ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch Vaughan & Megan Podcast - March 17th 2020

Episode Date: March 17, 2020

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello and welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast, brought to you by McCafé. Grab yourself a delicious barista-made coffee for only $4. Thanks, Ash. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Is it St. Patrick's Day today? It is. To be sure, to be sure. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:00:19 I feel it's being overshadowed by everything else at the moment. Yeah. Oh, yeah. But I had a breakfast, Guinness. Yum., yeah. Could have had a breakfast Guinness. Yum. Yuck. Yum. Cannot stand Guinness. Now, if you're going
Starting point is 00:00:30 to have a breakfast beer, it's good to have one of those dark stouts. I don't know why. It's because then it's like meal. Yeah, and it's because you don't have to drink
Starting point is 00:00:37 it really cold and you're not after any refreshment. And you just thought, you look at it and you're like, oh, I've let my coffee go cold.
Starting point is 00:00:46 And you drink it. I'd rather have a breakfast long white. Are you doing it as in the drinks? The vodka mix. I just wouldn't want to have a beer for breakfast. Or a long white, to be honest. Stout. Yuck. Imagine do a vortex and a
Starting point is 00:01:01 vortex and a long white for St. Patrick's Day. That's more. That, if we carry on the way, that'll be a Waitangi Day celebration. Vortex and a long white. Got to get your spin on. Got to get that spin on. You couldn't do that to a Guinness, not out of the can.
Starting point is 00:01:17 Yeah. The top six is coming up. Vaughan, homeschooling. Yeah, well. Could be an option for a lot of Kiwi kids. What do you think about it? Mass gatherings, anything over 500 people off the books. Yeah. Not an option.
Starting point is 00:01:31 So many schools have over 500 pupils, and at lunchtime, it's effectively... Yeah, what are they going to have to say? A mass gathering on the playground. Stay in their classroom or just social distance? I don't know, but could it be that New Zealand will have to become a nation of homeschoolers for a little while? Goodness me.'t know, but could it be that New Zealand will have to become a nation of homeschoolers
Starting point is 00:01:46 for a little while? Goodness, man. Do you know, universities overseas, they had programs so people who couldn't make a lecture
Starting point is 00:01:55 could be part of the lecture by phoning in or like tapping into it. Yep. But it was never made for all of the students. So there's some lecturers
Starting point is 00:02:03 who are holding lectures in online gaming platforms because their servers are made to hold It was never made for all of the students. So there's some lecturers who are holding lectures in online gaming platforms because their servers are made to hold so many people. Oh, yeah, right. Okay. What, like Twitch or something? No, no.
Starting point is 00:02:14 So it's got to be interactive so they can ask questions and everything. So it's like World of Warcraft. Right. How cool is that? That's awesome. Like open world games. And they all log in and they can all go in. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:26 Yeah, if you could pick to go into like Fortnite or that new Call of Duty, that'd be... You'd get distracted and want to play the game. You'd be in a lecture and the lecturer's like, well, now I can't teach because I'm out of the game. I'm going to have to wait for you guys in the lobby. All right. ZM's Secret Sound continues. Still hasn't been won. The jackpot at $100,000 cash, which should come in...
Starting point is 00:02:48 ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time. Story time, three news headlines. Weird, quirky, unusual news stories, and Vaughan and Megan must pick one of the following three. Headline one, TikToker dies during talk.
Starting point is 00:03:08 Headline two, rat picks wrong week to go viral. And headline three, surreal find at thrift shop. Thrift shop. Is this the rat one? Is this New York's latest rat star?
Starting point is 00:03:25 Yes. The McMuffin rat? Yes. A rat carrying a whole McMuffin. Oh, my God. Downstairs. There was Pizza Rat. Yep.
Starting point is 00:03:35 There's been a few other rats. Yeah. And this rat's dragging, yeah, the McMuffin down the stairs. God, I hate McMuffin. Yeah, I hate rats. I thought you were going to say you hate McMuffins. Oh, no, I love McMuffins. Are you kidding me?
Starting point is 00:03:47 I'm not a monster. Don't. You do. Love the McMuffin. But the rat. Are you just Googling it? It's pretty crazy, eh? Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:03:56 Good. If he can get it down there, all power to him. Yeah, go, buddy. Yeah. Well, I mean, I'd Google that. It's worth a watch. Sizable rat. It's a sizable buddy. Yeah. Well, I'd Google that. It's worth a watch. Sizable rat. It's a sizable rat.
Starting point is 00:04:08 Yeah. Okay, so do you want TikToker dies during talk or surreal find at thrift store? Or surreal find at thrift store. Everyone hopes to stumble across something with a fortune at a thrift store.
Starting point is 00:04:20 Some gold, yeah. Didn't you find, weren't we in a store the other day, like a thrift store and you found something? Christian Louboutins, but they weren't my size. I was like, what? Too big or too small? Too small.
Starting point is 00:04:32 Could you purchase? Cut a hole in the end and make them peep toe? Yeah. Or could you have purchased them to sell on? An investment, if you will. You didn't even think about that, did you? No. How much would you have got?
Starting point is 00:04:46 How much were they in the store? And how much would you get on Trade Me? I think they were like, they were a hundred bucks, I think. Around a hundred bucks. And they were in good condition. Definitely. God, the look on your face
Starting point is 00:05:00 is just like you missed out on money. I didn't even think about that. Like, not my size, not for me. Always hustling, baby. Always hustling, always flowing. Well, we go now to Kitty Hawk in North Carolina where a 9.75 inch by 6.75 inch print titled Purgatory Canto 32.
Starting point is 00:05:22 Someone was just like, that's cool. Might buy it. Well, it turns out it was an original signed watercolor print by famed surrealist and melting clock enthusiast, Salvador Dali. Wow. Yeah, so you know he does the melting clocks. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:39 He's got the mustache. Named after him, isn't it? Yeah, it is, yeah. The Salvador. Yeah. So that was part of his series, Divine Comedy. It depicts a woman dressed in blue and a man in red. A store volunteer named Wendy Hawkins came across it
Starting point is 00:05:56 when sorting through the artwork because it needed to be priced before it went on the sales floor. And she just had a feeling. She was like, well, this looks a bit more like different than the stuff we normally get in here. So she took it to an actual art expert for his opinion and he was like, well, I think this is a Salvador Dali because the signature appears both in the woodcut print and in pencil.
Starting point is 00:06:24 And yeah, apparently dating back a wee while ago, and they reckon that they'd get like $1,200. Awesome. Yeah, they sold it for $1,200. That's not much. That's not much. No, no, no. Are you sure?
Starting point is 00:06:37 Yeah, it said with the assistance of the art gallery, the thrift store has already sold the piece for $1,200 with proceeds going to the victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. Where, $1,200, what currency? US. Okay. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:55 I just Googled his mustachio. Yeah. In 2017, his body was exhumed, Salvador Dali. Really? Because a woman had been claiming, she, if you're wondering what her occupation was, she's a fortune teller. Okay.
Starting point is 00:07:14 She has been claiming for decades that she is his daughter, his biological daughter, and thus she believes she's entitled to a little... Money. a little financial renumeration and so they dug him up and they said his moustache was still in the exact
Starting point is 00:07:34 position that he was in and the embalmer, because this was a big thing, he wanted to be embalmed and he wanted his moustache to last an eternity, the embalmer who did the body at the time, also saw the body when it was exhumed and said, I did a great job. I hope that's on his website.
Starting point is 00:07:51 Very good. So now I'm just seeing if she actually did. Yeah, I need to know now. That's quite fact. She was dismissed by many as a fraud. She won a court order to exhume the body as there was no other way to settle the case. Oh, that's all. Oh, that's all.
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Starting point is 00:08:09 Oh, that's all. Oh, that's all. Oh, that's all. It should be known in the first weekend of September. Now I need to... Of this year or last September. No, no, 2017. But this article was written in July. I'm going to go out on a limb and say she's a crackpot. Okay. And they dug up a man's body for no reason.
Starting point is 00:08:42 Salva. Salva Taur. Oh, my God. You are the slowest Googler in the world. No, I had to find her name. I had to find her name. Right, okay. No, no, she wasn't. She wasn't. She wasn't. No, that's not how it works. We do a drum roll. I thought we were related. I was just Right. So, DNA
Starting point is 00:08:57 test proves woman is not Salvador Dali's daughter. Does she have to, like, pay for Oh, I wonder what the outcome of that is. But who pays for that? Wow. I mean, surely you could tell she has a crackpot, right? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:12 All right. Quarter past six. Everyone in the world knows. Oh, hold on. I was getting into a real good tease. Did you hear that? Yeah, it was a really good tease. Apologies.
Starting point is 00:09:20 Apologies. At the bottom of this story, it's got some facts about Salvador Dali. Yeah. Okay. Born in 1904 in Spain Produced more than 1500 paintings Was married to Elena Ivanova Dykanova Ivanova Dykanova Ivanova Dykanova
Starting point is 00:09:38 Sounds like the active Ingredient in any cleaning product They got married in 1934. They had no children. However, they had an open marriage and regularly held sexual orgies at their house. So, couldn't have been
Starting point is 00:09:51 out of the question that... I know, yeah. Although Dali is said to have in his later years watched rather than participated. How about that? He's voyeuristic. How about that?
Starting point is 00:10:03 Alright, well I think that was worth interrupting Megan. Yeah, I'm going Yeah I'm Apologies Apologies Yeah So everyone in the world Knows about Coronavirus
Starting point is 00:10:10 Yep Except for a group Of people in Australia Who have absolutely No idea That this pandemic Is happening ZM's Fletch
Starting point is 00:10:19 Vaughan and Megan The podcast We can't escape Any kind of chat About coronavirus But there is a bunch of people that have, up until yesterday, managed to escape any kind of chat.
Starting point is 00:10:30 The Big Brother Australia contestants were in New South Wales. They were in the house and they don't get to hear about anything that's going on outside. Now because they're filming it like a normal reality show all at once and then it's released. Unlike Big Brother of yesteryear,
Starting point is 00:10:47 where it was live, wasn't it? Or it was edited pretty much a day ahead. For the first time in history, it'll all be pre-recorded, and they haven't confirmed the air date. So they didn't know about coronavirus, and the scary thing, I guess, for them, and maybe what changed production's mind to tell them, was that it's filmed in New South Wales, where out of the five deaths, four were in New South Wales.
