ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - August 08 2019

Episode Date: August 7, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Warner, Megan. The podcast. Thank you, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Warner, Megan and Ternania having to deal with the drunk boyfriend turning up from the quiz night here at work last night. Yeah, he walks in and he's like, hello? Oh, God. Yeah, I was like, oh, God, here we go.

Yeah, how are we feeling in the producer's booth? Because we didn't go to this quiz last night. No. Did you guys put a team in without us? Yeah. I did, actually. Wow, wow. Yeah.

Wow. I love that you thought for a second. You're like, shall I pad this? No. No. To be honest, it wouldn't have turned up anyway, would it? Exactly. Now the CEO is in love with me.

I actually won myself a half day off. Right. It's a big call. What, that he's in love with me? Yeah. No, he doesn't. You say he loves me. You don't say he's in love.

Oh, that actually sounds really bad, eh? He's got a family. Yeah, he's got a family. No, I'll text him and I'll apologise. Maybe don't text him. Don't text him. I think you guys misheard me, but I won a half day off. How did you win a half day off?

I'm going to go home in an hour. Okay. Remember at the Christmas party I won a day off? I think I might bank that in today too. So let's just, shall we go? Yeah, yeah. I also won a $100 warehouse voucher. So none of you are getting that.

I didn't actually. Warehouse. Warehouse. Like you wear Wear house. Wear house. Like you wear a house, not a. Watch out a pair of gumboots. I think I'm still a little bit tipsy. You have been sucking back water. Like she's got this reusable cup and it's like.

Oh, yeah. She was like, how good's cold water? James isn't saying much. Can we get a hungover? James. Oh, GoDaddy. GoDaddy. Did you get a hungover? James didn't go last night. Did you not go? Here, James, here's your headphones back.

Oh, we should get a GoDaddy anyway. We haven't had a GoDaddy in ages. James, we're after a GoDaddy. What was that, sorry? We're after a GoDaddy. Did you not say you didn't go last night? No, I was at home. Oh, okay.

In bed. Oh, I thought we were going to get a hungover GoDaddy. Oh, really? Yeah, she got home 1am because obviously she works in the building as well so she was in the quiz yeah and um did she win a half day off i don't know i didn't i wasn't in the mood for talking at 1am as you can imagine but she was asking me what she was going to text her boss um for a day off so i probably shouldn't have said that on here sorry she did she want to go daddy at 1am i was not in the mood for a godaddy okay give us a go daddy

go daddy yeah holy moly i think i've pulled i pulled a neck muscle great isn't it hey producer caitlin are we giving away free fuel? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Absolute oversight.

So, every 15 minutes. Wow. Guys, this is what we're dealing with this morning, a hungover production team here. It's so funny. We forgot about that, James. Okay, well, you've got 15 minutes to sort your shit out because every 15 minutes we're giving away free fuel

and we'll give you all the details soon when producer Caitlin prints out all the details. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Okay. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

Okay. Wow. How does he do it? Wow. Wow. Wow. You're not hungover too, are you? No, no.

It's just contagious. Jonas Brothers, Megan. Yes. Here's another one I got this afternoon. I reckon my goose. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time. All right, I've found three news stories,

three news headlines. Quirky, odd, unusual news stories. Vaughan and Megan, pick one of the following three. Okay. Headline one, take that, neighbours. Headline two, remember the three Ps. And headline three, I chose this headline because it also sounded like the start of a really bad adult film. Diver attacked by shark rescued by boatload of nurses.

Oh, sexy. Wow, a boatload of nurses. Yes. Wow. On a fishing trip Wow I've never seen an adult film set on a fishing charter That should be a horrible location for an adult film I just always imagine Matt Watson

Right You know the extreme fisherman Yeah Ed Poppin He'd be like she's a beauty You'd be like Jesus where did you come from I'm naked. Making life to eight nurses.

I know it's unrealistic, but people seem to forego their standards of realism when it comes to adult films. What is, how many P's? Three P's. Sorry, talk about it. Remember the three P's. Three P's. I'm a bit about the three P's.

Want to know about the three P's? Yeah, I know too. Okay, well we cross the ditch to Australia. Australia. South Australia Water have released a catchy jingle to help you remember the three P's. Now, like many major cities around the world, they've got common issues with people flushing things like cooking oil, wet wipes down their drains. Yeah.

