ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan’s Podcast - 23rd June 2021

Episode Date: June 22, 2021

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Hello, welcome to the Fleet's Morning Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe by 5 McCafe Coffees. Get one free on the Maccas app. Producer Jared and I are just looking into purchasing some magnets. Okay. Because we want to try magnet fishing. You know, I want to do this too. How does the fish, how do they get into it?

Not fish, Megan. Oh, I'm sorry, I don't know about your dirty shit. No, because you know how fish have got microplastics and dust in them, metal dust now that they've made. The mercury. I'm not believing you now because of the gaffor that came from flesh. No, it's where you put a magnet on the end of a rope and you throw it into the ocean and you drag it around

until you hear clunk and it magnetizes something and then you pull it out and it could be treasure. It could be a World War II grenade. It could be a bike. See? It could be a bomb. A new world shopping trolley. A lime scooter. Bingo.

All of these things. Or pirate treasure. Yeah. Cool, man. I'm so excited. Whereabouts are we going to go? I think the waterfront. Oh, yeah.

Okay. It's going to get like tiresfront. Oh, yeah. Okay. It's going to get like tires. Yeah. Okay, cool. But, you know, and then we leave them in a pile on the side of the road. Yeah. And we're just like, well, we did our half.

We'll just chuck it back. We'll just chuck it back. You can take the rest of this. I am so excited for this. So what kind of magnets do you use? Well you have to use Your best like Magnet for Like size for Grip magnet ratio Is something called

A rare earth magnet A neodymium Right How much does that cost? It's not cheap I want those magnets They had on Fast and the Furious 9 Oh yeah Or that magnet

Or they've just invented that magnet that could Pick up a ship Remember that story that was out A week ago And that's how they reckon they might be able to Generate energy that's like completely Carbon free And clean

Giant magnets So 75mm round retrie giant magnet so 75mm round retrieval fishing magnet 75mm so what's that 7.5 across and it's capable on a flat surface of picking up 200kg is $109 God we're going to need a good rope

a line otherwise I was just talking to Jared about good rope we'll go to Mitre 10 no well that's what we said but good rope's not cheap might be best to order hobbies aren't cheap you can order like this thing and it comes in like a like it looks like a spy case and you open it up and it's padded and it's got a magnet and the gloves and everything you can get them online right that'd go great with your sniper rifle yeah you're an assassin yes well you used to be i shouldn't say you are i know it's a it's an old

life but you know it's like being an addict. It's always there. Yeah, just in case. Bit of practice. I'll be back to sniping in no time. ZM. Hit music. Lives here.

Fleeche, Fawn and Megan. The podcast. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleeche, Fawn and Megan. You know what this means? Got to get out the COVID tracer app again. I've actually been using it all along.

It's easy when you don't go out too much. We're getting brunch on Sunday and a friend scanned in and I was like, out of interest, when's the last time I've used this? April 24. Get to scanning, baby. Get to scanning. So as you would have heard in the news,

a close contact flew to Wellington on Friday and left on Sunday. Now, it doesn't say if that close contact has tested positive for COVID-19, but I guess it is. I thought they were waiting for a test. I thought they had. There was a news alert when I woke up this morning saying they had. No, because Megan just pulled me up on that. It's changed.

This morning and earlier, they were saying that person had COVID, and now it's saying that they're a close contact. Gotcha. So, obviously, if you're in the Wellington area and you're feeling unwell today, get a test. Don't go to work. And let's start using the contact tracing app again. Yeah.

If you weren't already. Keep it going. Yeah, just in case. But yeah, anyone on those flights, and that's a Qantas flight from Sydney to Wellington on the 18th of June that landed just after midnight. And then an Air New Zealand flight leaving Wellington on Sunday. Right.

You are now considered, yeah, close contacts. Close contacts. So get tested. Crazy stuff. Coming up on the show, The Box. Your chance to win $20,000 cash, all thanks to Marvel Studios' Black Widow. We know it's a four-digit pin. We know that it spells a four-letter word

and that there's a seven in there somewhere. The closing guesses that we've had, you can find at ZM Online. We've got the top six coming up. Yeah, Lorde has released the track listing of her album. I've got a slight look into six of those songs and what they're about. Next on the show, though.

Someone took the University of Auckland to the high court because they felt they were being unfairly excluded from the medical program. Okay. The court disagrees. What that means now for that person, I'll tell you next. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Someone was denied entry to the University of Auckland's Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Now, that's top test stuff.

I know people that have missed out on that. You can get straight A's during your first year of med sign and still not get in. What? MBCHB. Yeah. And then the letter they send you is, oh, you didn't get in, but then the other pages are like suicide helplines and stuff because it's like that bad.

Oh, my God. They put so much pressure on themselves through the year to get perfect marks. They get really good marks, but they still don't make the cut. It's ruthless, isn't it? So this person applied to The university in 2019 and 2020 and was denied both times Okay

So then rather than being like maybe this isn't for me Decided to Take this to the high court In Auckland for a judicial review Saying that The Auckland University does not Under the Education Act have the power To deny her a place in this facility.

Right. But it's highly contested. Under the law, she said she was eligible to be enrolled in it because she's a domestic student and she was age 20 or older. She said, so those, you know, I've done it. You've still got to have all the other stuff. Well, that's what she didn't have because the judge, upon further looking into it,

said you were actually not qualified. Okay. You didn't meet the criteria to be an eligible student, but... But did she fail first year? You hadn't... You hadn't made the grade in other areas. Right. Yeah. So you have to complete the first year of the Bachelor of Health Science

or the first year of Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science and finished a full-time degree in New Zealand with a minimum grade point average of six within the previous five years. Now, I don't know what any of that means because C's get degrees in broadcasting, baby. They do. Hey, baby. So apparently didn't meet either of those requirements. And then was like still wanted the dream of being a doctor. Yeah. So went to court. So Anne has been a student for ages.

So 2015, a Bachelor of Health Science. Failed the paper and withdrew. And then in 2018, began a Master of Philosophy at Waikato University. And then was unable to provide Auckland University with the unofficial transcript they required to prove she had completed the degree. Oh, my God. So she was declined. Not good enough. But then took them to court.

The judge ruled in the university's favour, and now this unsuccessful applicant has to pay $18,000 in costs. In, like, the Auckland Uni's court costs. Yeah. Oh, fair enough too. Like what's wrong with people? You're not good enough to get in. Just like move on.

Who's got that much money to roll the dice on a court case? Also, it sounds like she should be applying for the law school. Yes. Assumingly, it doesn't say what her costs were, so I'm imagining she may have represented herself. Or daddy's a lawyer. Yeah, oh, yeah, dad. But then wouldn't your dad be like, no.

This is my good idea. I'm not winning this one, sweetie. Yeah. Are people's parents afraid to say no to them? Saying no to my kids is one of the greatest joys they get out of the day. Yeah, right. No.

I know my parents, you'd look in the eye, you'd see the little sparkle ignite when they said no to you. I had no problem saying no. Like this? No. Could you imagine what Christine, your mum, would say if you said, look, I'm thinking of taking the university to court. They won't let me into med school.

Your mum would be like, you're not smart enough to be a doctor. What are you doing? What are you doing? You know what you didn't get in? Well, you talk to your father about this. This all just seems, do we need to smack you? Mum, I'm 24 years old. It feels like he needs a smack.

Ian, Ian, get the other thing pipe. I don't think we hit him enough. He's got some weird over overinflated opinion of himself. I'll berate him, you smack him. Someone's joined TikTok and boy, has it gone cray. So you may have seen that Avril Lavigne put up her first TikTok and she is mouthing the words to her song, Sk8er Boi, which she looks exactly the same age as she did.

She's 36. Yeah. And in this TikTok, she looks the same age. Exactly the same age. Her hair looks the same. She's wearing a tie. She looks like it could have been from the music video. But she's standing on a half pipe in someone's backyard overlooking the ocean.

I think that's more a quarter pipe, isn't it? I don't know. I haven't seen the TikTok. I think it's just called a half pipe. And then it cuts to Tony Hawk, who is skating on the halfpipe. Who, again, is 53 and, again, looks great for his age. Yeah. But his joints and stuff must be absolutely...

I was like, don't fall off. He won't fall off, but... Yeah. And so it kind of transitions from her to him. Yeah. And then he skates and that's it. And everyone's like, wow, what is this, 2003? What is happening?

I've been... They're not dating, right? Tony Hawk's still married. No, I don't know how that happened. Well, they just would have both been insanely at the height in the 2000s, the height of their fame. They would have had some MTV party together. So within 24 hours of her TikTok debut,

she had more than 3.1 million likes and 78,000 comments. Wow. And I've just learned that she's no longer with Chad Kroger. No. She hasn't been with him for six years. Yeah. God, that got swept under the rug. I don't know who's, you'd assume by the set up,

it looks like maybe it's Tony Hawk's house. Nah, Tony Hawk would have a better scape. He'd have a better scape. That's only part of it that you can see. Like a teeny little... It looks like a Malibu kind of area. Yeah. Beach side set up. And yeah, you're only seeing like the end of it.

