easy. Yeah, and someone's like, here we go. Someone's like, what, do you want to pay more higher tax? And someone's, now we're on to the tax thing. I love it. And someone's going to ring up and they're going to say, you know why the government don't like thieves? Because they don't like competition.

That's all I'm going to say. That was my thoughts on it. No, I'll say no more. Thank you. Goodbye. I mean, I just want things to look pretty. Is that a crime? Somebody said, have you been to Christchurch?

Now that's, yeah. You've got a good point. I'll cut it. There's obviously exceptions to be made in these circumstances. Yeah, but you think about it. They've been living in that for years. Yep. But I tell you what,

the new bits that they're putting in look beautiful. It all looks beautiful. Until they have to go back to dig a bit up to put a new pipe in. Then they do a rough patch. Oh God, make it all look the same. Someone said, I'm a painter. It's like painting half a door and leaving it. You wouldn't do it. They get it. They get it.

Good stuff. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The Podcast January 31st Today Is the most popular day in the year For people to quit their job Is it because people have

Is this an overseas study or a New Zealand study? No, it's a UK It's an overseas study Overseas Because I was going to say Do you think it's because People go on holiday They have Christmas

They don't have their Big summer holidays Yeah, but they They still have a Christmas break They still have a break And it is a miserable Time of the year

Because it's dark and cold And snowy and rainy Yeah So that makes you Maybe think Well, I just need to Get out of here And travel

That's exactly what it is They say that people come back to work and find themselves kind of like looking at their diary and being like, no. Not another year of this misery. This is not for me. No. Because also, so today's,

the end of January is the most popular day to quit. Right. But January is also the most popular month for people to quit their job as well. So some people just realise earlier and like, yeah, I'm out. And do you think a lot of it has to do with the whole we have a, you know,

a sense of our lives over Christmas and New Year because we're doing the New Year's resolutions. We're looking ahead at the year. Yeah. So you've just got to, I mean, you've just got to hang

until January 31 and then just roll with it. Another year, just roll with it. But, I don't know if you're that miserable. If you can make it to February 1st, the misery's almost over. Yeah, if you're that miserable, maybe you should just do it.

I'd love to see some New Zealand stats because I reckon it'd be mid-year when a lot of people go overseas to do the OE, to London and stuff, or go travelling. They're just like, I'm just going to take three or four months off, to do the OE, to London and stuff, or go travelling. They're just like, I'm just going to take three or four months off, travel in the European summer, Northern Hemisphere summer.

But maybe that's the time when you make a realisation and then you're like, right, I'm going to work out the last few months and then next year I'm making a change. I don't know. Yeah. Just pull the bandaid off if you hate it that much. Who's quitting in New Zealand in January and going to London in like March?

Bad idea. You'd get there and be like, what have I done? There's got to be stats on how many New Zealanders leave to do the OE at what time of the year and how quickly they come back. Yeah, that's what I'd like to see. If you left New Zealand summer and went straight into the English winter, that would be a massive deterrent, wouldn't it? Yeah, it'd be horrible.

You'd be like, what have I done? Yeah. And then you get to the English summer and most of the time you're like, well, this isn't, this is not how I pictured summer. No, they had like four good days. Oh, okay, yeah. Oh, they loved it. Do they scatter them or are they in a row?

To be fair, global warming has given like the UK quite a few nice months of summer. Yeah. So there's positives. But they're not equipped for it though, are they? No, no. No, they're not. Everything starts melting. It's still a bit of a shock.

And stopping. Quarter to eight, just before we get to Vaughan's pity party. Today is the most popular day for people to quit their job, January 31. And we actually have someone on the phone who plans to quit their job today. Obviously, anonymous. Good morning. Good morning. It sounds like we've put a voice disguiser on, but we haven't.

Did you know that today was the most popular day before you heard us mention that? I had absolutely no idea, but I've been giggling in my car all morning. Because today you quit. Yeah, well, I haven't quit yet. It's happening around about 6pm, so... Okay, have you thought about how you're going to do it? Like, are you just going to storm into the boss's desk and just...

Rip the fingers and... Yeah. If I was quitting for good reasons, then yeah, but no, there's some personal issues that I've got to sort out, so... Okay. It was a sad resignation reasons, then yeah. But no, there's some personal issues that I've got who sought out. So it was a sad resignation in a way. Oh, okay. Well, I hope everything goes well from here on.

Is that what you say? Well, Megan is an employer and she obviously hasn't had anyone resign because they actually will, they have, but they just don't turn up. Yeah, they just don't come back. They just don't come back. So good on you for going to resign. That's very kind. Thanks for your call, Anonymous. Other people texting in as well.

