ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan’s Podcast - 1st June 2021

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Hello, welcome to the Fleet's Morn and Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Buy five McCafe coffees and get one free on the Maccas app. Megan is tired. I'm just, that show just, we blinked and it's over. I just feel like the weeks do that now. But then that's how, how lucky are we that we've got a job that does? Yeah, that's true. I mean, yeah, I had no idea that we were like done. Do we have any ball-like meetings after the show today? One. That's when time really starts. One ball-like meeting. Oh, really?

Yeah. Oh, I can feel it slowing down already. But it's crazy. Like it's the 1st of June today. I know. Seriously. That is absolute madness. I feel like my weeks are just like, my life's just slipping away from me.

Yeah. And there's nothing like having kids to do that too because like one minute they can't do anything and then next minute they're like an adult. Yeah, right. Yeah. And there's nothing like having kids to do that too because like one minute they can't do anything and then next minute they're like an adult. Yeah, right. Can't relate. I'll try to put it into terms that you'd understand. One minute you're sleeping with an 18 year old

and then next minute that 18 year old's 30. Now don't tell me you can't relate to that. And Fletch loses their number. No, he lost their number around 20. Yeah, trade them in. I will not.

Okay, this is lawyer up. It's only defamation if it's not true. Yeah, lawyer up. Prove it wrong. Now the information law in New Zealand means that I have to prove it, which I can, and then you have to prove me wrong. Otherwise you'll be held in contempt of court for wasting the law's time. So should we just put this to bed now with an out-of-court settlement of you apologizing to me?

Moving on. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fleets, Fawn, and Megan. Morning. Vaughan's always like this on a Tuesday. Films the TV show, gets all tired, turds. Very turd. Yeah, turds. Very turd.

Megan was just telling me about a brawl at a Cruella screening. Screening in New York City. Like a fight at the movies. Yeah. And it was literally over people choosing their seats and someone got told to shut the Cruella screening in New York City like a fight at the movies yeah and it was literally over people like choosing their seats and someone got told

to shut the F up and then chaos ensued and there was a taser someone pulled out a taser from their handbag yeah

Americans have zero chill yeah they had to pause the movie especially New York New York New Yorkians

yeah New Yorkites New York what do you. Especially New York. New York. New Yorkians? Yeah. New Yorkites. New York. What do you call them? New Yorkers? New Yorkers. Yeah, New Yorkians.

Close enough. Sounds better. Yeah. Denomination of New York. So what, did they keep the movie going after that? No, they paused it and then the cops were called. They offered them tickets to another screening. What about allocated seating? Do they not do that?

I don't know. Or if like there's gaps, people move maybe, you know? Yeah. Yeah, you call them New Yorkers. Okay. Good. It was like on a plane. There was a whole row spare next to me and I said, can I move over there? And the lady said, hmm. She was a little hum-ha about it.

You might have unbalanced the plane. And then I was like, yeah, ouch. Because you're moving from the right to the left. Ouch. And then they go to take off and it wobbles on the left. I'm so fat, I'm going to throw a 737. What was it? A 7?

A320. A320. I'm going to throw an A320 into the Alps. Off kilter. Ouch. I'll say it again. Ouch. Ouch. The top six is coming up. Yeah, the top six Off-kilter. Ouch. I'll say it again, ouch. Ouch.

The top six is coming up. Yeah, the top six signs your pets are addicted to are vapes or ciggies. Oh. The SPCA, on top of everything else animals have got to worry about, now apparently can be addicted to what you're huffing and puffing on. And vapes, yeah. Yeah, they're asking you to stop doing it right in front of them, regardless of whether or not it's water vapor

or actual old-fashioned cigarette smoke. Next on the show, speaking of flying Vaughan, passengers have ruined something else, and it's not taken up a whole row of seats. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. What is it? He'll tell us next.

Yeah, you know how this works. I'm warning, warning, warning, warning. Fletch Vaughan and Megan's long weekend group toot. The unmissable event on Friday's podcast, ZM. Well, in America, Southwest Airlines, along with American Airlines, have banned alcohol after a spate of violence. Oh, my God. Now, I don't know if this is because of COVID-19 restrictions and mask wearing, but I think a lot of places have relaxed that in America. Because I think, is it over half the population now are vaccinated?

Yeah. Yes. I believe that's the stat. It's still not at the critical balance of herd immunity though. Half of a population. No, you need what do you need, like 80%? Yeah. At least. So

they've said, look, we've had so many passengers disruptions in flight due to booze. Yeah. Either people being boozed or not being flight due to booze are either people being boozed or not being able to get booze, that they're just like, no, not happening. Isn't that crazy?

Is that related to that altercation on a plane where the air stewardess lost teeth? It may have been one of them, Megan, because in the last month, two and a half thousand unruly passenger reports have been filed, including 1,900 reports of passengers

not wearing mandatory face masks. Good Lord. See, what was that last month they had to, or was it, no, it was only a few weeks ago, a flight from Gisborne or Napier? Someone was just like, I'm not wearing a mask. And they literally just had to wait and get the police to haul them off.

What is wrong with people? Just put a mask on. People, yeah, I kind of understand it in New Zealand because we're so blasé about it. You know what else masks on planes are good for? Blocking out farts. Yeah.

Because I farted on the plane the other day and I had the mask on. I was like, I can never smell that. But I know for a fact that would have been smelly. It's real. Like, it's something about flying. It just gets you a bit gassy, doesn't it? Yeah. And you're always a bit cheeky.

Is it altitude? Is it pressure? Maybe. But you're always a bit cheeky. You're like, well, I'll just do it. No one will notch me. I'll just sneak a little fluff out. It's very noisy on a plane.

Yeah, you can get away with it. But yeah, that's the latest in America. Not that we're flying there anytime soon. No. A guy has taken to Reddit to explain how he doesn't trust his girlfriend's judgment anymore. Right.

So, they got talking about exes, which just never ends well. But this doesn't end well, not probably for the reason you're thinking. He asked to see some of his girlfriend's ex-partners. So, she has... Like photos? Yeah. She has four exes,

two girls, two guys. Okay. And he was like, yeah, I want to see what they look like. So he was taken off guard when he looked at a couple of the ex-girlfriends because he claimed they were not attractive at all. He was like, my girlfriend is like an 8 or a 9 out of 10. Yeah. Also, just say 10 out of 10. Just say your girlfriend's a 10 out of 10. No, but there's no room for improvement. She's got nothing to aim for. Yeah. Also, just say 10 out of 10. Just say your girlfriend's a 10 out of 10.

No, but there's no room for improvement. No. She's got nothing to aim for. Yeah. She's just a 10 out of 10. Just say that. Right. Always looks amazing.

So he said it surprised me that she would date someone who looks like that. Wait, you said his girlfriend had ex-girlfriends? Two ex-girlfriends, two ex-boyfriends. Right. And was taken back when the... And all four of them were, what, sixes or fives or something? Not as attractive as he, well, not his cup of tea, shall we say. Right.

And you see one of the partner's ex-boyfriends looks like a scrawny teenager and the other had a big face and weird teeth. What is this guy, an oil painting? Then he described one of the ex-girlfriends as very overweight. Oh, wow. So he does sound like a douchebag. Yeah, this sounds like more of a warning for this girl to get away from this guy who's just horrifically judgmental.

Mind you, her ex is for a reason, so maybe she can... But he actually told his current girlfriend he's giving feedback about the exes and she took wild offence to it. As you kind of would. You're like, yeah, I cared about these people. Yeah, yeah, I dated these people. But then if they all cheated on him, then yeah, you could call into question her judgment, right?

Yeah. If she picked four douchebags. There's no, like it doesn't say how it ended. Right. So they could still be friendly. It might have ended amicably. Amicably. Yeah. Amicably? Yeah.

Amicably. The relationship might have just run its course. Right. But now the internet's turned on him. Yeah. Do we have a picture of this guy? No. Funnily enough, we do not.

Oh, I want a picture. I want to fight fire with fire. You can imagine he's probably not, you know, picture perfect. But yeah, very keen on passing judgment on her exes. I think I would be offended too. It's just like saying all your exes are rubbish. All my, no, I'm not going to say that. There's no point in me saying Sharder's not listening.

That would be the brainy point. Oh, yeah. All your exes are hotties. No, I was going to say all my exes are rubbish compared to my beautiful wife. She's not listening. She's like, just save that for after 8 o'clock when she's in the car. Can we talk about this again later on? Yeah, sure. Yeah, sure.

What we said before about your exes compared to your partner, what am I like? Oh, my God, they're terrible people. Bleh. Bleh. She'll see right through that. Yeah. Sade would like that.

Yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. From the smoggy ZM think tank, this is the top six. Hello there, the SPCA, the Society for the Protection. Cruelty Against Animals. Cruelty Animals. Society Protection Cruelty Animals is urging people not to smoke or vape near their pets. Research has shown that secondhand smoke and nicotine from e-cigarettes have serious health effects on animals, just like humans.

