ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch Vaughan & Megan Podcast - March 24th 2020

Episode Date: March 23, 2020

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ZM. Head music. Lusia. Flesh Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Alright you lot, listen up. It's story time. Story time. Three news headlines. Vaughan and Megan must deliberate, decide and pick only one headline. The news stories are quirky, weird, odd news stories. Headline one, Kama Sutra competition sends bar manager to jail. Headline two, fortune goes up in smoke. And headline three,

super mum. Those are your headlines. Kama Sutra. Headline three isn't a headline, super mum. That's so vague. I don't write these headlines, Megan. I just copy and paste them.

Okay. Kama Sutra. Yeah, that's interesting. So do you say bar manager? Bar manager. Do we want this one? Isn't that self-explained? Is it something we could have gone to jail for,

for one of the parties we hosted in the early 2000s? That's what I was going to say. When I saw this story, this gave me flashbacks to singled out parties of the 2000s and like some of the stuff that happened. Like I remember, where are they? I mean, we can talk about that. Do we want to?

I don't think we drag it out. I don't think we include it in our stuff. I wasn't in the spa pool doing this stuff. Oh, yeah, right. I heard about it. Just, I mean, RIP the grumpy mole. That went down in a pile of rubble and we weren't sad about that, were we? No, not really.

All right, well. Those memories best forgotten. We go now to Georgia. The manager of a bar was placed under arrest after police found out that she threw a Kama Sutra sex contest at a lounge at the bar one night. I am so sorry. I immediately went dude in my head. Yeah, right. But it was a female. It was a female that did this. Oh my lord. Now she has confessed to the decision

to have a kumara, a kama sutra party. A kumara? A kumara sutra. Jesus, don't use a kumara in the kama sutra. A kumara sutra. She has told police that she decorated the bar and put a bed in the middle of the dance floor. At approximately 1.55am, the party began.

She said she announced the cash prize would be awarded to the couple who demonstrated the best act, she told police. In a Facebook post on the lounge's page, the award is said to be $500. Better than a $20 bar table at the Grumpy Mall. The contest started. Several couples began to simulate that they were doing the act. Yeah. She then stated that there were several couples

who kept their clothes on the whole time while they demonstrated the act, but some couples got nude while demonstrating the act. Right. Yes. So she got in trouble for that because they decided they wanted to do that. Well, yeah, apparently.

So the party were promoted on the radio as well. Brilliant. Oh, good Lord. A flyer was made and she was unaware that they'd violated any laws or community ordinances. But police said they know that she'd violated two, providing entertainment that features nudity and promoting a contest where patrons are encouraged to engage in activity of the sexual kind. Right.

So, yeah, she's now going to court. Uh-oh. Goodness me. Well, yeah, so those parties that we did in the 2000s? Yeah, absolutely. If we were in America, could have ended up in jail. Oh, good Lord. Do it here now, you could end up in jail.

The New York City Health Department, they have issued a document. The Department of Health over there have issued a directive for their people, which I think would be good to implement here. Because they've gone into lockdown, haven't they? New York. Yeah. Although America's an absolute mess at the moment. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, it's hard everywhere, but I feel pretty lucky to be here, to be honest. Yeah. Especially, I feel like everyone's on the same page. The government's very decisive. Yeah. Despite where you sit, you know, who you support. I think, you know, it's good to, you really value some good leadership.

You do. Like when you look at America and you see Trump and you're just like, wow. Okay. Good luck. Good luck, America. Yeah. So this is from the New York City Health Department. I'll just read it as is.

Okay. Okay. You are your safest sex partner. Masturbation will not spread COVID-19, especially if you wash your hands and any sex toys with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before and after. The next safest partner is someone you live with. Having close contact, including sex, with a small circle of people

will help prevent spreading COVID-19. Anyone outside your household, avoid. And no group sex either. Wow, New York. It's all going New York. Video dates, sexing or chat rooms may be options for you. I like that they've had to spell that out to people. Yeah, but they did wrap it up by saying, masturbating is obviously the safest thing to do. I mean, we talked yesterday.

We ran a poll, what, a couple, it was the 11th of March. We said, are you put off going on Tinder or dating apps, meeting people? And 93% said no. But then when we did the same poll yesterday, it had completely switched around. 87% said, I'm put off. I'm not going, I'm not touching anyone. But then there's still 13% of people out there that are like, well, I'll just roll the dice on a Tinder date and a hookup.

Good Lord. Yeah, you don't be rolling this dice. This isn't a dice to roll. All right, top six is coming up. Yeah, you're going to have some time in quarantine. And hairdressers might not be cutting hair. Oh, yeah. I don't believe they're on the essential services list.

No. So I've got the top six hairstyles you can do for yourself at home just to try out over quarantine. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. From the ZM think tank, this is the Top 6. Hello there. Top 6 hairstyles to try over the quarantine period. Four weeks.

Have you even thought about this, Megan? No. Well, I don't get my hair cut a lot. I just let it grow out because I don't have a fringe or, you know, like a specific style. What about Mr. Toyboy? He's got a great head of hair, hasn't he? He's concerned because he gets his hair cut every two weeks or

even less than to get a fresh fade, you know? Where does he get it done? Just like a random barber. Oh, right. Okay. Yeah. Holy moly. But I like real came for him to grow a fro, so this could be the time. You get your wish. He's actually real devout about it, so I'm probably going for him to go off-road, so this could be the time. You get your wish.

He's actually real devout about it, so I'm probably going to have to get the clippers and give it a go. Yeah, you could learn how. Yeah, I'm sure. YouTube, how to do a fresh fade. I'm sure hairdressers are loving that. I can be like, yeah, I can totally do it. Anyone can do it.

Yeah. Have you got clippers? Yeah, but they're ones I use to trim Leo. That'll be good. That'd be good. That'd be sharp. They're used to a coarse dog hair. Dip them in some bleach solution. Yeah.

You'd be fine. Yeah. If you do do a DIY haircut, please go live on Instagram. Oh, you must. Just super must. So the top six hairstyles to try over this quarantine period, because heck, your hair will grow back until one day when it doesn't. Number six, start with a classic.

Shave your head. Yeah. You could be Sigourney Weaver from Alien or, you know, Demi Moore from G.I. Jane. Yeah. You need some modern references. Yeah, I know. I'm just trying to. Oh, Natalie Portman and V for Vendetta.

Vendetta, yeah. She had a shaved head. I'd still like a more modern reference. Ah, Stranger Things. Ah, 11. Oh, 11. Millie Bobby Brown. There you go.

And 11, that's right. She had short hair in the first one, didn't she? That's right. So you can do that. It'll grow back. Lots of time for it to grow back. Yeah. And number five on the list of the top six hairstyles to try over the quarantine period,

a pineapple haircut. Now, what you do for this one is you leave a little tuft of hair right on the top of your head. Yeah. And you colour that green. Yeah. And then you shave around it on like a number four and yellow. And then you shave out the lines. Yeah.

And it makes it look like your head's a pineapple. Right. And it'll grow out. Right. Okay. Can you get the pineapple hair colours at the supermarket? I just probably use paints and stuff. Okay.

Oh, you're right. Face paints. Okay. That might hold for a bit. Rub some turmeric on your head. That'll work. Yeah, that'll colour it noisily. Number four on the list of the top six hairstyles to try over the quarantine period.

The face on the back of the head. What would the shaver do? Do an eye and a nose? Well, no, you do like a nose and maybe like a moustache. Yeah. Because then that kind of like, without having to have a whole mouth. Yeah. And then I'm just wearing sunglasses on the back of your head.

Because eyes are really hard to, eyes would be hard to shave. Luckily, you don't have to shave hands. If you try drawing hands. Horrible. Very hard. Yeah. Whenever I drew hands, a person always had their hands in their pockets. Yep, you know me, hands in my pockets.

Number three on the list of the top six hairstyles to try over the quarantine period. Similar to the pineapple haircut, but a little bit different. The tennis ball haircut. So you shave it short, you dye it like bright green, and then you shave the lines in it, and then you put like white on the lines. I love that idea. That's so funny.

