ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - April 16 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thank you, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. And Anya, sad news because aren't you going to Europe in like a few months? In four weeks, no, five weeks, I'm going to see Notre Dame or what is left of it.

The photos are insane. It's the actual pointy bit. It's on fire. And I'm assuming from the roof up is all wood, right? What if it was? This church is on fire. It wouldn't be wood, would it? This church is on fire.

Don't continue. We've had enough.. Don't continue. We've had enough. I don't know. How does she do next? Because I do want to work on a hunchback reference. She's walking on fire. Hunchback is walking on fire. Because his church is on fire.

It's like, yeah, big flames. It is, yeah. But I can't see any fire engines or anything because these are live feed. And everyone's just like oh wow, look at that go up. Let it burn. It's a bloodhound's landscape.

It's, yeah, as far as like cathedrals go. But that one they haven't finished hasn't burnt down yet though. There's always one

not finished. What's that 8,000 year old Basilica Bon... No, I don't know. Spanish one. Basilica Re... Spanish one? Yep. So not in France. What's that 8,000-year-old Basilica Bon... No, I don't know. Spanish one. Basilica-y. Spanish one?

Yep. So not in France. It's cathedral. No, we're talking greater Europe, aren't we? Uh-huh. You know, Basilica... Are you talking about that one in Italy? Basilica.

Oh, yeah. I'm pretty sure it's Spain. Basilica Church. All right. Basilica di San Marco? I don't know, mate. In Italy, in Venice. What?

No, that's not it. But that is an impressive looking church. Yeah, that one's intact. Yeah, that's still going strong. Unfinished Cathedral. We'll wait. Barcelona. Sagrada.

Yeah. La Sagrada Familia. Yeah. Why did I Familia. Yeah. Why did I say Basilica? I don't know. That's actually an amazing building. Looks like it's started to melt, though. Yeah, I think the guy that made it was on drugs.

Barcelona. Too young? Why are you singing so much? I don't understand any of your references. Okay, sorry for bringing too much culture. That's 6am. Well, you know John's burning, but there's lots more cathedrals. Oh yeah, there's no shortage of churches in Europe.

I feel like Arnie, you'd be the kind of traveller that would just go and have McDonald's in Europe. That is so rude. That's really mean. That is really mean. That might be the meanest thing you've ever said to me. That is so rude. That's really offensive. That is really mean. That might be the meanest thing you've ever said to me. That is really bad. Yeah, I'd be really hurt if someone said that to me.

That's not true. Anya, she runs a bloody food blog. That's right. I'm going home. I've had enough. Four past six, it's been a good run. When you're in Italy, you won't. You'll be like you're squeezy.

La pizza hut. You're squeezy. I'm actually done. We'll try this again tomorrow. I don't blame you. It's me every day babes. Just pizza. I don't even eat pizza hut here. I know but you

can't be too safe when you're playing away from home. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time. Hello. Hello. Hello. All right, three news headlines. You've got to pick one, Vaughan and Megan.

Here we go. Headline one, explosive diaper change. Headline two, man conducts break-in. And headline three, Australian customs fishy finds. Oh. Fishy finds? It wasn't Clark Gayford, was it? No.

Did you see him skinning the fish with his mouth? With his teeth. Yeah. He what? He skinned a kingfish. The Prime Minister's husband, well, partner, sorry. Put a It was dead

Like he'd caught it Yeah still But like you want to get the skin off No I wasn't dead It was just terrified What? Was that a joke? No it was dead

And um Why didn't he use a knife? No he put the knife across the front And then grabbed it And held the fish And was like And tears the skin off Oh yuck No It's good though I And tears the skin off. Oh, yuck.

No. It's good, though. I only got the skin. Not any of the flesh. Very right. Good sushi still, though. This is a technique. Sushi, a good slice for the sashimi. I don't think I've ever filleted a fish.

I have. It's so hard. You watch someone who knows what they're doing do it, and you're like, ah, easy. Oh, that's easy. Piece of bloody cake. And then you try to do it, and you're like easy piece of bloody cake and then you try to do it and you're like it's not much of the fillet left

nah it's pretty messy bloody good knife but it wasn't that nice but now I do think I've you'd like to know have a taste for sure

for a fish based story okay well we go to Australia now and Border Force found a Vietnamese man trying to smuggle something into Australia on a flight that arrived in Adelaide from Malaysia. Okay. Now, officers obviously found out that something was, well, they obviously had their suspicions and profiled the van and so they thought they'd give him a frisk, a pat down.

A light pat down. And that's when he produced a bag containing an endangered rare fish. I'm showing you now the plastic bag. Oh.

Is it dead now? Let me see. Let me see. Let me see. Because I can't see inside that bag. Is it alive? In that tiny wee bag?

He had taped it to his neck. What? What part of his neck? I don't know. It was apparently taped to his neck. To get through. I always wonder

if you are smuggling things, do you have it taped to the entire float? Do you get on board, go to the bathroom, take it all off, put it in the overhead and then just before landing you go back to the bathroom. Take it all off. Put it in the overhead. And then just before landing, you go back to the bathroom and put it all back on.

Or they're like, oh, you can't get up. There's turbulence. And you'd be like, ew. Oh. But I don't know how you'd get that on a plane because you're not allowed water or liquids over 100 mils. No. Unless the fish was under 100 mils.

Or maybe you put the fish. But if you go through a scanner. It would show up as a glob-dual amount of liquid. It was small, though. And you'd have to explain what it was. No, but would it show up on a body scanner? Oh, good call. That's only like metal or something.

But then they give you a pat. You mean if they ever patted your neck? No, for cool. A fish would show up on the scanner. I don't know. Oh, no. I don't know. I don't even know. They pat your body, but not your neck. I don't know if a fish would show up on the scanner. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't even know.

They pet your body, but not your neck. Apparently in Southeast Asia, these fish are popular pets due to their vibrant colours. Does it say what kind of fish it is? I want to Google it. It is the silver, Asian, blue, Malaysian or gold crossback. Oh, jeez. Those are the different varieties of this fish. Got one name there forian or gold crossback. Oh, jeez. Those are the different varieties of this fish. Got one name there for me.

Silver crossback. Endangered fully red Asian arowana. It's just got perfect like gold scales. I wouldn't say it's brightly coloured though. They've got nice fish in Australia. I don't know what you're bothering. It's because there's collectors. Yeah, it's illegal trade.

So he had a certificate all printed out. Right. Like you get when you've had a certificate all printed out. Right. Like you get when you've got a pedigree animal. Right. But he was still smuggling it. Yeah. Because obviously it's illegal to bring a fire security threat. Did the fish survive?

I believe it did, yeah. Did they take it to the aquarium? Where did you say it was going to? Adelaide? Adelaide, yeah. Is there an aquarium there? I think they'll destroy it, to be honest. Oh.

Oh. Yeah. So he's up for a fine of $200, yeah. Is there an aquarium there? I think they'll destroy it, to be honest. Oh. Oh, yeah. So he's up for a fine of $200,000 for just for smuggling a rare fish in. Yeah. So he'll go to court. He's going to court. I'm all for it. Give him the death penalty.