That makes sense. They can be addicted to the ciggies. That's sad. Yeah. Hmm. They've got lungs and stuff. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

Smoke's not good for lungs And I mean those smushed face ones That we just keep smushing the face more of They have trouble breathing as it is Yeah Imagine a pug on the durries They already breathe like this It'd be a bit more raspier

Yeah And then he trots off to the local server I'll ask for a pack Raspia. And then he trots off to the local server. I'll ask for a pack of almonds. Pack a poor mall, please. The SPCA scientific officer, Alison Vaughan, great name, obviously indicates she's very smart, even though it's a surname, not a first name, says while there's plenty of awareness around the harm of tobacco causes humans,

people may not be aware that animals exposed to these substances suffer health risks as well, including cancers and respiratory infections. So you might be smoking in the car. You might be like, well, my kids aren't in the car. But your dog might be in the back. And then you're giving it lung cancer. Yeah. So I've got the top six signs that your pet is addicted to smokes or vapes.

Okay. Because that's the other thing. You become addicted. Your body becomes reliant on the nicotine. You become addicted. Number six on the top six signs your animal's addicted to smokes or vapes. They say they're not. They could stop anytime they want.

They're definitely not addicted. They could stop anytime they want. They just enjoy it for social reasons. Number five on the list of the top six signs your animal's addicted to smokes or vapes. They're off their snacks,

they're skipping dessert and they're losing weight. Because, you know, that's the old, it's an appetite suppressant, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah.

It's all right having a durry out the back. Yeah. Just to stop that want to... Is that why chefs always smoke? Stops them from eating the nom-noms.

Stops them from just absolutely being like... I'd be so bad if I was a chef. I'd just have a teaspoon of this. Especially like a dessert or a pastry chef or a baker. Have to try all the hot chips before I gave them to the punters. You'd get sick of it. One from each batch. No, I wouldn't.

I wouldn't. I really wouldn't. You really underestimate our ability to eat non-stop and never get sick of eating. Number four each bag. No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I really wouldn't. You really underestimate our ability to eat non-stop and never get sick of eating. Number four on the list of the top six signs your animals are addicted to smokes or vapes. You catch them mouth-washing and they claim it's for their dental care.

You can't help but wonder if it's to get the smell of ciggies off their breath. Has somebody invented, like, pet mouth-wash? I was just about to ask. I know there's pet, like, mouth-wash. There's pet toothpaste. But you couldn't convince a pet to be like

does my dentist or my vet for my last cat Karen want me to brush his teeth with like it's like meat flavoured toothpaste. Meat toothpaste.

Leah's got peanut butter flavoured toothpaste. Is she supposed to brush their teeth? No you're not. You're a waste of bloody time. I mean you're probably supposed to but it's big dental, you're not. Nah. What a waste of bloody time. Okay. I mean, you're probably supposed to, but. It's big dental.

It's pet dental money. How many teeth has Lulu got? Oh, yeah, but that she was doing from day dot. So that doesn't mean you buy a puppy from a factory farm. So Animates are selling a Prosim solution, and it looks like it's like a cat and dog mouthwash. But they'll just drink it, right? They're just going to swallow it straight down.

And what for their stinky-ass breath? Because sometimes your animals have the worst breath. You're like, you've literally been eating poos. That's why you brush their teeth. Yeah, right. I can see the benefit of it, but I just can't see either of our dogs putting up with it. You add a cupful per litre of drinking water.

Oh. And so they drink it, and it cup full per litre of drinking water. Ah. And so they drink it and it's like an anti-tartare. Oh. Does it taste nice? I don't know. Got to eat. Our dog, our big dog, Ralph, he has to swallow like a worming tablet that's like comparative to his size, tiny.

Nope. Won't do it. He can smell it from a mile away. He's like, I know what you're doing. As soon as you use the tin foil Being ripped open What about put it in cheese Nah He doesn't do that either He'll look at the outside of the cheese

And then be like Oh I know what's in there How you just poke it down his throat I've done that And then I've held his mouth shut And tilted it back And like massaged the throat So you end up going

Yeah And he doesn't He puts it to the side of his mouth And then as soon as you're done He goes Yeah that's what my cat does too Doesn't do it at all Can you crush it up and put it in something sweet?

You can get a long injector thing and then you just pop it down their throat and go click and make them swallow it It's too far down It's a whole battle But then once you've started I'm not losing to an animal Number three on the list of the top six signs your animal's addicted to smokes or vapes The whole battle. But then once you've started, I'm not losing to an animal.

Number three on the list of the top six signs your animal's addicted to smokes or vapes. They've been watching how to do vape trick videos on YouTube. You find it in their browsing history. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six signs your animal's addicted to smokes or vapes. They've tried washing their own clothes so you don't smell the smell in the washing basket. Yeah. Yeah. And number one on the list of the top six signs

your animal's addicted to smokes or vapes and it's all your fault. They've got stains on their nails, their fingers, and their lips have wrinkles at the corners and their mustaches are a little bit yellow right in the middle where they hold their smokes. Yeah. It's a surefire sign.

That's today's top six. Flesh, fauna, Megan. The podcast. ZM. Stats out of Britain have shown that 40% of British people have not been intimate with their loved one over the entire COVID pandemic. So for the whole year? Yep.

Wow. Nearly 80% of married people said their partner never initiates sex. But here's the thing. That's a two-way street, baby. Yeah, that means they haven't either. Yeah, that means if 80% of people have said my partner never initiates sex, even if only half of those people responded, then that's your problem.

Yeah. You've got to take some time. Turn off the telly. I guess it's hard. People are distracting you. Look in their eyes. Remember why you're's hard. When people are distracting you, look in their eyes, remember why you're in love. People are working from home, so you get up, then you're at work,

and then maybe your work goes late, and then it's dinner, and you're still at work, but it's your home. Groundhog Day, really, isn't it? Yeah, it really is. Nothing sexy. That's what they're saying. It's working from home has killed the romance of home because it's become your workplace.

Although there is something quite sneaky and naughty about doing it at your workplace. Or could you just pretend that you're having a workplace affair with your partner? But then you say to your partner, let's role play and pretend I'm having a workplace affair and they'll be like, that's a roll of the dice. You've got to know your partner pretty well

before you propose that sort of thing. Yeah, that's true. They could be on you. And then you've got to make sure your Zoom's not on. Yeah. And also, it's hard to make an effort like, you know, looks-wise when you're at home. You just like got the trackies on, hair in a messy top knot. That's what you see your partner like anyway, right?

No, but that's like 100% of the time now. You roll out of bed, you're both there. Did you brush your teeth yet? Oh no, did you brush yours? It's not very sexy. There's no date nights. Morning mouth. Yeah, but... You can all smell this, by the way, this noise.

Right here on the... It's one of those noises that has a smell. Like a musty old cupboard. So adults were asked to rate their sex life out of 10. What do you think the average adult rated it out of 10? What, is 10 the highest? 10's the highest. Yeah, this is a golf, mate.

It's scoring the sex life. If only if, yeah, I mean, the stats are so bad. What, like? Five? Four? Four or five? Two. 2.9. Wow. 2.9.

Wow. 2.9. So even the ones that are having it doesn't sound like it's going great. Did you see the photos of the British people flocking to the beaches at the weekend? That was insane. I'm still a little bit worried about those crowds, you know? Because now we've got the UK variant, the South African variant,

the Indian variant has just got back into the UK. We know that everybody's rushed out for it. In the UK, where was it? What country has found that the UK made a baby with the Indian variant? And so there's that, and they've had a baby with that. That's going to be a good looking person because that's the key. That's the key to a good looking future as we cross

pollinate every race in the world. I'm all for a great big melting pot. Not when it comes to COVID. No. Ugly baby. They have had like an increase in cases, but the deaths haven't been there because so many people are vaccinated now. So it's quite fascinating

to see that it's working. Yeah. The effects aren't as deadly. Right. On this study, one last stat from it. I'm going to give you a quarter of married couples

have gone how long since they were last sexually intimate? A quarter of married couples in the UK have gone how long since they were last intimate? A year. The pandemic.

One year. Ten years. What? No, but that's when you get real old. You just give up, right? Ten years? Ten years. Look.

A quarter of married couples? I don't give a goddamn. If I can't do it when I'm 80, I probably don't want to be alive. It's not going to be great. I'm not saying everyone's going to have a good time every time. But I'm not just like clocking out of as long as you're having a good time. Totally. I'm like, I'm shook.

Like, to do all this, it's all about save your retirement. Save your retirement and get a KiwiSaver. You're like, okay, what's the point if you're not having sex? Or at least being intimate with the person you spent your life with. Surely they're being intimate though, right? Like cuddles. They said, no, the words are intimate. Quarter of married couples have gone 10 years since they were last intimate.