And then you've got a tennis ball for a head. Yeah. You're going to get bored. These are things we've got to be open to trying. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six hairstyles to try over the quarantine period, rat's tails with a rat included.

So you have a rat's tail, but then at the top of the rat's tail, where it actually joins your hair, shave the shape of a rat. So it looks like you've got a rat on the back of your head. Okay. Not for everybody, but it's a long time. And number one on the list of the top six hairstyles to try over the quarantine period. And if you do this, please send me a photo.

Give yourself a comb over. So if you've got, like, healthy a photo. Give yourself a comb over. So if you've got like healthy like long forehead hair shave down the middle comb it over. Do it. Love it. What have you got to lose? That's today's top six.

Yesterday we reached level three. It was just at the weekend that the four level COVID mechanism was put into place and level three. It was just at the weekend that the four-level COVID mechanism was put into place. And level three was reached yesterday with a warning that in 48 hours it would be level four, which is just a more extreme version of level three, really. Level three is where things start getting shut. People are asked to stay home. Schools are shut.

That's all happening. I think it's tomorrow, isn't it? The school's only open for essential workers. Yeah. Children. Level four will kick in

at midnight tomorrow, midnight Wednesday. So everything you need to know, like staying at home, what that means, that you are allowed to go out. You could go to a park by yourself and exercise.

Yes. But again, keep a two metre rule. So you can go for a walk around your neighbourhood. But you're just not allowed to go and socialise with people outside

of your household because that's when we start spreading bugs. Yeah. And that's when this thing will just get out of control. Essential businesses will remain open.

Things like supermarkets. You don't need to panic buy today. They've said a hundred times they'll keep the stock moving. Yeah. Other essential services like the places that make and package the food and deliver the food, they'll all remain working as well.

Mm-hmm. Education, everything, how to access. Yeah, pharmacies, doctors. Doctors are doing a lot of face, aren't doing as much face-to-face, so you might have to call your doctor first. I think, didn't you, did you have to call your doctor yesterday? So, yeah, I went to get some inhalers and stuff, make sure I had

all my asthma stuff sorted. But you have to call first because they don't want people turning up to medical centres when you could potentially be carrying some sort of bug. So call them first

and they will tell you how to proceed. Okay, so what, everything is detailed in full at covid19.gov.nz. Telecommunications yesterday. Now, this was, did you guys experience this?

Yes. Because it was, I got dropped off calls like quite a bit yesterday. The industry apparently said last night they were working together to resolve the issues of congestion due to an increase in calling volume in the order of 350% yesterday. Oh. Because I guess a lot of people were like, well, I've got to sort this out or I've got to cancel stuff.

Yeah. I've got to get stuff sorted before the country goes into lockdown. Yeah. Wow. So there, and I don't know, I'm assuming today might be an issue just because a lot of people need to make calls and sort things out before lockdown. Telecommunications companies

like our big ones like Spark and Vodafone, they're saying if you can, use web-based apps. So if you can contact people on WhatsApp and you can call

on Skype or WhatsApp, I just think that's easier because it's Darden as opposed to... And FaceTime's the same, right? Facebook, calling over Facebook. Yeah, use Messenger.

Although, yes, I found like iMessages were getting delayed yesterday. Really? For some convos. Guys, am I the time to bust out Viber? Remember Viber? Yeah. I still get notifications. Hey, Steve, whose number you had from 18 years ago,

just join Viber. Send him a sticker. It's like, no, Viber, I won't. Yeah, I'm more of a WhatsAppper. Stop sending me notifications. I'm a WhatsAppper. I was a Viber,

and now I'm a WhatsAppper. I was a Viber too. I think you have to pay for calls on Viber. What? You have to buy a little. No, that's if you want to call landlines.

Oh, and overseas. Right, okay. Yeah, right. Well, yeah,

if you can, just use web-based apps. I might send you a message on Viber. Is that cool? Do I still have Viber? Let's see. There you are.

Oh. Doesn't have a profile picture, though. What have you got to find? I didn't set it. I haven't set it up properly. Hello. Are you going to send me one? Yeah, I just sent it to you.

Going to the right person? Yay! Vaughan Smith, Viber. Established communications. Well, that worked. What about you, Megan? Fantastic. Won't you?

No, you don't. I don't think I have the app anymore. I deleted it. You don't? It can't find you? Yeah. How dare you? ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Sport around the world cancelled just due to the fact of mass gatherings. Even with, you think of a rugby league game, if it's just the people on the field and there's always reserves and stuff, that's 13 a side, 26 people slamming into each other, sweating, et cetera. Or NRL's still going here. Has it finally? Oh, finally. Good.

Right, they were hanging on for that. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, good. So now the Warriors get to come home to New Zealand, but then, I mean, everybody's in isolation, but they're reinforced. And only the New Zealand residents can come home, I believe.

Right, okay. So if there was Australians playing for it, but they were not here as residents or citizens, I think they have to stay in Australia. Right, okay. So that leaves a lot of people out of work. One of them is a rugby commentator, a rugby journalist, and an Englishman called Nick Heath,

who has taken to his Twitter account to live commentate things that he sees. So no mass gatherings, but you are allowed to exercise. So he said a walk in the park. He'll stop and watch two men who are metres apart kick soccer balls to each other, dogs running around, and he's delivering us some absolute fire commentary on it.

Well, you join me here live at Toosing Common, and well, this is the final of the two lonely blokes in a park contest, and oh, that was absolutely terrible. That's what we've come to expect, really, from these two. They've been here for some time.

A few runners in the distance. Not keeping enough distance, frankly. And, well, these two are utterly useless. Looking forward to the third, fourth place playoff later. Will you join me live for what I've been told is the tooting dogging final. And these two, Vanilla and Chocolate, doing really doing really well here vanilla just over the hillock in the distance chocolate in hot pursuit there's been some lovely footwork and there it is again from vanilla that's excellent the spaniel now out in front that's confused the hell out of it doesn't

know where it is twisting and turning this vanilla is such a worthy champion scampering away are we going to get a second lap it's just beginning to build up no no she breaks it off just as quickly as she started it spaniel all at sixes and sevens quick whittle after that one i should think how good right not troubling him from his bed well that is a champion in action uh now then the uh interminable weight they've been here for a good hour and a half so far. Mercy Richards, the 12-time champion with the trolley. How does she keep doing it year after year? That's what a large family will do for

you. Never wants to be at home, that one. Of course, this is the warm-up event for the International Airport Boarding Gate Heats taking place all over the world. Who are those people? We've all got a ticket. Well, none of us have a ticket anywhere, as it's the end of days. Wow. So you can follow him

on Twitter, NickHeathSport. He needs to do more. I know. He needs to do more. He's constantly working on it. We need that right now. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. It's just dawned on us all that there'll be no burgers after today,

unless you make them yourself. Unless you make them. People are going to have to learn how to cook. Like, you're going to have to make dinner every day. Look, I made a wonderful stew last night. Oh, my God, that looked insane. It was. It was on the barbecue.

Was it on the barbecue? And your cast iron pot. And a big Dutch oven. Yeah. I was going to make an oven, but I'm just like, nah, let's use fire. And it just added so much to it. It was lip smacking. Indy, our daughter who doesn't even like meat, loved it.

And it was basically 90% meat and 10% gravy. It was just what the doctor ordered. So, yeah, we're going to have to cook every day. I might have to have my last burger today. Will there be anything open today? I had a burger last night. A little bit. Did you?

Were you like, I'm going to have my last burger? Also, because we were like, fries. Oh, my God. Well, you can get fries like supermarket fries still. Yeah, but what? Nah, no. They're not the same. Okay, Mum. Okay, mum.

I'll say oven chips. Okay, mum, on a Friday night in the 90s before we watch Renegade, you can cook some oven chips. I know. And you'd be like, mum, spray it, put some oil or something on them. She'd be like, absolutely not. That stuff's terrible for you. I'm like, well, I've got eight litres of it in the cupboard.