No, no. Well, the fish is getting the death penalty. It seems fair. Aye. It's a bit unfair. Have you, on your Instagram stories, up the top where you see everyone's stories listed for you, have you noticed seeing anyone up there that you don't recognise or you know you don't follow?

Oh, no, but they're pretty near the end, right? In the feed. No, so, but they'll be pretty near the end, right? In the feed. Yeah, so... No, so up the top where the stories are. Yeah, in that feed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is there anyone?

Right. I remember the days where you could get to the end of the Instagram feed, of Instagram stories, and you get to the end and be like, no more stories. I can't, I haven't done that for a long time. Yeah, that's the thing. They probably would be at the end because you don't watch them that often.

But there is a bug that has caused some people to see strangers' Instagram stories. So they'll pop up the top and they're like, I don't follow this person. There's definitely something up because the other day I thought that I had a story and I hadn't put one up and I was like, uh-oh. I was like, uh-oh, what have I accidentally posted? So your ring was pink and... What? Sorry.

My Instagram ring was pink. It wasn't grey, it was pink. It was pink. And then I clicked on my story and it was like, ads, so I hadn't put a story up. But for this brief five seconds, I was like, what have I accidentally posted on my story? I was like, what have I accidentally posted on my story?

I was like, no. So Instagram has confirmed that this is a bug. They reckon they've fixed it. But this was happening to people and they went on Twitter and found out, yeah, lots of people had seen strangers' stories in their feed. Really?

And now everyone's like, oh my God, privacy. And it's like, get off the grass. Everyone's watching you wondering why your views were hitting the roof. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh my God,

I'm getting so many views on my phone. So many views. Oh my God, do they actually like my, do they follow me after that? But yeah, they're saying they've fixed it.

But just maybe have a little second look and make sure that you don't have strangers' stories up there because that means that your story is probably showing up on other people's too. And so what? Just what are they

saying? Update? Or they'll fix it at their end? No, they're just going to fix it. Just sit tight. One day. I mean, what you're saying is trust Facebook. Yeah. And Instagram. So trustworthy. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. People in Australia are surprised. I donch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. People in Australia are surprised.

I don't know if this is the same in New Zealand. That's why I thought I'd bring it up. People are surprised to learn that if any part of their body, when driving in New South Wales, touches their body, then they can be fined. So apparently even if it's on your lap... Because you'll be looking at it. You can be fined.

$377 is fine. Five demerit points if you're caught with your phone in New South Wales. Apparently even in a drive-through or a car park. You've just got your... A car park. Yeah, this is what they're saying. If you're in your car at a car park, you can get fined. Yes. So that New South Wales police spokesman said their fence is that you're not supposed to be driving while using a phone.

If the vehicle is moving through a car park, including a drive-through, drivers can be done. Oh, so it has to be moving through a car park. Yeah, what if you were at one of the stationary aspects of a drive-through? Then you'll be fined. Well, you'll still be fined, yeah. No, it says if you're moving. Yeah, I felt like I was moving. According to their website, you're not allowed to hold your phone in any way while in control

of a motor vehicle, including in your lap and between your shoulder and ear. Well, that's silly because you're trying to steer and you're like... So what if, okay, then what if you made yourself a headset that held it there for you? Well, that would probably be allowed, wouldn't it? Because that's no different than a Bluetooth. But it's still touching your body and not your hands. What if you put it on speaker and you tuck it in your bra?

Because I've never done that, but it's just, I'm just questioning. Yeah, no, well, I mean, you could probably be that one person that spends thousands of dollars taking this to court. Because I'm not touching it, and it's pretty secure there. It's like a harness. It's not moving. I don't know. So I'm just reading out what the...

And that's why I'm saying, like, is it the same here? Like, can you use it in the drive-thru? Because I reckon if it's a red light, fair game to check notifications. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But then you get a toot because you're not paying attention. No, that's just a handy reminder of it's time to go. Yeah. It's like being in the car with someone, they're like, oh, it's green.

You're like, oh, okay. And you wait. That's just the audio version of a toot. That's me every time we're in the car and I say, Vaughn, it's green. Is that what green looks like? I can't tell colours apart. audio version of a toot. That's me every time we're in the car and I say, Vaughn, it's green. And I'm like, is that what green looks like? I can't tell colours apart. The rule is,

if you wouldn't do it with a policeman beside you, would you still, you shouldn't be doing it. I wouldn't. But what, just in the car though? Then I've seen police. I can't live my whole life

worrying about that sort of thing. Like I'm about to take a drink of milk straight out of the bottle at the fridge. Should I? There's a police officer beside me. I won't. You won't, no. Alright. From the ZM Think Tank,

this is the Top 6. Hello there. A story out of Australia is that a 560 gram jar of Vegemite with B vitamins for vitality was for sale for 19 Australian dollars.

So I looked it up. That's currently $20.20 New Zealand. Okay. It's $7 at Countdown. Yeah, and that's when I went and found about the equivalent at Countdown or even New World and Pack and Save, and they all had them for about a 7A bucks.

Wow. I mean, you're expecting at the airport to get ripped, but that's a huge markup. Maybe $10, $12? Yeah, because apparently this is also without the duty. I don't know what duty there is on Vegemite. I can't imagine it's double, though. I mean, it's a yeasty spree. Vegemite isn't looked at like cigarettes and alcohol.

There's not a huge local duty on them. So it was $19 for a 500 gram. How many of those are they selling? They probably sell quite a few because the tourists are like, oh, I'll take this home. Oh, we'll take home this filth. Prank people.

I mean, I love it, but people do think it's filth. Yeah. I'll take home this filth. Prank people. I mean, I love it, but people do think it's filth. Yeah. I'll take home this filth. Get someone to eat it and then I'll laugh at what they think it tastes like. So the top six things today, the top six things that are actually free at an airport. You don't have to pay $20 for a tub of Vegemite when all these things are just waiting to be taken for nothing. Are they though?

Number six, Warmish chips. If you're willing to eat the mouth of somebody else's plate. Like when they leave a few behind, duck in quickly before they get cold and you'll get some warmish chips. They'll be hovering. Who's leaving chips though? I know.

That always blows my mind when you see people walk away from anything on a plate. Yeah. What's wrong with these people? Who raised them? Yeah, you're really full, but you're like, I paid for this. Can you go?

I'm going to be fed on a plane in 20 minutes. Can you go? Number five on the list of the top six things that actually free at airports are phone charges that people leave plugged in at the wall and walk away from. That's yours now. You pick that out. You take that with you. Get on out of here. That would be the worst. There's a person who

left it there. Never leave your charger behind. Never leave your charger behind. Fool. Number four on the list of the top six things that are actually for free at airport. Athlete's foot.

If you use some of those showers. Like, that's completely free. You don't have to pay for that. Okay, nice. That's a free service. You went in there to refresh yourself. You're like,

oh, I feel a little bit better there. Now, and then you get on the plane and you're like, what's that familiar tingle between your toes? What's that tingle? Have I picked up some athlete's foot? What's the stuff you put on athlete's foot?