Starting point is 00:11:13 I think the fact that what changed the production's mind would have been the fact that this story broke in Australia yesterday. And they were like, they have no idea what's going on. Can you imagine that? You go into the Big Brother house for, like, they have no idea what's going on. Can you imagine that? You go into the Big Brother house for like, what, weeks? Yeah. What, they've been in there three weeks? And they've got no idea what's going on. Because in three weeks, when they'd gone in, it would have been a few people sick in China.
Starting point is 00:11:38 Yeah. That was all that was in the news. Yeah. But do you remember, they faced this before with Big Brother. One of them lost a family member while they were in there. That's right, and they didn't tell them, did they? Until the end. Until they were evicted?
Starting point is 00:11:50 Until they were evicted? That's right. That's not right. I don't think that's right. You need to tell them so they can make the decision whether they're going to leave or not. Yeah. To support their family and go to the funeral. And the family just watching them.
Starting point is 00:12:05 No idea, right? Yeah. What's going on in there? So, yeah, they have been brought up to speed. So I wonder if they'll pause filming. No report on this story of them pausing filming. I mean, to be honest, they're in isolation, aren't they? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:21 And all the cameras are on the other side of the glass or, you know, on the wall, aren't they? Yeah, they don the cameras are on the other side of the glass or you know on the wall aren't they? Yeah. They don't come into contact with crew and everything so they may be the safest people
Starting point is 00:12:31 in Australia. Imagine that. That's how the world has to repopulate. The Big Brother contestants who are always some of the best and smartest.
Starting point is 00:12:41 Any reality show contestants. Yeah. But would you want to be told? Imagine if the world had to repopulate from The Bachelorette. Hard work for Lily and Lucina. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Could happen. Could happen.
Starting point is 00:13:01 Schools. The last bastion of mass gathering. Yeah. That's permitted. But if mass gatherings of no more than 500 people have called for the cancellation of, heck, so many events. Yeah. This is like an event-heavy time of the year because it's not the intense heat of summer,
Starting point is 00:13:18 but we don't have that real rubbishy May, late April, May weather yet. Yeah. So you've got your homegrown? Gone? Gone, yeah. Warbirds over Wanaka? Gone. Balloons over the Waikato?
Starting point is 00:13:31 Gone. Gone. But it's for our safety, isn't it? It is. It's for the best. But school's still going ahead, so. I think they are going to limit things like assemblies and stuff. Yeah, we've had that note from the kids' school.
Starting point is 00:13:44 Right. There'll be no mass assemblies, and even all the classes coming together for mat time's going to be limited. Do your kids do singing at assemblies like Umarapati and the teachers on the guitar? Do they still do that, or is that gone? No, they sing the national anthem, I think. Goodness me. I don't think they sing Umarapati.
Starting point is 00:14:04 Okay. I don't think so. It's a classic, they should. Umar, Um anthem, I think. Goodness me. I don't think they sing Humarapati. Okay. I don't think so. It's a classic, they should. Uma, Uma, Uma. Humarapati. Humarapati. Uma, Uma, Uma. All right, that's enough singing.
Starting point is 00:14:14 We've been singing for five seconds. No more singing. What, so they don't have to pay them royalties? Maybe. I don't know who owns the royalties. Okay. For Humarapati. Okay.
Starting point is 00:14:25 The top six ways to make your home a home school. That's today's top six. If it comes to this. Number six. Brush up on your sneaking off to Google things when you're asked by using different excuses. Like, oh, I've just
Starting point is 00:14:40 got to go and put that load of towels on. What was your question again? Have you spelled that? Oh, you mean you got to go and put that load of towels on. What was your question again? Have you spelled that? Oh, you mean you, not the kids. Yeah. Well, you want to seem smart to your kids, so you've always got to have the answer. So, you know, you've got to have a range of excuses.
Starting point is 00:14:55 Put the towels on. Yeah. Open some windows. Poop. All of these things you could say you're going to do while you're actually going to Google the answers that they require for their homeschool. Number five on the list of the top six ways to make your home a homeschool. Identify what surfaces whiteboard marker will come off. Fridge.
Starting point is 00:15:16 Maybe. Do a test spot on a hidden bit of fridge. Couch? No. Toilet? Yes. Windows? No. No. Toilet? Yeah. Yes. Yes. Windows? Yes. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:29 Comes off windows. You can put some white paper behind the windows. Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah, great idea. That's a great idea. That's actually really smart. Good thinking from you. Thank you. Good thinking from you.
Starting point is 00:15:40 And backlit too. Yeah. It would really make the writing on top stand out. Yeah. Good from you. Thank you. Number four on the really make the writing on top stand out. Good from you. Thank you. Number four on the list of the top six ways to make your home a home school. Get a cardigan and some glasses.
Starting point is 00:15:53 Now everyone takes a teacher very seriously if they're in a sort of a... What do they call this? A v-neck? A deep neck cardigan? Yeah, it's a cardigan. A button up cardigan. A button up cardigan and some glasses. That's classic teacher apparel. It has to be beige.
Starting point is 00:16:09 Of course. One dare not wear colours to school. One would excite the children's eyes. Number three on the list of the top six ways to make your home a home school. Get your kids to address you primarily by chosen title followed by surname. Good morning, Mr. Fletcher. Good morning, Mrs. Papadopoulos. Good morning, Professor Smith.
Starting point is 00:16:34 Professor Smith. Hey, you can choose your own title. Number two on the list of the top six ways to make your home a homeschool. Make lunchtime three hours long. I like that idea. Yes. Yeah. Get yourself a nap in there. Or the children are doing essential outside individual learning.
Starting point is 00:16:52 Yeah. And number one on the list of the top six ways to make your home a homeschool. Put vodka in your water bottle because you're gonna need it. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast
Starting point is 00:17:06 Fletch, Vaughan and Megan It's quarter to eight Quarter to seven Quarter to seven Quarter to seven Quarter to eight Yes, yeah God
Starting point is 00:17:12 Is that Wednesday Have we still doing Daylight Savings Or have we cancelled that No, we're still doing Oh, actually I might Google No, it's in
Starting point is 00:17:20 One week or two First week of April There you go Sunday the 5th of April April Yeah, that's when it's in... One week or two? First week of April. There you go. Sunday the 5th of April. April. Yeah. That's when it kicks in. Who got a message?
Starting point is 00:17:31 That'll be Daylight Savings being like, yeah, I'm still happening. It's always good to hear from Daylight Savings. It's Daylight Savings. Yeah, I'm still going ahead. So what does that mean?
Starting point is 00:17:37 We've got a couple of weekends of Daylight Savings. Good. Okay. It's going to be depressing when that kicks in. Two weeks this Sunday? I know.
Starting point is 00:17:44 Self-isolation, but also dark at six, so na-na-na-na-na. Yeah. Lindsay Lohan. This will brighten your day. She is offering to do quotes from mean girls, birthday messages. Herbie Fully Loaded? Will she do a Herbie Fully Loaded thing? I'm sure she will, if you ask.
Starting point is 00:18:03 Message? Or business advice. Really? In exchange for cash. Right. So Cameo is a website. It actually has a whole bunch of different celebrities and you can pay them to do,
Starting point is 00:18:18 it's generally birthday messages, but I'm sure they have a listing. Any New Zealanders on there? So I've just gone to Cameo.com and okay, Andy Dick, that celebrity. You recognise him, eh? Andy Dick. He'll do one for $99.
Starting point is 00:18:35 How is this worth their time? Oh, I remember that guy from, whose line is it anyway? Colin. Colin Mochrie. Yeah, we talked to him on the phone. Yeah, he'll do one for $100. His would be good though because...
Starting point is 00:18:46 It's only like five minutes. You can get one from Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman from the animated series for $75. Oh yeah, Danielle Cormack. Danielle Cormack. Did you search New Zealand? No, just all in you and noteworthy. $50.
Starting point is 00:19:02 She'll do something for you. See, this is the problem with New Zealand now. I'm like, pull your head in. Who do you think you are? Bad, eh? Yeah, isn't it? No, not her. Okay, look, I've got a list of New Zealanders.
Starting point is 00:19:16 James Van Der Beek's on there. Dawson from Dawson's Creek. Is that Pee Wee Herman? Paul Reubens? Yes, it is. $250. Yeah, but Pee Wee's hot again. Pee Wee's a hot content.
Starting point is 00:19:26 James Van Der Beek, Dawson from Dawson's Creek. $200 for a message. Can I just get him to cry? Imagine. Can you cry like the meme? Yes. Aaron Smith is the only all black on there. $50.
Starting point is 00:19:39 Really? $50 for an Aaron Smith. Well, these are all much cheaper than Lindsay Lohan. I don't know. I've got more. Colin Munro, the New Zealand cricketer. Well, these are all much cheaper than Lindsay Lohan. I don't know, got more. Colin Munro, the New Zealand cricketer. Oh, yeah. $40. Okay.
Starting point is 00:19:53 Corey Webster, the basketballer, $15. Corey Jane, the rugby player, $50. $15? Yeah. New Zealand, there's two lots of New Zealand comedians. It's names I don't want to say Because I don't want to look like We're picking on them or whatever
Starting point is 00:20:08 But they're five bucks each How is that? Well that's Put your price up Yeah how is that worth your time? And then uploading it and everything Some of these people I've never heard of in my life But lots of American basketballers
Starting point is 00:20:22 And sports people Yeah yeah yeah, yeah. Oh, the drummer from One Direction. What? There was a drummer? Josh Devine. Drummer, One Direction. $25.
Starting point is 00:20:35 What? He could be like, hi, you've seen me behind Harry. Happy birthday, Josh Devine. That's $25. So what does Cameo get for this? They must take a cut. They take a cut. They take a cut.
Starting point is 00:20:49 But these dudes for five bucks, how much are they getting after Cameo? I don't know. Maybe they just get 10% of, what's that? 50 cents. So they're only getting $4.50. Customers pay Cameo. Are they just signing up on the hope that someone Just wants a funny New Zealand accent Video
Starting point is 00:21:06 I don't know Yeah How fascinating But do you want to know How much Lindsay Lohan's charging How much It's 662 New Zealand dollars That's
Starting point is 00:21:16 Significantly more expensive Yeah Well she is offering Business advice I looked into this For Sade's birthday I looked into getting Jerry from Chair.
Starting point is 00:21:26 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, Jerry, Jerry. He's on there and he was expensive. So Cameo take 25%. What's 25% of $5? $1.25? Oh. Hey, that's still a coffee, isn't it?