Many people today, just out of charts, heard us say that and are resigning. Somebody said, I had a girl message me last night saying she's resigning today. So does that count today? No, I count that as the 30th.

That doesn't count. Okay. Somebody said, yeah, I quit this time last year. I just got a Facebook memory saying today was the day I quit. And somebody else said, yeah, I'm leaving my work today. I start a new job Monday. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. It's Bring Your Kids to Work Day today here at ZM. Hello. Indy and Augie are here. And I believe we have a special treat after the news, after the break, with Friday Flashback Vaughan. Yes. August is going to introduce a song that she wasn't

even alive for. Good Lord. This song's 10 years old. Dad's old, isn't he? Thank you. Thank you very much for the loyalty. You know this song, don't I, Augie? Don't say it. No, do you know what song it much for the loyalty. You know this song though, eh, Augie? Don't say it. Do you know what song it is?

You've heard the song before? Yes. Okay, good. So it's a classic. It's a classic. Yep, okay. Yesterday we went for our little coffee after the show. Went to get a little coffee.

And I don't know how I've not noticed this before because we always go and get coffee but maybe we don't go to places where you have to like give your name as the coffee order.

Yeah. So they shout out. Yeah. Well because over there they generally know us but there's a couple of new people. Yeah.

So they get in and know us so they ask for your name. And they have a lot of coffee orders. I'm still amazed at cafes when people So they get in and know us. So they ask for your name. And they have a lot of coffee or pumps as coffee holders. I'm still amazed at cafes when people like you go in and people remember my name. And I'm like,

you must serve so many people every day. Like my cafe over the road from my house, they know all the customers that walk in as names. Yeah, but... It's nuts. You know lots of people's names in your life.

No, I don't. I don't know even people that work here. Some of them I couldn't even tell you. Really? Everyone has different faces and you attach the names to the faces. No, but I'm great with faces. I'll see a face from like 10, 12, 15 years ago. I'll be like, I know that person.

Where have I seen them from? Yeah, that to me is no good. Because if you don't know the name to put with the face, you're just seeing a familiar face. And then they're like, hey, Fletch. And you're like, hey. Hey, face. And then I've got to work out where I know them from and hopefully guess.

It's a fun game. Yeah. There needs to be an internet movie database, an IMDB for people you've met in your life. Because, you know, when you're in a movie or a TV show, like, where do I know that person from? Yeah. And you look it up and you find them and then you've got all your answers. You need that with faces. Or like when you're watching Amazon Prime, if you pause it, it tells you all the characters in the scene.

Yes. We need AI glasses or contact lenses that come up with blip, blip, blip. Megan. Yeah. Pappas. You've known her since 2000 and whenever. Yeah. Favourite colour?

Pink. I'm pretty sure China's got this technology, but they use it to stop people taking planes places. Oh, yeah, right. Okay. Yeah. And they were social shaming people for wearing their pyjamas too, weren't they, last week in public?

So maybe we don't need that kind of carry on. So yesterday when they asked for my name, I said Smith and then went and sat down and we were talking and then they said Smith and Megan said, why did you say Smith? Why did you put your name as Smith? I said because Vaughn's a weird name to write down and then repeat. And Megan just thought this was the saddest thing ever.

I was like, did you just do that today? Or do you always say Smith? I always do Smith because it's a very easy, and there might be other Smiths there. That's the only problem I've ever run into. I know there's various ways to spell your first name, Vaughan, but like, it's not that hard. Just write V-O-R-N if you need.

Yeah, sure. But then the problem with it is, it's not often the same person that writes it down is the same person that has to say it out loud. Right. So there's a bit of whispers there like, I might say Vaughn, and then they write it down how they think it's said, and then the next person says it how

they think that person's written it down to be said. Because famously, the takeaways, they called you Vag Hand. Vag Hand, I got called Vag Hand at a Peter Pit. Is that what really, is that traumatic? Last week. Volgan, was it last week? What was that one I loved? This is quite lovely.

I went in a super cheap auto and they said, what? I was like, are you going to tell where it was? I'm not saying never never shopping there again. Is that the place with the Mr. Toyboy lookalike? Yes. There's a Mr. Toyboy lookalike. And he's South African.

He's got a Mr. Toyboy look to him and he's South African and he's younger, so I was just saying to Megan. I know, I need a reason to go to Super Cheap Auto. No, but you could palm all those thirsty cougars that come into your cafe off into super cheap autos. Yeah, okay. Because yours is taken. But then you should also ask for a little bit of commish from super cheap auto putting all these cashed up cougars through there.