No, the Grand Remy's smelly. Lamisil. Lamisil. Lamisil. There it is. Lamisil. Actually, we're moving into the... I've gone back to wearing boots and a thicker sock for the winter season.

I'm going to have to start getting a bit Lamisili. Warm in there, doesn't it? I put a precautionary Lamisil on. Okay. Every now and then. Number three on the list of the top six things that actually free at airports. A great big neato map of the city you're in with cartoon drawings of tourist attractions that are all out of scale and generally it's more

unhelpful than it is helpful. I could walk there. Two hours later you'd make it. It was deceiving because the tower's so big it made it look like I could walk there. And we've all got Google Maps on our phones so yeah. Free though.

Free though. Something for the kids. Number two on the list of the top six things that actually free at airports. A cold when someone in the line for your flight sneezes right in your face.

You're like, hooray, a free cold. Usually I have to pay for this pleasure. I'd love to be in a compressed tube with you for the next however many hours. I hope I'm sitting by you

while you cough on me. And the number one thing that's actually free in airports if you look hard enough, a pat pat to a cute dog and a little workout for it. They say you're not supposed to. Well you're not. Because sometimes you can't help yourself. Yeah, pat pat.

Hello little doggy, pat pat pat. Please don't touch the dog. I'm giving it a sandwich. Pat pat pat. You can't feed it. I'm feeding it fruit that I should have declared but didn't. Eat the banana dog. I'm giving it a sandwich. Sir, you can't feed it. I'm feeding it fruit that I should have declared but didn't. Eat the banana, dog. Sir, dogs don't eat bananas. Not your dog.

He doesn't want this banana I'm trying to give him. So that is today's top six. I'm not willing to throw too much shade at this because it's just another thing that I would probably would have stuffed up had I had this job. But someone might be getting fired today. Right.

The Aotea Centre in Auckland is like a place where everyone goes to do theatre and like it's a... It's a theatre. It's a fence. Yeah. So they have put up new signs and it's really great

because they were trying to be inclusive and they have put up new signs And it's really great Because they were trying to be inclusive And they have put braille on their signs So that everyone can see And feel where they're going Except the problem With the braille is that it's printed And it's not been raised So it may as well not even be there

May as well not even be there So there's absolutely no difference Between the surfaces printed on and the printing itself. No. So someone took a photo of this and said, congrats on having braille on your signs, however, it's only printed on, not actually raised at all, so therefore invisible

to a blind person? I've also wondered, and perhaps there's a blind person that could answer this question for me. Yeah. Because so braille like books and appliances and things, the Braille's always very small. Yeah. But I've seen it where the Braille's much bigger.

Now, does that take a bit of... Is that yelling? Like yelling or like sign writing? Because, you know, we see small text and large text and all the text serves a different purpose. Yeah. The bigger to grab your attention. But then.

If everything's really far apart, how do you tell if they're all. Is it way harder to read? You're like, is that the same letter? Oh, no, because there's another huge dot down here. It'd be like huge spacing between letters and words. Which would make it harder to read. Yeah. I don't even think it could be really compared to standard visual reading.

Right. Because it's a touch-based interpretation. But I'm one of that too. Sometimes the dots are really small. I'm just like, that seems too small to... For you. For me, I guess, yeah. Because you're not used to it.

I think the smaller would be better than the bigger. Because, you know, the human, the fingertips, this has been a fact of the day before, but if you had a finger and the earth was as big as a tennis ball, you'd be able to feel roads. Oh, okay. Like intensely detailed ability to feel with any of your finger. And if you'd hone those skills to read Braille,

probably the smaller would be better. Have you ever seen somebody read a Braille book? They fly through them. Really like, okay. I mean, I guess when you're learning, you're a bit slower, but when you're an adult, you can read a book quick. So I guess it's just the same. You can feel it and you can read it with your fingers.

But yeah, there's no... Do you want to hear the excuse? Or this is the reasoning. Okay. Is it an excuse or an apology or one of those apologies that's got a butt halfway through? No, it's like an explanation, I guess you'd say. So they were doing, well, renovations in their temporary signs

while they ordered the real ones. So they just got them printed. Bullshit. They just got them printed. An order went through yesterday and it was labelled urgent order for dots. Yeah. Do you think, because your dad's a sign writer, do you think if he was putting up some signs and they had braille on,

he might say something? He would 100% not say anything. He'd be like, ha ha, they're going to have to order some more from me. Oh, yeah. He'd just leave a note at the end. But by the way, if you actually want to do braille, I can order that in. Yeah, he'd put it up and then tell them. Put it up, invoice them, then tell them they need to put actual braille on.

What would he do? Would he actually have to raise the order? I don't know. He'd probably have to get it ordered specially. Right. Yeah. But there's no way he'd tell them because then he'd get it done for the work. Yeah, exactly.

That's business, baby. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. An Australian research government inquiry. What is the blah, blah, blah? Blah, blah, blah. They called this the bedtime reading inquiry. Okay. Because it's about lack of sleep, but it's also a lot of reading involved.

So bedtime reading? Yeah, okay. But honestly, it sounds mostly boring, so you'd probably fall asleep pretty quick. Now, they released it this week. Shift Work is linked to conditions associated with poor sleep. This is one of their findings, including obesity, sleep disorders,

mental health conditions, and cancer. And actually, a friend of mine told me that on a Joe Rogan podcast, he's our friend that listens to Joe Rogan podcasts. Everybody's got one. You won't know who they are. Jokes. They're like vegans and atheists. They'll definitely bring it up.

So I was listening to a Joe Rogan podcast the other day, and a sleep expert was on there, and he said, lack of sleep is recognized by the World Health Organization as a carcinogenics or cause of cancer. Lack of sleep, wow. That's great news. Great news for our nurses, our pilots, all those people in charge of

life and death situations. That's the other thing about the shift work, the safety critical jobs are more likely to have shift work. Your doctors, your nurses, as you said, your pilots, et cetera. And they are the ones most affected by lack of sleep. And they found being tired at work or lacking sleep is compared to having a few drinks at work.

So I'm taking from this it's okay to have a couple of drinks at work. Yeah, to balance it all out. If you just turn up drunk, you'd be like, I'm taking from this it's okay to have a couple of drinks at work. Yeah, to balance it all out. You just turn up drunk, you'll be like, I'm not tired. If someone's getting too much sleep, they should have to have a couple of drinks to bring themselves down to our level, basically. How many hours of sleep did you have last night?

Oh, I had a solid eight. All right, two wines and a bourbon. That's for you. That's what I'm prescribing because the rest of us didn't. So we need to bring you down to our level. Yeah, so apparently it's dangerous. I mean, obviously, if you're operating heavy machinery and you're a little bit dozy, like, whoa, like that's bad.

I mean, have a rest. Yeah. Certainly. Pull over and do the right thing. But people, you think about people like nurses. It's always blown my mind that nurses do shift work and it changes so regularly. So there's no routine yet.

They're in charge of people's lives. Safety and health and everything. So, yeah. As we, like, I look around the room, Fletcher's eyes are pretty much shut. I've got like seven hours. Megan's a twitching. Yeah, I've had a twitchy eye

for a few days. So, long weekend? I don't know if that's lack of sleep or if it's more fletching born. That gives it the twitchy eye.