But that's like, you know, separate beds and just too hard to divorce. Why are you married to them? Don't know. Wow. I mean, there's a lot to marriage, don't get me wrong, but 10 years. Yeah, that's crazy, isn't it? But that's the difference between another relationship. I would be down to the pharmacy.

I'd be like, I need Cialis and the biggest bottle of lube you got. Because me and the old girl, we're getting it on. Sir, it's been, well, your doctors have warned you against it because of your heart medication. What is the point of being alive? I'm having the greasiest bacon sandwich. And then it's up to her if I brush my teeth or not because maybe she likes the bacon grease.

All right, Chase, I don't know. And then we're getting an old... What a bitter way to go. He's going out with a bang. Why are you worried about your cholesterol and all this other shit? That's the idea, right? Why do you want to stay alive that long? If not for the odd sexual endeavour.

Pleasure. All right, let's check back in when you're like 80 and see how you feel. If Sade's not into it, I'm going to be like, well, you must understand, I must now acquire a professional. You're going to be a nasty old man. You are going to be that old guy the rest of the time that's like, hello, hello, love.

No doubt about it. But I'm not like living a fairly healthy lifestyle now to like live forever and not have that. What's the point of a brother dropping dead at like 70? Having had, you know, semi-10 years. It's madness. What's the point? All right.

I've been up to 80. Yeah. And it's been 10 years. It's one-eighth of your life. Yeah. And presuming you didn't have it for the first 10, 16, 20 years. Yep. What a waste.

Jesus. Wow. You've really looked at your own mortality today, haven't you? I know. I've really questioned it. 20 years? Yep. What a waste. Jesus, a mazarin. You've really looked at your own mortality today, haven't you? I know, I've really questioned it. I'm horning, horning, horning, horning. Fletch Vaughan and Megan's long weekend group toot. The unmissable event on Friday's podcast, ZM. This sucks.

For you, Megan. Fletch, Fletch, carry on. you, Megan. Fletch, carry on. Okay, great. Just carry on as normal. This will also be one of those things where people are like, oh my God, Fletch hasn't changed in his primer shots since 2008. God, I'm sick of hearing that. You could say he looked old in 2008 and it's just stagnated.

There is one thing about losing your hair in your 20s. You do all of your ageing for your 20s and your 30s. Yeah. And then people think you're young forever. And then you turn 40 and then I think it starts, but you've turned 40 and it hasn't caught up with you, you son of a bitch. Sorry.

I don't mean to be. Even when you smile, there's not even that many wrinkles. Stop it. Yeah. I caught myself smiling last night when we were recording Have You Been Paying Attention? I was like, who's this old fella? Who's this old...

Oh, my God. Never smile again. The toll of sleepless nights on new mothers... Oh, nah. Yeah, and it's not one of those ones like, this is equal in a sleep you've lost. It's not one of those ones like, this is the equivalent of sleep you have lost. It's not one of those studies. It's worse.

What is it? Ready? It's the equivalent to ageing seven years. I'm not young enough to allow for seven years. No. And that's like just in the... Face. No, no.

All of the ageing contained to the face. The arms don't age a day. Because you're doing the carrying of the heavy baby. Yeah. It's all in the face, centered around the eyes. No, they did a study and this is only like while your baby's a newborn too, like the early stages before they start sleeping probably through the night. So the sooner you can get them into like a sleep routine,

and this is probably like, this is how they should sell it to people who are like, no, I just feed my baby when they're hungry. Or I'm just, we just need to come develop a zone sleep routine. These people are batshit crazy, by the way, because their kid's like three, still sleeping in their bed, like waking up at 12 o'clock in the night being like, I'm ready to play now, mummy.

When's Paw Patrol on? And you're like, go to sleep or I'll kill you. This hits differently now. I know, right? You're on board. I'm on board. You're on board. They're making a rod for their own back.

If you sold it to them, if Plunkett was like, it's important you get a sleep routine in place because you're aging seven years every year that you don't do that. Every year. Well, it's just basically the sooner you can get your kid into a good sleep cycle. And there's the odd nights where, you know, they don't. But if you can get them into a sleep cycle sooner, it's going to be seven years regardless.

But if you just let your kids rule the roost when it comes to sleep, stop squinting at Megan to see if she's got any additional wrinkles. Stop, I'm trying to relax my face. You've kept your face very... I'm trying to relax my face. Have they made a video on this for socials? You're like... Don't make any...

Also, I'm very... I have lots of expressions in my face. I'm trying to nip that in the bud because I feel like I do it and my face doesn't spring back the same way how long before

how long like bread when it was fresh and you put your finger in it and the bread's like whoop and then bread when it's like a wee gold you push it and the bread's like

no not today I do feel like my face has slipped off a bit right should we have a bet how long Megan just turns up one day pretending she hasn't had Botox but she totally has and I just my face has slipped off a bit. Right. Should we have a bet how long Megan just turns up one day pretending she hasn't had Botox, but she totally has.

And I just, my face doesn't move. Just don't say anything. You can't get the mum bob. Don't say anything. You can't get the mum bob. What's the mum bob? Oh, the haircut. The haircut, sure.

Because you've got to keep it long because it hides it better when you get that scarring from when you have your face pulled back like this. Just pretend you didn't notice that my face suddenly doesn't move. Be like, hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello.

We laugh, but people do this. Yeah. No, I haven't done anything to my face. Really? But it can't be coming back from Thailand now because you can't travel to Thailand. Oh, but that's actually a really interesting thing to look into. What?

If New Zealand cosmetic surgeons have been way busier. Well, you think about the fact that everybody's been buying flash cars and reno-ing kitchens. 100% cosmetic. People have been reno-ing themselves. Renewing their face. But again, you can't say... Get a full red German plaster. And reno-ing kitchens. 100% cosmetic. People have been reno-ing themselves. Renewing their face. Yeah. But again, you can't say.

Get a full re-chip and plaster. You can't nip off to Bali and say you've been in Bali for two weeks. No, and you go for two weeks and you come back and you get a run right at the start and the healing process and stuff. Just have to hide somewhere in your house for two weeks. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Applying for jobs can be a pretty frustrating experience, especially when you work really hard on your resume, your CV, whatever,

and you never hear back. And you're like, well, what was wrong? I always put in a photo of me and they think, nah. He's too hot to work here. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. He'll intimidate the other staff with his good looks.

We don't need like workplace romances because everyone obviously will want to. Yeah, and then there'll be problems between staff who are vying for his love and affection. Exactly. Thank you. That's why it's not happening for me. Yeah. Yeah. So this is from a corporate recruiter.

The best time of the day to submit a job application, and it does matter the time of day you submit it. So first of all, around 7.30pm is the worst time to send through. You won't hear back. You have less than a 3% chance of hearing back even from the employer. Well, the thing is a recruiter's gone for the day, haven't they? Well, that's the thing. It's right at the end of the day. And to me that would say, oh, they've left this till the last minute. Yeah.

That's another thing is they say you need to apply as soon as you've seen it posted. Get in the initial pool of people as soon as you see the ad go up. If you don't, you need to rely heavily on people's referrals and references. I'd say balance rushing in with also doing a pretty decent job. Yeah. On your CV. And I don't work in recruitment. Are you messaging our friend James? I am. I'm just asking him.

Because he works in recruitment. And I'm just saying, do you think there's a perfect time to apply for a job? I need to send the CV email to see what he says. Okay. Because he might say rubbish. Because he's had other tips like change your voicemail to something more professional because if they give you a callback and it's wildly inappropriate.

He's had some wild voicemails. Yeah. Interesting. Like wild. I don't even know what my voicemail sounds like. Do you? You had to change mine because I just made a silly one. Alright. So the best time of the day according to

this recruitment person is to do it early in the morning, between 6am and 10am, but the earlier the better, because they will see it first thing in the morning and it also shows that you are up and ready for the day. Also very late at night

is a good time to apply because then it's one of the first emails they might see in the morning. Oh, okay. My friend James in recruitment has just messaged back, yep, as soon as you see the ad. As soon as you see the ad. As soon as it shows your eager beaver.

Don't wait until the close date. And if someone gets in who's really good, they're just going to, you know, they want to fill the position, they're going to take it. But you're saying send it early in the morning. Yeah. Because I... Actual time of the day to send the email. Because do you send it early in the morning. Yeah. Because I...

Actual time of the day to send the email. Because do you think it's because like when you get to work, and I don't know, I've never worked a nine to five office job, but you'd prioritize your day and you'd want to get on top of things. You'd be like, okay, well, I've got to fill this position. You check your emails, don't you? You check your emails. First, yeah.