Yeah, so we had a burger and fries last night. Be like, farewell to the takeaways for a little bit. Yeah. But there are some tips that I've collected from self-isolation

because there's a lot of things you'll, everyone will come to realise when we're doing it that we're like, oh, this is hard. Because did you guys

like, obviously we knew this was coming, right? Most of us would have known this was happening. Yeah. It was only a matter of time. It was a matter of time.

But did it just dawn on you yesterday, like, that this is actually going to, like, did you just think about all these things? You're like, oh, I won't be able to do that. Oh, I won't be able to do that. And even just the fact that you guys and my husband are the people that I'll be in contact with. And that's it.

You're pretty lucky. Am I? You're welcome. Good range of hotties there. My husband did say yesterday, he was like, well, at least you get to hang out with them. I've only got you. But technically, he's in our isolation circle. Yeah, okay.

So maybe he can come out and hang out. Yeah, he is in our isolation circle. He's not getting up early. Because that's the thing. If we stay within our isolation circles and, you know, if you do go out for a run or exercise or to the supermarket, which you're allowed to do, you've got to keep your distance. You've got to be washing your hands, hand sanitizing.

And then, you know, we'll be able to get through this. Yeah. So self-isolation. There are people around the world who have been doing this for a while. They have tips. There's also people who work at home who have lots of tips for us on how to get through and maybe things that you haven't thought about, how you're going to do them. So I've collected a few.

Here is what people around the world are saying. First of all, get dressed every day. Get ready for the day. Because if you stay in your PJs all day, it's apparently not very good for your mental health. It's not very good for sleeping because you're kind of laxed all day. Yeah. They say that you should definitely get up, get dressed, and also just in case your boss or anyone does need to make contact,

if you need to have like a professional conversation of any kind or maybe someone will FaceTime you, you're not in your PJs. So should you wear your business suit or your business attire just to feel like you're doing your work? You could. You could. Stay in your routine of... Yeah. I think routine's going to be very important, isn't it? So yeah, a lot of people

see they've found it hard to sleep while in self-isolation. So this is due to body clock. You think a routine every day, we get up, we go to work, we do what we have to do, we do the groceries. We have a very set routine

that we stick to and when that's gone, it throws everything out. So you need to set all your body clock to help you sleep. You need to get up, have set meal times, exercise,

all these things are important. Because it's going to be very hard, it's going to be very easy to get into a habit of watching Netflix or PlayStation until the early hours of the morning and then just sleeping in because who cares, you don't have anything to do. Yeah. And then we're just going to end up in this vicious cycle of

very little sleep and being lazy slobs. Yeah. So there is another idea to make a to-do list for your day. So set yourself time for Netflix. Set yourself time, even if it's just half an hour, for a bit of exercise. Yeah. Set yourself time for different tasks and meal times so that you don't just sit around and watch Netflix all day. That's what I saw.

Somebody would actually break down their day and write a list. So in the morning, breakfast and then chores. I think that's what I'll do. Yeah. And then exercise time. Yeah. And then, yeah, entertainment time. Yeah.

And a lot of sitting around time. There are a lot of mindfulness apps that can help you meditate, relax, just look after your mental health. Right. So look into those if you think you'll need it. Because that's the thing. If you're allowed to go outside and exercise, put a podcast on, put the earphones in,

and just walk. Like walk for an hour or two. Yeah. Like you don't have to be running. You can just take a walk. And if you're two metres away from people, you know, you're not touching things. Give yourself a wide berth when you go past someone.

And the last one is, although we're not making contact with friends, you need to just redefine what seeing friends means. So you can still have a coffee you sit at home, FaceTime them while you have a coffee and catch up. You can, when

me and my husband were separated we watched movies but we'd sync them up. So you start your movie at the same time and you just have them FaceTime and you can watch a movie together and joke and laugh like they're sitting beside you. They're just physically

not going to be with you. Right, but you're doing it as like a group activity. There's no reason you can't have a coffee with your mates. It just means they're not physically

going to be in front of you. Well, like last night we were on the, well, that was a work app but there's lots of apps where you can have your video calls with multiple people.

Yeah. Like Skype, I think you can have quite a few on Skype. Yeah. So, you know, you can get your friends together and hang out. Totally. And just talk as you normally would, but you're just on the screen. But just don't forget if you've got a video chat going that they can see you.

Yeah. Or like last night's work video chat, Megan just spent the whole time looking at herself in the box. Yeah. Oh my God, I look so good. Yeah, you can tell because you weren't engaged in the conversation. You're just like, oh, my God, this light on my face. I know because I got my ring light out for it.

Yeah, and then my lighting was so ghastly. I had to go and get my ring light out. And then Fletch just looked. I don't have a ring light. Dull. I look dull. Thank you. Great.

Blow it out in the air. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. And as of this morning, the global death toll for coronavirus, COVID-19, 15,500. And that is why the government have said that from midnight Wednesday, midnight tomorrow, we will be locking down at a level four. So level three currently today. And even during level four, supermarkets will remain open, essential services,

all of those things. You're just going to have to stay in your house. Yep. And isolate. You can all save someone's life just by sitting on the couch, please. So you can say hello to your neighbour, but it's got to be at distance over the fence. Yeah.

And we're still going to be allowed to go out and exercise. You'll be able to go out by yourself in a park, get some fresh air, get some exercise. Yeah, you've just got to do that, obviously, with a two metre buffer. Yes, a buffer. And not be touching people.

Because how many people, I heard somebody sum this up, like, how many people did we lose as a country with World War II? I actually did the maths yesterday. World War II, at the time of World War II, we had a population of 1.6 million

and we lost 11,000 New Zealanders. So that was 0.75 of a percent of the total population. Because they're saying if we hadn't locked down, if we're not doing what we're doing, there's a chance of losing thousands of lives just here in New Zealand alone. So 2% to 3% is the general accepted. It's higher in some areas, but of the average age,

that's the 2-3% fatality rate. So if 50% of New Zealanders got the virus and only 2-3% of them died from it, that's still about 65,000 deaths. Wow. Yeah. Which is way more than World War II. And then the more, I believe that's the death rate

if people can be treated. Yeah, right. But then the more, I believe that's the death rate if people can be treated. Yeah, right. But then the fuller the hospitals get with people, the more it's going to spread and the more it's going to climb up. So that's... And here's the thing. We don't need to go to war. We don't need to be shooting people

and going over the top of trenches. We just need to watch Netflix. Stay home. Stay home and watch Netflix. That's all we have to do to help each other out. Yeah. Just remember that And World War

Like that's just The New Zealand numbers In World War 2 New Zealand's involvement Ran for about Five or six years Yeah And this has been

That's the world toll In what Three months Yeah Crazy So yeah There's just There's a lot of ways

If you know anybody That thinks this is Over the top Yeah I haven't seen too much of that. There's a lot of ways to put them straight. No, neither. But there may be the odd person who, yeah, probably will flout the laws. And they will.

And will start walking around. There's a zero tolerance for it. Yeah. Well, they've even said the army could get involved. I've never seen the. Armies on the street. Armies on the street. That would be just insane, wouldn't it?

But I mean, if it's needed. I've seen a unimog on the road. Okay. They're the very tall. The tall trucks. And you're always like, it? But I mean, if it's needed. I've seen a unimog on the road. Okay. They're the very tall, tall trucks. And you're always like, yikes. And then you see it's a Mercedes and you're like, well, that's not. Ooh, flash. That's a one of its got a seat

warmer. First thing that pops into my head when I think of a Mercedes, that button where you flick it and then it feels like you may have just pooped yourself, but it's just a seat warmer. You're weighed on the seat. Yeah, you can't relate. I've never been in one. I'm sharted. You sneak out and you clench and you're like, oh, God.

And then you realise it's just the seat warmer. Yeah. Just overseas as well, Grey's Anatomy. We all know Grey's Anatomy. Yeah. And a few other medical shows. Station 19, which is the fire station spin-off of Grey's Anatomy. Right. And a programme called The Resident,

they have donated a bunch of medical gowns, masks, and other things that they had for props. Because I guess they use real stuff, don't they? They do, yeah. Right, okay. And if you're thinking it's just a few masks and stuff, there's a picture of the boxes and boxes of medical equipment to health professionals. Yeah, I would have thought they would have had heaps because there's so many extras boxes and boxes of medical equipment to health professionals.