We also don't know if he's single before we... We can't speak for that. Well, no, he can stand up for himself and push the cougars away. Famously, South African men do well against cougars. They just like roll on their back and expose their soft belly. But he said, oh, do you have a card, a super cheap auto card? And I said, I actually do. And he said, oh, what's your phone number?

So I told him and he looked at it and he's like, oh, yeah, Vorgana? I was like, no, no, Vaughan. And he's like, oh, yeah, no, no, no, there's a Vaughn here too. Oh, yeah. Under your phone number. There's two of them. There's two of them. There's Vaughn.

I was going to check that one next, but the other one's Vaughana. I was like, what with my phone number? He's like, oh, yeah, maybe someone put it in wrong. I was like, well, I don't know. I registered online, so I wrote my own name in there. I said, it's okay. It's a weird name. I understand it's quite a hard one. Yeah, just admit you're wrong. I was like, well, I don't know. I registered it online so I wrote my own name in there. I said, it's okay. It's a weird name. I understand it's quite a hard one. Yeah. Just admit you're wrong. To pronounce. And he was like,

no, no, there's definitely two. There's Volgana and there's you. And I was like, well, get rid of Volgana. Wow, can't do that. I was like, how dedicated are you to this lie that there's a Volgana with my phone number? But that was all good. I would have asked him to turn the screen around. I was... There was my phone number but that was all good I would have asked

him to turn the screen around there was a part of me that was like I feel bad but it wasn't him it wasn't the Mr. Toyboy

it was an older dude so you don't need to feel sorry for him he's alright but yeah that's just my reality so that I don't give him Vaughn

because it's a weird name how awful that you've struggled with that your whole life it's a real it's a weird name. It's too hard. How awful that you've struggled with that your whole life. It's a real water problem. Right up there. But I have this when I go to America.

If I say my first name Carl, or like you go to Starbucks or coffee, it's like Carl. They're like, what? Carl. So I have to say it in an American accent. I'm like, Coral. Yeah. Otherwise, and one of my friends saw me do this and was like,

what are you doing? I was like, I have to say my name like this. Otherwise, I don't understand it. And Fletch. Fletch, yeah. I'd write down Fletch if you said Fletch is your name. It's so nice to hear you two middle-aged white men talking about your vulnerabilities and your struggles. It is.

It's real problems, isn't it? It really is. It's a white man's struggle. Yeah, we're all going through our own stuff. Yeah. Some people aren't allowed, you know, in certain areas and I can't give my first name when I make a coffee order. The struggle is real.

People are struggling because of weird bridges against the race that they were born into. So no choice of their own and unfairly judged. But, you know, I can't say Vaughan when I want an iced Americano. It's so awful. It's the injustice of it. We're all struggling. Friday Flashback. I cannot believe this song is 10 years old.

I know. I've just seen it in the log and I'm like, what? This happens every year when we tick over to like new category because now 2010 songs are eligible. Yeah, so the rules are for Friday Flashback, it's got to be at least 10 years old and it's got to be a banger, which is never a problem for me.

But some of us make it. You struggle. Born, you struggle too. Let's not go crazy. This song went 12 times platinum in the United States. So that's a lot of copies. But the weirdest thing was it peaked in the US mainstream top 40 at only number 16.

But it must have just been in there for a very, very long time. New Zealand, it got to number four. It actually got to number one in France and Scotland. Those are the only places it got to number one. Wow, really? But everybody knows this song. It sold a tonne. It launched a career.

And apparently this one word was said 56 times in the song. Wow, okay. In the song. All right. And August is going to, my daughter August is here. She's going to introduce today's Friday flashback. You ready? Okay, here we go.

Today Friday's flashback is Justin Bieber, Baby. Good work. Good work. Do you want Dad's job? No. He's got higher aspirations. Sure. All right, it's your Friday flashback, Justin Bieber.

ZM. ZM, it's your Friday flashback, which is now 10 years old. This song is 10 years old. Justin Bieber with Ludacris. Baby, the remix. We were just saying how cute it is that Ludacris wrote, like, a kid-friendly rap in there. Yeah.

Totally unknown kids on the scene, and Ludacris is like, I'll go on the track. Yeah. It needs to be kid-friendly. He's like, I can do it. Sure. Leave it with Ludy. I'll get back to you.

How long do you, how long I got, a week? Heaps of time. Some feedback on Friday Flashback. Okay. We always welcome your feedback.

What a way to start the day. And somebody else said, such a banger, still know all the lyrics, 11 year old me is loving it. Yeah.