The half pipe continues on. Right. Yeah, right. There's more of a... Yeah. He's, Tony Hawk's very funny to follow on. I don't have Twitter anymore

but he's very funny. He always tweeted when people would see his name and be like, because his name's Anthony Hawk. Yeah. If he was on a plane, he'd be like,

oh, like Tony Hawk and they'd be looking at him as they said it and he's like, yeah. And all of the mistaken identity, yeah, that he gets. Good times. So what's she doing now?

I don't know. What's she doing on TikTok now? This is probably she set the bar too high for her next TikToks. Right. Yeah. Like, how can you beat this? She could recreate the complicated video. What happened in that?

Or just 15 seconds of the complicated video. What video was this where she hooned around the mall and made a real pain in the ass of herself, eh? Yeah. Because, like, at the time arse of herself, eh? Yeah. Because at the time I was like, look at her, rebelling against society, take that. And now, 20 years later or whatever it is, I'm like, not inside. Not on the footpath.

My mother, you could hit my mother. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Exciting news in the sporting world. My mother! You could hit my mother! Exciting news in the sporting world. The first active NFL player. I was just seeing if it were around. You're so useless sometimes. No, because I was watching it. We were testing it, if it worked. And then I didn't know if I went back to it.

I didn't know if I went back to it. I didn't know if I went back to it. I didn't expect you to have the level up. I didn't know if I went back to it, if it would go back to the start of the video or where I had finished. Obviously, it would go to where you stopped watching. No, it didn't. It went back to the start, so stick that.

You were wrong. See, that's why I was testing. I mean, who is to blame here? He maybe shouldn't have had his auxiliary up. What I had in my class was professionalism. I shouldn't trust Vaughn, is what you're saying. It's up now, so just don't

press play until you need to. I won't go back to that front page until... Are you sure it's going to go back to the start, though? Because you've planned it again. Positive. I changed nothing. Okay. Exciting news in the sporting world yesterday. The first active NFL player has come out as gay, Carl Nassib. So by that, by active gay, do you mean...

No, no, no. Active NFL player. He's currently playing in the NFL. Because like rugby, there have been players that have come out, but after they've retired. Yeah. Right. Okay.

But he revealed this on his Instagram. Oh, no, now I'm not ready for it. You can't literally be like, Annie Rivera, go. You can't be like, when do you think she was going to ask you to play that? Why does she just absolutely was like, now? Like, after we finished talking.

I can do it, but I was on another page. I was going to get some more stats. I was looking at some stats about Carlos Eamon, who was on another page. I was going to get some more stats. I was looking at some stats about Carl Nassib and who he's played for. You should be poised for the announcement. He's played for the Cleveland Browns. Currently playing for the Las Vegas Raiders. Yeah.

Which used to be the Oakland Raiders. I don't know a lot about. Here we go. What's up, people? I'm Carl Nassib. I'm at my house here in Westchester, Pennsylvania. Just want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. I've been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest.

I really have the best life. I got the best family, friends, and job a guy could ask for. I'm a pretty private person. So I hope you guys know that I'm really not doing this for attention. I just think that representation and visibility are so important. I actually hope that like one day videos like this and the whole coming out process are just not necessary. But until then, I'm going to do my best and do my part

to cultivate a culture that's accepting, that's compassionate. And I'm going to start by donating $100,000 to the Trevor Project. They're an incredible organization. They're the number one suicide prevention service for LGBTQ youth in America. How fantastically spoken as well. Like he doesn't have that because I watched

on Sunday there was another story about that CTE. Oh yeah, that concussion. Yeah. And there's like some ex-rugby players that are kind of coming up with it and the NFL's kind of studying it but not doing enough to prevent it. Hey, insanely well spoken young man. to prevent it. He's an insanely well-spoken young man. Good on him.

That's cool. So, yeah, there's a dozen NFL players that have come out after their careers. Holy shit! He's 6'7". Oh, yeah, he's massive. He's a unit. He's 6'7 and 125 kgs. Yeah, I don't think anyone's having a...

That's more shocking than the fact he's gay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For anybody who's got something homophobic to say, say it to his face. You're not... No one's saying that to his face at all. No. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Well, a Sydney traveller to Wellington arrived on Friday and left on Sunday. And it turns out they were carrying the COVID-19 virus. Carry on or check down? Bloody hell. Good joke from you. Based on the time of their symptom onset and CT score, it's most likely they contracted the virus in Sydney prior to coming to New Zealand.

So does that mean they would have been infectious on the plane and around Wellington? And I can't imagine. I imagine they were here visiting friends. They would have gone out. We don't have any places of interest, any locations of interest at this stage, only the flights. So there's two flights of interest, QF163 that arrived in Wellington on June 19 at 12.12am

and Air New Zealand flight NZ247 that left Wellington F163 that arrived in Wellington on June 19 at 12.12am. An Air New Zealand flight NZ247 that left Wellington on Monday at 10.13am. So in between, at this stage we don't know where this person went, but they were in Wellington for the weekend. So if you're feeling ill this morning, if you have any symptoms, stay home, get a test. Let's all start using the contact tracing app. And I'll be the first to say I've been slack as with that for the last like few months.

10 community cases in Sydney is the latest. And this is the Delta variant. The originated in India, which is becoming the like most popular variant. And it's highly infectious. In Sydney at their press conferences, they've been reviewing the CCTV footage from the Bondi Mall. And they said people were just walking past each other.

They weren't even close. One of them was like 20 metres away and got it. Because they were reviewing the footage to see, oh, that person was at the mall, so were they. Oh, my God. They look at the cameras and, like, they weren't even, like, shaking hands or talking to each other. They might have touched the same thing or...

Maybe, yeah, or just walked, literally just walked past each other. So, yeah, she's... When are we going to find out where they went? Pretty contagious. Well, I'd imagine that the Ministry of Health will be doing contact tracing and talking to this person. 72-hour pause on travel at this stage, but... To New South Wales?

Yeah. Melbourne's reopened? Yeah, Victoria has opened. That opened yesterday. When people come from Australia and stuff, are they told about the contact tracing app and are they encouraged to do that? I think you'd think so. Yeah.

Because I had a friend that was in Sydney last week or the week before and he said that like, businesses wouldn't even let you in the door without scanning in. Right. Like they said,

I don't know if their rules are different, maybe they get fines or something. Yeah. Error. Yeah. Error. We're on the home stretch and now we're like,

oh no, hang on a second. Okay. Yeah. So if you the home stretch and now we're like, oh, hang on a second. Okay. Yeah. So if you've been in contact with anyone from Wellington at the weekend or you're in Wellington, use the contract tracing app. And if you've got any symptoms, get a test.

Because we don't need another one. No. I'm not even going to say the word properly. Don't say the word. I'm sorry. Not even going to say the word properly. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. From the bustling ZM think tank, this is the top six.

Hello there. Lorde has released the track listing for her album and said it will be out August the 20th. 12 songs. So this is exciting. She also announced, we announced yesterday, the Lord Tour, part of her worldwide tour, which is starting right here in New Zealand.

Nelson, Wellington, Havelock North, New Plymouth at the Bowl of Brooklands. You're tempted to come along to that, aren't you? Tempted, very tempted. Very tempted. It's a beautiful venue. And, of course, Auckland. Tickets are on sale Monday, July 5 at 12 o'clock, midday. There are some pre-sales that you can get on.

You can just go to ZM online for all those details, or you can text LORD to 9696. It's LORD with an E, not the LORD above, with no E to 9696, and we'll find you back all the details you need, plus a chance to comment and win on the ZM socials to win a double pass. Well, her album will have 12 songs on it.

These are the top six meanings for the songs from her track listing. Number six is a song called Big Star. It's about Stevenson 218. That's the biggest known star. She's a bit of a science buff. Oh, is she?

Bit of an astronomy fan and knows that Stevenson 218 is 2,500 times the size of our sun. Oh, wow. Wow. Which is our big star. So it's the big star.

It's the big girl star. Bit of a science. But who knew? I didn't know she was going to be taking down the science route, the second album. But she is. You know, you've got a third album. Third album? Third album.

Third album, yeah. You've got to, number three's always? Third album. Third album, yeah. You've got a number three. He's always got to have something a little bit different. Number five is a song called Fallen Fruit. In her time off, the song is about plums. You know how plums, when they're on the tree, they're not quite ready. But if they fall, often they're ready, but they hit the ground and they get a crack in them. Yeah.

And you've got to keep the birds off. Oh, the birds get them, don't they? So this is, yeah, a song about plums and how they're buggered when they fall. That's why it's called Fallen Fruit. Soft, one of the lyrics apparently, soft fruit, tall tree. That's one of the lines. God, I hope it's better than that. I hope it's better than that.

Soft fruit, tall tree. That one's only good for jam now. Can't eat that. Oh, what a juicy plum. That's one of the songs. I can't give away any more. Yeah, you don't give away. Yeah.