Rude. Rude. I have been described as the methamphetamine of people. So, I don't know if it's because I wake you up

and give you a buzz or after a couple of days on me you feel like killing somebody. Both. A bit of both. And I'm not allowed to have axes anymore because that's a favourite of the meth head, isn't it? A medieval axe. Well, no spoilers because I know a lot of people

maybe were working overnight and heading home now to watch Game of Thrones at some stage today. Don't go online then. Oh, my God. I was online literally just about before I was about to watch it at like 2 something. Really? And stuff was going up then.

I watched it at 1 o'clock, a live stream. You watched it live? Yeah, thanks to Sky and Neon. And right after that finished, I went online. It wouldn't have even been 2pm. The first headline that came up was a direct spoiler.

I know. And websites, because most of them are American, as soon as it's aired on the East Coast, they're like, they don't care. The world doesn't exist

apart from us. La la la. I know. It's crazy. No wonder there's so much East Coast, West Coast, beef. don't care. They're just like, the world doesn't exist apart from us. La, la, la. I know. It's crazy. No wonder there's so much East Coast, West Coast beef. Beef. Yeah. Between the rappers.

R.O.P. Tupac. Like the East Coast, the notorious B.I.G. is spoiling all the TV shows. Yeah. Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Entertainment. Yeah. Ruining it for the West Coast. Bad Boys for Life.

Yeah, I know. Wow, you're ruining it for the L Coast. Bad boys for life. Yeah, I know. Well, you're ruining it for the LBC. It's Long Beach. So they were expecting a billion viewers for the first episode. I mean, it's the hugest TV show in the world. Massive. Are they taking into account illegal downloads? I don't know.

I had a quick Google. I couldn't find any viewing stats, but I'm guessing it's a bit too early from the first episode. Well, Australians were pre-warned. Apparently 30% of Australians watch Game of Thrones, do it illegally. So one in three people that are watching Game of Thrones in Australia are doing it illegally,

and I'm guessing the other 30 using a VPN. Yeah. That's exactly how illegally it is. So 1.77 million Australians were illegally downloaded in the seventh season in 2017.

And they warned, there was a warning going out yesterday saying if you are caught, you could face jail time for piracy. Imagine being in

jail with all the hardened crims just because you downloaded an episode of Game of Thrones. All the bikie gangs in Australia. What are you in here for? I'm downloading season 8 episode 1 of Game of Thrones. 10 ADP.

I ain't to be messed with. I got a high definition or nothing. Okay mate. We've got a real badass over here guys. Leave him alone. Give him some space We've got a real badass over here, guys. Leave him alone. Give him some space. Surely that would just be a couple of nights, right? You're not going to get

like a year in there. And more likely to be a very large fine. Yeah. But I know that Australia was sending out warnings. Like, people got written warnings from their

internet service providers in Australia about downloading and that was years ago. Yeah. In China, they've asked because... What? What? Go on.

In China? Will they watch Game of Thrones in China? Are they allowed Game of Thrones? Well, that's the thing. That's the complaint, is that audiences in China are begging for the explicit scenes of sex and violence not to be censored. So, like, if you see...

The government's like, if there's any human rights to be breached, we'll be censored. So, like, if you see... Wait, so what? The government's like, if there's any human rights to be breached, we'll be doing them. Yeah, exactly. Not in the imaginary land of Westeros. What did they see then? What do they see? Is it blurry or...?

Well, I think they just edited it out. It's like, have you ever watched, like, on airlines, they edit movies down? Oh, and then they replace the words with fudge and... Yeah, stuff like that. Yeah, it's good stuff. So, I mean, any sex or violence from last night's episode without spoiling anything would probably lose, what, five minutes?

Yeah. And a couple of scenes. Yeah. Yeah, but it wasn't too heavy. It wasn't too heavy. Last night, as far as the other episodes have been. One quite explicit scene. You think about violence

It's any like Scene where armies are fighting each other right So like big battle scenes Does it have to show blood shed to be Like deemed violence Yeah yeah yeah If they're just charging at each other And swinging swords

And like ka-ching ka-ching ka-ching Not so much But it's just when there's like Blood spilled And gory gruesome bits. Yeah. Hmm. Well, you're really missing something, though, if you're getting all that cut out of Game of Thrones.

Yeah. Well, it'd be interesting to see what Cersei let the King's Landing see, because obviously she'd edit out all the bits that made her look bad. Yeah. You're not left with much of an episode, are you? No, no. Short episodes. She'll be like, gosh, another short episode of Game of Thrones here on King's Landing. I'm doing great.

It's getting quite meta here because then she's in the show, but she's cutting it through. Yeah. It's quite, we've gone a couple of layers down, so we'll get out of that. What a great podcast so far, wouldn't you agree, Fletch? Yes. And it's all thanks to Spark. Get one gig of bonus data with the Spark U25 pack. Now, back to the podcast.

You know, every now and then at work, we'll get a text message in saying, hey, my kids are in the car. Yeah. And I'm like, ah. Well, now I'm the guy with the kids in the car. Okay. But, I mean, I don't care. I'm kind of of the opinion that it's better to explain

things to them, like swear words. My kids know swear words because then it stops them using them in situations they shouldn't use them in. Yeah, wouldn't you rather be there when they hear things that you can then explain? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Some people find it hard. Hearing in the wild. To explain and awkward to explain to their

kids, but, yeah, like, my kids know swear words. But they also, the idea is I'm trying to teach them that they can't be used in certain situations, like at school. Yeah. Right. And at kindy, that's right. One of them knows swear words,

but they're still not at school yet. Yeah. And she's more likely to use them in everyday situations, by the way. She's very advanced. They are so advanced in the field of swearing. So they listen to when we're driving in the car, like the ears are tuned to the radio.

And it might be more so because when they drive to school in Kindy, I'm on the radio and Sharda has it on in the car. But yesterday in the car, this song came on. Baby, I don't feel so good. And this actually, we listened to the song quite a bit at home because we love this Billie Eilish album. car. But yesterday in the car this song came on. And this actually we listened to this song quite a bit at home because we love this Billie Eilish album. This album is so good. She's awesome. It's such a good

album. And go to the concert when she comes. Kids are very disappointed they can't come. How many tickets did you get? I was like two. Well we can't go without you So we listen to the song a bit But yesterday when it was on

On the radio It gets to the chorus And the song is Can you fast forward to the chorus? Is that something you're capable of? I just kinda wish you were gay So the song is Wish You Were Gay by Billie Eilish and the lyrics in the song when you listen to it is

I think, I think I'm right. Megan and I had different opinions on what the song meant. Yeah, but that's alright. But I thought it was she likes a guy but she's not getting the feelings reciprocated. So if he was gay, that would be a whole lot easier for her to process because he's after something that she can't provide. Yeah.

Right? So I wish you were gay because then I wouldn't pine after you. I'd be like, oh, he's not into females. That's the idea of the song, I thought. I thought she liked a female friend who was not gay and she was like, I just kind of wish you were gay. I wish you were gay because...