Somebody else said, Not lyrical genius though, is it? No, not really. A bit of sass from Megan this morning. Follow me. Seriously considered driving my car into oncoming traffic

when that song came on the radio. It's not what we're after from our music choices. Go for a tree. Don't hurt other people. That's just an insight into Fletch. Not don't do it. Just don't drag other people into your poor decisions. Yeah, don't drag other people into your poor decision.

Choose a tree. But not like a native tree. No, yeah, a pine. A pine. That would stop you in a hurry. They grow quite dirty. Good Lord, stop. Somebody else said,

baby, baby, baby, no. So I'm guessing that's negative. That's a negative there. Banger, somebody else said, this is poor choice. I expected better from you. Oh. Ouch. Oh, well.

When I'm all, I'm pleased with the... Clanger, is that a clanger for Smith? One of the few clangers for the year. Oh, maybe. Okay. Maybe. All right. Am I a bad person?

All right, we have an am I a bad person, which involves an engagement ring. Obviously, this person has emailed anonymously. Yeah. And they heard us talking yesterday. Actually, I'll just read the email. They referenced this. Okay.

Hi, guys. I heard you talking yesterday about whether selling your wedding dress after you divorce is okay. And I thought I would ask for your advice. I recently ended my engagement, she ended it, with my fiance because I found out he's been cheating on me with a close friend. The thing is he

proposed to me with a family heirloom. It's a diamond and sapphire ring from his grandma. I've asked if he wants the ring back and he said no. I never want to wear it because it's just a constant reminder of him obviously.

He cheated on it. I think it is worth a bit of money and honestly, I could really do with some extra cash right now. I would like to know if I'm a bad person if I sell the engagement ring. Well, he said no,

but what kind? I feel like he said no. He wants nothing to do with it. I feel like he's not entitled, but what kind of... I feel like he said no. He wants nothing to do with her. I feel like he's not entitled to say no. Yeah, I feel like he's not. I feel like his mum or their family would have something to say about that. He was given that with a purpose to pass on to his future

wife, and if that's not going to go to that purpose... But he's also a scumbag. That's why he said no. He didn't want it back. Because he'd been so naughty. You think it's the guilt. He wants it back. I reckon he wants it back.

But it's the guilt that's making him go, no, no, no, I don't need it. Nobody would say yes. Six months down the track, when mum's like, whatever happened to Dolores' engagement ring? And he's going to be like, hell. I'd just be like, I got lost and then blame the cleaners and they'd be like, you don't have any cleaners.

I'd be like, yeah, damn. And I'd like to think in that situation I wouldn't be spiteful and sell it but I can't promise anything. Oh, I would sell it.

Because if you, yeah, you'd be really pissed. Well, like she said, she needs some moolahs. How much would you get for a ring like that? Like thousands?

I mean, it totally depends on the size of the stones, but yeah, thousands. Because you're buying it to get the stones, right? You're not going to have some hucky old ring, are you? No, you could totally wear that. Or do you melt it down? I mean, you could melt it down, but you could obviously still wear it how it is. So there could be someone out there that buys an engagement ring that's an heirloom from someone else's family.

Oh, my gosh. That's crazy to think about, right? Yeah. I mean, it would probably look cool, but yeah. I mean, she did due diligence and asked if he wanted her back. The person that buys it takes it to Antiques Roadshow. And then mum and dad and the cheater have tuned in to Antiques Roadshow because he moves home and your parents always watch Prime.

And they see the ring and it's worth like hundreds of thousands of pounds. Has your friend been on Antics Roadshow yet? Not yet. Okay, please let us know because I want to know how much that letter from Hitler

is going to get. No, it wasn't a letter from Hitler. Don't make it sound like it was a telegraph saying Hitler was going to surrender. Oh, right. It wasn't a dear Steve,

how you love your friend Adolf. Okay. I still want to know what that's worth. Yeah, how you love your friend Adolf. Okay. I still want to know what that's worth. Yeah, okay. Okay, let us know. So we need to know now if she's a bad person. So the bad person part is that she will sell it. She wants to sell someone else's family.

Right. I'm going to say she's not. She's got it in writing or a text from him, I'm assuming, saying that he doesn't want it back. She's got grounds to sell that. I would sell it. And I don't think she's a bad person. She was cheated on.

His fault. Ruthless Fletch. I mean, I'd never go to Fletch for moral conundrums. I'm great at moral conundrums. I just tell it like it is. Very clear. You're too bright and white. There's grey areas.

There's no grey areas here. He cheated. He said he doesn't want the ring back. It is yours to sell. So this is what we want to know this morning. Is she a bad person? You tell us. Maybe you've been in a similar situation as well where, I don't know, you've broken up with someone and then you've got their stuff. Like, what do you do?