Starting point is 00:21:44 So they're getting back $3.75? Yeah. You can't buy a coffee for that. Lindsay Lohan's excessively expensive from what I can see on here. I can't see anybody that's $600. She'd be the biggest celeb on there, though. Like I said, she's offering business advice. It's not just happy birthday.
Starting point is 00:22:04 No, because Snoop Dogg's on here. Is he? He's temporarily unavailable. Say how much he is. $750. And Snoop off the wire. Remember the wire? Remember Snoop?
Starting point is 00:22:13 Yes. She was on there for $75, but temporarily unavailable because she's in prison. Okay, right. So, Snooki. Snooki. You know that one. $300 for a Snooki.
Starting point is 00:22:26 Can we get Snoop just to do something for our show? He's temporarily unavailable. Who else do you want? I could search by a specific name. Just want him to be like, you're listening to Fletcher on Omega. We get those for free. No, not from Snoop.
Starting point is 00:22:39 We don't. Oh, that's true. Is Dr. Dre? No, Dr. Dre's not doing it, but Dr. Drew is from Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab. Okay. $198. Just rounded up to $200, Dr. Drew.
Starting point is 00:22:54 Divorce is going up in China, and it is because of coronavirus. Apparently, with all the self-isolation and stuff. People are sick of each other. I think it's they're spending a lot more time at home and together. Usually working hard, but not being able to go to work. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:14 That's actually something that we are going to have to, I guess, deal with. All of us, right? If you're going to be stuck in confined space with family and friends. You live by yourself. What are you talking about? I'm just saying in general as a population, of course I'm fine. We're trying to seem like an everyday person that has to share their abode with people.
Starting point is 00:23:36 But I think that's probably for the best, though. If you found out that you actually can't be alone together, you're probably not meant to be together. Well, yeah, because normally you'd have that time where you go to work. Or you're doing your own thing. Or you're doing your own productive nation. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:50 China, they hate being at home, whereas I quite like being at home. So the officers since the 24th of Feb have said the main reason and the sudden spike was because couples were spending too much time together at home. Wow. Literally can't do it.
Starting point is 00:24:04 Wow. Massive spike do it. Wow. Massive spike. But then on the flip side. I'm wondering also what the average sort of living situation is, like whether there's a massive family. A lot of space. Yeah, right. Like, you know, extended family or tiny.
Starting point is 00:24:18 Because these populations are so massive and these cities, while they're big, aren't that massive. So there might not be spread out homes. It might all be tiny one room apartments. And there's also the added stress of like, if they are at home is money an issue as well? They could be arguing about lots of things.
Starting point is 00:24:36 It is a stressful time. But on the other side of things, lots of babies probably come in nine months. Because everyone's spending time at home. So divorces and babies. Something to look forward to. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast.
Starting point is 00:24:52 ZM. Coming up, a bride had some pretty outrageous demands and it is amidst coronavirus. Well, yes, you just heard the Prime Minister say even she knows people that are getting married and they're upset, as are most people. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:08 It's pretty upsetting if you have to cancel your wedding, postpone it even. Unless you've got the Prime Minister on the invite list. But then even then, it doesn't matter. No, I know. That's what I'm saying. Oh, yeah, right. As that even, you've got her on the list, but she's like, no, no wedding. And I'll know if you have one.
Starting point is 00:25:27 Yeah. Because I know people that are going. So she'll know. We've got a Poli Moli coming up on the show. The Poli Moli, the flatting edition. A bunch of questions about flatting. The shared living space. Like, how many of us have hooked up with our flatmate?
Starting point is 00:25:42 And aggressive notes. How many people have left them? Oh, surely most people. Many of them. All right, it's coming up. What's that sound? Sounds. $100,000 secret sound. With Save My Bacon.
Starting point is 00:26:01 Thanks to Save My Bacon, making borrowing better for financially responsible Kiwis. Soundkeeper Gary, good morning. Good morning, guys. Did you e-bike in this morning? No, I haven't been e-biking in throughout the week. It's just too dark and too dangerous. So I've been borrowing the work pool car. Safety first.
Starting point is 00:26:17 Can we have a pop sock for Gary's microphone? Hang on. Let's pop that on there. You're very poppy, Gary. Am I? How's that? Much better. That's pop that on there. You're very poppy, Gary. Am I? There we go. How's that? How's that?
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Starting point is 00:26:35 No, across it. How's that? There we go. Not really. Not really, Gary. Maybe we need some better headphones. Week seven, day two. Yep.
Starting point is 00:26:43 Okay. Check, check, check. We're getting there. I'm going to blame. That's actually, can you hear what's coming out? Yeah, yeah. Try that one, Gary. How's that?
Starting point is 00:26:51 Much better. A little bit better. We'll see. Okay. Reena, good morning. Oh, that's me. Hey, how's it going? I hope it's you.
Starting point is 00:27:02 All right. Well, you've got through. That's the hard bit. I know. But honestly, when it rung, I was like, it's you alright well you've got through that's the hard bit I know that honestly I was when it rang I was like
Starting point is 00:27:08 it's ringing and I looked at my husband I was like it's ringing that's like when I used to ring it's like when I used to ring what now when I was a kid I never got a ring
Starting point is 00:27:16 for what now never never get through and then at the end of the show they had that barrel full of everyone that had called I'd be like how did this many people
Starting point is 00:27:23 get through and I didn't. And I've been calling nonstop. Hayley got through. So this is the secret sound. For $100,000, that's not Vaughan steering. There was a steer of the car in the end there. For $100,000, what is the secret sound?
Starting point is 00:27:42 Okay, so I think it is a bicycle changing gears. So like the, you know, when you click it and then it changes and it makes kind of like a sound. We just talked about Gary's e-bike, didn't we? We did. Speaking of bikes, that was one of the prizes that What Now? were giving away once. I couldn't get through to win the bloody thing.
Starting point is 00:28:07 Just quickly picturing whether or not my e-bike needs to change gears. It doesn't need to be an e-bike. There were other types of bikes in that video. Yeah, Gary. Yeah, Gary. Good one, Gary. Rena.
Starting point is 00:28:22 Yes. Put me out of my misery. That's not a great attitude going on, Rina. Put me out of my misery, Gary. Fine then, Rina. That is not the secret sound. All right, back to the drawing board. Well, good luck getting through to What Now again.
Starting point is 00:28:42 Yeah, thanks, guys. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Netflix is trialling a cheap mobile-only version that costs just £2.40 a month, so about just under $5. Five bucks. Yeah, five New Zealand dollars a month. Now, at the moment, it has been launched and tested
Starting point is 00:29:03 in India and Malaysia, but it's expected to roll out across the globe in the near future. It's been also trialled in Thailand and the Philippines. So it's been launched. Right. And people are saying it's unusual for Netflix because it's so cheap. Okay. But people are pointing out that this-
Starting point is 00:29:20 But it's a smaller screen. Yeah. True. Could you have it on your phone, though, and screen share to a TV or Chromecast? Some of those things don't let you. Yeah, it might not let you do it. It might not let you plug in. Because it's like how you can hotspot until you're on one of those unlimited data plans
Starting point is 00:29:40 and then you can't hotspot no more. Although people are saying maybe don't get too excited because this is more targeted. Too late. No, because it's targeted. I'm fully excited. Towards emerging markets, which is, is that another way of just saying poor countries? Third world countries. Yeah, third world countries.
Starting point is 00:29:54 Right. Where they've got data access, but you might not necessarily have home internet. Yeah. I mean, so that compares to what? $5 compared to what you pay for Netflix here. What's the standard Netflix plan here? Because you've got the standard and premium. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:30:09 So $5 if you were just on your phone, that's not bad. And you were just using Wi-Fi. Yeah. Wi-Fi or data? No, you'd be using data, wouldn't you? Because that's the thing about third world countries. Data packages are so much cheaper because people don't have home internet. Yeah, right.
Starting point is 00:30:26 Are we watching anything good on Netflix at the moment? Not Netflix. I'm kind of spread around all the other online streaming services. Yeah, I'm getting around, baby. I'm getting around. I've got Hunters on
Starting point is 00:30:42 Amazon Prime. That's about Nazi hunters in late 70s New York. You were telling me about that. I think I need to watch that. So it's never been confirmed. It's based on actual events, but I did some Googling and no official place has ever confirmed anything happened.
Starting point is 00:30:58 And there were no Nazis in New York and there were no Nazi hunters, but that's what that say. So there's that. Yeah, right. Okay. And The there's that. Yeah, right. Okay. And The Outsider. Oh, yeah, I've got one to go.
Starting point is 00:31:09 That's a Stephen King show. That's great. That's very, very nice. Really good. Cobra Enthusiasm is also on Neon. Hilarious. Actually, Netflix has been getting off lightly lately. But, you know, if we're all stuck at home, everything will be getting a pound of money.
Starting point is 00:31:23 Everything. Everything except me. You didn't see the way he looked down. He looked really depressed and sad. Because, like, everyone will be home the whole time as well, so I couldn't even sneak one, could you? Make them go play with the animals. You've got lots of animals outside.
Starting point is 00:31:44 You can't do it in the paddock. Oh, they go play with the animals. Tell've got lots of animals outside. You can't do it in the paddock. Oh, they go play with the animals. Tell them to go on the tree hut and take the ladder. So the whole family's stuck up a tree hut. Can they see into your room if they're in your kids? Everybody. Indian Orgy, if they go up the tree house. Curtains?
Starting point is 00:31:58 Curtains, Megan. That's not the issue. I'm just reminding you. Someone frantically Bursts in the door God Way to scar everybody Yeah
Starting point is 00:32:09 Alright next on the show Poli Moli And 18% Of us have done This one thing That's the flatting edition Yeah a whole lot of stats For your next
Starting point is 00:32:19 With Poli Moli ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast It's Poli Moli Moli Moli Moli Poli Moli Moli Moli Come on ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. It's Polly, Molly, Molly, Molly, Molly, Polly, Molly, Molly, Molly. Come on! Polly, Molly, we ask questions in Polly, Molly,
Starting point is 00:32:32 and you give us the answers. Yeah, polls on our Instagram, FEMZM. And then we become our own resource for a study out of so-and-so has said that this many people do this. And then we've done it. I tell you what, though. The numbers... The statistics department.
Starting point is 00:32:50 Like, I don't know a lot about statistics, but it's a good number of people voting. And if you were, like, doing, you know, statistics, you'd get a... If you were doing statistics... If you weren't, like, a statistician... Oh, where they studied a group of 2,000 people. From the numbers I can see on here, 17,000 people.