Yeah, I don't know. Well, I mean, if she's in, you can ask her. Either way. So the girl said, what does that mean?

When she says, I wish you were gay in the chorus, what does that mean? Did you say, ask your mother? No. Isn't that like, a famous like,

you know? Well, no, I asked them, I asked their mother, she gave them the name Nutballs. So now they think testicles are called Nutballs. What?

Nutballs. Nutballs. I'm like, don't tell them they're called Nutballs. Like, give them a proper name. Especially like testicles, Nutballs. It's almost the same amount of syllables. It's not an easier thing to say. How did you find out that she told them nut balls?

Because they said, Ralph, our dog, mum said soon he's going to need to get his nut balls cut off. And I was like, his what? And they said nut balls. Like, you've got them. I was like, do I? She's put two words for them together to make it clear. Nuts and balls, nut balls. Which makes me think of bliss balls.

Yeah. Which is what yours are called, I believe. Just be careful with the bliss balls. Chintu with the bliss balls are very squishy. So there's nut balls. So I take on explaining to them. And I said, well, you know how you can love whoever you want. Boys can love boys.

Girls can love girls. Boys can love girls. Love whoever you want. They're like, yeah. And I said, well, that's what being gay is. That's when you love someone that's the same gender as you. Boys love boys and girls love girls. That's called being gay.

Yeah. And if you're a boy who loves a girl or a girl who loves a boy, that's just called heterosexual. Yeah. And they were like, oh, okay. And I said, so the song is she wishes this guy, this boy was gay because she really likes him and he doesn't like her back. Yeah.

And so if he liked boys, then there's nothing she can do about that. Yeah. And so that would be easier for her. Yeah. And I was like, does that make sense? And they're like, yeah. And I was like, okay, cool. Any more questions?

And they're like, no. Fine. Fine. Easy. And I was like, why do people worry so much about telling their kids these sorts of things? I hope my kids grow up in a world where it's not even, labels are not even a considered thing. You find out what they are, you learn, and you're like, well, that's just a human being a human. But isn't that, that's attestant to the fact that we make people racist and homophobic and everything. Because kids don't have that.

No. They get taught that. I wouldn't worry about telling kids. Kids are the most accepting people in the world. Unless you've put on them sort of preformed judgments. Prejected your own fears. Yeah, like prejudices and stuff. Exactly.

Projected your own fears onto your kids. If they've got questions and you're open and honest about it, they just take it as, oh yeah, onto the next thing. Yeah. So yeah, just, I don't know, Don't call them nut balls, and.

They're testicles. They're inside a scrotum, not a nut ball sack, is the other. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Tiger Woods won

the Masters yesterday, the Augusta yesterday at Augusta. I don't know. You get the green jacket or something. That's all I know. Do you know you can't win more? No, I was thinking what that blazer was. No, you know you can't win more than one? Green jacket.

Yeah. If you win one and then you win another one, they just give you the same one again. I learned this yesterday. What? What did you say? And then you've got to hang it up at the... So you don't even get to take it home? I don't think so. And then you've got to hang it up at the...

So you don't even get to take it home? I don't think so. I think you've got to leave it at the club. Rubbish. But you get to put it on and wear it around for a bit. You should be able to collect multiple jackets because then there's no difference between winning more than one and winning one.

No, so look, at Augusta, when he got the green jacket, because he'd already won there, they just got his green jacket out the cupboard. No offence, but he put on a little bit of weight. Yeah, what happened if it doesn't fit? No, no, no. He got back into pretty good shape for that.

He did put on weight when the whole 2008 stuff happened. Yeah. And like then he had some injuries and everything. But I think he's back now

in pretty much the same shape he was in. Right. Like he looks older, but. Yeah. So 2005 was the last time he won the golfy thing he won yesterday.

Look, I don't know too much about golf. I like to whack it really hard, so hard that afterwards I go, oh, God, that hurt. I like to go to the driving range. Yeah. Because there's less walking and my short game's rubbish. I literally have never played golf. Haven't you?

No, mini golf's it. Yeah, right. I've never even whacked a golf club on the green. So, I mean, even though we're not into golf, we all know he was top of the world. He was like king of the golf world, champion one a million times. And people thought that he'd left it so long he'd never do it again. Well, it came out that he'd cheated on his wife several times. Several 19s.

Several, several, several times. Once you've done it several, You might as well have done it 19 Right And then Everything just came crashing down And he Tried to get back into golf And he just couldn't

The psychology of it's amazing Isn't it Of golf No of him Like how can you be that good And then Still not Because his head wasn't in the game

Yeah that's why I find it fascinating Like you'd still think At least Like I just would have gone to, like, a Tokoroa golf club tournament and won that. You know, get a win under my belt. Won a little trophy. Yeah, get a win under my belt at, like, a local club.

I think he'd won a couple, but not on this state. But did he win the Tokoroa? I don't know if he did. No, probably not. Probably because there's sheep on the course, and that would be off-putting to some people. Yeah. The great New Zealand rural golf course groundskeeper

that's just literally a flock of sheep. Yeah. But in New Zealand rural golf course groundskeeper that's just literally a flock of sheep. Yeah. But in 2005, it was a different world when he last won. The Motorola V3 Razr was brand new. I had one of those. What colour? Black. I had a black one. A matte black one. And I believe

Vaughn, was that the same phone that was Tom Cruise had in Mission Impossible? Do you remember when I was cool and I had the same phone? No, no, no. He had a slidey. No, they definitely had a Motorola phone. Batman had one in Batman Begins, which also came out that year. Christian Bale had one in 2005. But there was a moment where I was pretty cool, Megan.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came out in 2005. Of course, Netflix was still delivering DVDs. It hadn't even begun. What? Drake wasn't Drake. He was Aubrey Graham and he was on Degrassi, The Next Generation, making TV. Oh, my God.

Not at all playing, making music. Yeah. So it was a different world. So I was wondering, if you cast your minds back, what haven't you done since 2005? I'll tell you what I lasted in 2005. What? Purchased a pair of female jeans.

I have a note. I just felt that the female cut of jeans really, it hugged, it felt good, it had a little bit of stretch in the crotch area for a bit more of the high kicking and also the flared pant was in at the time and I was a big fan of a flared pant.

It wasn't in at the time. I don't think they were in at the time. Yeah, this isn't a thing, Dawn. We did tell you at the time. Yeah, we told you. I don't remember wearing flared pants in 2005. It was a Hamilton thing, I think. Really?

Yeah. They were very comfortable. I know. I know you thought they were comfortable, but no. Was 2005 the last year you had a haircut? Probably. Because mine was 2004 2004 just before 2005. Yeah, I think I was

after you. It might have been actually. Yeah, it might have been the year of 2000. I hope you appreciated that haircut at the time. Well, now I have to give myself a haircut.

Were you aware that it could have been your last? No, I think I'd made a decision. Unlike those people that hang on. You were like, this is it. I'm like, this is it.

Just do it myself. Yeah. Yeah. Wow, what a moment. And now I spend all that money I would have spent on haircuts on razor blades because they're not cheap. Yeah. I mean, there's a reason. And now I spend all that money I would have spent on haircuts on razor blades because they're not cheap.