0800 dials at M to call us. You can text 9696. Is she a bad person? She got cheated on. She had a family heirloom engagement ring. He doesn't want it back. She wants to sell it. Is she a bad person?

Am I a bad person? A dog shock collar that's activated on heat and pulse. Yeah. So if she starts getting a bit flustered and a bit excited, it just drops her. I just like, we're going to interview him one day, aren't we? And I feel like that little clip that I just said is going to come back and haunt me. Oh, yeah, true. I'm just just marking that down.

Yeah, mark that. Am I a bad person? This is going crazy. Like, people are so passionate about this. So, just to recap. So, this person got a sapphire and diamond engagement ring from her partner. It was from his grandma. Then he cheated on her.

So they've broken it off. Yeah. She asked if he wanted the ring back. He said no, remember? So she now wants to know if she's a bad person for selling the heirloom engagement ring. And you raise a good point. You don't think it's his call. He's probably a bit stupid about this.

Like this is a family treasure. Give it back to mum. Give it to mum, yeah. Because they're going to ask, if they haven't already, they're going to ask eventually where the ring is. It was given to him

for a purpose and that purpose isn't going to be followed through. So he has to give it back. Alright, so what do you think? Is she a bad person? Stephanie, what do you think?

Is she a bad person? I agree with Megan. Yeah, if she disposes of it, you know, for cash or for whatever, then yeah, I think she's a bad person. Marley, it was given to him for a purpose, like she said, and he may have other siblings or cousins or whatever who can use it for that true purpose. So, yeah, I think she's a bad person. So she needs to do the right thing. Imagine if Nana's ring did the whole round of the cousins, but it's just every one of them was a scumbag.

Hey, thanks for your call, Stephanie. Amy, what do you think? Is she a bad person for wanting to sell this engagement ring? Amy. We've lost. I believe we've lost Amy. Let's go to Olivia. Olivia, is she a bad person?

Yeah, if she sells it, she definitely is a bad person. What would you do, Olivia? Well, it's not the family's fault that he cheated. That's true. It should definitely go back to the family so that, I don't know, another lovely woman can have it. There's been some text messages in along that same line, like the family didn't cheat on her, he did.

And somebody said they actually were in this situation and they gave it back to the family and they said they felt so powerful at that day where they got to call the meeting and give it back and explain to them what he'd done and how lucky they were that they hadn't sold this. Also, like, we don't know what this ring looks like. Do people like getting a Mankey hand-me-down ring?

Like... I mean, it's diamonds and sapphires. I don't know if we'd call it manky. But is it, like... What colours are sapphires? Blue. It's like, um... Sounds very manky.

Kate Middleton, sapphire's making a real resurgence. Oh, right. Okay, it's back, baby. Okay. Thanks, Olivia. MT, what do you think? Is she a bad person? I don't think so.

I think he cheated on her, and so she's got the ring, and then he said that he didn't want it back. So I think she should just get it valued and then offer it back to the family. What? Sell it back to the family? Whoa! Power play!

Whoa! That is ruthless. Yeah. Well, he could buy it back. I tell you what, you're not the only person that said it. Really? So yeah, offer it back to the family and tell them you'll even give them a discount, but... Is that not bribery?

I don't see you... Bribery? Legally, she's been given it, right? So she is the owner of that ring? Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Okay, so she's within her rights to do that.

Yeah, and he said he didn't want it, so why not just get it valued? And then if the family are that desperate for their heirloom back, then buy it back. God, that's brilliant. You're brilliant. It would be interesting to hear from a lawyer, though, on what the legalities of that is. Because, yeah, engagement rings are an interesting one. Do we have any lawyers listening?

Famously, yeah. Famously, yeah. New Zealand Law Council. They find the highbrow nature of this show, yeah, right up their alley. They have a meeting every morning and they listen to the show. Shall I ask Zach, our friend Zach, who's a lawyer? Is this his area of specialty? Oh, don't lawyers know everything?

No, I think they're very specialised. It's like accountants. Well, I'll try FaceTime him while you carry on. Oh, I wouldn't FaceTime him. You don't know what's going to be the live broadcast of him. Amy, good morning. What do you think? Is she a bad person?

No, I don't think she's a bad person, but I think she might have bad karma for it. Yeah, yeah, I agree. Phew, thank God. The most thing happened to me, and I went and gave it back to the mum, and I needed money. But I felt good giving it back to her,

knowing that it was hers in the beginning, and, you know, he is a bad person now, but you might find the one. Was the mum grateful that you gave that back? Like, what did she say? Oh, she was so grateful and I got it valued and she didn't know how much it was worth. How much was it worth?