Yeah, I would have thought they would have had heaps because there's so many extras and everything in the background. Well, this is more important, obviously. Could you imagine

being in hospital and someone's using a Shortland Street like nurse's outfit? Would you just be like, am I in a dream? I would have the little Shortland Street logo on.

Yeah. Like, I mean, good on them, but it'd be weird, right? You'd be like, am I in a dream? The purple one, I'd want that lilac one.

Oh, they've had some classic colours over the years. They certainly have. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We wanted to touch on how you're feeling.

We put a few polls up on our Insta story to touch on how you're feeling going into self-isolation. Mental health is going to be so important. You need to remember that you can talk to people still. It's going to be very testing.

It's going to test the relationships with the people you're in isolation with. Us. Yeah, it's going to be very hard. I don't think we can like shy away from that well we can go home and you've got the dog and the husband and I go home to a family and I said to Fletch yesterday I'm like technically you're in our

isolation group you're welcome at our house anytime and then as literally I said that on the phone my kids ran past me like I was like I'm okay for the foreseeable future I've got Netflix and a PlayStation. What would you actually rather though? Vaughan's whole household or me and Andrew?

Oh yeah. No, I don't know. They'd be smirching. We don't smirch anymore. You'd be smirching. I love you. And I'd be like, I'm going to Vaughan's. And then the kids would be like,

and I'd be like, I'm going home. I'm going home to be by myself. And then the kids will be like, wah! And I'll be like, I'm going home. I'm going home. I'm going home to be by myself. Being by myself wasn't so bad after all. Yeah. So, yeah, we did ask a few questions on our Insta story. First of all, how worried are you about your mental health during this time of isolation?

It was one of the little slidey scales. So on one end, not at all, and the other end, very. Three quarters of the way up to very is the answer we got. So, I mean, it's going to be, you've got to talk to someone if you're not feeling okay. Like, get on with a friend on FaceTime, give them a call, and if that's not an option, there are helplines that will be open. Remember, you can still text. During this time, you can text 1737 or you can call 0800

1737173 and those numbers are on COVID-19. Yeah, COVID19.gov.nz Yes. So the next poll was do you think you're prepared to be physically isolated

for a month? 49% of people said yes. It's pretty much half and half. Yeah. Also, I think it's easier to just say you are than actually. They'll be interested to do that in another couple of weeks, see how people are coping. See how you're doing.

There's a lot of things maybe you don't think about. Well, no, because we all knew it was coming, but then yesterday when it started dawning on you that you're not going to be able to just go out and get a coffee. Well, you're not going to just go. Well, you guys mentioned burgers before. That's got to be at least five points, right? Yeah.

That's got to at least slide back five points. Yeah. But, I mean, I feel physically prepared, but I don't know about mentally. Mentally. Because I've never had to do this before. No. But then, yeah, at least we can still all talk.

This is the event us social introverts have been preparing for. I know it's what we've wished for, but now it's here. You're like, oh, no, I don't know. You're not really that socially introverted, are you? I think you might find, yeah. We rely on people a lot. So last question was, how secure do you feel in your job during this time? Another slidey scale.

One end, not at all. The other end, very. I would say just, I would say about just over half. That is, it's the most heartbreaking thing. The economy is going to change the entire landscape of it, but the government has announced so many ways to make ends meet. In the meantime, if you do lose your job, if you're a business owner,

there's a lot of assistance out there for you and it might take a while. I think banks, there was talk yesterday, wasn't there, yesterday afternoon, that banks were having a meeting with the finance department to, you know, if people lose their jobs in this situation and there's a struggle to pay a mortgage or a shortfall, banks have got to be understanding of this. And they've said reach out to them

as soon as you're in trouble. As soon as, yeah. Don't let it wait, just talk to them. Because they, I mean, obviously, yeah. We're all in this. We're all in the same boat. Yeah, I know that businesses there's a lot of things that you have to pay for individually, like random a lot of things that you have to pay for individually, like random licenses and things like that.

And a lot of it, you get so many leniencies at the moment because everyone's like, just don't worry, there'll be no penalties at this time. So I think talking to people is so important. And your landlord, like I saw someone say a little bit of rent is better than none. Yeah. So I don't just sit there and stress about it. You definitely should talk to your employer, to the bank, to make sure you talk to everyone if you're going to struggle. And of course, if you are feeling a bit overwhelmed, as we all are,

and you do need to talk to somebody. Text 1737 or call 0800 1737173. And currently on alert level three for COVID-19 are going to four at midnight tomorrow. COVID19.gov.nz. Everything is there. Resources, all the information you need as individuals and businesses and organisations, you can find it all there. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Currently COVID level three and midnight tomorrow night. We go to level four and we will all be asked to stay at home and quarantine for the next four weeks, maybe more. Essential services can go to work, but then outside of that, it's quarantine as well, right? Yeah, now, so we've been deemed an essential service. There's actually a lot. I saw Newstalk ZB did quite a comprehensive list.

COVID19.gov.nz has kind of the areas. I mean, you'll be told by, I'm guessing, your workplace if you're an essential service. But during this time, it's important to know we'll be quarantined. You will be able to go out for some exercise if you stay by yourself and you don't mingle with other people. But you'll still be able to go to the supermarket. That's an essential service. The rubbish bins will go to the supermarket. That's an essential service.

The rubbish bins will still be emptied. That's an essential service. Mechanics, some of those will be available. I'm assuming plumbers and those kind of services that we need are still going to operate. Health, of course, probably the most essential of services. Pharmacies, doctors. Nurses, all doing an amazing job.

But if you need to check the list, go to COVID19.gov.nz. It's all there. All the info. However, quarantine might mean you have a lot of time on your hands to fill. Parents, you've probably got to work out that, because a lot of kids are going to be able to learn digitally from home. There's going to be time. I've already seen a few friends of mine with kids

teaching them how to make mummy and daddy their morning coffees this morning. Lesson one. Lesson one of home skill. Does that things to work with kids? Can you just be like, we're going to play hide and go seek? Yeah. And then you just, they go and then you just don't look for them? Yeah, pretty much.

Yeah, that's it. I do that. The kids are going to get like a lot of life lessons. Be like, sit here while mum does her taxes. So this is the IRD website. Oh my god, do we have to do taxes still? Are they cancelling that? Nah, they're cancelled. Because it's nearly the end of the financial year.

Oh god. I know, we're going to have no excuse when the accountant's like, if you don't get taxed, you've been out being so busy. Doing what? A was jig. Which is something that we've... Yeah, right. I've always wanted to do a was jig. I've never been much of a puzzler. A was jig. Which is something that we've... I've always wanted to do a was jig. I've never been much of a puzzler.

A was jig is a jigsaw spelled backwards because the idea is the picture on the box isn't what you're making, but the picture on the box is what somebody on the box is seeing. Oh, right. So generally it's somebody

that's pictured them looking back at you. So you've got to kind of imagine what they can see. Right. And there's very few clues because there's not a lot in front of the one we've got. Can you just put it in front of a mirror and then get the answer? No, because they're not seeing the mirror. Oh, no, you're right. Okay.

Damn it. That's not how that works. Yeah, right. How's that going though? Well, we went through all 1,000 pieces and found all the edge pieces. Yep. And put those in a pile. Okay.

And then found the corner pieces and started like matching those up. So we got the whole outside done yesterday. So now we're just working on filling the inside. If you're isolated with someone who's doing a jigsaw, I'd recommend hiding a few pieces. How great would that be? How testing would that be? You want to test.

I got up off the ground. We were doing the puzzle and I walked into the kitchen and I turned and I heard a tunk, tunk, and one had stuck to my knee. Oh, no. You're definitely losing some. I know. Everyone has to be so careful.