Number four on the list of the top six songs and what they mean from the Lorde album. There's a song called Secrets from a Girl That's Seen It All. Oh, okay.

This is the part where Lorde tells you her second album was spyware. So if you listen to it or downloaded it or purchased it, your computer has been feeding all the information back to Lorde since, Lorde and Lorde's people. Okay. And the Secrets from a Girl That's Seen It All, she'll just be doxing everybody about what they've been Googling. Okay.

Yeah, there's a couple of paragraphs in there about famous people's porn habits. Oh, yeah, good. Okay. It should be interesting to watch that all unfold. Yeah. Number three on the list of the top six songs from Lorde's album and what they're about. Number three, there's a song called The Man with an Axe. Okay.

That's about Gimli from Lord of the Rings. You'll remember Gimli the dwarf. Yeah. You have my axe. That's about Gimli from Lord of the Rings. You'll remember Gimli the dwarf. Yeah. You have my axe. That's what he said. Played by Jonathan Rhys-Davies. Was that his name? Now he lives here.

He's married to the woman that used to do Good Morning. Really? Yeah. And remember he married, I want to say Sarah someone. She used to host the Good Morning show that was on after. Yeah, John Rhys-Davies. Is married to, married to, yeah, he married a Kiwi. But she's British.

Yeah, right. She had a British accent. She used to host Good Morning after the breakfast show. Okay. Number two on the list of the top six songs from Lorde's album and what they're about, there's a song called Mood Ring. Okay. Now, this is a song about how Lorde, while under her alter ego Ella, which is where she

puts on glasses and no one recognises her, worked out that mood rings are nothing but a thin layer of thermotropic liquid crystals under a magnifying glass. It's not really so much reflective of your mood, so much as reflective of your skin temperature. Right. Real happy vibe to this album so yeah yeah real but the titles yeah science fruit computer hardware sci-fi lord of the rings and there's dispelling um dispelling hippy to be stuffed there with mood ring and number one on the uh list is a song called stoned in the nail salon uh this one explains itself get

yourself blazed and head to Professionale for a mani-pedi combo. I don't even think you need to pre-blaze. That place will get you high as a kite. Like, you just walk past that at the mall and you're like, God, those people work there all day. But it's about picking what kind of high you want. Oh, yeah, true.

Do you want a natural Mahoroshawana high or do you want a Solvents high? Yeah. You know, one of them's slightly nicer than the other. So I'm told. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. I am the box.

Leone joins us. Good morning, Leone. Hi, how's it going? Good, good. Wow, $20,000. You're very close to getting $20,000. You just need to give us a four-digit pin. There's a seven in there and it spells a four-letter word.

Yeah. Okay. So what are you thinking? You've gone through all the clues? Yeah, I have. And it was a word I had and then couldn't fit the seven and now I'm hopeful that I can. So I'm actually, I know it's random,

but I'm going with the word bite. Bite. Thinking along the lines of Black Widow, Spider Bites. Oh, okay. And when I was looking, Perseverance said it's her superpower. Obviously, they're coming soon. The Marvel movie's coming soon.

And her superpower is known as bite, B.I.T.E. So that's kind of where I'm going with it. Okay. But instead of using the letters, I'm using some numbers. So, for example, eight is the first one which looks like a B. And so that's where I've sort of drawn that last clue as well. Oh, yeah, it does look like byte, doesn't it?

Eight, one, seven, three. Yeah, eight, one, seven, three. And then with this three, it's also representative of an E as well. And do you think that the last clue, this clue will make you think, which spelt with a lot of numbers, do you think that's making you go that way? That is, yeah, definitely, definitely. So, yeah, coming soon, pretty much the superpower movie coming up

and obviously she's a black widow slash spider kind of representing her super is called Bison. Yeah. You've thought about this. I have, but so many people have and I've been listening to their answers and thinking, oh, yeah, actually that could work too. So, who knows? All right.

I didn't know she had superpower other than an extensive amount of training. Oh, well, you know, I just use Google. I'm going to have to Google to see what the know what i've been left wrong okay so so no you you want so i'm gonna go eight for b yeah uh one for i yeah um seven for t yeah again google said that seven could be a t um and then three which which looks like a three, the number does, but it's also an E on the button. Okay. So eight, one, seven, three. Let's do this then.

Eight. Yeah. One, seven, three. Here I go. I'm going to push a button. Oh! All good. Is it a bite? It's not bite. All good. Can I bite?

It's not bite. All good. You win, D. At least I got the kiss through. Well, it's not all bad news. We do have for you a double pass to Marvel Studios' Black Widow in cinemas July 8th and streaming on Disney+. And it happens to be on my birthday, July 8th.

Oh, there you go. Yay. Well done. Oh, thank you, thank you. And it'll be streaming on Disney+, as well, with premiere access July 9th. Conditions apply. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.

Well, it's your birthday, isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? It's your birthday. I would like to now. What are you? What is your star sign again? A Cancer.

I'm a Cancer, yeah. I've seen some Cancer memes lately. Like when you first meet a Cancer and it's like Margot Robbie and she's like looking lovely and wholesome. And then it's like when you get to know a Cancer and it's like Harley Quinn. I was going to say, who's the second one? When Margot Robbie's like Harley Quinn and she looks all frazzled and deviant. That's a fair assumption.

That's us Cancers. That's us cancers. Seems fair. That's us cancers. I thought today, because, and I was thinking about this last night, you know when you're a kid, you always, you know, go somewhere for your birthday and it's like kids dine free with a pay. And it's just the memories of being a kid and going to buffet dinners. Yeah.

Always so great. But you don't, when you're an adult, in the birthday years, on the birthdays, you don't get the free stuff as much. I always think when you sign up for a place and you have to give your birthday, you're like, maybe they'll give me a voucher or something on my birthday. That's what I think.

It never happens. And then sometimes they email you and just say, happy birthday. Or sometimes they email you and say, here's a 15% discount. Don't bother me with a 15% discount. That's insulting. Yeah, like give me a free drink.

It's a spit in the face. Or something. Yeah, but don't make it a free drink with like a mains purchase. Just make it a free drink, free drink. With garlic bread. Nobody's coming in for just a free drink and then leaving.

I've got a free drink. My birthday, I'll just bar hop from places to see if they vouch for a free drink. I'd be absolutely hop from places to see if they'd vouch for a free drink. I'd be absolutely moshed at the end of it. You actually would though. Yeah, totally. But I thought this morning,

could we open up the phone lines, take some text messages. Do you know anywhere that gives you something free on your birthday? And then we can make the ultimate list and then when it's your birthday,

you'll know where to go. Okay, let's get the ball rolling. Put these places out of business. But then I'm also wondering. Well, they're offering it, aren't they? But people are just going to say this work. Like, for example, somebody said, I replied to an Instagram story saying you get a shot at the Outback.

Now, why don't, yeah, how do they know it's your birthday? They look at your ID, though. They look at your ID, but is that just something that this bartender did to this woman because that bartender's... Yeah, it's a hot person. You know, put the legwork in for later. And also, on a Wednesday, are you going to head down to the Outback

to get your free shot? Absolutely. I mean, I'd spend more on petrol, but I mean, you know... But if I worked in Hamilton and it was on my way home, I'd definitely just pop in and be like, what up?

I know it's three o'clock, but... I'm here for my free shot. They're like, sorry, you're not hot enough. Okay, well, we could add that to the list. Some other ones to get the ball rolling. Some other responses. You get a pen from farmers. What? What kind of pen? No, they've taken the pen when they've

signed for something, haven't they? A pen thing. A free pen. Okay. Mecca usually gives you something if you L3 What's L3? Level 3 Is that lay-by? No

Is it an L3 loyalty level? I'm loyal Mecca has different tiers of their loyalty so the amount you spend so I'm level 2 Oh my god, it's like Scientology Isn't it silver, gold and black? Isn't it? of their loyalty, so the amount you spend. So I'm level two. Oh, my God. It's like Scientology.

Isn't it? It's silver, gold, and black, isn't it? No, it's levels one, two, three, and four. And you're only a two. Get up there. Excuse me. Excuse me. It's still better than a one, isn't it?

Yeah, that's true. How much were you spending there? I'm a few. But how much do you have to spend to be level four? I don't know. A few hundred bucks a day. I don't like these, you have to spend to get it

Yeah, but then you get little boxes every now and then and they've got a bajillion samples in them But what do you get for your birthday as an L3 or an L2? As an L2, I don't think I receive a birthday benefit That sucks Well, somewhere else that does do birthday benefits

there seems to be some sort of Mexican turf war over birthdays. Oh, good, I know I'm here for this. A free burrito from Mad Mex when you've got the app or a free burrito from Mexicali with a registered account. It's too late to register on your birthday, isn't it? Is it? I don't know. And then also what's stopping you registering a different name

with a different birthday every week? If you're going to set up all those different accounts. I mean, it's a lot of effort to go to for a taco, isn't it? So much. All right, birthday benefits. We're talking about what you can get free on your birthday. Definitive guide to free stuff as an adult who is birthday-ing. Yes.