And then if someone's sending it at seven o'clock at the end of the day, you're like, oh, I've already chosen five people. Well, it's already bogged down the list in your emails because you would have had, you know, a bunch of emails that morning and later than that, that night. So it'll already be down the chain if you sent it at 7.30. But if you send it late, late, late at night or first thing in the morning,

that's the best time to get a response from the employer. Huh. Huh. None of us have ever had nine to fives. What about hand delivery? They don't want people turning up. No, they don't want you turning up. Would you want someone to come and knock on your door

and be like, excuse me? If I worked at a workplace. Yeah. You wouldn't want that. You want like person to person contact. No, I don't. That's famously. But probably why I also don't work in recruitment.

If I worked in recruitment, I might have to change my attitude about dealing with people. Yeah. But I'd all be about the point of difference. I'd all be about... Oh, you'd do some kind of stupid CV. Yeah, definitely. He attached a Morrow bar to his CV.

I picked him. Yeah. You'd be that kind of guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Call me tomorrow. Yeah. You'd be that kind of guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Call me tomorrow. Oh. About the... I'd throw that in the bin.

But that's good because you just got a chocolate bar. I don't need the chocolate bar. I just think you're cheesy. Right. You're not getting the job. You'd automatically be on my good list because you sent me a chocolate bar. Yeah, right. Okay.

Right. Okay, so early in the morning. If you're applying for jobs Get it done Get it done It's a good tip I'm a bit out of action At the moment guys

You know this I've had an injury You've had a whoopsie At the gym I've had a whoopsie At the gym Yeah I was doing

What are those things With your arm curls With the bar Bicep curls Bicep curls And I was like Near the end Like I was literally on the last, the second to last exercise.

And I went, and kind of thrusted forward. And then I just felt my back go. And the second to last became the last. Became the last. Was the weight too heavy? Because you were using your back to lift it. It was too heavy. And I was like.

One more. Just one more. And I went, and it was too heavy and I was like. One more. Just one more and I went. And it just went. And I was like, oh, okay. Well, I probably should just chill for a bit. Yeah. And then I was like, I got home. Because that was the end.

I was like, well, I better just take it easy. And then I couldn't even like bend over or walk on Saturday. I was just like. And it was a little bit better on Sunday. So yesterday I went to the physio, physiotherapist. Do you guys find this when you go to the physio that you go and see them?

I love my physio. She's really nice. Oh no, my physio is lovely as well. But you go and see them and you're like, okay, I've hurt my back. And they're like, okay, we'll do this stretch. And then you go home and you're just like, but I want drugs or something. Yeah, I got in there and then he told me what's wrong he drew

a picture right so i know what you're after is a medically impossible quick fix yes you're gonna be injected with something or or just walk out and be like ah back to normal back to perfect i know it is so frustrating because i've been in like a really good like fitness. Yeah, you've been on a bit of a streak. But it's at the moment and now I just literally have to lie on my back or sit straight in a chair. Yeah. And do one stretch and I'm like, and I do it and I'm like, it's not better. It's like a, what's that yoga pose?

It's like that. It's like a cobra on the ground. Like a cobra. Oh, yeah. Like a cobra. And then it's the same when I hurt my neck and they're just like, just turn your head to the left and then the right

and then push the wall. I'm like, no. I want to drag or something. I want to be good now. I get so impatient. You want to be as fast as quickly as you want to be.

And it must be so hard being a physio because people would be so frustrated, eh? And then literally every time you go, they're like, have you done your exercises?

And you're like, yes. Oh, you saw me. I did my exercises this morning. I have to do every hour, I have to do ten of those. Did you do ten? Yeah, I did ten. And every hour I'll do some more now. Okay. But it's still not getting better and it's chewed down

and I'm like, Yeah. I don't think they have the capacity to write you a prescription, do they? Nah, they don't. I mean, I know they don't. I don't think they have the capacity to write you a prescription, do they? Nah, they don't. I mean, I know they don't. I don't expect drugs from them and I don't want them. Right. But I got some Voltaren from the pharmacy, but that doesn't do anything.

Voltaren, the MU gel? Nah, the pills. And the anti-inflamm. Yeah. And I rubbed the deep. Now, I hope you're taking that with food, not on an empty stomach. That'll play havoc on an empty stomach. Yeah, and I did. I did.

And I've got deep heat and I had a wee accident yesterday because I went to the toilet. Yes! I love that. What does that mean, creationally? He goes for the extra night rub. I go for a night rub and I tell you what the trick is, just a smidge of Vicks.

It'll remind you you're alive. God, just a smidge of Vicks. Just a smidge of Vicks. It'll remind you you're alive. God, you live dangerously, don't you? You bet. I've been here for a good time and a long time. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We just learned a little while ago that, well, only before that song, that the Ashburton Bridge that crosses State Highway 1 has been closed.

Slumping. Due to motorists reporting feeling the structure slumping as they crossed it. It has been absolutely under the pump with all this rain and everything, the debris that's been coming down. Now, I googled Ashburton Bridge, it's taking me to the Ashburton Bridge Club. Oh, no. They're still open. Okay, good.

They're still open, and I good. They're still open. And I said there must be alternatives to crossing State Highway 1. And people said there are no alternatives. I guess up by the Ashburton Forks. But then maybe that bridge is out too. Mayfield Valletta Road. Up by Thompson's Track and Tramway Road. Just looking at Google Maps seems to be the next place.

And then you're right up by Mount Summers. But, I mean, that's right at the foothills. So that's going to be absolutely, you know, the water coming down there from the mountains is still going to be crazy. Lots of alerts for the Canterbury floods. So, I mean, I don't want to give you those alternatives if those are known to be out. And there's road closures everywhere, isn't there, on AA Road Watch? Yeah, yeah.

She's an absolute nightmare. So, yeah, I'd say if you don't need to travel. Someone just messaged saying those roads are also closed. They're smaller bridges, which have been inundated with the water as well. Just looking now. So, yeah, stay home. Which doesn't help if you can't stay home. That's massive.

Speaking of staying home, the OE is set to resume. Oh, good segue. Smooth segue. Thank you. Really good segue. Any radio students listening, that was ideal. So by the end of the year, it could be the earliest that people were able to do their OEs.

You think by the end of 2021, if you finished school in 2019 and you were like, people were able to do their OEs. You think by the end of 2021, if you finished school in like 2019, you're like, I'm going to do my OE. That's two years now that people haven't been able to travel. So they reckon that we're going to be traveling by then? Six months would be the earliest people could go. Because you think like half of America, the state is like 50% of Americans have been vaccinated.

And a vaccination passport has been discussed. And then some countries like, I don't know about the United States, but UK and stuff, they may reach herd immunity levels and people would be able to start looking at discussing and booking their OEs. And by the end of the year, most of us will be vaccinated. In New Zealand, yeah. But then that doesn't mean that, you know, what about the variants and stuff? I mean, heck, I want to travel as much as the next person.

But. But I don't know if I'd be holding out hope for the end of the year. I mean, if you are vaccinated, you know, you're not going to like, you might still get some variant of COVID, but then it's not as dangerous, right? To you, but then you bring it home. But then you'll... Yeah.

Yeah. God, it's just so crazy. Because obviously Kiwis are itching to travel because we're stuck down under and it's a rite of passage to do the big OE and it's been, by then it'll be two years before we've been able to. But do you want to risk it?

Risk it with a biscuit. Yeah. Because I know a few people that since that have left to live overseas, but they know the risks. Yeah. They know the risks associated. They know they might not be able to get back if something happens because MRQ facilities are, you know, full.

Yeah. And it'll cost you a few grand. Yeah, totally. But, yeah, it's not like the... Remember when it was, what did you have to have? Six grand in your bank? Do you remember always when it was like all you had to have

was $6,000 in your bank to get your resident or some visiting visa or something to live in the UK for so long. But you had to have six grand in the bank. The simple days. Yeah.

I'm not saying saving six grand in your bank was easy, but that was literally all you had to worry about. You had to scrim and save and work and get your six grand and you live at home for however long before it needs to. Remember when you could fly to another country and get off the plane and wander around? Like real quick? Yeah.

Remember those days? Yeah. Oh, the good old days. Well, I don't know if I'm holding out hope for the OE at the end of the year. Yeah.

But some people are and airlines, yeah, airlines are booking fares for 2022. The cruise ships are doing those trials. Yeah. What?

No. No. No cruise ships. This is where it all started. Yeah. What? No. No. No cruise ships. This is where it all started. All right. I'm horning, horning, horning, horning. Fletchbourne and Megan's Long Weekend Group Tute. The unmissable event on Friday's podcast.

ZM. Fletchbourne and Megan's X-Change. X-Change, it's where you come on and basically pawn off something of your ex's. Something you want to get rid of and exchange for something else. It could be something they left with you. It could be something they gifted you and you don't want it because it reminds you of them. Yeah. Kate joins us this morning.

Good morning, Kate. Morning, guys. All right. So what do you have of your ex's that you want to swap for something else? So he brought me a Samsung Active smartwatch that I would like to swap. Okay. Was this a gift that you asked for? Well, so it was during COVID and, you know, everyone puts on COVID-19 yellows.