Two and a half grand. So it wasn't huge, but, you know, he got it off her for free as such to give it to me and it was made for her. You just said, like, he might find the one. He doesn't get another go with Grandma's ring, does he? Like, he doesn't get to give that on again. Like, he's had his shot.

That gets given to somebody else to give to their... You'd think so, yeah. Yeah, I think she's going to give it to the daughters now. Yeah, hey, brilliant. Amy, thanks. You called some text messages. Somebody said he deserves the telling off his mother will give him when she finds out what's happened.

So go ahead and sell it. Cheaters don't deserve consideration. That's rough. So our online Instagram poll is saying 60% not a bad person for selling this ring. So 60% of poll response. Early days in the poll, though, but, you know. Heaps of people are saying sell it back to the family.

That's still selling it, isn't it? Yeah, but I like that idea because then they've got first option. Yeah, but why are you punishing the family? Because let's be honest, it's probably going to be his mum and dad that buy it back. Why are you punishing them? You know? Yeah, that's a fair call. They've done nothing.

Grandma didn't do it. Just, yeah, I agree. Bad karma's going to follow you if you do that. But then his parents might be punishers as well. Well, what if his parents... Yeah, if you never liked his parents, then go for it. Yeah, yeah. Sell it back.

Make some money. Also, if his parents are like loaded AF. What, they can spare a bit? Yeah, they can spare a bit. But obviously, if they're struggling, I wouldn't want to sell it to them. Robin Hood. Yeah. Basically, yeah. Okay. Wow. That's good. they can spare a bit but obviously if they're you know struggling I wouldn't want to sell it to them Robin Hood yeah basically yeah yeah

okay wow good luck because that's a pretty split decision yeah Flesh, Vaughan and Megan the podcast

ZM the guy that's at the coffee shop has light on his phone is on oh it's so embarrassing that guy is still there that's the 2020

toilet paper on your shoe is he still there it really is that happened to me the other day the light was on on my phone I was so embarrassed why is's so embarrassing. That guy is still there. That's the 2020 toilet paper on your shoe. Is he still there? It really is. That happened to me the other day. The light was on on my phone. I was so embarrassed. Why is it so embarrassing? I don't know, but I'm always like, oh, sweetheart, you've got your lights on.

Oh. Silly. All right, it's time for... We've got to tell him, though. No, don't tell him. Wave at him, and then you flash your light on and off. He won't know what you're doing. No, I'll find out eventually. When it's fun.

Yeah. Nah, that battery will run for ages with that phone. All right, it's time for... Fact of the Day, Day, Day, Day, Day. Today's Fact of the Day is about Gillian Anderson. Yes, this is the one we banked yesterday. Gillian Anderson, if you're watching Sex Education, she's in that. She's a mom.

She's so good in that. She's amazing. Isn't her voice like just... Oh, yeah. So, wait, is she British? Or is she American? Because her accents are incredible. That is what today's fact of the day is about.

She is technically bisexual. Well, I don't know. I can't speak to that. But I don't know. Oh, sorry. It's bring your kids to work day. Bidialectual. Bidialectal.

Okay. Which means you are capable of using two dialects of a language. Accents in this case. Or in other words, your friend that went to London and after two weeks has an accent. No, because this one's actually good. Oh, right. You know, those people you're always like, oh, that's not right. Stop it.

Well, I've got some audio to accompany today. These are two accents. And this just proves Gillian Anderson. Today's fact of the day is Gillian Anderson, when she is in America, does interviews in an American accent, and when she's in Britain, she does interviews in a British accent. Right after college, and I had no money, and yeah, I was trying to audition as an actress. You know, it's hard living in New York when you don't have any money.

How many girls? Fantastic adaptation. Or I love the book. I think it's all of it. I mean, I wasn't really that interested in doing television at the time. But the script, the adaptation by Andrew Davies was so extraordinary that... Wow. I just couldn't help.

I love her British, like on sex ed. She's just great, isn't she? She almost like purrs in your ears. Yes. Oh, we're... Yeah, and she's so hot. That's actually how people have described Vaughan's voice.

Purring. Yeah. What's that? It's not even described like a chainsaw in the distance on a cold winter's morning. I get it. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah I do. Yeah. It's beautiful. Okay. When my daughter's telling me it's time to move on. And he's giving you a slap Dad, people are sick of the gig Move on Hey, tough crowd

So Gillian Anderson, how she did this is she was born in Chicago Okay As a young child she moved to Puerto Rico Oh, okay She went back to London, her dad wanted to go to drama school Yeah She stayed in London until she was 11 and moved back to the US, but they still spent every summer in London.