So we want to know from you to put together the list because it's Fletcher's birthday. Let's start with Olivia. Olivia, what can I get free on my birthday? You can get a free burger from Burgerfield. Okay. Any burger on the menu. Do you have to be registered?

Do you have to have the app and be registered? It's not an app. I think you have to be registered. You just get it like sent to your email. Oh, okay. I probably missed out on that because I unsubscribe from everything as well because I hate emails. Yeah.

So I probably, and they're not going to give you the special one, are they? Just give you the little ones, aren't they? No, you get your heaven. Okay. Do you know of any others?

Yeah. So Christchurch Casino gives you like a buy one, get one free meal, which is pretty good. And then also, I know you guys aren't in Christchurch Casino gives you like a buy one, get one free meal, which is pretty good. And then also, I know you guys aren't in Christchurch, but Kaiser Brew Garden in Christchurch gives you a free pizza, which is like a nice restaurant.

This could almost be worth using. Olivia sounds like a voucher collector that way. No, I'm on board with Olivia. This is fantastic. If I'd known this, I should have planned to go down for my birthday. Crush it. Sounds like the hub

of free stuff on your birthday. Thank you, Olivia. Some text messages. Somebody else said that they get two free hot drinks with the app

from Columbia's or something. They said, that's my birthday sorted. You sound like the easiest to please person in the world. What do you want for your birthday this year?

You know me, two hot drinks. Wow. I used to work at Kelly Tardens. You could get in there for free on your birthday. You're always going past Kelly Tardens and you're always like, I'd love to stop in, but it costs too much. Yeah, I haven't been since I was like a kid. Yeah.

I've always wanted to go. You're not going to go by yourself, are you? I'm not going to ask a friend to pay and I go free. I'll just go by myself. You could find somebody else's having their birthday today. And make a new friend. Great idea.

The Cancers get along with Cancers. Or you could take your friend and both pay half a ticket. Now, I think we should point out at this stage that these may be old deals. Oh, yeah. These may not stand. These may not stand.

We don't want you wandering into Cali, telling us, like, free. Why? It's my birthday, free. Like, this may have been an old deal or a voucher deal, and we might not have the voucher. So I think we should just point out to people, when we're saying these free deals,

don't get carried away and don't blame us if you get turned away. Loans say you get a $20 voucher through their app, but it's worth a $50 minimum spend They got you See what they've got you You think that's a good deal But they're making $30 off you

If you plan to go there anyway Yeah but if you're going there to age Yeah but if you weren't And they're drawing you in You're now spending $30 to the privilege I think that's how marketing works Sons of gums You'd spend that much on mate

I'll just go with you And then I'll get the $20 Easily You pay the rest Yep I'll pay go with you and then I'll get the $20. Easily spend that much. Yep, I'll pay the rest on that one. Toad Hall and Mochoaca, free meal and no strings attached.

Great ice cream. At Toad Hall? Is it? Yeah. Okay. Well, they give you a free meal. You'll know Toad Hall. Does it do the fruit ice creams?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's not a restaurant. As you enter Mochoaca, it's like to the left of the? Yeah, yeah, yeah. As you go... That's not a restaurant. As you enter Mochueca, it's like to the left of the roundabout, the first roundabout. No, I'm thinking of somewhere else. Okay. Studio Box in Newmarket give you a free boxing class. What a way to spend your birthday.

I'm not going on my birthday and getting beaten up. No, I think you hit the bag. I don't think they hit you. I thought they put me in the ring think they hit you. I don't walk in, you know, here's my birthday and they're like, boom. I thought they put me in the ring and just hit me. Oh, okay. Walk in, say, today's my birthday, they right hook you and they say, keep your hands up. You're like, I don't know where it started.

I don't know where it started. Help. Help. And then they bloody Hillary swank you on your birthday. You fall onto the stool that they had knocked over previously. God. That was a bloody terrifying movie, Two Million Dollar Baby. Yeah, there's a few things. We're in a Genghis Khan

or do you? A whole Mongolian. Oh, you know I love a Mongolian buffet. Yeah. Stir fry situation. Cob and co do free meals, but only if you're like

with four other full-blown people. No, I'll get you there. They'll get you there. Yeah, okay. And you've got to go all the way to Rotorua to have a cob and co, don't you? Yeah. Okay. I hate. I'll get you there. And you've got to go all the way to Rotorua to have a gob and go, don't you? Yeah.

Okay. I hate. Bad. I mean, there's nothing here that's really screaming Fletch, though, is there? No, but I think that says more about him than it does. Yeah. I mean, things that are cheap or free scream Fletch, but knowing this really is really screaming Fletch.

ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. For more of the news overnight, a COVID-infected traveller spent the long weekend in Wellington. So arrived on Friday, left on Sunday. Arrived on Saturday, left on Monday. Oh, sorry, Monday, yeah. And they were infected with COVID-19. So at this stage, we don't have any...

Details, tracing. Details, yeah. We just know the flights that they were on. As soon as we hear anything, we don't have any details. Yeah. We just know the flights that they were on. As soon as we hear anything, we'll let you know. But if you're in Wellington, obviously just start using the COVID Tracer app. If you have any symptoms, stay home, get tested, and we'll update you if we get any more info this morning. The National Road Policing Centre Director Superintendent.

Good God. Can't you make that into an acronym? The NRPCDS. Yeah, that's way better. Steve. So the National Police Roading Centre Director Superintendent, Steve, has been warning, and I didn't know this was happening, but it kind of makes sense.

Dunedin has been specifically cited for this. Social media pages popping up, the likes of one called Dunedin Sober Drivers Facebook page, where somebody who's not a taxi driver, does not hold a small passenger service license or a certificate of fitness on their vehicle, is offering people, people are being offered rides home for cash. Yeah. But far cheaper than a taxi in Dunedin. And you'll remember previous National Road Policing Centre

service super guy, Steve, is saying this is not a good idea. It's better than drink driving, granted. Yes, but you're getting into the car with someone that doesn't have any vetting or checks. That's what they said. To be a Uber driver or a taxi driver, you've got to have a certain sort of licence

and pass vetting things to make sure, you know, you've not been disqualified from driving, etc. How much are they charging, though, to get home? Well, that does not say in this article how much. Because if you, like, 10 bucks, you'd be like, okay. But so you get on this Facebook page. Yep. And you'll just see a status of being like, I'm out or whatever.

Yeah. I'm out driving. And you comment on it. We want picking up now from. Wherever. Wherever. The Octagon. Yeah.

And so, but then, like, that's also. With the likes of Uber and Ola and all those ones you can see where they're at you know but like this person might be like

yep be there soon what is soon? Yeah and also they could have a fake Facebook page you don't know who this person is you could never be

able to track them again and you could disappear So the police and Wakakotahi are advising the following. If you want a safe ride home, keep safe by staying together. Don't let your friends go off alone. Great advice.

Great advice. Steve. Good advice, Steve. Steve. Share a ride home and make sure it is with a licensed safe operator. Check if the driver's ID, the photo ID, small passenger license, service license, and certificate of fitness are visible. Sometimes I get in there, you know, have to display their name and their face. And you look at it and you look at the face and you're like, hee hee, that's not you.

Hee hee hee hee, not you. Like that guy that crashed into your flat once. Yeah. That wasn't him in the ID, was it? No, no, that's why he ran away. Agree on a price before you get in, and they must be able to give you a receipt. Oh, yeah, okay.

Oh, yeah. Make sure your phone is charged so you can keep in touch with people, and share the message with friends so they know the safe way of getting home. Good advice, Steve. Great advice, Steve. Good advice, Steve.

Always with the good advice, old Steve. Oh, but it's tempting. $5 to get home or $10. Or maybe just Steve. Great advice, Steve. Always with the good advice, old Steve. Oh, but it's tempting. $5 to get home. Oh, yeah. Or maybe just like buying them some Maccas. Oh, yeah, true. Like drive-thruing it.

They'll do it just for a feed. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Executive intern Anya is in the throes of open homing around Auckland

with Mr. Bun Buns, her life partner. Wow. That's committed. There's no like a boyfriend. Boyfriend doesn't quite cut it. Okay. There's more going on there.

He's not your fiance. So he's just life partner. My companion. No, that makes it sound like you need like you can't fly alone. Sounds like it's a dog. He calms me. But you are relaying these stories to us, like, almost daily, weekly. The house hunting, it's horrible for people looking for a house at the moment.

I'm aware. It's a privileged position to be in. And I used to be one of those people that when people whinged about it, I was like, yeah, okay, settle down. And now that I am one of those people whinging I'm like so justified um yes so it's you'll learn that's all life is yeah a series of what are they whinging about oh I see why they were whinging yeah oh what are those people ahead of me whinging about oh and you get then you get there and you're like oh right they were having a whinge good and yes yes it's just the evolution

of whinging life yeah so we've probably been looking seriously for about three months now. And if you're not aware, my boyfriend is a, my companion, sorry, is a car reviewer. He works for Driven. Yeah. Dot code DonnieNZ. If you're looking for a car, go there. Yeah. I actually talked to him yesterday about a car, but we're going to talk about that later in the show.