So we thought, what better way to work it off by keeping each other accountable? So he brought me a Fitbit so we both had, like, ways to keep each other accountable. And so we were smashing out those goals and so during level four lockdown, I had to go home because one of my family members was really sick.

Yeah. And so it was just him and my other flatmate at home. And so you talk to each other during the day, et cetera. And then, you know, you say goodnight and stuff. And we could see each other's active minutes on the app. And so he was saying goodnight, et cetera. And I one day looked when I synced all my information and it had his active minutes at like random times of the morning.

And I was like, oh, okay. And so I asked him and he's like, oh, no, I was asleep, I was asleep. And I was like, oh, okay. And it kept kind of going on while I was away. And so I kind of put two and two together. And, of course, COVID level four, you know, no visiting anyone apart from your bubble. So I kind of just put two and two together and called him out.

Oh, my God. So he was... He makes love with a smart watch on. Well, you want to see what your heart rate gets to. You know, you've got to hit your personal best, right? Yeah. Yeah, but what do you say you're doing? Because when it's like, what exercise

are you doing? Do you go other? Do you go like... But especially after you hit him up about it, was he still wearing it after that? Yeah. What an idiot. I'm thinking from him now, but if you work out for 10 minutes or so, it kind of just picks up on, like, running all your cardio. Yeah, Roger.

He definitely had a personal best, I guess. Did he admit that he was sleeping with her? Only after I showed him, obviously, the data. Oh, wow. Because I was going to say he might have just been playing with himself because that could get it up there.

That's true. Are you saying from experience? I would have used the point with myself. Listen to the defence. Actually, to be honest, I haven't looked at it. Actually, that would have been

a great excuse for him. I know, right? Yeah. He's like, hand it. Mine's on the left, so no. And if your heart rate gets up, your watch assumes what you're doing. It'll be like, Fletch, are you going for a run? Hammering?

Hammering something? Are you building? So this watch is tainted with cheating, Kate. Tainted. Yes, it is. Okay, so we want to get rid of the Samsung Active Watch. Now, how old is it? Let's give some people an idea.

It's just over a year old. It's in pretty good condition. Okay. There's only one minor little scratch, but you can't notice it. So what colour is it? So it's rose gold with pink strap. It's pretty cute, actually. I'm looking at one of these retails for $249 brand new.

Okay, so if somebody's listening and they've got something that they could swap for the Samsung smartwatch, what kind of price range are you

looking at? Somewhere similar to obviously what a retailer's for, but I'm open to kind of anything, to be honest. Okay, so what

kind of stuff are you into? What are your interests? Well, potentially another smartwatch with something to do with fitness or something that can improve my life.

You like the idea of, but this one in particular is not for you. It's tainted. No. Yeah. I need an upgrade. Wow. Okay, well, if you're listening

and you've got something that you want to swap, Kate, for the Samsung smartwatch worth $249,000 brand new. It has been used, well, if you're listening and you've got something that you want to swap, Kate, for the Samsung smartwatch worth $249,000, brand new. It has been used, obviously, so it's worth maybe a little bit less. If you've got something lying around that you want to swap for that, 0800-DARLS-AT-M. Right now, you can text in 9696. It's XCHANGE. That's how it works. And we'll come back next and see what we can find you, Kate. Please warn, Amigans. XCHANGE. Well, Kate. Please warn a Megan's X. Change.

Well, we just heard from Kate some moments ago. She wants to get rid of her Samsung Galaxy watch. Brand new. Her boyfriend bought it for her $249 but he had his watch on, his smart watch on, and she caught him cheating. Activity

levels. They had a sync. Yeah. They were keeping each other accountable. Because we, I didn't know this, but we can share our rings. Yeah, I've invited you to share. Well, I'm not closing anything at the moment because of my bad back. Yeah, but that makes me feel better. Also, I don't want to know when you were actively active. Why not?

That's a bit weird. There's something weird about that. He keeps his watch on. It says invited. It says, Carl, I'm going to invite again. Okay. Well, maybe I'll accept. And turn on find friends at the same time so I can keep an eye on you.

This is exchange. So we want to know what you want to exchange Kate for her smartwatch. Maybe you've got something of similar value. Richard, what are you offering this morning? Hi, Kate. I'm offering you six weeks of online mindset training and nutrition programming. So we run online programs

with gym workouts, weekly mindset check-ins and check-in with a coach and nutrition guidance. Oh, okay. Kate, how does that sound? That's along the line of the active lifestyle you were talking about. Do you know what? I've actually just

signed up to a lifestyle program yesterday with an online coach. Is that Richard? I would have said yes, but it's just like no, sorry. So that's a no.

She said no and then you played a ruthless, unnecessary sound effect. That was A ruthless Unnecessary sound effect That was producer Jared That chose that sound effect Barry What did you I said With a ruthless

You didn't like the buzzer Last time I don't want a buzzer But we don't need a sound effect We can't say no thank you How will we know And then Richard's like Okay cool

I'm just gonna pause the show You guys are like Wap wap wap I'm just gonna Pause the show here for some listener feedback. Richard, would you have rather had the ruthless whap, whap, whap, or a buzzer? No, no, or nothing, Richard. Was Kate's no sufficient?

It doesn't need to be. Richard. Look, I enjoyed the whap, whap, whap. He enjoyed it. Okay, well, he enjoyed it. Well, not everybody's got the face skin that Richard's got. People need sound effects, Vaughn. It's how radio works.

All right, well, thank you for your offer, Richard. Too many. Wait there, Kate. We're going to come back next. I'll wait 100 dials at him. If you've got something you want to offer Kate for her smartwatch, an exchange. Please, Vaughan and Megan's exchange.

So if you've just joined us, Kate is with us, and her boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, gave her a Samsung Active smartwatch, brand new, worth $249. Rose gold. And then she found out, because they shared their data, that he was having some activity bumps. With the flatmate during Level 4 lockdown. So she wants rid of this tainted watch and is taking your offers.

That's how Exchange works. Briar joins us. Good morning, Briar. Morning, how are you? Morning, great, thank you. Now, what have you got to offer Kate for the Samsung watch? Morning, Kate. I have a pair of Lululemon leggings in size 8, deep maroon.

Oh, deep maroon. Lululemon size 8, if you know about their sizing as well. Oh, okay. Sorry, what size did you say they were? So they're Lululemon size 8, which fits like a New Zealand, probably 12 to 14. Oh, okay. That's a definite maybe.

Now, but wait, Bri, are these brand new, never worn, or you've worn these? So I've worn them once, washed, of course, but I've done that thing where you buy lots of things and then they've sat in your drawer. Yeah, Megan knows about that. What is that called? You're speaking to me. Are we still calling that a Marie Kondo-ing?

Will you have a clean out? A little bit of a Marie Kondo, give them some new life. Okay, so how do you feel about that, Kate? Is that a maybe? Yeah, that's a maybe. Okay, so maybe let's hear the other, let's hear what else we've got. We'll just pop you on hold there, Briar.

And let's go to Phoebe. Good morning, Phoebe. What can you offer Kate? Hey, guys. I've got a gold ring that has diamonds and sapphires set into it. How much is that worth? Probably a couple hundred dollars.

It was from an ex, so. Okay. And was this a gift you want to get rid of as well, Phoebe? Yes, yeah. It's got diamonds and sapphires in it. Oh, wow. But it can't be worth $200. Diamonds or are they cubics? No, they're diamonds, yeah. Oh, okay. It's got diamonds and sapphires in it. Oh, wow. But it can't be worth $200.

Diamonds or are they cubics? No, they're diamonds, yeah. Do you know what the total carat of the diamonds are? They're just like the smallish ones set into the band. Okay. Now, Kate, how do we feel about that? Yeah, we'll go maybe as well. We'll go maybe.

All right, okay. She should keep your options open. Well, no, I like this. Let Yeah, we'll go maybe as well. We'll go maybe. All right, okay. Well, let's pop you on hold. Phoebe, Courtney, good morning. Good morning. What would you like to offer Kate for her tainted active watch? Kate, I would love to offer you my also tainted U-E-Boom. Why is it a tainted U-E-Boom? It's tipped our interest.

It's just got some Bad juju on it From an egg But I'm sure It will be fine for you Switch the bad jujus Okay so how much Because how much is it Is it like a mini one

Or a big one Yeah It's one of the mini ones Like the little round ones It's quite cute Okay I love it Those are bloody good I had one of those And I left it in that hotel ones. It's quite cute. I love it. Those are bloody good.

I had one of those and I left it in that hotel and you plumb it and then I rang them and they're like, I don't know what you're talking about. If I clean hotel rooms, I wouldn't know what you're talking about all the time. Hell no. What do you think about that, Kate? Yeah, that's another maybe. Jesus, Kate.

Would you make a decision? Vaughn wants to play some sound effects. I don't want to play the yes sound effects. She's waiting to hear all her options. All right, so she's just lining them all up. I like this. How many more have we got? We've got to talk about options.