Yeah. I mean, there's a reason they've got those do not steal tags on them at the supermarket. Yeah, well, you're lucky your men's razors are cheaper than women's. You should just buy men's razors. They're exactly the same. Yeah, that's true. I didn't know there was a price difference. Riddle me that.

Give them the, what is it? Give them the stick. Sell them the razor. Oh, yeah. You know how you buy, it's almost cheaper to just buy a new one every time? Yeah. That's the idea. They sell you the stick and then you've got to buy the razor.

Yeah. It's a sales technique. Malcolm played well. So, I'm quite intelligent. I listen to podcasts. So, I don't want to go on about it, but, you know. All right. So, 0800DARLS.M9696.

What haven't you done since 2005? Yes. 14. I was going to say 13 years ago, but there's no... Yeah, seriously, when he last won a big game. No, that's when he last won this Masters. And it's also, in sports-wise, 2005 was the last year that LeBron didn't make the playoffs in the NBA,

and he hasn't made them this year. So it's a real hark back to 2005. So we're talking about Tiger Woods' last one, the golfy thing he won yesterday, apparently, in 2005. Now, the gap between then and now, 14 years, people said it couldn't be done, and he went and did it, and then people were pretty stoked and rapped. Just shows you can chat on your wife and bounce back. 19 times. Didn't she chase him with golf clubs?

Yeah, she beat the hell out of his car, remember? And then he crashed it. So we want to know what you last did in 2005. Somebody said, the last time I had disposable income was in 2005. Got married and bought a house that year and had a baby. That's a big year. Yeah.

But also 2005 house prices? Probably got a house that year and had a baby. That's a big year. Yeah. But also 2005 house prices. Probably got a bit of disposable income now. Yeah. Got a bit of equity in that house there. We're hearing lots of stories about the last time you drank a certain thing in 2005. Someone said last time I did a QF. Oh, yeah. It was in 2005.

When did you stop drinking Midori? You're a big fan of Midori to the current day. I can't touch it. I can't. Well, no, that's the only time I do have it is maybe an Outback QF. Or when it's in a cocktail and it's masked. Yeah. But I, oh, gee, because I spewed green all over my friend's parents' spare room.

During an exorcism. Yes, it was an exorcism. Midori. It was a story. Yes, it was an exorcism. It was a story. It was coming out of my body. Somebody said, the last time I was single was 2005. I met my now husband that year.

Oh, okay. Someone said, last time I infected the family computer with a virus, thanks to LimeWire. Oh, LimeWire. I appreciate that callback.

That's brilliant. That's also, yeah, when mum and dad had our windows, you had to tread very lightly with your limewire down. How many hours or days would it take to download an episode of Game of Thrones on limewire on dial? Back in the day?

Yeah. Oh, would have taken some time. Four years, maybe? You're clicking at eight kilobytes a second. Somebody else said the last time I did a keg stand was in 2005. I just remember my legs being held in the air by my favourite professor who has since passed away. Shout out to Dr. Scram.

That's what you want in your college professor, to hold your legs upright while you're going face down onto a keg. Brayden, 2005. Good morning. Morning, guys. The last thing I did in 2005 was eat seafood. What happened? So the first time I ate seafood, I vomited,

and I thought it was a bit strange. But then the next time I ate it, it was, my throat started to swell up, and then I vomited again. And then every time I did it, it just got a bit worse. And I thought it was just fish. And then all of a sudden, every time I ate actual seafood, it was the same thing. So they said a sudden, every time I ate actual seafood, it was the same thing. So they said, no, you're allergic to all seafood.

And so ever since 2005, you haven't had a single bit of food from the sea? That is correct. That is sad. Food from the sea. I should trade you, because I just don't like it. Oh, there you go. And now the smell of it just kind of makes me feel sick because I'm used to it. But what about

sautéed scallops and like a buttery of what he's missing? I can't believe you tried so many times and each time you're like... I love how vomiting didn't put you off. You're like, I'll give it another go. Hey, Braden, thanks for your call. Some other text messages. Last time I was asked to leave Burger King was in

2005. No story follow-up there. Right, okay. Maybe I can imagine. Does that mean they haven't been back or are they behaving themselves? I think maybe they were loitering a lot. Yeah. Right.

BKs were the loitering spot of choice from your fast food outlets because of the comfy booths, I believe. Right, okay. And the big round tables and the refillable drinks. Yeah. Even though it was one cup per person,

that was often flouted. Yeah. That law, wasn't it? Someone said, last time I went for a ride in the back of the police car was in 2005. Now I ride in the front.

Oh! So I don't know if they're a more highly respected criminal or they're a police officer now. Oh, you've just done some light fraud. Sit in the front. You sit in the front. You sit in the front. I don't've just done some light fraud. Sit in the front. You sit in the front.

You sit in the front. I don't want to feel like an Uber with you in the back. Yeah. Somebody else said 2005 was the last year I vomited

and then kept drinking. Right. I've never been able to do that. The vom's a clear indicator it's time for sleep sleep. For me, that's a night over. Yeah, that's dumb.

You're out, skis. Am I a bad person? Am I a bad person is a segment of the show where someone comes to us with a situation that they're facing and they want to know from you if they're a bad person. Yeah. Usually these are relationships or like quite big moral conundrums. Yeah.

Generally this is a situation where you're like, oh, well, if you had to ask. I don't think we should belittle this. No. I'm Mr. Jim because this is a moral conundrum for someone. Someone who wishes to remain anonymous. Okay. I just started a new job, says anonymous, which I love,

but to fit in, I've been joining my team in their morning coffee ritual. Their local coffee shop is cute and owned by a couple, but surrounded by bigger coffee shops in the area. Though I'm always keen to look out for the little guy, the coffee is just not great. Oh, no. Long story short, they know my name now. Yeah, yeah.

One with the not-so-great coffee and what I order. And the office group goes there every day. So how do I break up with my baristas? I can't bring myself to cheat. They'll know I've stopped coming and they'll start asking questions. Am I a bad person for wanting to go elsewhere for coffee? As a business owner, Megan here, I own a business. Hi, Megan.

A small cafe. Which, by the way, can I, I own a business. Hi, Megan. A small cafe. Which, by the way, can I say, because I went on Saturday, your coffee's amazing. Oh, good. See, this is what I was going to say. If she stops going and they notice, I would rather someone say on her behalf, if it's too awkward, she doesn't like the coffee. Because then you'd be like, okay, tell me what's wrong with it. Because I don't want to be selling all this coffee and then you don't want people to go once and then not go back.

The whole point is they like it enough to keep going. Right. These people obviously do like it because they're going enough. But maybe they're putting up with it because they're nice people. Yeah. You know? Because I won't go back to a place with bad coffee. I might give it another chance.

Yeah. Because there's always different baristas. You should always tell them if there's something wrong with it. But then I'm not a coffee expert. That's all I would know. Yeah. But then I don't, I'm not a coffee expert, so I can't say, this coffee's, like, what's wrong with it?