Yeah. Could you imagine the fights at the start because of that? Yeah, so we're doing a little jigsaw. I noticed a couple of news articles yesterday. Some universities in America are offering free online courses. Great idea. And these are Ivy League universities. Now, I don't know if that's open to residents outside of America,

but maybe anyone can just give it a go. There's one course. Yale has a course, the Science of Wellbeing. And that's apparently one of their most popular online courses. You can do that for free. Right. Well, or you could teach yourself, if it is JLoc, teach yourself to use a VPN.

That could be your first step. And then use the VPN to say you're in America to get access to the courses. Exactly. Exactly. It is a great reason to maybe do something that you've had sitting around that you're like, oh, I just haven't had time yet. Or a friend yesterday was like, oh, I might just learn a language. What's that app?

It already speaks about three, Duolingo. Duolingo, yeah, yeah, yeah. Already speaks, oh, okay. Yeah, and I'm just like, all right, brilliant. Once you've learned your first one, it's easier. The rest is just a piece of cake. Yeah, apparently it is, so they say. But no, that's the thing.

There's lots of online programs, lots of apps, so you can teach yourself the language. Even YouTube. Yeah, YouTube's the thing. You could. There's lots of online programs, lots of apps. You could teach yourself the language. Even YouTube. Yeah. YouTube is the great tutor of the modern age. Because I think I might get out my sewing machine finally. And I might just go to some YouTube things and sew. Do you have everything you need?

Do you have fabric? You might need to do a spotlight run today. Yeah, I think I'll do a spotlight. I'll just get random fabrics. And you guys might get some like polar fleece t-shirts or something. I would wear it. Okay, good. I would wear it.

If you made me one of those, you know those high-vis polar fleece outfits that farmers always wear? What's that brand? Is it River something? What's that brand that all the farmers

and hunters wear and it's polar fleece green tops and camo? Yeah, all that pink and yellow and oh, I don't know. I'm going to Google it. Someone text in their brand.

I might get one of those for isolation. Oh my God, can you please make me a Polar Place top? That would be hilarious. I'm so down. I feel like a t-shirt's a good place to start. Yeah. Oh no, I've only got safety stuff so far. Nah, this is all.

No, like hunting and fishing sell them. Yeah, I know. Or they do their own brand. They might do their own. What is that brand and everyone wears it? God damn Yeah, I know. Or they do their own brand. They might do their own. What is that brand? And everyone wears it. God damn it. I'm going to need to know this now.

Stony Creek. Yeah. Is it Stony Creek? Is it? You said river. And that made me think creek. Oh, no. I don't know.

But that doesn't. Anyway. Anyway. That's going to annoy us now until we know what that is. Yeah. This is great, though. So during our self-isolation, I'm just going to make your clothes for you. That's kind of what we're after, eh?

No, that's here, but that's not exactly. Ridgeline. Ridgeline. Thank you to everyone who texted me. Yes, Ridgeline. All the farmers are like, they're finally talking about fashion I understand. Cheryl, pass me the phone.

Now, how do I text? You need to get a Ridgeline top and model and do mass produce of those. Make it on you, little banana. Now, where can I pick up a Ridgeline on the way home today? Yours will be brand new. You're such an Aucklander. No, don't buy one. I'm making you one.

This is like that time I wanted a swan dry. And I went to Morrisville, where my mum and dad are, rural community, where I grew up. I feel very much the home there. And mum's like, what do you want for your birthday? I was like, well, I want a swan dry. She's like, well, we'll take you into the shop. They call it the dairy factory.

It's not the dairy factory, but you know how old people call things that it was like 40 years ago? We'll take you into the dairy factory. We'll buy you one. And I went in there. I was set upon, it was a bloody roast. A comedy-type roast.

It was a roast. Everybody was stepping up. Get cold in Auckland, does it? Out in the bush in Auckland, are you? I didn't come here to be mocked. We have bushes in Auckland. I am paying for this.

Why are you being so mean? That's going to happen if you wear your ridgeline on your little farmlet. Well, I'm going to have to wear it in. Can I make you like a fluoro one? They do do fluoro ones. I'm making you a fluoro one. There's always a fresh lot of fluoro Ridgeline

fleece t-shirts after the field days. Yeah. And there were not going to be field days this year. I wonder now, is there anybody listening, you know, because we're all we know we're going into quarantine for four weeks. There's not going to be a lot to do. Has anybody thought maybe they're going to try a hobby or learn something in this time? And then maybe we can get some ideas from, you know, people that are messaging in.

Like, what do you have planned for your isolation? Are you going to learn a language? Are you going to learn a hobby? Are you going to teach yourself something? So we're going into lockdown. Midnight tomorrow, we go to a level four. And for all of us Most of us

Apart from essential services That will mean staying at home For four weeks at least So we want to know If you're going to use this time To learn something Take up a hobby Yeah

And there's so many people who are I'm training my guide dog But then That is a person that trains guide dog Once you receive my guide dog. Oh. But then, that is a person that trains guide dogs. Once you receive a guide dog, it would be fully trained. Is that right? Yeah. I'm going to learn I don't know how to say this word but I've heard it said but I can't

quite convince myself to give it a go. Macrame? Yes. Now, did you know I've got a weakness for macrame without hearing someone say it immediately beforehand or did you see that text? No, I saw the text. Ah, good.

Got it. I've ordered some, again, macrame. Macrame. Macrame. Macrame rope. Yeah. Okay, right. Currently COVID level three in New Zealand.

We're going to four at midnight tomorrow and that means that we will all have to self-isolate for at least 4 weeks. And just again, it's well resourced. It has all the information you need. COVID19.gov.nz And it has got us talking this morning about maybe any hobbies or things you might want to learn or do while you're in isolation. And it has dawned on a lot of people that if they are going to start these hobbies

that require materials, in isolation. And it has dawned on a lot of people that if they are going to start these hobbies that require materials, today is your last day to get an EG spotlight for material, Megan. Because I need to get your fluoro fleece to make you those t-shirts. Yes. Yeah. Don't laugh. You'll be wearing it, Fletch. Well, if NZ Fashion Week happens, we could be on the catwalk.

Oh, I'm going to do a whole line. Of fluoro fleeces. Watch out, Richline. I might going to do a whole line. Of Fleurot places. Watch out, Rich line. Am I going to production? Megan line. What colour? Whatever colour you want. I'll send you pictures from Spotlight after the show.

Great. Can you just do what I do with all my clothes? If I find something I like, I buy it in like three or four different colours. Yeah, okay. And that's all I wear. Kelly, now this is your flatmate. He's decided, they've decided that they want to learn something. Yeah, so my flatmate yesterday decided to go out

and buy a set of DJ decks to learn how to DJ. Oh, good Lord, Kelly. I hope they bought headphones as well, because that's horrible. Yes, headphones, and we have a garage that they can practice in. Oh, right, okay. So, and how many are in the flat?

Was everybody just like, oh, God. There's four of us. Oh, okay. How long have you been living with your flatmates? Because this is something I was wondering. Yes. There are going to be a lot of people, and I've lived in flats before where, you know,

I could keep to myself and there were people that, I didn't socialise with, so it was fine. And you'd go to work and you'd go out, you know, I could keep to myself and there were people that I didn't socialise with so it was fine. And you'd go to work and you'd go out, you wouldn't see them. But there are going to be flatmates that have to socialise more than they want to. Yeah, no, so I only moved in with them a month ago.

Oh. We all get along. Oh, that's good. Yeah, it's going to be interesting time. Yeah, my best friend's just got a new flatmate, so she's going to self-isolate with someone she barely knows. Yeah. That's Ellie. Why doesn't she go to her parents' house?

I don't know. I don't know if she wants to. Sometimes it's better the devil you know it is. Hey, thanks for your call. Ben, what are you going to learn during the downtime? I'm going to be learning some sign language. I thought that was going to be a good idea to learn some of that. Okay.