They had a flat, and when she wasn't going to school, over the break, she'd go back to London and bounce between the areas so much that when she was in England, she got mocked for her American accent, and when she was in America, she got mocked for her British accent, so she just decided when she was in that continent, it was British, and when she was here, American. Wow. Yeah.

So technically, she's American. British. No, American. She was born in Chicago. So she's a US citizen. She might actually have... Oh, do you have to... Is that one of those situations where you have to give up one of your citizenships to...

I don't know. Have another one? No, because I've got a British citizenship. Yeah, but we're also a Commonwealth country. Yeah, so we're allowed to have dual. We're allowed to be bi here. Mm. Mm-hmm.

It's encouraged. It certainly is. If your granddad was bi? Yep. No, if your granddad was full. Yep. British or Irish, right? Or my dad is.

Your dad is, but you can go as far as ancestry. Ancestry as well, yeah. Ancestry, right, yeah. Depends who's bi in the family and stuff. Yeah, right. I guess. Well, no, if they're fully British, you'd call them the homo... Hetero.

They'd be homo-British. Homo-British, sure, yeah, right, okay. So if your grandad was homo-British, you can be bi. Okay, great. No questions asked. Okay, sweet. If your dad was homo-British, you can be bi. Okay, great. No questions asked. Okay, sweet. If your dad was homo-British, in your case, that's confusing.

But you can also be whatever you want. Great. So today's fact of the day is Gillian Anderson, known probably best to you from X-Files. Yeah. Scully. Yep. Is bi-dectile.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. It's my secret. Okay. But it's out there, so I'll tell you now. But the key to a long relationship is... Stockholm Syndrome. Yep.

That's very important. Capture them, put them in your basement, and eventually they will love you. Okay, that makes sense. Fall in love with your captor. Yeah. Being boring. Oh, okay. And being able to be boring with your partner.

So if you've got, this is what your problem is. You can't sit still. I'm not boring enough. You can't be boring with somebody. You just can't sit there. I've been boring with people in the past. I don't even think you're boring with us. You get bored of being boring and then it's over.

Yeah. I'm too excited. But the key is to be able to be bored boring and then it's over. Yeah. I'm too excited. But the key is to be able to be bored together and not find it boring. Right. Yeah, to just do nothing. Okay, that's the secret.

Yep. What is it about chilling that you just can't do? Can't sit still. I mean, I can watch Netflix but then I just get so... I just can't sit still. Like, you said I sat down

to do work and then I was like, oh my God, there's cheese in the fridge and I got up and ate heaps of cheese and then I got sidetracked with something else and then I was like, oh, there's work. I just can't sit still. Like, you said I sat down to do work and then I was like, oh, my God, there's cheese in the fridge. And I got up and ate heaps of cheese. And then I got side-chewed with something else. And then I was like, oh, there's work.

I just can't sit still. That's foreign to me. You've got to work on it. Well, no, there's nothing wrong with not being able to sit still, but you've got to be able to, like, potter. You're not really a potter. Yeah, I'm not a potter. No.

I've got to be doing something. Which is weird because your parents are both gardeners. Yeah, they love it. And I'd say there's no better pottering than just pottering about in the garden. Yeah. But you couldn't do that. I don't have a garden. But even if you did, you wouldn't want to.

No, I wouldn't do it. If I brought a house and there was a backyard, I'd turn it all onto that real nice lawn. And it'd just be lawn. Real nice lawn with patterns. Would you mow it? Well, yeah, but there would be no like... That's pottering. Yeah, that could be no like... That's pottering. Yeah, that could be a pottering.

Not much pottering. Just a small... Minimal pottering. Minimal pottering. Minimalist landscaping. It'd look great, but it'd be low maintenance. Well, the guy who has written about this is Mark Manson. You might recognise that name because he wrote that book

called The Subtle Art of Not Giving an F that everybody bought and then I always see that at the airport yeah and then they don't get to the end of it I don't know anyone that's finished it

because they've realised halfway through they don't give an F about learning to not give an F and technically they've already learned it so they don't bother

finishing it so what is the premise of that book like what does it delve into not caring so much and not letting everything get to you so I don't feel I have a problem with that.

Yeah, I think all three of us are pretty good at that. Yeah. We don't take things too seriously and get too involved, do we? No. Yeah. Yeah. And if people say bad things, you're like, oh, well. Whatever.

So he says, it sounds really weird to people, but if you think about it, a real happy 80-year-old couple has been together for 60 years. The reason they've been together for 60 years isn't because they took private jets everywhere, had crazy vacations and made everyone look at their pictures. It's because they're able to be boring together. They're able to talk about the same stuff,

sit about the house, watch movies, cook the same thing for dinner. You think about it, if you were someone for 60 years, how many times have you had the same meal together? I literally said last night, oh, I was like, man, I love so many things about you, but I really love the fact that you like gherkins as much as me. Pickles.