Kate, we've got one more option. Catherine, what are you offering Kate? Hi, Kate. So I have a pair of Nike Zoom Pegasus 35 in size 8.5, and they're like a mauve colour, and they're hardly worn. What colour is mauve, Megan? Purple. It's like a burgundy.

Yuck. Like a purple. It's my favourite colour, actually. Okay, all right. Kate, what size? I stand by yuck. What size shoe are you? Eight and a half.

I'm a nine and a half. Oh, you have to cut your toes off. So that's not going to work? No. I'm a standby, yuck. What size shoe are you? Eight and a half. I'm a nine and a half. Oh, you have to cut your toes off. So that's not going to work? No. That's a no. That's a no. Sorry, Catherine.

Don't. We didn't need that. Didn't need that. Didn't need the sound effect. I think it adds to it. I think it adds to it. I don't know. All right.

Well, Kate, you need to pick one. Or you don't. Actually, you don't need to. We're not going to bully you or push you into anything here. You can say no to all of them, or you to pick one. Actually, you don't need to. We're not going to bully you or push you into anything here. You can say no to all of them or you can pick one. I'll go with the Yui Boom. The Yui Boom. Yeah, good call. Then they're the Wonder Boom, the little wee unit.

Courtney, are you happy to do the swap? Yeah, let's do it. Yeah. There we go. What was that? It was a sound effect. I don't know. It was a popper, a party.

No. Not needed. Not required. We'd clapped. We'd said, yay. I'll pass your feedback on. Yeah, please do. Hey, congratulations, Kate.

That's a good trade. Thank you, guys. All right, and we'll put you in touch. And then now we want absolutely nothing to do with you both. We're not going to end up on Fair Goal or One News for warranties running out or anything. Let's just absolutely... As is, we're as trade.

We're like trade me. We're just... No. You're not taking up with each other. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast, ZM. Love that stat that people are more likely to drive safer if there's a TV in the car rather than their partner. Do you know what?

I remember seeing stats like that from overseas. Do you know what the safest, the way to guarantee that you were going to drive the safest? What? Over children, pets, partner, TV, a cake. A cake would guarantee. You don't want that to topple over. A cake would guarantee you to drive safely.

Really? Yeah. And if you've ever driven with a cake, you're like, Did it move? It's got to be buckled in. Slow down, slow down. You've got to level it out. Break on the straight before it's too late.

Whereas you could have a crash that you just make another cake or buy one. Excuse me, sir. I shan't have a cake wasted. I'd be like, crash, and the car would have a cake wasted. I'd be like, crash and the car would be upside down and I'd be putting my fingers in the remains of the cake being like, no waste. Coming up

on the show. There has been a study that looked into how the cast of Friends affected how people named their babies during the run of Friends. So I've got an idea I want to try on the show next. Oh, okay. All right.

Oh, what's in the box? Well, behind you, Megan, we unveiled this yesterday, a giant box with a digital keypad on it and a digital screen. Oh, here we go. Now, we're just getting the boxes waking up by the looks of it.

Now, this was revealed yesterday. We've had a couple of numbers. We've had clues as well. Good morning. Oh, good morning. The box says good morning. Good morning, box. Does it annoy anyone else?

He just, like, or he or she types in lowercase? Well done for figuring out my clue yesterday, eventually. So, what do we know so far? So let's just run through the clues we've had yesterday because we believe that when we get inside the box, there's something in it for you, the listener. Clues with us yesterday, it took us a while. We ended up a long time,

but we ended up finding a number nine on a TV screen. Then after that, Georgia was given numbers and told to post to the ZM Insiders fam Facebook page. Coordinates, right? And those were GPS coordinates. Even to the untrained eye, they look like coordinates. And it was exactly the riffraff statue on Victoria Street in Hamilton.

Okay. Bree and Clint received a smash cake yesterday afternoon with lots of milkshake lollies and six green fruit bursts. So they got the number six from that. Oh, box is typing. We don't know what's inside the box, but we're getting clues apparently. So you could say nine times six.

Oh, what's nine times six? I don't know. Hold on. Indy is learning the six. 60 minus six, 54. Is that right? Nine times six equals 54, yes. Nine question mark six.

Nine minus six. Or could it be that it's nine something six? Oh, look, I don't know. So the pin code is nine something six? Well, why not try Nine five four six Oh Should I Because the question mark

Christ we don't know The same number Nine That's what the box said Nine Five four six Because they said Nine times six equals

Question mark And then nine Try nine five four six Megan Well yeah do you reckon we try that? Let's try 9546. Okay, Megan is, wait, wait, the box is typing. No, no, go anyway. Go anyway.

Don't wait for the box. We wait for no box. No. No. Didn't work. Not 9546. Okay, let's get on with it. Another clue.

This morning's clue, you're blind. Well, they've spelt your wrong. Yeah, they've spelt your as in possessive. It should be you, apostrophe, R-E. But is that something? You're blind. We've got, the blinds are down. Oh, you're blind.

You're blind. Pull up the blinds. It's our blind. Possessive. Not compressive. Hold on, Megan. That one's got a blind down behind it. Just do the front one up on that blind.

Well, just look behind the blinds. Jesus. The box is typing. What's the box saying? Look behind that blind. Oh, there's people out there. There's people out there. Are there any colourful blinds?

Yes, there's ZM blinds. Oh, the big ZM there. There's people out there. Oh, then are there any colourful blinds? Yes, there's ZM blinds. Oh, the big ZM blind. Pull that up. The box is just like... Oh. Oh, it's a bitly. Oh, it's a bitly. Okay, so Vaughan has to type that in.

I'll type it in. Bit.ly slash ZM the box. I can't believe that was the blind we went to last. The big ZM blind. The colourful blind. Okay, I got it. Here we go. Okay went to last. The big ZM blind. The colourful blind. Okay, I got it. Here we go. Okay, play that.

It's a YouTube link. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Okay, we got it. Number nine. Number nine.

There's a 20 second countdown on the box club. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. This is crazy. This is the Beatles. Revolution 9 remastered 2009.

So it must be nine, right? At 20 seconds? Oh. 20 seconds of that song? Yeah, at 20 seconds it was saying number nine. Number nine. Okay, so put in a nine then. You have 20 seconds.

Go, Megan, do it! What? What are you doing? Put in nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. What did I just put? Nine't know. Put in nine. Nine! Nine! Nine! Nine! Nine!

What did I just put? Nine, nine, nine, nine. I said nine times. What was the first one? Nine times. 54. What's 54 got to do with it? I don't know.

Nine, eight, seven. I don't know. Just put in a number. What am I putting in? I don't know. Nine. Nine, nine, nine, nine. Wrong number of digits.

The time's up. Time's up. Time's up. We panicked. That was terrible. Am I dead now? Nine. That was hard.

12pm. Oh, lame. Okay. So, I don't know if you listening have any ideas. Just have something clear of staring us right in the face. They just repeated nine over and over again, though. What's the six got to do with it? Stupid box.

You're stupid. Fletch, not a fan of the box. I yelled at the box and it didn't say anything. Yeah, no, don't yell at the box. Okay, well, yeah, midday. Heads of people are texting in 9696. We've tried that. No, we tried that yesterday. Yeah, that was one we tried yesterday. That was one we tried yesterday. Yeah, well, yeah, midday. Heaps of people are texting in 9696. We've tried that. No, we tried that yesterday.

That was one we tried yesterday, isn't it? Yeah, straight away. Alright, well, midday with Georgia, and yeah, hopefully we can get into this box and find out what the blimmin' heck's going on. I'm pissed off now. I'm just pissed. I'm horning, horning, horning,

horning. Flesh, Vaughn and Megan's long weekend group toot. The unmissable event on Friday's podcast, ZM. There's a Huffington Post story about how Friends, the TV show, I don't know if you guys have heard of it. Not lately anyway. Well, it influenced the naming of babies during its run on television. And given that even after it finished,

the reruns were so popular for the following five to ten years, because it finished in 2004. Yeah. So through to like 2010. And I mean, it's still on. Reruns are still on. All the time. And they can guarantee that it's going to be a cheap buy

and people will watch it. But this story is about how the different names were affected by the main characters of Friends having those same names. So you're saying that because Friends was on and so popular, people were having babies and saying, I'm calling this baby girl Phoebe or Rachel. Remember? Yeah. And also the baby Emma.

Emma was Rachel's baby. Yeah. She stole the baby Emma. Emma was Rachel's baby. She stole the baby name off Monica. And apparently Emma was always been popular. But when that name was on the show as a baby, it spiked again. It's always been the thing where pop culture and stuff will influence names. Like royal baby names. Yeah.

But a TV show like that. Yeah. And Ben, because remember Ross had the son Ben who was played by the Sprouse. Sprouse. Sprouse, right? Yeah. Sprouse, yeah. Yeah. So Ben went up.