Do you have friends that are deaf? No, but actually a really funny story. I won't disclose the location where I ran into this person because it's quite embarrassing. He came up to me and he was like, and I was like, oh, this guy's deaf and he's trying to talk

to me. And I was kind of like, man, I wish this guy's deaf and he's trying to talk to me and I was kind of like, man, I wish I knew the sign language to be able to talk to him back and he was a really nice guy but yeah, so that's one thing I want to learn.

Right, so you decide I'm going to learn sign language. Pretty much. And you'll be able to practice by like muting the telly and or leaving it on but just trying to decipher because whenever there's

a government announcement there's a sign language translated. Yeah, I reckon it'll be a cool thing. Are there just like YouTube tutorials? I'm hoping there is.

I haven't had a chance to look yet. I'm like trying to avoid the panic of making sure everybody's alright. Like, gotta look after Nan and all that sort of stuff. So once we're in the actual

stage four of lockdown then I'll be searching on YouTube to look for those. There's a New Zealand sign language page. My girls have talked about it at school. And they've done a little

bit of it at school. Yeah, there's specific New Zealand sign language videos. Ben, have talked about it at school. Oh, right, okay. And they've done a little bit of it at school. Yeah, there's specific New Zealand sign language videos. Ben, thanks. You're cool. James, what are you going to learn while you're in lockdown? I'm going to learn how to distill my own booze. I saw yesterday how many people were queued up outside bottle stores. I'm like, well, I might as well just make my own.

Worst case scenario, I'm going to have to go to rehab after four weeks. Or you give yourself alcohol poisoning james like lord right on the other hand and make it strong enough you got yourself some sanitizer yeah well one way or another i'm going to be full so i'm going to be uh full corona proof so do you have that's how it works still do you have the facilities uh yeah so i bought it a few weeks ago just because I wanted to do it anyway, and then I just not had the time to sort of figure out how to do it. So I've got four weeks to learn, and, yeah, a bit of a hope I don't go blind, but we'll figure it out eventually.

Jesus, please be careful. The emergency services are a little bit busy. They are, James. Thanks, you call some text messages. Somebody's messaged in, they work at a hydro power station. Oh, okay. So they're keeping the, in their words, the spinny wizards keeping to going to power everybody's Netflix. The spinny wizards?

The spinny wizards. So they don't have to, okay, right. The spinny wizards are the things that spin around to power. The spinny wizards, yeah. That's actually a technical term is what they call them. Is it? The spinny wizards. So they don't have to, okay right. The spinny wizards are the things that spin around to power. Spinny wizards, yeah. That's actually a technical term is what they call them. Is it? The spinny wizards. Is it? Yeah. Have you never heard, yeah, the power companies like

Meridian and just like, oh yeah, our spinny wizards stopped in. No, it's not. Vaughn's smiling. Yeah, and then the ones on the hill are the windy spinny wizards. Okay. Somebody also just today, pre-lockdown, they're on a mercy run

to Wellington from Nartia to rescue my sister from her tiny, tiny uni flat. I left at 5am. I'm going to be home in time for dinner. And they're going to be listening to ZM the whole drive.

So you drive safely. Drive safe, yeah. All right. We'll give you... Oh, I just want to finish on this one. I'm going to take all four weeks to teach my boyfriend how to rinse his dinner plate.

Okay, you are going into a lockdown with some issues. You need to sort those ASAP. But I'll agree. When someone stacks your dishwasher wrong, it's... Just everyone breathe and relax. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Cut up. We have

received... We're immature, is what we are. We're laughing at the IOC Olympic chairman's name. Grow up. We're at alert level three. Yeah, but we need something to laugh about. I know, we do. Dick Pound. And why not laugh at Dick Pound? He's never been laughed at for his whole life because of his name.

Oh, go on. He can't hear me. I would have gone for Richard Puande is how I would have changed that. Richard Puande. I would have said, no, my name's not Dickie Pound. My name's Richard Puande. Puande. We needed that. We needed that laugh.

Puande. We really did. Okay, now, coming up on the show, in fact, we've received a text message. Do you know Dick Pound's wife's name? What? Fanny. Born! I can't believe you just sent that.

Born Alan Smith! That is real naughty. Hey, what you going to do, baby? I apologise. You know, you'll get our essential services taken over. Oh, guys, no! We can't lose our essential services certificate. We've been trusted to do a job here.

You're flouting it. You know how it flouts it about. No. As soon as I said flout, I regretted it. She's like, I'll marry you, Richard, but I don't know if we can carry on with this name combination. My name is Richard Puante, and your name is now Fanai. Fanai, Panande.

And I'll hear nothing more of it. Okay. Congratulations on your new job, husband. Yes, but they insist on calling me Dick Pound. Oh, no. They'll find out my on calling me Dick Pound. Oh no. They'll find out my name's Fanny Pound. We'll be ruined. Everyone will be laughing

at us. Even essential services all the way in New Zealand, Dickie. Not on my watch, Fanny. Not on my watch. Next on the show, we've had a text message in this morning And this is

Wow what a predicament So we're going into lockdown tomorrow at midnight Somebody needs to know If they should break up with their boyfriend now Or should they wait No I think it was girlfriend Girlfriend Oh okay

Do you do it before self-isolation or after We received a text message A mere minutes ago Do you do it before self-isolation or after? We received a text message mere months ago during our chat about what hobbies you'll be probably taking up during isolation. And it said, It is right before the lockdown, the best or the worst time to break up with my girlfriend of four years. Parentheses, we don't live together. End parentheses.

Now, I say parentheses. I don't say bracket because I'm posh. Is that a red flag from the start? Like they don't live together, end parentheses. Now, I say parentheses. I don't say bracket because I'm posh. Is that a red flag from the start? Like they don't live together and they've been together four years? Is that weird? I didn't even think about that. Yeah, but you don't know their situation. Maybe they have, but they're in different parts of the city

or different cities. Someone might have conservative parents that have frowned upon that. True. A lot of things that could be. Wow. Wow. But that's what we said before. People are about to be locked down with random flatmates. They're going to be locked down with their partners.

You know, there is going to be a lot of... And do you know how sad it is? they were talking about that press conference yesterday about domestic violence that's horrible they've seen cases reports overseas where it has gone up it's gone through the roof

imagine being locked down with someone you're afraid of yeah exactly and China divorce rates divorce numbers have increased because people have been in lockdown for a long time. So there's going to be a lot of stress. So do you want to be locked down

with someone you want to break up with? I would imagine so. Lisa, what do you think? Hey, guys. I think they should try to leave, break up before they're locked down. That way they can't turn up on your doorstep begging you back.

They have to stay home. That's a good point. They've fought, the army will force them away. Yeah, yeah. Wow. I've had that issue before. I broke up with an ex and I couldn't get rid of him for like eight months. So you're saying it's the perfect time because they actually literally...

It's the perfect time, yeah. They have to stay home. And they've got to stay two metres away from you. Exactly, yeah. But also then they're not like, they're not like having to go to work. They can just maybe chill and like get over it. Yeah, well, they've got time to eat some ice cream and watch some movies. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. And then they've got a good time to get over it. Okay, Lisa, thanks. You called some text messages. Like, should she break up now or wait till after the, you know, level four alert recedes? Someone said, I broke up with someone three weeks ago. I should have waited

for lockdown. Right, so that's the opposite. Yeah. But then see, that sounds like they regret the... No, they're saying it would have been easier to do. I think that all they're saying

is that it would have been easier to do during the lockdown. This is like having a partner for winter because it's cuddles. Yeah. And it's someone's there and then summer comes and you'd like the laters.

Yeah, crockpots. Get a little bit squishy during crockpots. Yeah, crockpots. Get a little bit squishy during crockpot season. Me, that is. I won't speak for anybody else. Someone said, break up during lockdown. There's literally

no more perfect time or circumstances for both people. During? No. What are you, crazy? What's the difference between during

and right before? Because at least before they're not with you. No, no, no. That would obviously be for this person's scenario when they're not living together. Oh, right. Okay, yeah. No, don't break down.