Starting point is 00:33:10 17,774 people saw the story. And I've noticed when I've done polls before, once you get over, and same when we've done like food fight and stuff, once you get over a few hundred votes, it doesn't really change too much. So I'd say this is a pretty good indicator. Not within your select control sort of group. So I'd say this is a pretty good indicator. Not within your select control
Starting point is 00:33:25 sort of group. So the flatting edition. We want to know, what is it about flatting? One of the questions. Do you think you do the most cleaning in the flat? No. Everybody's probably got a, I definitely do. No, you're not anyone there.
Starting point is 00:33:43 Do you say you're Flatting? No but Even when I was flatting I didn't do the most cleaning Oh yeah Nah neither Cause I was like
Starting point is 00:33:52 Clean what you make A mess of It's terrifying when you Live in a house I'm not touching Anyone else's shit Where you realise You're probably gonna be
Starting point is 00:33:58 The cleanest person That's horrible That's a horrible realisation I think I've lived in two flats Where I've been like Oh no I'm the cleanest person here That's saying something Oh great That's gonna A lotisation. I think I've lived in two flats where I've been like, oh no, I'm the cleanest person here. That's saying something.
Starting point is 00:34:06 Oh, grim. A lot is going to fall on me to keep this place not infested with rats. While 66% of people said they do believe they're doing the most cleaning in the flats. Also, I feel like everyone thinks they do the most. You're just not adopting my mantra. Don't get good at what you don't want to do. Don't start cleaning at what you don't want to do. Don't start cleaning up other people's rubbish because then they think you'll continue to clean it up.
Starting point is 00:34:30 Somebody commented saying they know they do as they're the only chef in the flat and the kitchen needs to be spotless. I've got a bit of a habit of making a spotless kitchen. Have you ever helped yourself to your flatmate's food? How do you think this one sway's swayed and holy moly. I'd say that'd be heavily in favour of yes. 57% said yes.
Starting point is 00:34:52 Only fit. I would have thought more like 70, 80. Because I would say yes to like butter, but that's not a food. Condiments. It's a food group. Anything that's not yours is not yours. Butter and sometimes milk. If you'd run out, you'd be like, little bit of yours. Butter and sometimes milk. If you'd run out, you'd be like, little bit of milk.
Starting point is 00:35:06 Little bit of milk. And then if they've got one of those marks on the side of the milk bottle where they mark where they're up to, you just put a little bit of water in. Now it's green top. Yeah. And if it was green top now, it's light green top. And if it was light green, it's PVA coloured water. Yeah, 57% of people said that they
Starting point is 00:35:28 have helped themselves, but 43% said no. Very trustworthy. Some comments on that. One time I've done this, it was after a night out and I wanted some chicken nuggies. Now, my flatmate had some, so I snuck a few. Were they cooked? Were you eating them cold? Oh, no.
Starting point is 00:35:43 You wouldn't be able to sneakily cook them. It's not like the oven's like... The aroma of nuggets lingers. Yeah, right. But I imagine they're cold nuggets, like McNuggets. No. Who's leaving nuggets to put in the fridge? Eat them all.
Starting point is 00:36:02 Yeah. Somebody said the key to doing this is always replacing it before they notice. Yeah. So you can get away with it. I tried to do that at a hotel minibar, but they didn't have the same chocolate bars at the convenience store. And I was like, oh, you're cutting me.
Starting point is 00:36:14 Could you get the next best thing? You're cutting me. Nah, I just had to pay for it. Holy moly, the flatting edition asked, have you ever left a passive aggressive note for your flatmates? I think I've received many Well that's 63% of people said
Starting point is 00:36:31 No they've never left a passive aggressive note But then they probably don't even know That they're being passive aggressive Hey sweeties Anything that starts like that Or with a smiley face on the end My thing would be write a note And then just put a smiley face at the end. My thing would be write a note and then just put a smiley face at the end.
Starting point is 00:36:45 Yeah, that's passive aggressive. Yeah, that's passive aggressive. So 63% said no, I haven't, but 37% said yes. Yeah, I honestly don't think I have. I'd rather be like, hey, David, can you just wash the dishes? Well, somebody said I don't leave notes. Who's David? Is that the name I came up with?
Starting point is 00:37:04 Funny. He did need to wash his dishes a lot. What are your damn dishes, David? I didn't need to leave notes. If they left their dishes unwashed, I just stacked them outside their bedroom door. Oh, that's a classic pass ag move. Yeah. Or put them in the bed.
Starting point is 00:37:18 Or that's just straight up ag. Yeah. Somebody else said, not only was it passive, but it was also laminated. I left instructions on how to shower because of the pool of water every time I went into the bathroom. A lovely laminated night, so it'll last for a long time. Flatting edition of Poly Moly, do you think the head tenant should contribute less money because they manage the household? No. A contentious issue.
Starting point is 00:37:41 No. There's a lot of admin involved. Yeah, but they're always squirrelling away a few dollars. And also, they're the ones that are like, I'll do it, I'll do it, I'll do it at the start of the year.
Starting point is 00:37:50 Oh, yeah. And then they're like, put their hands up to do it. No, they're volunteered to be tribute. Yeah. If that falls upon them because everybody else
Starting point is 00:37:56 is too lazy. I knew some guys that lived in a flat and they just happily paid more to have somebody else manage everything. Really? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:38:02 It's not too much effort, really. What's it going to take you? It isn't if you're like you and you like to be organised, but for a hot mess like me. But you need to teach yourself because then when you're not in a flat. Yeah. Your wife does it. Or your husband if you're a female hot mess.
Starting point is 00:38:19 Or your wife if you're a lesbian hot mess. Or your husband if you're a gay hot mess. Or just any of the 17 identifiable genders. You'd be any of those hot messes. What if there's two hot messes in the relationship? It'll never last. What about two gay hot messes? Who would do the bills?
Starting point is 00:38:37 It would never last. It wouldn't. No, this is why you need to learn because you might end up with a hot mess that's hotter and messier than you. Right, so you've got to become the lesser, hotter, lesser, messier person. Right, well, 82% of people said they do not believe that the head tenant should have to contribute less money for managing the household.
Starting point is 00:38:55 But 18% said, yeah, they totally should have to. Oh, and that 18%, I do not want to flat with. Another 18%, have you hooked up with a flatmate? Nah. 82% said nah. 18% said yes. I've never been lucky enough to have a hottie as a flatmate. Lucky enough?
Starting point is 00:39:16 Yeah, I'd have been like, no. God, I've been flatting all these years and I just haven't had a hot flatmate. Just never had a hottie that I'm like, yes. Moved into a new flat. This comment on that question. On the first night, hooked up with one of the guys who have been together ever since and have two fur babies. Oh, that's pretty cute.
Starting point is 00:39:32 But then it's not all happy news. A bit of an awkward love triangle in a flat of six. Awkward part is when one would text me when I was hooking up with the other. That's a good one. They must have that soundproof chip. Someone splashed out for that soundproof chip. Someone's splashed out for that soundproof chip. Yeah. And finally, do you currently have a flatmate you don't like?
Starting point is 00:39:50 23% of people said yes. 77% said no. I would have thought that would have been higher. Yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. So the wedding industry at the moment is just difficult, isn't it? Every industry. I know, but I'm specifically talking about weddings right now.
Starting point is 00:40:07 I know, I know. The wedding industry, because I've had a friend who's had to postpone her wedding to October, which is really upsetting when it's only a couple of weeks away. And I know that a lot of people are in a similar situation. But a bride, this is in the US, so you would have to say the US, far worse off than what we are in New Zealand. Well, yeah, I was just reading New York's going into lockdown. Yes. So amid the coronavirus situation in the US,
Starting point is 00:40:32 she has gone on Facebook and told all her guests if they miss her wedding due to coronavirus, they're dead to her. Wow. So her wedding is in a month. Oh, it's not happening. Yeah. Wow. So her wedding is in a month. Oh, it's not happening. Yeah. Hon. She said, I've spent thousands of dollars. I've been working out budgeting,
Starting point is 00:40:53 dodging family politics, landmines, chased up RSVP. Dodging landmines? What's she been doing? Where's she been? Family political landmines. Oh. You know about those. You've organised a wedding, surely. Everyone finds a family landmines. Ah. You know about those. You've organised a wedding, surely. Everyone finds a family landmine here or there.
Starting point is 00:41:10 We're pretty lucky. Really? This is the old family landmines. Okay. No, they're still buried. We're waiting for the Princess Diana Memorial Landmine Removal Society. Sometimes you stand on a family landmine after the wedding. Yeah, and you stand on it and it goes click, and you're like, don't move.
Starting point is 00:41:25 Dig it out from around my foot. I'm not after the wedding. Yeah, and you stand on it and it goes click and you're like, don't move. Dig it out from around my foot. I'm not going to move. Yeah. She said, I've tried my hand at both electrical and woodwork, personalised your gifts,
Starting point is 00:41:34 answered a million emails and I've drunk lots of wine in the bathtub. So the least you can do is turn up to my wedding. If you don't, you're dead to me. I don't think anyone's
Starting point is 00:41:43 going to be there because I don't want to be dead to anyone. Well, yeah. Yeah. That's, you're dead to me. I don't think anyone's going to be there because they don't want to be dead to anyone. Well, yeah. Yeah. That is crazy. Wow. What about your friend that's postponing?
Starting point is 00:41:53 What's their vibe on it? So they had lots of overseas guests. What was it this weekend? It was the 4th of April. So that's... Oh, wow. Okay, a couple of weekends. A couple of weekends away.
Starting point is 00:42:04 So they had lots of guests coming from Canada, Australia and France. And so to come over to New Zealand and then self-isolate for two weeks, it's just not possible. They would have needed a meeting last week. Yeah, yeah. And also I'm not sure about the whole public gathering thing. I mean, it would only be like 100 and something guests, but... But that could change in two weeks, yeah.
Starting point is 00:42:25 And then does the venue even want to have 120 people there that they don't know? I couldn't believe yesterday I went to the gym and Monday, you know, Monday's normally super busy because everyone had a guilt day. And I would have, like lunchtime, normally peak, I would have maybe a third of the people that are normally there were there. My one seemed okay, but there was no cleaning products. We usually have multiple
Starting point is 00:42:52 containers of like hand sanitary towels and everything. They were all empty. I've decided not to go. For the foreseeable future. Yeah, I actually stockpiled a few biscuits yesterday and treats. What biscuits? Squiggles. A lot of squiggle tops a few biscuits yesterday and treats. Oh, play what biscuits? Squiggles.