Yeah, yeah. Are we actually? Yeah. Right. I'm excited about this. And part of that is, like, pretty much every day or every couple of days, he has a brand new car to test drive and take home.

Yeah, so quite often he'll be driving these cars that are, you know, $200,000, $300,000 cars. He is just a journalist, obviously doesn't make that sort of cash. What is the insurance for these? Because, yeah, the car that you were driving yesterday was worth, what, $250,000? I think so, yeah, at least.

What was it? It was a Mercedes, it was like a G-Wagon? Doesn't Kendall Jenner have one? Yeah, it was silver. Yeah, it's a G-Wagon. G-Wagon. It was huge. It was absolutely massive.

I remember when we were in Dubai, like, so many people had those. Like, doesn't the Sultan have one? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they've all got personalized plates. Yeah. But when you're in Dubai and you see, like, a Sultan or a Sheikh driving it, you're like, uh-huh, oil money. But when you see Mr. Bunbun's driving it and you don't know that he's not a 14-year-old

and you don't know that he's a motorist journalist. You're like, what is the story here? People must just look at him and be like, what's going on here? People either look at us like we are dealing drugs or our parents are insanely wealthy. Yeah, trust fund money. Or I like to think that it looks like we've started an app. Yes.

You're tech billionaires. So you turned up to this open home yesterday that's at the first home buyer level, entry level, and a $250,000 car. Yes. And so we went to two homes yesterday. The first one, we were early

and parked in the driveway. We hogged the entire driveway. We couldn't even get to the top. You look like land bankers. Yeah. You turn up to these first home buyer things in a G-Wagon and you're like, maybe. Yeah, so we literally blocked the driveway so the agent couldn't drive past. And then they show up in a leaf.

And I'm like, oh, good. Here we go. And then they hand us some business cards saying, saving the earth one pamphlet at a time with a link to all the details. So that's cool. So we're on an earth-saving bus, which is great. And then we go to the second place, also a very narrow driveway. I'd say it's probably about 80 metres long.

I'm like, let's just park on the road and we'll walk down. And he's like, no, not a chance. Not in this neighbourhood. I'm not leaving a $250,000 car on the side of the road. Exactly, yeah. So we drive down and this agent has parked in one of the car spaces

and the other available car space is a carport. And it becomes abundantly clear that I can see over the carport in the car. You're not putting under it? No, and the agent comes out and obviously goes,

who are these boujee people? What are we doing here? So then we have to do a U-turn and nearly hit the carport and then head back up and then do the walk of shame back down. And then we saw a drug deal take place at the top of the road. And I think they were looking at us like, are you the people in this car?

Yeah, you're going to get shot because you're obviously a drug dealer driving a $250,000 car in their neighbourhood. Yeah, and then we go back down and we're talking about price with this agent and I could definitely see in her eyes, she's like, why are you pushing us down to $20,000 and this is what you're driving? Oh, wow. The irony is that that car would have been worth more than that house 10 years ago too. Yep.

Sadly, sadly actually true. Yeah, so we're still on the hunt for our one bedroom tent somewhere in Auckland. That you can park a $250,000 Mercedes G wagon outside of. Exactly. Fantastic. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. There has been a list done. This Instagram account looks amazing.

Visual capitalist. Okay. has been a list done. This Instagram account looks amazing. Visual Capitalist. Okay. And also, oh my gosh, so much infographics. I love an infographic. Like if I'm reading a newspaper or a magazine

and I see infographics. I know, it's such an easy way to digest the information. Yeah. In a fun, graphical manner. Infographics.

At Visual Cap is the Instagram account. This is one of the many things they've done. They've worked out how long it would take to read the terms and services agreements of popular online services. So when you sign up for anything like Instagram, Facebook, it's always like, do you accept?

And you're like, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, accept. It says even the shortest terms and conditions for popular online services are a few thousand words long. As a result, 97% of people in the 18 to 34 age group are greater conditions without even reading them. The reading time is assumed at 240 words per minute. Okay. Is that the average person's reading time? Yeah, apparently.

Apparently that's the average person's reading time. Okay. Is that the average person's reading time? Yeah, apparently. Apparently that's the average person's reading time. So now I've got to go across because the shortest that I can see, if you were going to read Instagram sermon conditions, 9 minutes 42 of straight reading. Netflix is next. That would take you 11 minutes of straight reading. YouTube's 13 minutes 42. Amazon is a bit more at 14 minutes 12.

Then Facebook's going to take you 17 minutes. Jeez. LinkedIn's going to take 18. Twitter, 23. And Uber, also 23. That's not including like when you get to a big word and you're like, I'm going to need to Google that. Yeah.

Or I get sidetracked by like a daydream. And this is just reading it, not at all understanding it. Yeah. That's true. Tinder will take you 25 minutes to read the terms and conditions. Why is Tinder longer than the other ones? Maybe a lot of like, not our fault. If you get like held captive in a bunker.

Yeah, not our fault. And someone abducts you, not our fault. Zoom is at 30 minutes. Also, Apple Media Services are at 30 minutes. TikTok is at 31 minutes. Also, Apple Media Services are at 30 minutes. TikTok is at 31 minutes. Oh, wow. Spotify, 35 minutes to read the Spotify. And then it goes TikTok 31, Spotify,

and then it goes down and down and down and down and down. If you continuously read Microsoft's terms and conditions, it would take you one hour and three minutes of continuous reading. Oh, Lord. I just assume with terms and conditions that would take you one hour and three minutes of continuous reading. I just assume with terms and conditions that someone important has read through it and would bring to my attention something that wasn't right. So I'm like, ah, accept.

And it works back the other way because remember that story of that guy and it changed how banks do it as well. When banks send out all the mortgage papers, he changed it. That's right. To his interest rate

being like zero. Negatively geared, which meant I think they paid him money for having a mortgage and he sent it back and they didn't check it

and they signed it and then they started charging him interest and he's like, no, no, no, no. Read the contract I sent back. It's genius, isn't it?

And they just signed it on behalf of the bank and someone got in big trouble. So yeah, I mean, I don't know And they just signed it on behalf of the bank. And someone got in big trouble, so yeah. I mean, I don't know. I'm still not reading any of that. Right now, though, $20,000 cash is in the box. We just need a four-digit pin. There's a seven

in there. And it also spells a word. Anya, good morning. Anya? Hi, good morning. Good morning. I don't know why you would say Anya. Hello, I'm Anj. Hi, guys.

Hi. How do we correctly pronounce your name? Anya. Um, Anya. Anya. Yeah. Fletch is now ripping a very... Suck it, Megan! Well, she didn't reply to Anya. Anya. Yeah. Fletch is now ripping a very... Sock it, baby!

Well, she didn't reply to Anya. She was talking to Anya. I think she was dealing with the baby. Anya, it is lovely to have you on the show this morning. I was correct, just for the record. We have now a chance for you to win $20,000 cash. Vaughn is wandering over to the box, the digital keypad. What do you want us to try?

What combination? So 8777. So what does that spell? Because we do need it to spell a four-letter word. USSR, so it's the abbreviation for it. The United States of Soviet Russia, which is where the Black Widow received the training. Yeah. Okay, so there is the Black Widow received the training. Yeah.

Okay, so there is a tie-in to the movie. And the area code, if you Google it, is plus seven as well. Oh, okay. You could win in the background. Okay, all right. Well, let's try that now. $20,000 up for grabs. Okay, here we go.

Eight. Seven. Seven. Seven. Seven. Seven. Oh! Never mind. Unfortunately not, Anya, but we do have a double pass to Marvel Studios' Black Widow.

It's in cinemas July 8th and streaming on Disney+. With premiere access July 9th. Conditions apply. Enjoy that movie. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Another shot coming up with Georgia at midday.

Brian Clinch as well with chances at four, three and four or four and five? Four and five. Just had a mind blank there all of a sudden. Four and five.

Four and five. Four and five o'clock. There we go. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Talk about the ideal meal for a first date, Megan. Yeah, so when you go on a date, do you judge the other person for what they're eating?

If you say yes, you're amongst 41% of people. So a lot of people form their opinions on people by what they order. And then there's also what is considered like a safe meal on a date. Safe, as in like not messy? Not going to mess up on yourself. Because would you do like chicken wings? No. Or like even a big burger on a first date?

Because that can get messy. No. They need to know what they're in for. I'm not going to set a false standard of how well I eat. I don't hold my fork. I hold my fork like a shovel and I put it in my mouth. I judge people on how they hold their knife and fork. Do you?