How good are pickles? Yeah. Are you talking to me? No. I was going to say, don't say that. Because when you were looking, I was like, I don't even remember talking to you last night. You were looking at Vaughan like you were married to him.

No, I was telling you. Yeah, no, okay, you last night. You know, you were looking at Vaughn like you were married to him. No, I was telling you. Yeah, no, okay, that's good. And also coriander. Oh, yeah, okay. We just love that we love the same foods. That would be problematic. You know? Imagine going on a few dates and someone starts getting serious and they're like,

God, coriander tastes like so pain. You'd be like, see ya. I knew there had to be something wrong with you. So are you saying I have to find someone that likes pickles? And coriander. And coriander. It's a secret. And is boring.

And what's the meal you have? You always have an omelette for dinner. Yeah. You've got to find someone that likes an omelette for dinner. Who doesn't like dinner omelettes? I don't. Not everybody all the time. You have them like four times a week.

No, I don't. It's a bunch set. You live on omelettes. All you do is eat omelettes. You haven't brought in any eggs, so I haven't had any omelettes For a while An ear glass Oh we talked about that You had an ear glass

That didn't have a yolk in it Yeah I mean there might be A whole different audience Listening now I doubt anybody That was listening before Has bloody struggled

Through this But I think because They've read that book How not to give an F Yeah No yolk That was really weird But I do

No I've got some eggs for you Oh great thank you Well dinner omelettes it is Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast ZM NF, yeah. No yolk. That was really weird. But I do know I've got some eggs for you. Oh, great. Thank you. Well, dinner omelettes it is. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. We talked about something a couple of days on the show, start of the week even,

because I went plant shopping over the weekend. Uh-huh. My New Year's resolution to not kill houseplants. So far, so good. We've got a whole bunch of new victims. Do you know I'm hanging off watering as much? Because that was some of my big problems. Yeah. Was over love.

I love them too much. Yeah. Maybe you need to spread your love out to like humans. Maybe you could like love a human. Maybe that's what you need. Really? With so much love, you could love a human. I could give the water to them instead.

Yeah. Are you saying? Okay. So, so far so good. But we talked about this on Monday or Tuesday, whenever it was. And so many people have messaged saying they've obviously, they were listening to the radio or they were listening to the podcast and they have started getting targeted advertising for, I think there's a couple of these apps, plant identifying apps.

Oh, yeah. I've got one. Have you heard? I've got plant snap. Okay. You take a photo of, like, a flower or a leaf, and it goes into its database and kind of matches it up. Matches it up, and then you can learn about the plant.

It gives you, like, the top ten possible plants it might be, and then you've got to match them up. Does it have, like, troubleshooting? Like, the leaf is starting to go brown on this plant. Well, there are some websites I found that do that because, yeah, I'm just looking at each plant, like, making sure it's in the right position because some of them don't need a lot of sun

or they don't like a lot of sun. There's so much to learn. Like, well, I thought they were all the same. Just water them and they grow. But no. Well, they all need water. That's something they've got a problem with, but how much they need is different.

Yeah, the brown tips at the end of the leaves are always, like, too much water. That's something they've got a problem with. How much they need is different. Yeah, the brown tips at the end of the leaves are always like too much water. That's what that means. God, there's so much to learn. Anyway, so a lot of people saying that, yeah, they're, I guess, creeped out by the fact that they were literally just listening and now they're getting this targeted advertising. But is it a good app? Plant Snap.

Well, there's a couple of different ones, but I've even had them in my feed as well, like this week. Yeah, this app. Well, what have you got to lose? Download. Give it a try. Is it a free app? Oh, have you not downloaded it?

No. I thought that was the whole point. You download it. You need it. I don't want the government to know what's in my house, man. Oh, my God. 5G. 5G.

I saw a lady walk past me the other day. There must have been a protest. She had a 5G sign. And I was lady walk past me the other day there must have been a protest she had a 5G sign I was like what are you like isn't it all just faux science

we're all like on this bandwagon and there's nothing proven that it's anything bad yeah or am I just believing

you're fine if you look around heaps of people get on board with all those sorts of things yeah like anti-vaxxing

anti-vaxxing yeah I just want faster internet on my phone like in the garage I've got two bars. Well, luckily because the earth's flat,

the signal will be able to get around a lot faster. Great news. Because if it was curved, how would it get around? Exactly, man. Totally, dude. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast,

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