Starting point is 00:43:07 A lot of squiggle tops. Pokey pokey, because you know they're my faves. Do you get candy flavored? No, I don't like those ones. So wait, your stockpiling was just biscuits? Yeah, and chocolate. Oh my God. Because I was like, I've got enough.
Starting point is 00:43:19 I've just got stuff in the pantry. That'll do. We're all going to come out of our cocoons when self-isolation ends, and we're all going to be like, Fletch is going to be like, What do you mean? What happened to you? These treats are going to be gone by the end of the week. I know.
Starting point is 00:43:35 And then I'll have to go into self-isolation and be like, oh, damn it, I ate all my squiggles. Oh, my God. You can come out looking real good. Hopefully. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. I want to talk about a Perth man now. He lives in the Burbs,
Starting point is 00:43:53 and he lives around kids who like to play in the street. Now, he's... Right. Cul-de-sac? Cul-de-sac or thoroughfare? No, I think it's a thoroughfare by what he's done. I would suggest it's maybe a thoroughfare. I lived on a cul-de-sac.
Starting point is 00:44:08 They're great to grow up on. Good for cricket. Great for a range. Yeah, great for sports. What now? Hold on. Talk me through your cul-de-sac. Your wickets go at the end of the cul-de-sac.
Starting point is 00:44:18 I'm not interested in where your wickets went. That was fairly self-explanatory. What kind of surface were you running on the cul-de-sac? Was it a compact ash or was it a sort of a gritty bit? A big chip. An R7 chip or something.
Starting point is 00:44:31 Yeah, I don't know what they call it, but it's like real chunky bits of... That's a shame. Yeah. If you'd come off on your skateboard
Starting point is 00:44:37 or your bike, you'd really dig into your knee. So you could rollerblade or was it two? No. Do you rollerblade down there?
Starting point is 00:44:45 You're like... Like when you're rollerblading and you hit some cobbles. Yeah. I tell you what, I don't know. Your story's about a grumpy man, isn't it? Yeah. We had a couple of grumpy neighbours. They just did not like any fun.
Starting point is 00:45:02 Like if the ball went on their lawn, you may as well just go get a new tennis ball. But how often are you putting the ball on the lawn? Oh, once I remember we put it through a window. Oh, I can see where that put it. That was six, though. That was six, but also out. And then a hiding.
Starting point is 00:45:14 And you have to go get it. Six, yay, out. Oh, hiding. Yeah. So this man. Who's dishing out the hidings? Like, did your dad have to come out and give you a hiding? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:26 Or just somebody's dad would just walk out and whack whatever kid was responsible? Oh, no, no, no. Your own dad would always give you the hiding. Oh, that's a shame. So not the neighbour. Not the neighbour, yeah. So, yeah, this is a Perth man who says that he is sick of... He reckons eight to ten kids playing right outside his home.
Starting point is 00:45:42 He says the sound of them playing pisses me off on a daily basis. Oh. Old mate. He is sick to death of hearing the sound of kids playing outside his house, so he has decided to make his own speed bumps to keep the kids away. Now, what does that conjure up in your mind
Starting point is 00:46:02 when I say speed bumps? He's got his concrete mixer out and made a little concrete speed bump. Not quite. He's chipped away at sections of the pavement. So it's like a dip more than a bump. Oh, yeah, okay. Not quite. He has literally hammered down, bolted down planks onto the footpath.
Starting point is 00:46:22 Like, they look like 4x2s. He just bolted them down. Now that's going to stop the children skateboarding, rollerblading. Real quick. Any wheeled, yes. Instantly. We'll take them off those wheels and probably carry them on at a roly-poly speed. But what about people who use the footpath, the postie? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:42 People in wheelchairs. The elderly. Mobility scooters. And people who don't even see that it's in wheelchairs. The elderly. Mobility scooters. And people who don't even see that it's in front of them. They're going to fall over too. Yeah. What a ruthless old man. Yeah. And so is he repentant
Starting point is 00:46:56 now that he's in the news? Or is he just like, screw these kids. No, he doesn't seem to be repentant. Everyone's saying this is an accident waiting to happen. I was just wondering if I said it right. Repentant. Feels like it's a word. That's my main...
Starting point is 00:47:12 It is a word. One of the bigger things to worry about, whether or not words exist at the moment, you know? Does that word exist? Well, it does now because you said it and you've given it the meaning. So the planks have been removed. He did get a lot of hate for, you know, prams and all kinds of people, physical disabilities who would struggle.
Starting point is 00:47:29 And when he was asked about it, he denied that they were bolted down. Except the picture I have in front of me. He's unrepentant is what you'd say. He's unrepentant. He's like, they weren't bolted down, but the picture I have in front of me, they are bolted down. Brilliant. Love it.
Starting point is 00:47:43 But off the back of this grumpy old man, I would love to know if you've had a run-in with a grumpy neighbour. Oh, yeah. If you've got a grumpy neighbour. Because they get riled up at just the littlest things. Yeah. Our neighbour across the road doesn't like anyone parking near their boom. Not even in their driveway or anything.
Starting point is 00:48:02 Not near the boom. What do they do? What do they do if you park on it? So one time someone parked on the Berm and they parked their car right against the driver's door so that you could get in. You could climb across from the passenger side though? Yeah, and that's how they got in and drove away.
Starting point is 00:48:19 I would have just scratched their car moving it and been like, oh, I'm so sorry. It was like an old as 80s Mazda up against a brand new BMW, though. Right. But you got insurance, right? They don't own the boom. No, exactly. You know, the council does.
Starting point is 00:48:35 So it's our grumpy nab. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. The Perth man has installed his own speed bump because he's stuck with the kids in the neighbourhood. Playing outside. Having fun. We want to know your run-ins with your grumpy old neighbours.
Starting point is 00:48:50 Some text messages. We used to sneak out our front door of our house, hoping the old lady next door didn't see us. Because she'd come out for a bitch about our hedge, our leaves, our cats. She tore strips off the neighbours on the other side for letting their ants go onto her property. Oh, what? They don't own the ants. Who owns the ants? Who owns the ants, man?
Starting point is 00:49:09 Somebody must own the ants. Oh, my God. When I was seven, we were at a mate's house having a water fight when the guy next door started throwing water at us out of the windows, and we thought, he wants to play too, so we started shooting the windows with our super soakers. He came out and grabbed my eye when I started whacking me with it. Jeez.
Starting point is 00:49:25 Saying, how does that feel? Until my mate's mum came out and started yelling at the guy. Had nightmares about that for the next few years. He thought he was playing along. Yeah, he was throwing water in a water fight. I bet your grumpy old neighbours are some brilliant ones coming in. Our plummy neighbour, this is a text, our Pommy neighbour complained about the kids playing basketball and listening to music at the same time.
Starting point is 00:49:48 One or the other. One or the other. I'm pretty sure you can do both. My dad was the angry neighbour. The next door neighbour's dog was always barking and scaring us, so dad threw a lemon and got it in the head and the dog stopped barking. That's not that bad.
Starting point is 00:50:03 That's a good shot, dad. Yeah, I wouldn't say that it was that bad. Amber, you've got a grumpy old neighbour? Hiya. So our neighbour's a bit crazy and he's put up speed, not speed, he's put up road cones and like... Oh, okay. ...stuff so we can't turn around and like, because it's a shared driveway. Has he stolen those road cones from some roadworks?
Starting point is 00:50:23 He has. Ah, I would just, I would do, I would just make an anonymous call to Fulton Hogan. And I'd be like, oh. I thought so because my ex used to work for Fulton Hogan, but they're not Fulton Hogan cones. Oh. There'll be a logo. There'll be some kind of description on the cone.
Starting point is 00:50:43 Just take them. And then when he has his spares, just be like, well, no, they came and got them because those aren't yours. Yes, just put them in the boot of the car and dump them at some roadworks down the road. Just say they came and got them. What about his paint cans? Does he put paint cans
Starting point is 00:50:58 out too? Yeah, he's a painter so that's... I'll just say that the council came and collected them because they're rubbish. I work for council so it could work out. Yeah, no, say you have a call to someone at council and say he's illegally dumping paint. They don't like that. All right. He's obstructing your driveway.
Starting point is 00:51:18 Yeah, pour a little paint down the storm drain. Yes. And then they'll come and they'll see that he's got the tins and he's fine with it. I mean, yeah, let's just absolutely ruin this man's life by putting out some road cones. Let's ruin his life. He's blocking their driveway. Hey, we're all going to be stuck in our houses.
Starting point is 00:51:32 We might as well ruin people's lives. Hey, Amber, thanks for your call. Cohen, you've got a grumpy neighbour? Cohen. When I was younger, I used to make these toy guns, these toy wooden guns. Okay. And I'd play with them out on the street.
Starting point is 00:51:47 And maybe one night I got a bit too late and I put on a ski mask just for effect. Cohen, Cohen, how old were you, Cohen? I was 10. I was 10 and a half, maybe 11. Yeah, okay. Maybe 15. Yeah, probably maybe last year. Anyway, a neighbour saw me and he called the armed offenders squad out,
Starting point is 00:52:09 and they came and they raided my house. Oh, my God. And I'd gone to bed. I'd already gone to bed. So, yeah, and they closed. Keeping up to date with the news just became a little easier. As at Herald's new podcast, the front page is your short, sharp daily news podcast. Join me, Damian Venuto, every weekday morning as I chat with journalists and newsmakers
Starting point is 00:52:31 going behind the headlines to break down what you need to know on the biggest news stories of the day. Listen to the front page at nzherald.co.nz slash podcasts and follow us on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. Off the street as well, and there was about four or five men in my room with guns, and they separated me and my parents, and they took me in for questioning. Yeah, I just told them I was playing with my guns. I had nothing else. Right, your fake wooden guns. And did you have run-ins with this neighbour quite a bit? Actually, no, I just told him I was playing with my guns. I had nothing else. Right, your fake wooden guns.
Starting point is 00:53:05 And did you have run-ins with this neighbour quite a bit? Actually, no, no. That was the only thing that got him really kicking. But I know what neighbour it was. Yeah. Right. I mean, if you'd done that past my house, I probably would have called them.
Starting point is 00:53:19 Yeah, I would have as well. I was 10 and he described me as a 5'10 male with a shotgun. Yeah, right. Wearing a ski mask. Yeah, right. Okay, I mean, you can see why he did it, Cohen, can't you? Yeah. Oh, I've got, yeah, no, I had to write him an apology letter.