I eat with my mouth shut, but I shovel it in. I'm there to eat. If it's a steak, I turn it up the other way because you've got to be able to hold it to cut it. Would you judge someone if they could use chopsticks, but they didn't? Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

If you were in a... If you went to a Japanese or an Asian restaurant... And they used a fork. Yeah, or a spork. Yeah. Yeah, see, our first meal together I used chopsticks. Not very well, but I... Terribly.

Yeah, Megan was stabbing the teriyaki chicken with the chopstick, like through the middle, like a skewer. Yeah, that was after I wore most of my lunch. Like a savage! So 38% of people say they're put off by fussy eaters, but yeah, out of this, there is a list of things I've considered top five foods to avoid, and then the top five safest foods to eat on a day.

Right, okay. So all of the top five foods to avoid are seafood. Oh, I wasn't spending a butter chicken in there. Yeah, yeah. I was just thinking a sloppy curry. Five lobster, four crab, three is sushi. Sushi would be super easy. For a first meal, for a first date, that's great.

I've got to know sushi past 3 p.m. rule. Why? I'll go for a lunch date. Why's great. I've got a no sushi past 3pm rule. Why? We'll go for a lunch date. Why a no sushi? Sushi is not for dinner. It's not a dinner food. What if you go to a restaurant where it's made for you? Nope. You can have way nicer things. What about sashimi?

Maybe. But again, it's a no past 3pm. Teriyaki. Chicken person at sushi anyway. Exactly, exactly. Number two of the top five foods to avoid on a date is muscles. And number one is oysters. Because muscles, oysters.

Yeah. Aphrodisiac. No, I want, if I was to start dating again, I'd need them to know that daddy wants gout. And he's only going to know that daddy wants gout. He's only going to get that eating the richest foods. No, that's erotic on a date to see someone slurp it out of the shell, get a bit of tongue action. And then it dribbles down their face.

Yeah, and then you're reaching and dab it off. So all of those foods you'd have to kind of manhandle. Yeah. A little bit. Okay. So the top five safe foods for a first date. Ice cream. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Number four is a steak. With a spoon or in a cone?

It doesn't specify. Either would be pretty sweet. Right. Number four is a steak. I ate a steak at the weekend. Beautiful steak. Big, juicy, delicious steak. It was a T-bone steak and I chewed on the bone at the end.

Now, I've been married to my wife for a long time. She knows that's my vibe. You wouldn't do that on a first date. Yeah, he would. He would, he would. He just let them know what they're in for the whole time. Yeah, and then like date three, you're like, I feel we've reached a point where I'm going to chew on this T-bone

and they're like, you've had steak every date we've been on. I'd be like, yeah, catch up. And then I chew on the bone We're opposite He shows the crazy Right from the get go I hide the crazy Oh yeah you do

Hide the crazy Until I've locked them in Number three On the foods Best foods for a date I dispute It's salad Because you want to order a salad

Because you're like Oh I'm just like Eating a salad I don't care But then it like Flicks all over your face. The salad can be like a catapult. Really messy.

And you get bits of salad dressing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cutting it's all shambolic. Number two is a burger. Again, you want to pick it up in your hands. That's messy. But then if you use a knife and fork, are they going to judge you? I would absolutely walk out on a person who used a knife and fork on a burger.

What if it's one of those open burgers? Put the lid on it and eat it. Absolutely anaconda it. And the number one best food is pizza. You can share it. See? See? Wood-fired pizza.

I took that yield to not only just pizza, but like the upper echelon of pizza. A wood-fired. I'm really surprised there was no curry. They go to not only just pizza, but like the upper echelon of pizza, a wood fire. I'm really surprised there was no curry because that can go, you know, imagine a curry stain on a shoe. You're not getting that out sometimes. Or a kebab, kind of like when you're folding down the tin foil as you go and you're nibbling and you kind of like, then it gets to the bottom and it all just goes flop. Who's going on a first date and getting a kebab?

No, I'm saying it's dangerous. I'm saying it's a dangerous meal to have on your first date. I'm not pro. I mean, your first date technically is 2 a.m. because you've been just having a hardcore pash on the D floor. Are people still pashing on the dance floor? 100%. People are still pashing on the dance floor?

100. Even in COVID times? Yeah. People are pashing on the dance floor. Well, maybe not this weekend. We want to take some calls now on 0800-DARLS-AT-M, 9696.

On your first date meals that went horribly wrong. Maybe you were eating something from the top five lists that was good to eat on a date. get into a pizza too quick. It can tear the roof

off the top of your mouth. Or the whole topping just slides off onto your top. Oh, yeah, that too. We want to hear about your first date meals that went wrong. Maybe you made a mess, slopped it all over yourself. Maybe they did. You're like, I can't date this person.

They can't even swallow their food. We're talking about disastrous first dates, but the meals parts of it. Like when did the meal go horribly wrong? There's been a list of meals released that are like the safe options for a first date. It's your burger, your pizza, your steak. Yeah. It's lots of seafood in the five options of not safe for a first date.

Oysters, number one. Sloppy oysters. Somebody messaged in their problem with people ordering seafood on a date is they hate the smell of it. It's too much of a controversial food. It's a love or a hate. And if you're with someone who hates it, then they won't want to kiss you later because it tastes like... I was going to say, yeah, there'll be no kisses afterwards

if they're not into oysters or mussels. Laura, what was the first date meal disaster? Well, they ate pizza, which is fine. Started to use ice when the food was coming up. Oh, yeah, no, that's... No, but that's a hard one because maybe they were like, didn't feel comfortable like just grabbing it, you know.

They were trying to be a bit classy. I tripped into it. You grab it in the fold and then... Oh, yeah, I like to fold it and then just gobble it. I'd use a knife and a fork on a first date because it would just be like, I don't know. Did you eat a pizza as well though, Laura? I did, but I just ate it with my hand.

Yeah, good. See, I would have, if I was in that situation, I would have waited to see what you did, and then I would have copied you. But then what if you're both waiting to see what the other person's going to do? I'd just be like, are we eating with knife and fork or fingers with pizza kind of deal here? Then you'd ask.

That makes it weird. But that was like... But then also good chat. You'd have a good chat about it. Exactly. That was minus points for you, Laura. You you're asked. That makes it weird. But that was like... But then also good chat. You could have a good chat about it. Exactly. That was minus points for you, Laura. You were like, this is a turn off. Yeah, yeah, 100%.

You were done with it. Just man and soul, isn't it? But yeah. This is weird. All right, Laura, thanks for your call. Ali, what was the first date dinner disaster for you? Oh, cuter folk. We had a curry at a Southeast Asian restaurant,

and we got recommended from the waitress. Okay. But it was way too hot. My partner couldn't eat more than two spoonfuls, so we desperately ran down to the ice cream shop afterwards. But then that's cute. Like, did you both find it too hot? It wasn't like someone ordered on somebody else that you both Found it too hot It wasn't like

Someone ordered on Somebody else's behalf And made it too hot And you guys are still together Yes we are still together So it went successfully But yeah we never asked For the heat of the curry

Or anything We just went with it Well that ice cream Was on the top five foods For the Wasn't it It was It was on the good foods.

There you go. Yeah, there you go. All right. Thanks. You called some text messages. I went on a first date with a guy. I went to a restaurant, ordered different meals. I reached over to try some of his, and he whacked me on the back of the hand with a fork.

Still married him, though. Well, he was like, this is mine. Yeah, get away. Oh, she's probably doing that thing like, I'm not getting fries. Yeah. Oh, I hate that. I'm going to get a salad, you get the steak. If you don't want fries, you don't get some of my fries. You get your own fries.

Marriage is about sharing fries. I went to a restaurant on a first date, wasn't feeling 100%, didn't want to cancel, had a lemonade and a starter. I was like, I think I'm doing okay. Mains arrived and I vomited all over the table. Please tell me if that was it. Did they get a second date? I don't know.

No word. If they got a second date, they were like a nine or a ten, right? That'd have to be a ten. Yeah, yeah. Mine was actually a third date where they invited me over to their place for lunch. I believe we have that story. Aidan, good morning. Good morning.

Yes, so I got invited over for lunch. It was actually a 45-minute drive from where I was living at. Okay. Oh, my God. Got there, and she went into the kitchen and said, you know, she was making lunch, and then she came out, and she had mac and cheese. And then I was like, oh, do you have any for me? Looked pretty good. And she was like, oh, no, I didn't realise you were

hungry. She ate in front of you delicious macaroni and cheese. Yes. Didn't she invite you over for lunch? Yeah, she invited me over for lunch. I'm guessing it was more for what she wanted after lunch. The dessert.

You don't eat mac and cheese before nookie. Yeah. It's very filling. Carby and heavy and there might be cheese burbs. Cheese burbs. Who is this woman? I didn't get any of this mac and cheese. Right, okay. Did you get any of her mac

and cheese? Oh, one smack. Guys, that was just like a way of asking if the nookie still happened. Born smart. Yeah, yeah, well, I got my dessert, and then after that went to Macca's on the way back home. Yeah, solid choice. Solid choice. Brilliant.