I don't know. I just don't like it. Yeah, but it might have been burnt. It might be, it could be a number of things. That could have been something wrong with the coffee machine. Could have been anything. It's grey. Your coffee's grey?

Yeah. I mean, that's probably an indicator that it's not going well. That if it's grey, the colour's off. But she wants to know she's a bad person for looking to go elsewhere for coffee. But I get that because you used to... Because you want to do the social thing. Yeah, especially if it's a new job. Fit in with your peers.

You could go with them for their morning coffee and just take coffee in from somewhere else. People are going to be like, why aren't you... But no one's going to ask, why aren't you going to coffee today? Take a keep cup and then you can just say you've brought it from the office. You're saving money. Yeah, you're saving money. It's just homemade soup.

But you can't take your homemade soup into a cafe to enjoy it. Yeah, you can. I know. Nah. Once again, we'll cross to small business owner and cafe. No, I'd prefer it if you didn't. If there's a table of people that are paying for your food and they're bringing along a friend, who cares?

You're still getting money, aren't you? Well, I mean, people do that with their children all the time. That's fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It doesn't sound like it's fine with that time. It just irks me the best

you leave, but that's okay. If you're bringing in your kids' own food, clean up after them. Yeah, please. Wow. I totally get that.

I don't mind cleaning up food that someone's paid for and taking a spot from another paying customer to eat in. You're like, well, that's my jurisdiction to clean up. But if you've bought your kid and you're going to feed it crackers from home and take a seat, plant your own den there. See, this is why I couldn't. I'd actually take the vacuum cleaner out to them and be like,

oh, you can eat, you can clean up. Make sure this is clean. This is why I couldn't run a cafe. I'd be putting up signs. There'd be lots of laminated signs. Sarky. Don't do that to me. Sarky signs.

Do that. Signs, yeah. Sarky signs. So I don't know. I guess it is hard because you might start a relationship with like your local cafe or store. Maybe you've been in this situation. I'll wait to hunt your dog with them.

Do you remember that cafe we used to go to years ago and then we didn't go there for a while and we went back and they were like, where have you been? Yeah. And we were like, we are, and we we went back and they were like where have you been and we were like and we never went back ever again because we're so scared and then we'd sit

at a cafe down the road and occasionally they'd peer at you from down the road and be like and you'd see them looking and be like oh my god

I feel like I'm cheating on the barista yeah so 0800 DALES at M9696 is Anonymous a bad person for wanting to break up with the barista and go elsewhere?

Am I a bad person? So Am I a Bad Person? We received a message to our Facebook inbox from Anonymous. They'd like to remain anonymous because there's a situation. Yeah, they don't like the coffee that everybody at their work gets. So they bypassed in the local small guy and go to a bigger coffee outlet. Are they a bad person for doing so? Somebody said, can we find out where she actually goes?

Because if she's going to Starbucks for a muffin break, her judgment is invalid. Yes, that's actually a good point. Holly, you've been in a similar situation. Is she a bad person? No, I don't think so. Yeah, my situation with this was that it ended up being that it was kind of like an indie brand of coffee. And it was the actual coffee brand that I didn't like.

It wasn't that they'd made bad coffee. It was just, it was a bit of an acquired taste. So I just asked them when I went there next time with my colleagues. I was just like, oh, I was just wondering, what was a bit of an acquired taste so i just asked them when i went there next time with my colleagues i was just like oh i was just wondering what brand of coffee do you use and they were like oh such and such i mean oh that makes sense the milk was great last time but the coffee was a bit funny for me i'm really funny with that particular brand it's not my speed but you know well done on your milk last time and it was kind of a good segue to get out of it. Right. So you could break up with them. So then they're like, she's breaking up

with us. Yeah. Yeah, kind of, but it's also like, it's not you, it's me. It's milk. It's coffee. It's not milk, it's you. It's not that you're crap at making coffee, it's that, it's the coffee that you use is just not my particular taste, but good job otherwise, sort of thing. I would have thought

just all coffee's the same, eh? Oh but good job otherwise, sort of thing. I would have thought just all coffees are the same, eh? Nah. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Hey, Holly, thanks for your call. Rebecca, your partner's been in the same dilemma. Yes, he has, yeah.

Okay, so she's not a bad person? No, I don't think so. I think that they need to be honest with the barista about the coffee. Yeah, but I don't like, if they're anything like me, I don't like a confrontation. So I'd just rather just never go back. And that's like my partner. So he was working slightly out of town

until he found this coffee cart on the way out to his work. And he was like, oh, cool, I'm going to totally support this guy. And he built this relationship with him and there's a dog there as well that he decided that he was gonna pet every morning yeah so the thing was that he found a coffee shop that's just like 20 meters down the road which he hides around the corner um every morning but the worst part is because his car's so loud it's like the barista can actually hear him coming. And he's like, friend, and the dog's tail starts wagging

and then your partner's like, oh. He's got a dog. Oh, no. Yeah. Yeah. So, daily guilt. So, he just didn't go back, didn't tell him? No.

Oh, no. It's awkward now. Every time he drives past. Yeah. All right, Rebecca, thanks. You call some text messages. Some other messages from people. Someone's saying, as a barista, I've been doing this for a while.

Every now and then you slip up and you do make a bad coffee, but I'd appreciate someone telling me so I could rectify the problem and identify what had gone wrong. And they don't mind making you another one if it's yucky. Yeah. Just be like, whoopsies, I'll make you another one. Which makes me think they're overcharging for them. If someone's always really quick to give you a replacement, I'm like...

No, they're just really quick to please you so you don't never come back again. Okay. Well, I'm displeased with everyone I get. Yeah, you're just going to do this now every time. I wouldn't be displeased if it was only $2. Why did you drink the whole thing then if it was unpleasant? I should have complained when I went at the weekend at Megan's Cafe. You know, I still didn't get my discount.

You can't eat the whole thing and drink all your coffee and then complain. Then complain. It's late in the day to complain. Very late in the day. Somebody else said that they'd just much rather know. And I guess, but then if everybody else is like, it's not like something changed. Yeah. They just didn't like it

from the get go. So, but if everybody else is happy with it, that's, And it's a weird relationship you have with them, eh?

Because sometimes you know their name and then you get talking about little things and then you're like, how do I never see you again? You just walk away from them. That's so sad.

Oh no, as an introvert, I've got no problem with that. Some of the people I've known for the longest of my life, I'm happy to never see again. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day comes from the Radio Pet Lady Network.

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and will answer your questions about pets and stuff. She's just like like she just loves pets is she a vet though uh oh look i not fully aware let me click on her name here it was hyperlinked about me uh acclaimed dog wellness advocate she wrote the dog bible but not a vet interesting uh award-winning she's got accomplishments Cat chat Right That's her Sirius channel Okay

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With a pinch of salt Because this Today's fact of the day Is cats can get the same high off olives as they do off catnip. Huh. If you've ever opened a jar of olives and then your cat's gone a little bit crazy, you would certainly not be alone. Green olives, oleo europaea. Is that the typical scientific name?

And pimentos. Contains something that is structurally very similar to the active chemical in catnip. Right. So the active chemical in catnip sounds like something you would need to make methamphetamine. It's methicyclopentane monoterpene negative head, shoulders, knees and toes. methamphetamine. It's methicyclopentane monoterpenine.