Starting point is 00:53:36 Oh, yeah, okay. How did that go? Oh, it was all right. The police made me do a project on gun safety as well. Okay. The police gave you homework? Yeah, I know. I'll be like, no, I'm going to go do six months in the clink.
Starting point is 00:53:49 I'm not doing homework. Hey, thanks for your call, Colin. Some more text messages on your grumpy neighbour. Somebody said, outside our grandma's beach house, the council put in one of those floating pontoons. Oh, yeah. So kids can swim out. However, it was too noisy
Starting point is 00:54:05 so grandma cut the rope oh my god does she have to swim out to it I don't know she yeah it sounds like a right grandma swims out
Starting point is 00:54:15 with a knife in her teeth no I reckon it was her secateurs oh her garden her flash rose her rose secateurs you know that she keeps those sharp
Starting point is 00:54:24 she keeps those things diamond sharp. Flesh, fauna, Megan. The podcast. ZM. Thanks, Ash. Wow. I think we're all just quite reeling at the news that Idris Elba.
Starting point is 00:54:34 Idris, no. Has tested positive for Corona, for COVID-19. That's just, what a shock that is. I think I feel. He can fight it. We're more shocked with the Tom Hanks diagnoses or... I love Tom Hanks, but I love Idris Elba. Oh, okay. I just didn't think Stringer Bell would go this way.
Starting point is 00:54:57 I know, right? Wow. I mean, what they are saying, 60, 70% of the world are going to get this, so... To be expected. If anyone's got this, Idra has. Yeah. You know, he can do this. Well, like he said, don't panic.
Starting point is 00:55:14 Remain pragmatic. I know, pragmatic. Good word from him. Coming up on the show. We have to deal with mental health. She's still a little Idra. She's still in her little dream state. Head-butted the microphone too. Okay.
Starting point is 00:55:29 To combat our mental health because it is quite, it's an anxious time for everyone. It certainly is. It's stressful. Yeah. On lots of levels. So we've got a psychologist joining us in studio, Sarah Chatwin, to come and talk about how we can manage.
Starting point is 00:55:44 On the phone, is she? On the phone, I believe, because we had guests have been banned. We're not allowed to have guests coming in anymore. We've got a non-essential personnel in our company.
Starting point is 00:55:52 Our company's huge. There's hundreds of people that work here, so they're saying if it's not essential, you can work from home. So she'll be on the phone. All right.
Starting point is 00:55:59 Arguable whether or not this shit show is essential, but we'll cling to that. Sure. All right. All thanks to Save My Bacon, making borrowing better for financially responsible Kiwi sound. Keep it Gary.
Starting point is 00:56:22 Essential staff, you are? Yes, that's right. I have to be here, no matter what. Well, you're the only one that knows? Yes, that's right. I have to be here no matter what. Well, you're the only one that knows the sound. That's right. And a quick PSA announcement. Don't bother trying to private message me on Facebook. I'm not going to reply.
Starting point is 00:56:33 I'm not going to tell you what the sound is. And it's a little creepy. How many messages have you had? About 200. Have you had any nude pics? It's never offers. No. No offers? Never offers like that. It's always offers. No. No offers?
Starting point is 00:56:45 Never offers like that. It's always just That sounds like you're inviting them, Gary. Yeah. You might get some real manky junk pictures of these.
Starting point is 00:56:53 And it's on you. You ask for it. And then you have to tell them that their junk's not worth a hundred thousand. That's not even worth a hundred. That's not worth me risking my job for.
Starting point is 00:57:04 You shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Yeah. Johnny, good morning. Good morning. Okay, you haven't tried to message soundkeeper Gary a picture of your junk, have you? No, I haven't, no. Okay, all right, good.
Starting point is 00:57:15 All right. Not yet. It doesn't sound out of the question, though, Johnny. See how this guest goes. Yeah. All right. What do you reckon your junk's worth? Boy.
Starting point is 00:57:27 Johnny. That felt inappropriate. My guess? No, not the sound guess. We'll get to that soon enough, sweetheart. But what do you reckon, Mike? Do you reckon a picture of your genitals would be enough to sway Gary to give you a clue at least?
Starting point is 00:57:42 Yeah, I'd hope so. It's not bad okay okay okay well there you go gary gary looks very awkward now johnny don't um all right this is the sound and johnny for 100 000 what is it okay i think it is uh when you suck a sports bottle and then when you suck it and let it go, it lets a whole lot of air out. So that's what I think. Sorry, play it again, please. Okay. Because I used to have one of those ones that had the valve and you'd have to suck it to release the valve and then the water goes gushing out.
Starting point is 00:58:24 Yeah, so you pull the top off it and and then when you pull the top off it, it makes that sort of noise, and then as you suck it, you let it go. Yeah. Yeah. What's the crinkly, is that the bottle kind of? The water going. That's the bottle. That's the air going back into the bottle when you squeeze it.
Starting point is 00:58:39 Yeah, right. Like if it was like a plastic water bottle from the dairy, kind of like a pump bottle as opposed to a gym box i think we've already had that but i think um in the video there's a um sports bottle in in the cycle bike at the very end oh okay yeah yellow yellow one i'm pretty sure so oh okay johnny yep Yep. I'll see you in the DMs. That's not the secret sound.
Starting point is 00:59:11 Oh, Gary. It's just like you're asking him to send a picture of his genitals. That's very wrong. I was going to say, come on, mate. It's inappropriate, isn't it? Come on, Gary. Hey, thanks, John. ZM's Fletch Warner Meganughan and Megan, the podcast.
Starting point is 00:59:26 Harry Styles. Harry Styles, adore you. Cabin fever. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. We're yelling at each other. Yeah, aren't we? Stress levels are high. Yes.
Starting point is 00:59:41 They're always high in here. We're always arguing. But just generally, stress levels, anxiety are quite high at the moment. So we thought we would get... Why? What's happening? Such a dick. Registered. Can you not wind up your sister, please?
Starting point is 00:59:57 I'm trying to do Sarah's intro. Please. Go on. I'm going to ask Sarah how to deal with my annoying brother. Maybe she can unpackage this whole thing. How long does she have? Shush. Sorry, Sarah.
Starting point is 01:00:09 Okay. Registered psychologist for MindWorks, Sarah Chatwin, joins us on the phone now to talk about how we can deal with our mental health. Good morning, Sarah. Good morning. Not happy about how they mucked up my intro. I've got to be honest. Me neither.
Starting point is 01:00:24 Megan, unprofessional. Megan, very unprofessional so I just couldn't stick to it. Now, we've had you on the show before and we thought you'd be the perfect person to reach out to because, yeah, it's very anxious times at the moment. The world is an uncertain place.
Starting point is 01:00:40 It's a bit scary, isn't it? And, I mean, if it's scary for us, it's very scary for the kids out there. So, yeah, I mean, it's just times have changed, bit of transition, something that many of us, you know, haven't experienced before and certainly not to this degree. So, yeah, it's a funny old time. It's hard to stay positive when things are like this,
Starting point is 01:00:59 but I do think you have to try. Well, you said for kids. Mike, I've been really surprised at how my two daughters are handling it because we watch the news and stuff and we're not keeping it a secret from them and they're learning all about it at school and everything. I've been pleasantly surprised by how
Starting point is 01:01:15 resilient they're being about it. But is it because it hasn't completely dawned on them yet? Look, children are resilient and I think you're doing the very best thing by keeping them informed and for all parents, you know,
Starting point is 01:01:28 and people with kids around listening out there, you know, to allow the conversation to happen is the best way to go. But I also think that, you know,
Starting point is 01:01:36 possibly we haven't gone through all the implications of what could happen with our children because A, we don't know and B, you know, they're not as complex little creatures as adults are. They don't have the capacity to really rationalise and reason fully.
Starting point is 01:01:53 So it's best to keep them in the conversation but at a level that they understand and so that they're not really scared. Right. How can we deal with our mental health and trying to be positive if we are having to self-isolate for two weeks or maybe more? And a lot of us are already starting to, you know, have to work from home. How do we get on top of that? Because quite often you might go out for some exercise, but you can't do that now.
Starting point is 01:02:17 Yeah, look, this is the problem. There are so many limitations, I guess, that we're all looking at for the future. But I think maybe it's about changing our mindset a bit and understanding that this isn't going to last forever, I don't think, and neither do the experts. It perhaps is a time that we can rest up, we can reflect, we can stick close to those who are in our immediate families. The one thing that dawned on me that I guess is actually quite nice is that I guess it brings us closer to the people we're closest with
Starting point is 01:02:52 because if you are in a family or a household, I guess you end up being with that family or household, you know, if you don't have COVID, which many of us obviously don't in this country. So I guess it's, you know, maybe a time of just reflection and, you know, getting to know those closest to us even better. But, yeah, I think it helps to talk. It helps to write things down. It helps to, you know, just kind of reflect, rest,
Starting point is 01:03:20 understand that it is quite good to rest. Sometimes it's really good to take time out. And, I mean, if it's an enforced time out, well, there you go. We just have to do it. And, you know, and realising and getting it through our heads that this will not last forever. We have some exceptionally hardworking, brilliant people in this world that are going to come to, you know, whose job it is to get to the bottom of this.
Starting point is 01:03:41 And we have to trust and we have to, you know, look to our communities and how we can care for ourselves and our community so that, you know, we come to the end of this and we go, high five, we got through it, we've learned a lot, and we move forward. What about people who, you know, the uncertainty, there's a lot of uncertainty about it. As you said, we haven't faced something like to this scale
Starting point is 01:04:05 well I certainly haven't in my lifetime and there's a certain uncertainty especially for people who work in industries that like man think of
Starting point is 01:04:13 airlines the big one yeah that are affected any tips if we've got friends in that sort of industry how to approach it
Starting point is 01:04:22 or because I mean it's no you're saying oh it's going to be okay, because to them that could be the furthest from the believable truth for them. Yeah, and that's where that anxiety, that whole, you know, depression, anxiety, all of those symptoms kind of pop up for people who think they, you know, change is hard, isn't it?