All right, Aidan, thanks. You call some texts to finish up. Second date with my wife, and my wife ordered the spare ribs at Lone Star. Oh, okay. I went safe with the Dixie chicken. Okay. Long story short, after watching her devour some ribs, we've been married five years.

You want to know a woman can do the ribs. You want to know they can get it on their ribs. I was having a Vietnamese pho soup. I love a pho soup. Had something that was mega spicy and sneezed and a massive booger shot and floated in the soup. I love a th soup. Had something that was mega spicy and sneezed and a massive booger shot and floated in the soup. That was it. Oh, no.

You can't recover from that. Unless you're a nine or a ten, you're not coming back from that. It was a first date and it was organised. We were going to go to a flash cafe and she arrived with a packed lunch and said to me, I don't waste money on food. No, you can't date someone like that. Problematic for me. It's a bit like dating your mum because they don't like cafes.

They'll take their breakfast. We can have breakfast at home and then just go and get a cappuccino. Somebody said, I went on a date with somebody once who ate garlic bread with a knife and a fork. Oh no, that's not getting a second date at all, is it? Flesh for an Amegan, the podcast, ZM. What is happening here?

Well, we just had to have a little test of something. Soon, to celebrate your birthday, we're doing something, but you had to leave. And you're the one who has technical knowledge around here. For the technical test. Gerard just asked us how to do something, me and Vaughan, and we're like, what? Yeah, well, this sees it all, doesn't it?

And you've messed with my buttons. We're lost without you. It's the only compliment you're getting on your birthday. What's happening? It's time for Fact of the Day. Fact of the Day, Day Jane Fonda's at-home workout video. How great is Jane Fonda? So Jane Fonda is like a big political activist.

And you know she only did these workout videos to fund her political activism. Did she? Yeah, she was like, I'm kind of struggling to get the finances that I want and need to be able to do this political activism that I'm so keen on. And she was an actress in the

70s? She's done Grace and Frankie. Yeah, that would be her recent thing. Yeah, right. She's 83 years old. And looks fantastic. And looks amazing. She's been active since the 1960s, political activism. She was in massive opposition to the Vietnam War,

has fought for the rights of Native Americans and feminist causes, heavily involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, opposition in the Iraq War, and then got into the environmental activism. Yeah, right. She's been all go. So she only did these exercise videos initially to fund. And they were big in the 80s, were they?

Massive. 1982 was the release of Workout starring Jane Fonda. And today's fact of the day is Jane Fonda in 1982 coined the phrase, feel the burn and no pain, no gain, in her workout videos. They both came from the same workout video. Yep, the first known use of the phrase, feel the burn, and also no pain, no gain.

This is like when mums in the 80s had a little mini trampoline at home. They were doing like their COVID workouts. A robot's own style. Everything was, everything, every female-led workout video can be traced back to Jane Fonda's original workout video. Prior to that, it was a male-dominated industry that females just didn't get involved in. From the run from 1982 was the first one into 1995 was the last one she did.

She sold over 17 million copies. Wow. Also, her initial video, Workout Star and Jane Fonda, was a Warner Home Video release and it was actually responsible for the increase in VCR sales. Wow. So lots of people didn't have VCRs and didn't see a need for VCR sales. Wow. So lots of people didn't have VCRs. They didn't see a need for VCRs to connect to their television. But when Jane Fonda's workout video came out on VHS,

they bought the VCRs. And like gyms back then weren't a big thing like they are now, right? No, it was. No, no, they certainly weren't. They didn't have like aerobics classes or anything. They might have weights. Yeah. And then, yeah, she revolutionised classes and everything.

When people say gains, that comes from no pain, no gain, right? Yeah, because you've got to have the gain. Yeah. So that comes from Jane Fonda. Gains. And also the leg warmers that were massive in the 80s. She was the first person that chucked on the old ballet style leg warmers. Wow.

And she influenced fashion by what she wore in the Jane Fonda workout video. Wow. And you can find it on YouTube too. I watched a bit of it last night. Okay. Of course you did. Just out of interest. Research.

Yeah. Absolute research. So today's fact of the day is it was a 1982 VHS workout by Jane Fonda that gave us the phrases feel the burn and no pain, no gain.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. A do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. Coming up on the show, for Fletcher's birthday, we've got a little something happening. I think you're going to really not like this, which is great. Why? It's my birthday. I should like this.

I would like it. You would like it. Megan would like it. You will like it. It will not make you comfortable at all. What's my birthday? Why would I want to be uncomfortable? I don't know.

On my birthday, why did I have to name the interns? Because you don't learn their names. I bet I can name them all now. Could you do the same? Absolutely. Maybe we'll find out next. No. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.

We're pretty mean. Don't rag on me. We're pretty mean to each other every day, but nothing like a birthday brings it out, eh? Yeah, but you were ragging on me just then. No, I was ragging on him. You got involved. You got ripped into.

Fletch is going to share a birthday post on Instagram. The lovely Maddie McLean, our favourite TV One weather presenter, put a story up and I was about to share it. It's not my favourite. Renee's my favourite. I was about to share it and Vaughan's just mowing me down. Because he famously mows down anyone who shares the birthday post. Oh, my God.

Because people either know it's your birthday or they don't care. So don't share every birthday wish you get. But then I was saying that you've shared one that I've done for you one time. Well, it was probably being mean to you. And you've just blanked that out. You've chosen, rightly so, you've chosen to block the meanness from your memory. All right. Well, it's Fletcher's birthday today.

If you want to send him an Instagram or put it in. Well, it's Fletcher's birthday today. If you want to send him an Instagram or put it in your story, tag him in and he'll share it. I'm not going to share everybody's. This is my friend's. No, you have to now. You start. That's the thing. You start.

And then wait, wait. You can share Maddie's, but you can't share someone else because they're not on telly? What's wrong with you? Yeah. I thought you were an everyday man. This is the dangerous thing. I'm friends with Maddie McLean on TV.

Exactly. Exactly. Be nice to me It's my birthday Okay so it is your birthday And be nice to you I think we'll do that Because ladies and gentlemen I don't trust you

There's a thing to play there Do I play it now? You play that yep The birthday compliments panel There's a birthday compliments panel. You just said be nice to me. Oh, my God. I'm going over here.

It's time to pull up the curtain. He's pulling up the big curtain. And reveal the birthday compliments panel. Number one. Please explain what you can see. Okay, so outside I can see that there's a giant white screen and there is a silhouette of a person wearing headphones through there

and I believe if I turn up this fader, they will be on that microphone. Good morning. Compliments, panelist number one. Good morning. How are you? Good. I can't recognise that voice. You're such a terrible person. Alright, compliments, panelist number one, please deliver to Fletch

Your birthday compliment My compliment for Fletch Oh no, I recognise that voice now He's always been so generous and caring Every time I house it while he's away He'll always leave a cute little note Yep, I do, I do Saying thank you, along with some grocery vouchers

And a bag of lollies And all that kind of thing. Oh, my God. It's always really cute and I'll always arrive and it's such a nice thing. Don't tell people I'm so generous, please, Todd. And one time in particular, he even bought an ironing board and an iron while I was staying there since he didn't have one. And all he wears is T-shirts. No, but I do use it once a year now when we have our radio awards.

I used it the other day, actually. It was quite cool. Because did you know you can put the arm like over the round bit at the end? Yeah. Famously. That's amazing. I was like, they've designed this on purpose.

For the shoulder. Thank you. You guessed it was Todd. Todd, you can come on in, Todd. Todd, friend of the show. Works in the same building. We always have a coffee with Todd. He still won't let us into the liquor store down in the basement, though, you can come on in, Todd. Todd, friend of the show, works in the same building. We always have a coffee with Todd. He still won't let us into the liquor store down in the basement, though, will he?

No. He's a lovely man, and I've always wondered what he sees in you. So there we've learned that when- All my friends. I'm like, why are they friends with me? The house sits you, and you buy grocery vouchers for the people in the house. Good morning. Good morning.

Birthday hug. Birthday hug. Oh, no. Birthday hug. Yay. It's time. Oh, no. Yeah, birthday hug. Yay. It's time for birthday compliments panelist number two. Woo! Happy birthday to you, Carl Peter Fletcher.

Thank you. I'm actually genuinely shooketh that you are 42. Like, what the hell are you using on your face, babes? Thanks. I just shave and shower. It's a good look for you. I've got a couple of compliments for you. So I think you get a bad rep for being a bit of a tight ass,

but honestly, you've always been really generous to me. Thank you. Once you brought me a coffee, sometimes you'll share your little mandies. And whenever I house it, you always leave, like you did with Todd, you always leave food out and you always let me drink your alcohol. My second compliment

I genuinely, genuinely think that you are like one of the best broadcasters in the world. Like honestly, no other shows have shit on you guys, you know? I can't take compliments very well. This is why you're doing this, eh? Yeah, you just feel awkward. And my third compliment to Fletch is you I don't take compliments very well. This is why you're doing this, eh? Do you just feel awkward? Yeah.