The name Ross itself had been on a general decline since the 1980s, although when Friends made it to television, it put the brakes on. And it actually rose. It was at 300 and 311 in America and then after Friends it went back up into the 200s. I feel like it's a real 90s name. Ross.

Like 80s. 80s. 80s babies. Even a bit older. Like Ross Boss. Yeah. I don't know of any younger Rosses. 70s. Or even Rachels. Rachel was massive. Heaps of Rachel's. Really?

I went to school with heaps of Rachel's. Heaps of Rachel's. Yeah, but they weren't born when Friends was on. No, that's true. Because you're old. They'll still be Rachel's. Oh, that's true. So it started in 1994.

Yep. Or 1995. 94. Yeah, around then. Through to 2004. Okay. That's your period. So Rachel went into the top 10 for the first time.

Chandler, it made it extremely popular compared to its time. I'm getting emotional. Before the TV show, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, all of these names saw an increase. Some were already popular and the show made the more popular some, had it been popular and it kind of brought them back in. Right. So I was thinking this morning, we go for the whole set. What do you mean?

We see if we can get a person who was born in the period that Friends was on television fresh, like the first time it was on. So someone born between 1994 and now. Or just now. No, 2004. I've got a very strict policy. Really?

Okay. It's a very strict policy. What are you? You'll be 17 this year if you're born in 2004. Okay. I want to collect the six main friends. But you've got to be born between 1994 and 2004. Oh, this is going to be impossible.

You're not going to get a Ross. You're not going to get a Ross. Or a Chandler. I bet we can get a Ross. You're not going to get a Ross. Or a Chandler. Bet we can get a Ross. I don't know any Chandlers. I've met a couple. Have you? I've never met a Chandler in my life.

I knew the Chandler as a last name. Yeah. I know. I've met people who are full Chandler. Are you going to accept a Chandler for a last name? No. What about Joe? Will you accept a Joe or does it have to be Joey?

Oh. Because Joe Joseph is a Joey, right? Okay, so that's an easy one. Rachel, I think that will be easy. Yeah. Phoebe. Monica? Monica could be tough.

That's a tough one. I don't think anyone really died down after Lou Bega. I think Monica and Ross. I remember number five because he had a little bit of Monica on the side. Phoebe, easy. Okay, so we need right now on 0800 Dials at M, a Ross, a Monica, a Chandler, a Joey, Rachel, and Phoebe. And you need to be born between the years 1994 and 2004. Okay, so if you know of someone who fits that criteria,

maybe message them. We're going to come back next and see if we can collect the entire Friends set. Oh, we've got a couple. The easy ones. Those are the easy got a couple. The easy ones. Those are the easy ones. Those are the easy ones. Just like that.

All right. We'll come back next, see if we can get the whole Friends set. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Right now, though, talking about the fact that the Friends TV show with the reunion this week has... We're getting all sorts of Friends stats. Yeah, it's influenced baby names. Over the years that it has been on television,

between 1994 and 2004, all the names have spiked. Yeah, the ones that were declining stopped declining and went up in popularity, and the ones that were already popular went up even more. So, Vaughan, you would like right now to collect the set. We want a Rachel, we want a Joey, a Phoebe,. So, Vaughn, you would like right now to collect the set. We want a Rachel. We want a Joey, a Phoebe, a Ross, a Chandler, and a Monica.

Yes. Listening. All six. But they had to be born in the time that Friends was on its original run. 1994 to 2004. Good morning, Phoebe. Hello. Yay!

Okay, you're the first one. And I would say that, do you know many Phoebe's? Do you know many other Phoebe's? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know about five. It's not super uncommon. Right, and did your parents name you because of friends? No, they didn't.

I wish I could say they did, but they didn't. A couple of other Phoebe's messaged in saying that they are, I'm sick of people thinking they were named after Phoebe's. So it's a bit of an FAQ. All right, Phoebe, wait there, because we they are, I'm sick of people thinking they were named after Phoebe. So it's a bit of an FAQ. All right, Phoebe, wait there, because we do want to get the whole gang together. You want to get the whole set.

We want to get the whole set. You wait there, we're going to hit the central perp couch. Rachel, good morning. Good morning. What year were you born in? 1998. Okay, so there we go. There we go. Not named after friends, just checking?

Well, mum's a pretty big fan, so I wouldn't be surprised that she'd never admit to it. Okay. Yeah, something at admitting it, eh? You're just like... No, I don't like that sound. Do a lot of people ask you if that's why you were named Rachel? No. I haven't really had that question too much.

I think it's because it was already popular enough. Yeah, whereas Phoebe wasn't maybe as much. Rachel, wait there. We've found a Joey as well. Good morning. Morning. Yeah, whereas Phoebe wasn't maybe as much. Rachel, wait there. We've found a Joey as well. Good morning. Morning. Yes, excellent. Now, born between 1994 and 2004?

Yeah, 1998. Okay, so we're halfway there. We're halfway. Okay, we're halfway. Now, Joey, were you named because of Joey on Friends? I have no clue. Joey, one more question. How you doing? Wish I more question. How you doing?

Wish I hadn't. How you doing? How you doing? All right. Okay, Joey, wait there. We want to get the whole Friends gang. Who are we missing? Chandler, Ross.

I believe we may have a Chandler. Good morning. Good morning. Yes. What year were you born, Chandler? 1999. You fit the bill. You're in the window. Yes. What year were you born, Chandler? 1999. You fit the bill. You're in the window.

Yes. You're in the window. And did your parents name you because of friends? I would have actually no idea. You're the only Chandler I know. Do you know of many others? No, but I do know a Monica and I do know a Phoebe and a Joey. Okay, well, we've already got a Joey.

But we need your Monica. We might need your Monica. Get your Monica on the phone, yeah. Get your Monica on the phone. Send a message in saying, I'm Monica, 1995. Well, answer your damn phone, Monica. We're trying to call you back. Okay.

So we only need a Ross and a Monica. A Ross. So we need somebody called Ross and Monica. We're not getting a Ross. We are getting a Ross. We're 100% not. We're getting a Ross. I reckon we're getting a Ross.

See, we've got Ross Boss, but he was born in the 80s. So, I'll wait 100 times. Or we could just leave it at that and just admit that there are no Rosses in New Zealand born in that time frame. Nope. Won't accept it. Won't accept no for an answer.

Not today. Imagine seeing a baby Ross. But in the 90s, it would have been like, acceptable. Not now. Imagine seeing a baby Ross. But in the 90s, it would have been like acceptable. Not now. No offence. To anybody listening. Yeah, right. If it's like a family name.

Yeah. But you'd call them RJ, like Ross Jr. Well, see, the thing is we've got like, you know, two thirds of the cast of Friends on hold on the phone. What, do you just want to wait until? Yeah. That's what I want to do. Why just maybe accept that it's not going to happen.

I think it will. I think we've just got to encourage monikers and Rosses, the gallas. They're both the brother and sister. They're letting us down. It's the gallas. Yeah. I mean, what, do you just want to wait?

I know a Ross. He was born in the 2000s, but he's not picking up my call. Somebody else said, I know a Ross in that time frame. Somebody said, I've got a friend named Ross, but he's asleep. Ross, good morning. Good morning. Yay! So you were born what year, Ross?

I'm 1998. Hey! Brilliant. Do you know any other Rosses your age, or is it pretty rare to come across one? I know a couple, but there's not many. Right, yeah. Better late than never, Ross. Okay, but it's still our fifth.

We're after one more. I believe we're just going to put you on hold there, Ross. We may have your sister, Monica. Good morning. Morning. Yay! We've done it! Now we need a gunther.

Now, if you're a gunther, we're all between. Okay, we're definitely not getting a gunther. Now, if you're a gunther, all between. Okay, we're definitely not getting a gunther. Hey, now, Monica, I'm just going to, I'm going to, I've never conferenced six phone lines together before. This is going to be chaotic. I'm just going to, Ross, can you turn your radio off? Ross, please, Ross, radio off. Sorry, yeah.

You're all right, okay, now I'm just going to lock in Chandler. Are you there? Yes, I am. Fantastic. I'm going to lock in Joey. Are you there? Yeah, I'm still here. Excellent. Rachel, are you there? Yes, still here. I'm going to lock in Joey. Are you there? Yeah, I'm still here. Excellent.

Rachel, are you there? Yes, still here. Okay. And Phoebe. Yay! Now what? Now you guys just do it. Do a show.

Do a show. Rachel and Ross, were you guys on a break? Yeah, we're still on a break. How did you like working with the monkey? Okay, I've got another idea, the last idea before we say goodbye to you all, having achieved this incredible feat of getting all the friends together. I'm going to play the theme song and you all have to clap. Okay, are you ready?

Don't stuff it up. Alright, here we go. Four claps. Are you ready? Don't stuff it up Alright, here we go This is the musical introduction Yes! We'll take it! We'll take it! We'll take it! It is so good Yes! Can'll take it! We'll take it!