Starting point is 01:04:39 Change at the best of times is hard and confronting. So this is huge change, you know, on a grand scale for a lot of people. So I think it's about being there, if not in person, because we're in quarantine perhaps, but, you know, in spirit, by text, by some form of communication, you know, and just being there for them and offering support,
Starting point is 01:05:01 if you can, you know, offering an ear, just reassuring them that whilst it may not you know whilst it may look bleak you know there there is a belief in all of us that you know we can trust our government we can trust our family members we can trust our friends um you know to a degree we can trust our employers and we just hope like hell that you know, to a degree, we can trust our employers. And we just hope like Helda, you know, it comes right. But being there for people in any form, it doesn't obviously have to be a face-to-face form. It has to take other forms. And people think of various ways of, you know,
Starting point is 01:05:36 of networking and being there for others. But yeah, it's confronting. And there's no denying that people are going to be very scared, a little bit depressed and full of anxiety. Yeah. Well, Sarah Chatwin, thank little bit depressed and full of anxiety. Yeah. Well, Sarah Chatwin, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. It's my pleasure. So sorry I couldn't
Starting point is 01:05:52 see you in person, but here I am on the end of the phone giving you support. There you go. Virtual elbow bumps. Exactly. Brilliant, Sarah. Thank you. Woolies, Woolies, which is Australia's version of Countdown. Same people own them, don't they? Yep.
Starting point is 01:06:11 It's more or less the same. Because sometimes you get Woolworths brands in Countdown. But we used to have Woolworths here ages ago. And then they all became Countdowns, didn't they? Yeah. Okay. We used to have three guys. Back in the day. That all became. We used to have three guys. Back in the day.
Starting point is 01:06:25 That all became... We used to have a Big Fresh. Big Fresh with the animatronic animals. Animatronics. Okay, we're on a bit of a roll now. What else we got? What else to funk? Fresh Choice.
Starting point is 01:06:34 Price Cutter. Super Value. Yeah. I think there are still Fresh Choices. Yep. Yeah, it feels like there are. Super Value, is that one? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:06:42 Yes. I think I've seen it. Super Value, yeah. Okay. I think we're out it. It's Super Value, yeah. Okay. I think we're out of a ship came into a harbour carrying supermarkets. That no longer exist or maybe exist, but we just don't see them anymore. Yeah, sure. But Woolies is holding a special shopping hour for the elderly and the disabled
Starting point is 01:06:57 who have been disadvantaged during all this panic buying and craziness. I wouldn't be surprised. I've seen a few countries and a few supermarkets around the world bringing this in, and I would not be surprised if this starts here because it's for those that you don't want to be involved in the panic buying that is happening. But I feel New Zealand's been a little bit better. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:07:17 I think so. You know, lately I think we've kind of calmed down, which we need to. Yep. But apparently from 7 a.m. toam to 8am, starting today in Australia, they're going to be doing shopping hours for the elderly and the disabled, who obviously struggle when the supermarkets are just crazy and panicky. Right. That's good.
Starting point is 01:07:36 I'm sure Countdown will bring that in here, because they've got that sensitive lights down hour on a Wednesday. Low sense hour. Low sense hour, yeah. Yeah. That's really good. So I'm sure they'll help out the elderly. We asked on our Instagram this morning if you have been hoarding.
Starting point is 01:07:53 Stockpiling is the word that we use. Is the word. Because hoarding is the old lady on the TV show who's kept all the things she's pooped in for like 15 years. And what exactly you've been stockpiling. Because you stockpiled squiggles and backheels. I didn't go crazy yesterday because I've got stuff in my pantry, but just yesterday I was like, you know what,
Starting point is 01:08:12 I just want to have a little pile of chocolates and biscuits that if I have to get stuck in my house for two weeks, I can just eat. Right. Am I right? I haven't bought anything. I ain't got nothing. Somebody told me.
Starting point is 01:08:24 I've got a couple of rolls of toilet paper in the cupboard? I haven't bought anything. I ain't got nothing. Somebody told me. I've got a couple of rolls of toilet paper in the cupboard still, I think. Yeah. Somebody told me there's new, because I spoke recently, we talked about crackers and somebody said, have you tried these? Now I've got to go to the supermarket again to stockpile some of these. The snacks crackers that are all American burger flavoured.
Starting point is 01:08:44 Snacks crackers are too thick. I don't like that much cracker. Because you put cheese... I love a challenging cracker. No, you put a stack of crackers in my mouth and chewing until it's a paste. Wait for crackers. And then all the moisture in your mouth is spoken for.
Starting point is 01:08:58 It's just a powdery... You won't beat me, cracker. And then you breathe in. You're like... Yeah. I don't know if you heard,. And then you breathe in. You're like. Yeah. I don't know if you heard, but we're the top of the food chain now. I love it. And I love a pickle flavor.
Starting point is 01:09:14 I love anything pickle flavored. Yeah, right. I do have a list of things that people have admitted to stockpiling. Okay. These are our people. Yeah, they commented on our post. $100 on cleaning supplies. I reckon you could hit that. Because cleaning supplies, they're expensive.
Starting point is 01:09:29 You could hit that really quickly. Well, unless you get the cheap ones. Because it's all just chemicals, isn't it? I've got a one and a half litre. Now, that's a phenomenal size for a trigger gun spray, isn't it? What? I know. A trigger spray?
Starting point is 01:09:41 A dead hole. What? Where? I simply shan't say. Have you been going to your wholesalers? No, it was Cracker Jack. Oh, okay. Yeah, right.
Starting point is 01:09:53 Cracker Jack. And the fun thing about the Euclid products is you learn Spanish at the same time. Because it's not Dettol, it's El Dettol. Was it from my Cracker Jack? You don't own a Cracker Jack. No, the same one. Oh, yeah, yeah. We've got the same.
Starting point is 01:10:07 We live in semi-USA. You can assume we've got the same in a lot of things. I didn't want to say that one. It's that place isn't everywhere. It's like a parallel imported place. Oh, what? They're not importing paella.
Starting point is 01:10:17 No, that's Spanish. For Spanish, for parallel. Paella. It's like your tongue gave up halfway through that. There's a lot of L's in there, Megan. It's a parallel importer's heaven. Palala. It's like your tongue gave up halfway through that. There's a lot of L's in there, Megan. It's a parallel importers heaven. Be careful.
Starting point is 01:10:28 You'll end up with a massive thing of paella. Paella. $120 on garden things so I can grow stuff at home. Oh, okay. That's a good deal. But what are you planting now? Pumpkins. Very starchy.
Starting point is 01:10:41 That's it. Tateys. Carrots. Pretty good. A few carrots away. All your root veggies. All your. Carrots. Pretty good. A few carrots away. All your root veggies. All your root, your winter root veg. $100 on frozen, extra frozen food.
Starting point is 01:10:51 Oh yeah, okay. That's smart. Yeah. Unless your freezer turns itself off like yours did last week and you lose everything. You get a musher. Yeah. 13 bottles of wine. $150 on 13 bottles of wine.
Starting point is 01:11:03 I do have quite, because I have a lot of wine. Because every now and then I'll get an email and it's like, buy 12 bottles and it works out to this many. And I'm like, okay. And then I buy it and then put it in the garage and forget about it. So I'm drinking. You're not that far from me. If anything, I'm just coming to your house.
Starting point is 01:11:21 I will not be opening the electric gate. I'll kind of sleep in the treehouse. Power's out, I can't open the gate. Doesn't it barb wire on the top? I'm just coming to your house. I will not be opening the electric gate. I'll sleep. I'm going to sleep in the treehouse. But I'm sorry, pals, I can't open the gate. Doesn't it barb wire on the top? I'm climbing over. Okay, man. When you're halfway over, I'm going to start opening it. You're like, hey, stop.
Starting point is 01:11:36 Help me. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is that there is a breed of horse called the Gypsy Vanner. Yeah. And have a guess about what's special about the Gypsy Vanna. Yeah. And? Have a guess about what's special about the Gypsy Vanna. It's real little and cute. Oh.
Starting point is 01:12:12 It's real big. Real big. No, it's not a size. It has no hair. No, the opposite. It has lots of hair. Yes, but where? On its body. Close. I'll stop now because it's getting boring. Is it on its balls? It has lots of hair. Yes, but where? On its body.
Starting point is 01:12:25 Close. I'll stop now because it's getting boring. Is it on its balls? It's on its balls. No. On its undercarriage. No. It grows a moustache.
Starting point is 01:12:37 And out its nostrils. They've twirled it. Oh my God, that's amazing. They grow moustaches and this isn't a one-off look because there's heaps of hair they've all got. Look at that one. That's something. It looks mustaches, and this isn't a one-off look because there's heaps of them here. They've all got... Look at that one. That's something. It looks like it's eaten someone's wig, and it's like half hanging out.
Starting point is 01:12:50 Yeah. This is the... Wow. If you want to gurgle this at home, Gypsy, spelt the traditional way, and Vanna, V-A-N-N-E-R, and it's a special breed of horse that, yeah, it grows mustaches.
Starting point is 01:13:04 That's just what I needed to tickle my mood today. A little mood lifter. Now, I'm not sure if this is just, I don't believe this is a male-female thing. I think it's just the breed of horse thing. Maybe the females can grow moustaches as well. Right, okay. But they can grow long manes. Here's one fletch.
Starting point is 01:13:21 That one's got a long mane and a moustache. Oh, yes. Sort of looks like A 1980s rock star A little bit Yeah It does So there's something To pass the time today
Starting point is 01:13:29 If you need to Google Something to put a smile On your face You can Google The Gypsy Vanna Horse Because today's Fact of the day Is horses can grow moustaches
Starting point is 01:13:37 Fact of the day Day Day Day Day A doodly do Do do Do do Do do Do do Do do Do do Do do Do do Day, day, day, day, day. 6.60. Long gone.
Starting point is 01:13:56 On ZM. Fleets for to Megan. Tom Hanks was the first big name we've had if you've just awoken. We've not been listening to the broadcast, Idris Elba this morning has tested positive for COVID-19. And a major announcement of how the UK is going to be handling it. Boris Johnson had a big press conference. Yeah, I watched Jacinda's press conference yesterday.
Starting point is 01:14:23 Today there'll be a huge government announcement on how they're going to help the people and small businesses and businesses alike. New York's got an eight o'clock curfew. Yeah, New York's got a curfew. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland are all going on lockdown, those entire cities. That's millions of people. That's crazy. So it's kind of unavoidable.
Starting point is 01:14:40 And for us coming to work, we try to find things to talk about. And it's very hard to find anything. Slim pickings. Yeah. Very slim pickings. But Tom Hanks, of course, the first big name to say he'd tested positive is in isolation in Australia. So he's on the Gold Coast with his wife.