I thought they were in the same house. Or you take the spare room or I'll sleep on the couch because you don't want people sleeping on the couch during lockdown. Couch is going to be valuable real estate. Yeah. Valuable real estate for all sorts of activities. I don't know where I see you could put them.

Someone said, my friend with benefits texted me last night asking if they can get locked down with me. That sounds like they also want to be more than benefits.

Yeah. Because that's a long time. But then are they... You're getting all the other stuff as well as the benefits. Yeah. But what are they bringing

into the situation? Like, have they got a few rolls of toilet paper? Yes. Some tin vegetables? No, because you don't want them using your stuff. Well, no, they've got to bring their supplies. Okay, so they're okay to be friends with benefits in lockdown if they've got supplies.

But they said they can't get locked down with their friends with benefits because they're in essential services and they need a small group. Somebody has said, but how mean is this other side of it? How mean is it for that person being broken up with? They'll literally have no one to keep them company or distracted during what is a very sad time where you need comfort from your friends. No, but they're assuming that they live alone. They might not

live alone. Live with somebody. Yeah. Oh, you definitely have to make sure they've got someone. You hear a lot about loneliness and stuff. Let's not forget, you should be communicating with your friends every single day. You hear a lot about loneliness and stuff. Let's not forget, you should be communicating with your friends every single day. You should be having friend Skype coffee dates

where you all make yourself a coffee, sit in front of Skype or FaceTime or whatever and keep communication lines right on open. And we mentioned earlier in the show, a poll we ran, more than half of the people that responded were worried about their mental state going into this.

And there is always, there will always be during this, all the helplines and the government number that you can call. Remember, you can text 1737. That is still available at any time. Yeah, that will still be running. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Just quickly, regarding the list of texts we had. Should I break up with my girlfriend

before self-isolation or after? We ran a poll on our Instagram. 77%, that's the latest poll result, said now.

Only 23% said after. Really? So do it now. Do it now. I mean, easy for us to say because we're not

in that pickle, are we? It's a ripe pickle. It's a good old pickle. And speaking of pickles, there is a lot of pickles going on for people around the country, small businesses especially, I mean, any kind of business. I just wanted to say thank you so much to everyone who supported our little cafe. We are closed from today, obviously, to protect our workers, to protect the community.

It's so important. But we in the past week consider ourselves very lucky because we actually picked up customers. So we had a very busy last week. A rare situation in hospitality from other people you've talked to, right? Yeah, we're very lucky but we had so many people coming in wanting to have a chat wanting to say that they just wanted to buy a coffee to support us and it didn't go unnoticed and we're so

very grateful for all of those people Going into this period is scary for people who have businesses and I don't take it for granted that I have this job because a lot of people, their business is their only livelihood. So I'm very lucky in that sense.

But if you have a business, there is assistance out there because we spent the day yesterday making sure our staff are going to be looked after and have some money coming in. The governments are providing that. It's a very easy application process um if you are a business i would say if you are still trading in any kind of way because there are not hospitality but there are businesses like

that might still be able to do some kind of trade online, let people know because we all want to support you. Me especially because I've been in that scenario. We all want to support you. So if you have some way of trading, tell people on social media. We can share it. We can get behind it because it's a scary time but

just know there's assistance out there and the government is going to help your workers. They're going to help you get through it. But yeah, overall. Because couriers are essential services, so they'll still be going. A lot of the food box companies are still doing the roaring trade. Yeah, that's something to think about

because if you can minimise your time at the supermarket, then other people can get access to that food. You don't have to be in contact with people as often. Seriously, that's a really good option. So it's obviously scary times for you because you just have to shut the doors. Yeah. And with

the phone lines were blocked yesterday for suppliers because obviously cafes and restaurants are all wanting to cancel their food orders and their coffee orders and it was just blocked with everyone trying to do that yesterday but we also have a huge amount of stock already

in the cafe that now we will obviously distribute to people. We're not going to let that go to waste but it was still... Do you need help eating the bacon steaks? You can have some bacon steaks. You know I love the bacon steaks. I had the bacon steaks on Sunday, didn't I? Yeah. You did. Thank you. Thank you for your support. But yeah, there's just bacon you know i love the bacon steaks i had the bacon steaks on sunday didn't i yeah yeah you did

thank you thank you for your support yeah but yeah it's just there's lots to think about and there's lots of people struggling in different ways and and you've had the hellish last few weeks like it's just been horrible to watch oh i've got a sty in my eye it's stressful it's um and i mean you're just one of you know many people in this country going through that and it's honestly horrible. But yeah, I mean, I'm very grateful for this job because, yeah, like I said, a lot of people, their business is their livelihood. So yeah, just support where you can and yeah, do your best to go online and make sure that you're getting all the support that is available for you because there's lots out there. Yeah. Resources for businesses, all the info that you need as an individual, what businesses

will be open, what essential services go to covid. Sorry, covid19.gov.nz for all of that. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast ZM. It's time for Fact of the

Day, Day, Day, Day, Day, day. Today's fact of the day is a man won a $315 million lottery because his wife told him to return the orange juice he'd just purchased. Okay. He was thirsty. I'm thirsty. And he bought a bottle of orange juice and he got back to the car and his wife said,

how much did you pay for that? And he said, $5. And she said, take it back. Take it back. That's $2.50 at the petrol station. We've got to stop for gas anyway You take that back So he went in

And he's like I'm really sorry I've got my wife Talking to me After buying a $5 Borrowing shoes Sorry My money back

Please And they Got his money back Yeah And he was like Oh lottery And so he spent the money He got back

On lottery tickets And he got back to the car And his wife said Would you get your money back And he's like I spent my money he got back on lottery tickets. And he got back to the car and his wife said, would you get your money back? And he's like, I spent my money, I got back on lottery tickets. And she was like, oh, God. Anyway, the lottery rolled around. It turns out that he had indeed won it.

And when he won it, he won $315,300,000. I would have brought one of those massive orange juicing machines. You know, you see them in the supermarket sometime? They're full of oranges. And they go down that little track. I was going to say, the coolest thing about that is how it's got a preloaded orange to go next. Yeah. And it does the whole shabubu, right?

Yeah, yeah. It cuts it in half. Yep. Where do the skins go? I don't know. They just pop out the back. Yeah, it must pop out the back. Follow the back.

Oh, but I'd get one of those. I'd get one of those. Yeah, I'd probably get one of those too. A lot of room. Yeah. A lot of bench real estate here. Probably divorce that woman too. She sounds very nagging.

No, I'm just thinking she would have had a go at him and then she would have had to be like, when he won? You know, I don't think she would have. I don't think she would have. No, she'd be like, wow, what have you got to say? She to be like, when he won? You know, I don't think she would have. I don't think she would have. I would have been like, wow, what have you got to say? She'd be like, nothing.

Nothing. Give me some of that money. It was a stupid thing to spend the money on after I told you to get the money back so you could buy an orange juice down the road. No, but he's now a... Did he ever get another orange juice at the service station? Do you know? You know what? No word.

Okay. Actually, I don't have any word if he got his orange juice at the gas station or she told him he wasn't allowed his orange juice at the gas station because he spent his orange juice money on lottery tickets. Probably. Yeah. So in America, when you win the lottery, you can either take the bulk amount and they pay you bit by bit

or you can take pretty much half the amount and they pay it to you all at once. Yeah, it's weird, isn't it? $315 million in monthly installments is still going to allow you to do an insane amount of things. But he didn't. He took the $183 million immediate cash payout. I'd do that, I think. Would you? Yeah, because

who needs more money than that? You don't need any more than that. That's a phenomenal amount of money. So today's fact of the day is a man won a $300 million lottery because his wife told him he'd paid too much for orange juice. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We are about to go into self-isolation for four weeks.

So we're going to need to look after ourselves exercise-wise and nutrition-wise. Yes, and worth noting that when it's level four, we are going to be allowed to go out and run. You'll be able to go for a bike ride or run, but you're just not allowed to be around other people. Yeah, and you can go to the supermarket. Yes. Do not panic buy. You can go to the supermarket and you can cook for yourself.