Naked to head, shoulders, knees and toes. So the chemical in the essential oil in olives is very, very similar to catnip. And it reacts in the same part of the brain. The part of the brain where cats smell pheromones. Right. And so that's why they go a bit crazy on catnip. Some people, they're acting like they're in love. They're like...

It was really good at one point. We're not a bit long. And olives, it's got the same, very, very similar, has the same reaction in the same part of the brain. Is it only green stuffed ones or can it be black olives, brown olives? I don't know if it's a specific type of olive. The person that wrote in asking, they wrote about their olive-obsessed kitty cat called Juno.

Yeah. And they said every time they open a jar, Juno just goes nuts. Why is that? He goes shaking with excitement. And if she puts an olive down, he eats it and then he's like And as long as the jar's out, he's just going crazy. Really? Trying to get into the olives.

I've never experienced that. You should try it. Oh yeah, I might do that. Maybe do it with beer, not Anakin. Anakin's too old to care about anything new. He would have no time for this. He'd be like, olives? No. Get me that 89 cent tin of meat.

Meat. I don't have opposable thumbs, but I'm going, meat. Get me that down. But you know, I don't know if you've got a cat and some olives around. See if your cat reacts. Because today's fact of the day is that olives to some cats can be like catnip. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

So 1.6 million of us are due some free money. And this is all because the IRD, the taxi-taxi people. No, they're the tax people, the taxi-taxi. The blue bubble. Yeah. Yeah. They won't give you free money. No.

You jump into a taxi-taxi. Where's my free money? They'll think you're robbing them. So they're changing over computer systems, spending like millions and millions of dollars on a new computer system, which is going to automatically work out everybody's, if you're on a salary or a wage, it's going to automatically do your tax for you.

Because you know how in the past there were all these services, you know, that would be like, oh. But then you have to pay them. Yeah, we'll file your tax for you and if you get a refund they take a cut and then you get the rest

no refund no fee yeah exactly that kind of thing so I don't know what those places are doing now but I'd say slightly going out of business

with what you just described it's just going to apparently be automatic and if you get a refund and apparently 1.6 million New Zealanders are that will be in your bank account at the end of May

the bank account that is on file I've always wondered how with tax refunds if you're on like a PAYE pay as you earn, like you never see that money that's put into a the tax is taken out before you get your wages or salary or whatever, how

how is that miscalculated? How are they stuffing that up? Yeah, I know. I don't know why this is only just a thing. Like, why did, like, everyday people like me that are terrible at maths have to work their way through this stupid... But it's just so weird. It's like, if you get, like, a massive pay increase...

No. But then your employer didn't automatically work it out. I never understood that either. It's bizarre. But anyway,

the flip side of that is that there will be people that have to pay tax. 240,000 New Zealanders have to pay a bit more. Will be told that they've got to pay

unless it's under $50. There's a freebie. Yeah, I don't know if that's just... I got real excited once because I got a check for a refund and it was like $0. There's a freebie. Yeah, I don't know if that's just... I got real excited once because I got a check for a refund and it was like 65 cents. I was like, wow. I wouldn't have bothered.

Yeah, right. I've been doing my taxes. I don't know how tax accountants do it. We all have to do that, don't we? If you contract, you've got to do your taxes, get an accountant. Yeah. Yeah, but I'm with you because I'm not very good at maths,

and so I don't understand how people can sit at a desk all day doing numbers. But they are generally good at maths. But also, I've got a sneaking suspicion they've got an Excel document. Oh, and a Porsche. Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't try to be doing the numbers while I was driving my Porsche. I'd just be enjoying my Porsche. Yeah.

But I need to get an Excel spreadsheet with the cells that add up and everything. Well, you know, they know how to add cells together and stuff automatically. It's magic. I was doing it on paper yesterday. I felt like it almost felt archaic. Yeah, right. I had to turn my iPhone calculator sideways just to feel a bit flasher. Making a scientific one.

But then the buttons were all smaller, so I had to turn it back. Yeah, right. It's a bit too much. But yeah, I'm just hoping there's a little bit of money in there for you. A little bit of money. Well, maybe you'll be one of the 240,000 that have to pay some. That would be... It's like a gamble, but you have to do maths.

The first episode of Game of Thrones came out yesterday afternoon. No spoilers. A billion people expected to watch that first episode. Haven't seen any stats on like download or viewer stats. No, but very interesting to see.

Because they were hoping, what was it, hoping to break a billion? And hoping to break a record held by that old TV show MASH. The finale of the episode of MASH. Yeah, that holds the record, right? Yep. I forget what exactly.

I think I had a note here somewhere. Man, that's old too. That's been a long time. Oh, yeah, but that was like insane, the record set by that show. And you've got to understand there was much less entertainment options back then. True. It was like prime time viewing. It was obviously a little more, even though it was set in war,

a little more family friendly than Game of Thrones as well. Because it's not like you gather around children, we're going to watch a highly unpredictable show where there's sex and violence every 10 seconds. So the record, the last episode of MASH, considered the most watched TV finale of all time, attracted more than 105 million views in 1983. Wow. The final of Cheers in 1993 missed that with 84 million.

And they were expected... They'll smash that. Yeah, Game of Thrones is going to smash that out of the way. They were expecting 20 million live viewers for Game of Thrones. I would have thought more. That's just TV viewers. But then you've got streaming and all the other parts of the world. So one of the things to come out of this is there's an app that you can download

and you learn languages. I've heard this advertised in some podcasts I listen to. Duolingo? Duolingo. Dua Lipa. Yeah, Dua Lipa will just personally teach you. She can speak every single language. Yeah.

That's why she came across so grumpy. To us, that's Julia. Not happy. 830,000 people have signed up to learn High Valerian. Now, that's one of the many languages that was invented for Game of Thrones. We talked to the guy that invented the languages for Game of Thrones, yeah. And there's no shortage of work for him now. I mean, he invented a couple of languages there,

but has invented some since. I think the remake of the movie June, he's inventing a language as well for that. Because people like these movies and TV shows to have this intricate depth now, so they want to make up a language, not just have people make a whole lot of random sounds and just the words along the bottom. They need it to fit the structure of how a language works. Yeah, you've got to break down syllables and consonants and what else? Letters.

Letters. Letters. Full stops. Underscores. That's quite an undertaking. I can't even speak English. Are you going to put little flips on your letters? Yeah. What's it going to look like?

You've got to write it too. So comparatively, people who wanted to learn Welsh is at about 600,000. Right. So that's 230,000 less. And I'm guessing after this press release today there'll be a whole lot more people downloading to learn that language. Why?

You can actually go to a country and speak Welsh, but what are you going to do with High Valyrian? Go to Comic-Con for the rest of forever. Game of Thrones fans events. Wow. Okay. Yeah. It's a lot of effort to go to.

Learn all sorts of languages. I'm just imagining a nerd at Comic Con trying to impress some hot chick with his Valyrian language. She's like, get away from me, you smell. You smell like lynx. The language isn't more overpowering than your scent. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast.

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