Starting point is 01:14:56 Yes. Because I initially thought they'd gone home, because he was shooting a movie there with Baz Luhrmann, wasn't he? No, Baz Luhrmann's in isolation too. Yeah, I've heard that too. He's gone into isolation. But Tom Hanks, keeping us all updated, we need to know how Tom Hanks is doing. Yesterday he put up a photo saying, thanks to all the helpers, let's take care of ourselves
Starting point is 01:15:12 and each other. Hanks. And he put up a photo of a little stuffed kangaroo holding an Australian flag, one of those little clip-on koalas. Classic. Did your parents even go on holiday in Australia if they didn't bring you back a pack of those? Yeah, classic. Did your parents even go on holiday in Australia if they didn't bring you back a pack of those? Yeah, true. And a cube of Vegemite and some toast with Vegemite on it.
Starting point is 01:15:31 Now, immediately everybody's eyes were drawn to how much bloody Vegemite Tom Hanks put on his toast. Because it's fair to say whether or not your team Marmite or Vegemite. Vegemite. That's... Oh. I'm both. I'm Marmite all the way.
Starting point is 01:15:45 You're bi-yeast there. I'm bi-yeast. I'm bi-mite. Bi-mite. You're bi-mite. Bi-mite-ual. Yeah. I'll have either.
Starting point is 01:15:53 Or both. I'm into Marmite. It's a lot. Regardless of what you're putting on there. It's a lot. He slathered it on. It is thick. Has he had it before?
Starting point is 01:16:01 Like, that's a rookie era. Yeah. That is what I imagine someone's first time with Vegemite or Marmite would be like. Yeah, because they'd put it on jam or Nutella. Basically any spread that's not made of leftovers, brewers yeast. But this one's very, you don't need it a lot. But Pam, I think most people are like, that's too much. Yeah. He's done pretty well getting to the edges though. Yeah, yeah. You don't need a lot. But Pam, I think most people are like, that's too much. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:16:26 We asked. He's done pretty well getting to the edges though. Yeah, okay. He's not left a whole lot of blank real estate. Has he given any response after the outcry? I haven't seen any response, but we asked on our poll if it's too much Vegemite. 82% of people said far too much Vegemite. 18% said no, they love it.
Starting point is 01:16:42 Yeah, that's still amazing that 18% of people have that much. Because I like to, if I'm going to do Marmite on toast, I will soak it in butter. The bread will be soaked with butter. That's the key.
Starting point is 01:16:51 And then it's just a light Marmite-ing. It's a kiss of Marmite. I'll do a little bit more than a kiss. I'll do a pash of Vegemite. A pash of Vegemite. Okay.
Starting point is 01:17:01 I might do a slight like grope of Vegemite. Yep. I'm certainly not going any deeper into the Vegemite than that. But it's a weird analogy. He put on too much Vegemite. Yeah. Well, you said kiss.
Starting point is 01:17:11 I thought we'd opened it up to content. Maybe this breakfast, when Tom Hanks has breakfast today, there'll be an update. Oh, somebody says they slather. Someone just messaged them. They slather Marmite on thicker than Nutella and they have a strict no butter policy. Oh!
Starting point is 01:17:25 What is wrong with you? How does the roof of your mouth feel about this? I feel like it's under constant attack. It's one way to feel alive in the morning. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. One thing about this current situation we find ourselves in as a world is that we're being reminded of the most basic of pleasantries and manners. Sneeze into your elbow.
Starting point is 01:17:46 Don't cough in people's faces. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Check on your elderly neighbours. Your friend at the weekend, there was an event on and the guy's toilet line was really unusually long. And taking ages. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:18:00 And I was like, what's happening there? And one guy came out and said that, oh, yeah, all the guys are washing their hands thoroughly. Which makes me think guys don't normally do that. Oh, you know, it's like, what's happening there? And one guy came out and said that, oh, yeah, all the guys are washing their hands thoroughly. Which makes me think guys don't normally do that. Oh, you know that. Yeah. You know that. People will use the urinal and then they just walk straight out.
Starting point is 01:18:13 I'm like, come on, you've just touched it. Maybe you can't touch other things. Yeah. Wash your hands. And then the wash usually is just a shake out. But give it a bit of soap. Give it a bit of oomph. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:18:24 Tell you what, my hands do feel very clean. However, have you been experiencing dry hands? I have actually, yes. I know you're sensitive. I'm sensitive skin. I've been noticing
Starting point is 01:18:33 some little peels. Like, look at there. Should I bring in like a hand cream for us? A pump bottle? Or is that sharing germs? No, because you pump it onto your... Oh, no, you're pumping it out,
Starting point is 01:18:42 aren't you? Yeah. I think we can wipe the top of it. Well, I can just get some, but like, what do you buy? Just moisturiser. What moisturiser? We've got a lovely moisturiser. Oh, because you pump it onto your... Oh, now you're pumping it out, aren't you? Yeah. And then we can wipe the top of it. Well, I can just get some, but like what do you buy? Just moisturiser. What moisturiser? We've got a lovely moisturiser. Oh, okay. I find when I put in my oil, my beard oil, I just
Starting point is 01:18:54 give it a wipe over the hands with the residue. Okay. But then you're also wiping all the germs from your beard onto your hands. But I'm imagining you've just had a shower when you've done this. Yeah. I thought the rule was no showers.
Starting point is 01:19:12 I thought we were going, no bathing in this. Yuck. I read the wrong pamphlet. Please start showering. That was the water restrictions. Yeah. Well, one of the other things we've been reminded of is how not to be a, this is an article from the Huffington Post,
Starting point is 01:19:22 how to not be a drive-thru customer that everybody hates. Because apparently nobody wants to really go into a restaurant at the moment. Yeah, right. So drive-thrus. Drive-thru because you're just dealing with the one person rather than a lot. So they've released a list of drive-thru etiquettes. Know when you want to order in advance. Oh, God.
Starting point is 01:19:43 Don't get there to the ordering box and then decide that you're going to start thinking in advance. Oh, God. Don't get there to the ordering box and then decide that you're going to start thinking about it. Yeah, right. It's not your first time. If it is your first time ever at a McDonald's drive-thru, I forgive you. You're like, whoa, what? What is a Big Mac?
Starting point is 01:19:58 Let's be honest. You know because you get the same thing every time you go there. I do. A quarter pound of what? This is so confusing. Maybe they don't put all their stuff on the menu. But you know. No, but I went to KFC at the weekend
Starting point is 01:20:11 for like the first time for abs. Why have you not told us this? Oh my God. Wow. I know. You went to KFC? We're feeling very sensitive, so I just wanted to get a potato and gravy,
Starting point is 01:20:23 but it wasn't on the board. Wait, you went through the drive-thru for just a potato and gravy? No, Andrew got a box thing. A quarter pack? It was a box that had lots of different stuff in it. What did you get? No, it wasn't a quarter pack. I got, so I was like, and I feel like a little fries. So I was like, can I have a little
Starting point is 01:20:38 fries? Is there something that has a little fries, a little potato and gravy, and a Coke? You've got to get better at being vulnerable. Like, that's pathetic. That's really shit. That's pathetic. But then she was like, no, you're going to have to get them all individually. I was like, well, where are they individually listed?
Starting point is 01:20:51 Because that's the shittest sounding combo in all time. A potato and gravy, small chips, and a Coke Zero? No, I just wanted to dip my little chippies in the potato and gravy and then have a sloop of Coke. Yeah, but that's why you also had to go to a lame. You've got to go big. You've got to get a bucket of chicken. You know, Andrew had a big box of stuff.
Starting point is 01:21:08 Did you have a little bit of his chicken? No, I wasn't allowed. Well, it's not allowed. Well, good, because you didn't order it. He said you should have ordered some if you wanted it. Yeah. Wow, he played hardball. Yeah. Surprising. Okay, well, that's... I'm disappointed in you. Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. I want to check
Starting point is 01:21:24 that you're okay, because this is a big thing, but I'm disappointed in you Yeah, but that's what I'm saying I want to check that you're okay Because this is a big thing But I'm also disappointed That was your blowout How else does this article say to be more So know what you want to order before you get there Speak clearly Yep Hello
Starting point is 01:21:36 Yeah Speak as clearly as you can Don't mumble Make it audible Yeah, but don't talk You know, some people talk to like Foreign people like they don't know how to speak. You know, you don't want to be that person.
Starting point is 01:21:47 Hello? I think you should speak to everybody over an intercom like that. Really? Because they're never the greatest quality. Oh, okay. So there's always a crackle. I think you should speak loud, slowly. Yeah, exactly.
Starting point is 01:21:56 What? But also how funny is it when you're like three cars back and you can hear what people are ordering? Yeah. Because they're really yelling at the person. Turn off the radio or music to ensure that employees can hear you clearly as that goes across. That's another way to do it. When it's
Starting point is 01:22:11 time to move to the checkout window, don't dilly dally. Okay. There's nothing more frustrating than seeing the car not moving forward into the gap. They're putting away all their coins into the right pocket of their purse. Get that sorted. Don't suddenly decide to change your order when you get to the ordering window. Yeah, it's done.
Starting point is 01:22:29 Too late. It's a done deal. Yeah. If you're spreading a big, if you're buying a big lot and there's multiple people, don't make the person deal with multiple cards. That's what bank transfers are for. Yeah, you transfer it between friends. Get the receipt or just go in.
Starting point is 01:22:44 Just go in if there's more than one order. That's true as well. Yeah. Make sure you have your method of payment ready so you're not fumbling around because you didn't have enough money and now you've got to find your card. Sorry. This is something I did not know.
Starting point is 01:22:56 If it's raining, turn off your windscreen wipers as it flicks the person serving you with water. Does it? Yeah. I didn't even think about that. If it's raining and it's going to flick, they get just a little flick with the water. Does it? Yeah. I didn't even think about that. That's our first one. They get just a little flick with the water.
Starting point is 01:23:10 If you're ordering drinks, clear the cup holder in advance. That's something I never do. This sounds very passive aggressive. And I panic.
Starting point is 01:23:17 I panic. Because it's got your morning coffee or your afternoon coffee still in there. Or like the garage door opener's in there with like a pen and a
Starting point is 01:23:24 torch and just a whole lot of stuff. Your phone's in there but then you've garage door opener's in there with like a pen and a torch and just a whole lot of stuff. Your phone's in there, but now you've got a hand. Yeah, that's a great, that's something to do. This is good etiquette stuff. This is good, yeah. It's very passive-aggressive, this list. And mistakes will happen, so be patient with the employees.
Starting point is 01:23:37 And don't cough on them is another one you can probably add to that. Please list the individual signs. On the bottom, I just wanted a small taty and gravy. Thank you. No. You really need to work on your blowouts. That's your homework, all right? I want you to have a proper blowout.
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