Yeah. So to help us with nutrition, we decided to get a nutritionist on the phone. Good morning, Claire Turnbull. Good morning. How are you guys? Good, good. Now, I ate a packet of my emergency biscuits yesterday, Claire.

All of them. All of them. I know. I think that is actually one thing that I'm very aware of, is that when people spend a lot of time at home, it can be very easy to eat to fill the time. And, you know, because we are kind of on lockdown. Yeah, people eat border meetings.

But we need to look after ourselves because a packet of biscuits every day for the next four weeks, you're not going to be feeling too good in four weeks' time. Yes. I'm aware. So what are some – because I imagine there's a lot of people that aren't very, should we say very good cooks or feel very skilled in the kitchen. What are some easy ways to like make sure you're getting good nutrition over this lockdown? Yeah, I mean, one of the things is when you look at what people are kind of panic buying

or buying lots of, it's a lot of pasta, bread, you know, like, yeah, baked beans. But a lot of those, you know, those starchy carbohydrate foods, that's not enough to kind of keep your body well for the next four weeks. So variety is the biggest thing to kind of think of when you're buying. One of the important things also, because of the time of year, but also everything that's going on is keeping your immune system strong. So, you know, if you're only going to the supermarket once a week, once a fortnight, getting frozen vegetables,

because vitamin C is really important to the immune system. So don't forget to buy some frozen veggies. Eggs. Eggs are brilliant. You can do so many different things with eggs. You can make, you know, eggs on toast. You can make omelettes, frittatas. So, you know, making a meal out of eggs is not a bad idea. Getting your crock pot

out, get your casserole on. I forgot about frittatas. God, they're great. Underrated frittatas. They are. I love a frittata. You can put anything in a frittata. Yeah, that's how you use your leftovers. You chuck it in the oven.

Yeah, you get a bit of a fry,, right? Then you just pull the egg in. And there's going to be some seriously weird combination of foods going on, I reckon, like with people using up bits and pieces of their, you know, of what's in their pantries. But we need to do whatever we can to keep our bodies working at their best because that's the best chance that we have. And, you know, the things that are important for our immune system, so zinc, so that's where a bit of red meat in a casserole.

Mussels, mussels are so cheap. And when you go to the supermarket, pick them up because you can, yeah, I know, not for everybody, but there are good things. Corn is obviously... When you get mussels, Claire, do you use that thing where you push the button and it stops raining and you get to pick out the mussels? There's always too many muscles in there, Claire. I've overestimated

how many people want muscles today. There's too many. Oh no, there's so many of them, isn't there? Sorry, can you buy them in the pot? Because you can buy them like pre-shelled. Yeah, yeah. I mean, we just need to be buying things that are, you know, a lot of people are super stressed out about money, you know, obviously

with so many people with their job uncertainties, you know, that is a huge part of it. So the other thing is just buying things that are going to last. So buying like a whole pumpkin at the moment, that you can do so many things about and that will last, you know, in the cupboard. You can keep that for ages, you know, kind of going. On the pumpkin, Claire, how do you feel about soap? Like if we cooked up a big old thing of soap and you're eating that every day. Good, bad of going, yeah. On the pumpkin, Claire, how do you feel about soap? Like if we cooked up a big old thing of soap

and you're eating that every day, good, bad? Yeah, perfect. This is, no, that's, you see, this is actually, I mean, there's so many horrendous things and just so much, you know, awful time. But this is actually an opportunity for people to learn some of the basics and to get back to some of the skills

that a lot of us have lost and to teach our children some of those basic things. And we can actually eat very cheaply. Like I've got a recipe on my Instagram and my Facebook that is $2.50 a serve and it is just vegetables with some chickpeas, tomatoes, bit of curry paste in there. Bulk make that $2.50. Like that is where we need to get to

to help everyone at this time with their finances and actually keep ourselves well. Do you have any recipes for the family cat? Push comes to shove. Vaughan! Vaughan! The family cat might be getting a bit thin. So you're saying do it sooner rather than later?

Anakin is very bony. No, I wasn't thinking him. He's too bony. I was going to go with the younger one. You're going to be fighting for the tuna though, aren't you? The can of tuna. Me or the cat. Me or the cat.

The cat's going to get lost, isn't it? Wow. No, I'm only kidding. I wouldn't eat the cat. No, no. Way too soon for that. Too much. I hear there's lots of ways to skin them, but I don't know a single one.

Yeah. Yeah. Metaphor. So people can actually lots of ways to skin them but I don't know a single one. Yeah. Yeah. So people can actually go to your Instagram and Facebook and find recipes for this. Oh, loads.

Yeah. I mean, this is exactly all that I'm spending the next four to six weeks of my life doing is sharing healthy recipes, sharing practical tips

for surviving. I've got a two and a five-year-old at home that you've got to work and keep myself well. Home fitness. So I'm actually do a lot of fitness stuff myself.

So yeah, you can find me on Claire Turnbull on Instagram and Claire Turnbull on Facebook and loads of ideas there for living in the real world on a budget, exercising from home with small people and cheap meals. That's what I'm going to be sharing over the next wee while. Awesome. Well, thanks so much.

And you can find our claireturnbull.co.nz as over the next wee while. Awesome. Well, thanks so much and you can find her at claire2unball.co.nz as well. Thanks, Claire. Awesome. Thank you so much. Have a good day. Fletchvorna Megan, the podcast ZM. Megan and I are just talking about soup recipes. I was like,

do you know what's really good in a pumpkin soup? A little bit of Thai red curry paste. It really shows it up. Absolute game changer. Megan, talk to me about bay leaves. Bay leaves. You put it in a casserole. Yeah, I did this yesterday with my Irish Guinness beef stew.

But then you take them out. You don't eat them. You don't want to accidentally eat them. No, no, no. They help to flavour the sauce. Yeah, because there's lots of that. It's like in Thai cooking, you use the lime leaves. But then you take them out. You take them out, you don't eat them.

So it just adds a little bit of a subtle flavor. A Jenny say quoi. Yes, Jenny say quoi, I believe it is. It's French, you hit the T hard. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, that is our show today. We've been deemed an essential service, so we will continue to bring you the show as long as we can,

as long as we're healthy and able to do so. No, we're like vanilla essence. Why? Because we're all white and we've been deemed an essential service. I don't know if that's a good analogy, but sure. Weird, but okay, we'll roll with it. It would have been like sugar or something.

Yeah. Or flour. No, because it's so hard to get flour at the moment. It is. We're corn flour and we're used to it as a thickening agent. We make you a little bit thicker.

We're thick, yeah. So just on that, obviously, midnight tomorrow, midnight Wednesday, we go to a level four. All the info is at covid19.gov.nz.

Bear in mind that a lot of places will be open today. Please don't panic buy. People are forgetting that by going to supermarkets with large crowds, you're just creating a problem. You are going to be in a crowd, which is exactly what we don't. Despite the fact that you're stripping the shelves for everyone else, you're going to be in a crowd of people.

Yeah, so you've got to keep a distance of two metres just to avoid catching anything. And just remember, supermarkets will remain open. They are an essential service. You will be able to go to the supermarket during lockdown. You will be able to go outside for exercise. All the essential services like couriers, those places that will be open, pharmacies, the doctor,

the list is all at covid19.gov.nz. 90 minutes of non-stop jams are next. Be safe. Wash your hands. Be nice to each other. Yes. And you don't storm the supermarkets and stuff because they're going to be open. And like you just thought about before, you're effectively getting into a big crowd.

Coughing. Yeah. We just literally had this conversation. I'm just reiterating. No, you were on your laptop. Distracted. You're not listening. What were you doing?

What were you doing? Nothing, really. Actually, you know what I was doing? I was looking up other things we could joke about being the essence of. Okay. The essence of Argon. Okay. Do you know what Argon is?

Be safe. We've moved on from that. Wash your hands. 90 minutes of nongon. Okay. Do you know what Argon is? Be safe. Move on from that. Wash your hands. 90 minutes of non-soap jams. Pretty keen to give five more minutes of this essence of Argon. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's free and clean to listen to?

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