That is so good. Can we... Let's take a photo of that. Carlin's got a photo. What we need you guys to do is all take a photo of yourself and send it to us. Take a photo. Wait there, wait there. We'll sort it out. Because this obviously is pure

our friends. I think that was one of the greatest moments of radio we've ever done. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed myself. All right, our friends, we're just going to pop you on hold and we'll get you an email address or a number to get a photo because we need to see the cast of Friends together. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. It's a happy birthday today. Two. Who do you think? It's a person? Nah, it's not a person. It's the 1st of June today. I know. I just looked at the date on the computer. What? I feel like I not a person. It's the 1st of June today. I know.

I just looked at the date on the computer. What? I feel like I blinked and that year's half gone. Oh, fuck. Ha! Ha! And don't blink again. Try to keep your eyes open

because maybe your blinking is directly related to how fast it feels like time's going. No, although blink heaps now and it could be Christmas. No, don't blink heaps now. I just want to wish the year going. No, although Blank Heaps Now could be Christmas. No, don't Blank Heaps Now. I just want to wish the year away. Yeah, and then, did you not watch Click, the movie with Adam Sandler

where he's giving a magical remote? No. And then it learns his viewing habits and it starts fast-forwarding his whole life and then he misses out on everything. And his wife was Kate Beckinsale. Okay. Now, if your wife's Kate Beckinsale,

don't fast-forward a second. Enjoy all of life. Enjoy every single minute. Okay. It's happy 47th birthday today Bickens, don't fast forward a second. Enjoy all of life. Enjoy every single minute. Okay. It's happy 47th birthday today to the Heimlich Maneuver. Oh. Wow. Lovely.

It's 47 years since it was first published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine. Okay. Invented by Henry Heimlich. And he's passed since. What is it? Heim-lich. Oh, my God. He didn't die of getting choked on. He didn't choke to death there because that would be quite funny. and he's passed since. What is it? Heimlich? Oh, my God.

He didn't die of getting choked on, so he didn't choke to death there because that would be quite funny. No, no, no. He died of complications from a heart attack. Not nearly as funny. No, no. Not nearly as ironic, but he was 96 years old.

Oh, wow. And he actually got to use it for the first time in his 80s. So this is where, and I don't really, like, you see it on movies and TV shows and stuff, right? But it's where someone's choking, you come up behind them and you're like,

You have to, like, get up under their sternum? Under their guts? Yeah, that's the thing you have to get. Hard thrust? Or do you just pull their guts in or something? Abdominal thrust is... And it's not in either, it's like up, isn't it? Yeah, you've got to go, because the idea is, if something's lodged in. It's like up, isn't it? Yeah, you've got to go... Because the idea is if something's lodged in the throat,

just honking into their stomach is not going to do anything. You've got to go up and then so it all works together. The force you're doing as well as like the lungs being compressed. Yeah, right.

You've got to compress the lungs up and that's what forces it. So if you're just like squeezing them straight back into you, that's just a hump. You're just humping someone who's choking.

You're humping someone who's choking. At a restaurant. It's not a good look. Just kicking someone when they're down. Now, that's somebody's kink, and we're not here to kick shit. Yeah, true. But it's not going to stop them from choking.

Yeah. You've got to go, yeah, you've got to go up and up and up and try to dislodge it. But it's Heimlich. Heimlich. Heim is a German name. Yeah, I was going to say. Heim, H-E-I-M-L-I-C But it's Heimlich. Heimlich. Heim is a German name.

Heim, H-E-I-M-L-I-C-H. Heimlich. Okay. The Heimlich maneuver, also known as abdominal thruster, turns 47. Oh, happy birthday. Happy birthday. I wonder if they'll have a cake at St. John's today. Yeah, and they'll blow out the candles by doing the Heimlich maneuver. And you're like...

And the candles are just like... Spit, bits of meat, whatever they were trying to go on all over the cake. It's good for them to practice though. Great to practice.

And so it's 2047 today so happy birthday to the Heimlich Maneuver. That's today's Fact of the Day. Day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. The old vaccine rollout over the Tasman isn't going, like, exactly to plan.

There's been some delays. There's been some lack of supply at different points. And then also on the citizens, citizens, are being criticized for not getting the jab when they're eligible for it. Yeah. Again, a little too... Whereas New Zealand... I wonder if this current

situation in Melbourne might shake it up a little bit because it's the first major sort of situation they've had since the vaccine's been available. Also, they're using Astra is it AstraZeneca, which is the one that has had the odd clot. Right. So that's been also putting people off, despite the fact that there's more chance of you getting blood clots

from like contraceptive pills and lots of things. I'll tell you what's killed more people than AstraZeneca's given them clots. COVID-19. Yeah. So Qantas have jumped on board. They're going to be offering like unlimited, one of the prizes, they're getting a whole lot of prizes,

but one of them is unlimited free travel for a year to encourage people to get vaccinated. Imagine unlimited free travel for a year. Yeah. So you've got to be able to prove you can be vaccinated. There's 10 mega prizes. They're going to do at least one for each state or territory. A family of four, unlimited free travel for a year on Qantas or Jetstar.

Would you, I was going to say you could quit your job so you could travel more, but then you've got no money to spend on the travel. Yeah. And it's just within Australia, so you can do like weekends. Yeah. You know, your weekend getaway where you might spend like 100 bucks on gas doing something and then whatever on accommodation. Well, you've still got to getaway where you might spend like a hundred bucks on gas doing something and then whatever on accommodation. Well, you've still got to get accommodation when you get to somewhere, but the world's

your, well, the country's your oyster. I wish someone was trying to bribe me to do something I was already going to do. I love when there's an incentive to do something you wanted to do anyway. I love that. Because in America, like they're offering all kinds of like prezi cards for getting the vaccine. Well, every state's doing different things. The state's doing lotteries now, and the ticket is your vaccination.

Yeah. Your vaccination card. And you get a number, and that's your lottery ticket. And it's like over a million dollars prizes and stuff. Wow. And it's weird because it's actually working. I'd probably go for like eight vaccines just to get eight tickets. Is that how it works?

I'd go for an AstraZeneca. I'd have a Johnson & Johnson. I'd have a Pfizer. What's wrong with humanity? Because when I watched Contagion and stuff, I was like, if this ever happens in real life, we're all going to be clambering over each other to get a vaccine. But we're like, no.

I need to be bribed. Yeah, it's called misinformation in the internet, Megan. It's got a lot to answer for. If they redid Contagion now, there'd be people bleeding from the eyes being like, as hell go into this market! So there was a story about a guy in the US

at the weekend. He was 37, male, a police officer, and he was an anti-vaxxer and he'd posted stuff online. He said, look, I've got an immune system. A vocal anti-vaxxer. He died of COVID at the weekend. At 37. Yeah, and I mean

he had kids as well. So you can't be like, huh, that'll teach you. Because, you know, some kids now don't have a dad because he was misinformed. Plus his daddy won't hear you. Well, yeah, that too. Probably would have been good to say to him when he was in ICU. Yeah. You're such an I told you so

already. I told you so. I'm just joking. That's horrible. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. So this weekend, it's the long weekend Queen's birthday and it's a tradition.

Every time there's a long weekend, we do the long weekend group toot. So eight o'clock this Friday, join us from your car. You give us the long weekend group toot and then hopefully somebody else listening finishes it off. This is the last one, eh?

Until Labor. Until October, yeah. This is where the hiatus begins. And always a bit tough, the old June long weekend group toot. It's a bit colder. The weather's not, doesn't play ball. Yeah, it's going to be, it looks like rain this weekend. So join us on Friday, and we actually,

for the first time ever, we are giving away a prize if you can get on air and give us the long weekend group toot successfully. The Fletch Vaughan and Megan in car spice rack. With spices. Which may, now that's kind of like a spice caddy. This is a shower caddy. The ones we're sending out are going to be different. I think they're going to be more of a clip.

So you can individually clip the... They're still coming. And they won't shake around as much. No, no, no. They'll absolutely be like, you double-sided foam tape this to some part of your car and then click and goes the... The spices.

The spice. So when you go through the drive-thru, you park up for your takeaways. You've got in-car spices. You're passing around the chicken salt, the fried sprinkle, the garlic and herb salt or the chilli flakes

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on a soft serve. Oh yeah, a little. Wow. Wow. Wow. Okay. Maybe don't do that. A little snort of

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It was delicious. Are you telling us that you stole one? Is that one actually being sent out? Because I actually used quite a bit. I was going to say, this is... Yeah, there's like a centimetre missing. That might have to be a show one. One of the other ones is still sealed.

Display model, yeah. Yeah, so you'll be getting a sealed... Yeah, tester. You'll be getting a sealed one if you win our in-car spice rack. So yeah, make sure you join us. Eight o'clock for the Long Weekend Group Tweet on Friday. I'm horning, horning, horning, horning.

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