And my third compliment to Fletch is you are genuinely the cutest person that I know. I'm finding it hard to take these compliments for you. How did you know it was me? I just could tell. Pretty distinctive. Because you always say Mandy's because I have a lot of mandarins. Yeah, just to clarify, when Fletch shares his Mandy's with Danny, it's mandarins. Mandarins.

Yeah, mandarins. Not someone called Mandy. That's right. Compliment. Mysterious compliment. Thank you, Denny. You're coming in to give Fletch a hug. This is very awkward.

I don't – he particularly likes the birdie hugs. I don't – no. I think it's cute that people realise that you're like a bit of a softie. Oh, this is grossing me out. They've got compliments for you because you really come across as this. Oh, I see more. Yeah, there's two more. There's two more.

Hi. There she is. Happy birthday. You can start complimenting mysterious complimenter number three. Right, well, Fletch, not many people know this, but your hugs are really, really great. I know you're not a hugger. I'm not a hugger. But I'm always so grateful because you always hug me back.

What the hell? It's so lovely. I've never had a proper hug from Fletch. Fletch, you're so much fun on social occasions. I know you at work and through friends as well. We always have such a great time. We do have a great time. The first time I met you, I was so nervous.

I was working at another radio station here. But you were so nice to me. And I was riding on a high after that first social occasion. And when I first moved to Zitium, you made me feel so welcome. You've just always made me feel like part of the family no matter what situation. I'm not dying. Also this sounds like I'm dying. It's like a girl

this is your life. I hope you just announced I've got cancer or something. Like it's not that. You are 42. You're in close ZDM. My final compliment is one thing I love about you are the unsolicited cat pictures you send me of Major Murray McFluffington. Sometimes I'm having a really bad day.

You'll send the cutest picture I've ever seen in my life. And it just makes me feel so happy. So happy birthday and we love you. Thanks. Who's that? Celia. Yeah, Celia. That's good.

Oh, thank you so much. Okay, is that enough? No, we've got one last. And I think we've saved the best till last. Nothing against our other captain. No, no, no, but no one delivers compliments like this individual. You can tell from the silhouette. Hi.

Heidi, hi. Heidi, hi. We know this is James. Yep. Morning. Morning, James. Surprise. I think this is James Morning Morning James Surprise I think this is going to be quite special

I can't Yeah I can't do compliments Okay My compliment My compliment for you Oh I don't do compliments He's nervous He's emotional

He's emotional He cries at anything He said to us the other day He's like I don't know if I'm going to do this Because I get very emotional When I'm talking about my friends. You've got this. You can do this.

My compliment for you is all the amazing adventures and fun that we've had. From skiving off for lunchtime swims all summer to being the best travel buddy, partying and seeing friends across the globe. You're always there for friends, making great memories along the way.

I know I can call you anytime apart from after 8.30pm. And you're always there for friends, making great memories along the way. I know I can call you anytime, apart from after 8.30pm. And you're always there for me, looking for the next adventure and making special memories along the way. Oh, thanks. Is that it? Oh, there we go. Wait, did you wrap him up? I feel like you might have wrapped him up.

I think that's it. There we go. Oh, James, that was so sweet. He gets very emotional. He's an emotional man. He's just having a slight... He's having a little bit of a dry eye. Thanks, guys.

Dry the eyes. That was lovely to have compliments, even though I don't know how to take them. Get in here for one of these hugs. There he is. For a birthday hug. Thanks, matey. There we go.

All right. Until James lost his job because of COVID, he used to work about as much as me when he worked for the airlines. Right. He's telling you to knock that off. That's why we could go on so many adventures. Right. Okay.

Fantastic. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Thanks, guys. It's hard to take compliments, eh? It is. Yeah. I'm trying to think if, eh? It is. Yeah. I'm trying to think if I've got one for you.

Vaughn? Nah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Megan, the podcast. Have you got me? Yep. Okay, one last surprise. Vaughn's on a roaming mic. I'm on a roaming mic.

I'm outside. I'm on the same mic they were on with the compliments panel. Everybody ready? Yeah. Three, two, one. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday

to you. Oh my god! Yes, yes, yes. Oh, the candles went out! Happy birthday dear Fletch. Happy birthday to you. Yes! It's a cake that looks exactly like a hot rotisserie chicken Because you know I love a hot rotisserie chicken

90% of your calorie intake is hot roast chicken That is a cake That is a cake that looks like a rotisserie chicken And we know how you were really angry last year Because everything looked like a cake So we decided to make a cake that looks like a chicken That is amazing Isn't it?

We'll have to get a photo of that up a chicken. That is amazing. Isn't it? That is amazing. We'll have to get a photo of that up. That's all great, guys. Thank you so much. Also, this chicken is riddled with growth hormones. Look at the breastplate on this. It's a fat chick.

It's almost like a turkey. How long has that been in the rotisserie for? All day. At the supermarket? Yeah, okay. Oh, guys, thanks so much. Great work.

We're going to turn our attention next on the show to Vaughan Smith, who is at the moment looking to replace his car that's falling to bits. I'm at loggerheads with my wife. This could be the divorce. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. If you're a long-time listener to the show, you'll know from my work colleagues,

I get a fair bit of grief. Grief about the state of my automobile. The 2003 Honda Accord has been nothing short of a trusty steed and an emotional workhorse. I didn't say it wasn't a trusty steed. It's just a dirty, falling to bits. It's a dirty steed. Look, it's come asunder to a couple of

incidences out of my control. You had a log on the road, didn't you? Yeah, there was a tree falling on the way to work and I just kind of like caught that on the side and then I was driving along the motorway and I could see like the tread of a tyre and I was like, well thankfully that's not on my lane and then a car hit it and just shot it straight into the front of the Honda. That ripped the underbelly off.

That ripped a whole lot of stuff off from the underside of it. The headlights are glued on. Yeah, that liquid one's liquid now. I don't get the smell of damp. I just use it like other people would use a ute. I just chuck stuff in the back. Wood, hay bales, whatever. Well, it's fair to say that you've got your absolute value out of this car.

Oh, 100. I think we bought it in 2010 for $10,000. Oh, my God. And it had 50,000 Ks on the clock. It's got 250,000 Ks on the clock. So 11 years later. Yeah. We've given that thing the time of its life.

But have been looking into the possibility of a new automobile. And I have come across what I would describe as, because I'm a Land Rover guy. I got my granddad's old Land Rover and I would love a new Land Rover, but budgetarily it's not in my, it's none of my genes to be dropping nearly $100,000 on a car. And I don't have $100,000 to drop on the car. And the bank would be like, sir, you are a fool.

So I have come across what I call a Land Rover on a budget, a Suzuki Jimny. And I think they look like the silliest little fun cars one could possibly imagine. My wife, however, has absolutely no time in her life for me driving a Suzuki Jimny. Now, there's a Suzuki Jimny out now. Sam Wallace told me yesterday.

They're very cute little cars. Yeah, they're fun. And he said they've put all these, like, accessories on them to make them look a bit more, they call them a Suzuki Jimny Safari because the manuals weren't selling. Everybody was just buying the automatic version of them. Right. And they look fun and I really want one,

but my wife is telling me that I am not allowed one because she doesn't think it's got enough safety stars. Fletch, you're on board with the Jimny. Oh, it looks so cute. Just get one. Megan, you're anti the Jimny. You think it's ugly, but you drive a SsangYong and one of those new Jeeps.

So your opinion on ugly cars is void. This is... I'm all for it. That is ugly. Is she using the safety thing because she doesn't like the car? Yeah. Well, no. The safety thing's her major problem.

Right. So, I asked the Sluice Goose. Now, this is Executive Intern Anya's partner, Mr. Bundones, what he thinks. Because he drives cars and reviews them for a job. I said, what do you think of the 2021 Suzuki Jimny now? I just said that. I didn't lead him anywhere. It was a neutral question.

And he said, probably the best car you can spend money on for the amount of fun you'll get out of it. And that's it. That's it. That sounds like it'll be worth adding on to the mortgage. I'm so, yeah, absolutely. And I can see the bank being slightly more on board with the, something like brand new $30,000.

Yeah, right. For like a silly little four-wheel drive. Yeah, I know, but I want a car where I can be like, I'm going to go up that grass verge. You can't buy a brand new car and then treat it like crap. That's exactly why I don't have a brand new car. You've never had a new car. No.

I don't want to have to be too precious about it. Maybe you just need to buy another Honda that'll go for 10 years. Now that makes a lot of sense. It does. That makes a lot of sense.

Well, good luck with that journey. The Jimny's, it's a calling. It does look very sexy. And Mr. Bun Buns is on board. Yeah, they're very cute. See, no, it's not sexy.

Don't say sexy. No, it look very sexy. And Mr. Bun Buns is on board. Yeah, they're very cute. See, no, it's not sexy. Don't say sexy. No, it's not sexy. And I sat in one at the QMU show because they had a stall there. I sat in one and I did look like a large man. That's right. I want to look like a large man. Yeah, okay. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.

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