And, of course, they're having to deal with the wet wipe situation. A lot of councils here have said. It's the worst, right? Because the idea is people are using these wet wipes like they're changing their kids' nappies. Yeah, and then just chuck them in the toilet. Or they're going to the toilet and then using. Wet wipes instead of toilet paper. Which is.

Is there a... Because do you remember a few years ago, there was the Madeline Sami-led commercial? Oh, no. So they were flushable though, right? Those were flushable wipes, right? However, it's that led people to believe that they're all flushable.

But then even those flushable. I don't... I mean, you wouldn't think so. What do you reckon? I'd Google Madeline Sami toilet wipes. Yeah. I mean, she's probably wanting to distance herself from that. Yeah, probably.

Probably, maybe. Well, anyway, it's costing cities thousands of dollars to get rid of all of this grease and all of the things that people are flushing that they shouldn't be. So South Australia Water have released a 17-second jingle about what to flush and what not to flush down the toilet. Cool.

So I can play that for you now. Oh, lucky. Yep. What goes in the loo? Paper, pee or poo? Your loo will thank you and our sewers too. If it ain't the three Ps, pop it in the bin, please. And remember, just paper, pee or poo. Actually, wonderful.

Answers all my questions. If you ever have a question, what should I put down the toilet? That's wonderful. Simple, so nicely sung. Yeah. I would like, you know, sometimes in Southeast Asian countries, you're not allowed to flush toilet paper. There's a bin beside it where you wipe your bum

and then you put the toilet paper in the bin. That is the grimmest bin in the world. Like, that's nasty. Someone has to empty that. Especially if it hasn't been emptied. Or you see someone's been in there before you. It's not fun, is it? No.

Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. There is a, in case you don't know, there's a Facebook group. It's called That's It, I'm Wedding Shaming. And people post stuff on there to shame other people's weddings. Oh, God, people have got nothing better to do. Yeah. And also, like, weddings are expensive.

Yeah. And I mean, like, some people just aren't willing to spend a bunch on a wedding because they want to save it for other means or they just don't have the money. And different people have different priorities, don't they? Yeah, yeah, totally. So her bride has been absolutely roasted after she boasted that she had a $10,000 budget. Actually, we're talking in pounds here.

Okay, 10,000 pounds. And she has itemised what everything's gone to. Right. She's not doing food, just cake, cupcakes and popcorn. So she's spending just over 300 pounds. Okay. She has spent 985 pounds on her wedding dress. She's also said she is not providing any alcohol.

She's not having a DJ. I don't know why she would... Was she just having a UE boom or something? Yeah, just made a playlist. So people are shaming her because no booze, no DJ, no food apart from cupcakes. No real food apart from cupcakes. But they're also saying that she's spent way too much on her wedding dress.

So she's blown out the dress. She's blown out the... Right. Yeah. But like, hey, it's her day, each to their own. I mean, I don't think you should ask your guests to stay long. If you're not providing... It's got comments here and it said actual people out of the 150,

that's her guest list, who stayed past the ceremony after realising there was no food, 20. Someone's like, wow, she spent more on her dress and veil than the food, three times more. I guess at a normal wedding, that's your biggest cost is food and if you're having alcohol. Yeah. But also I think that a lot of people these days take it

they expect to be invited number one when you should never expect to be invited to someone's wedding. And number two, they're not throwing you a party. It's their vows. You should go along because you like them and you want to be there and celebrate their love

and whatever the party is that comes along with it is what you take from it but you know but you need that social lubricant you can't you can't be angry at her for spending most of a lot of her budget on her dress oh no i'm not angry and instead of food for you but food so well you can get something on the way home which I will be heading home pretty shortly actually because

I just got invited to a wedding where it's BYO and I was like this is actually really smart because how many like you go to a wedding

and there's like beer and wine or whatever and you might not like the wine I'd bring a gin bottle of gin some nice mixes you can bring

whatever you want and then they keep their costs down you bring a little chilli bin yeah you bring a little chilli bin with options that's actually I'm on board for that Gin, bottle of gin. Some nice mixes. You can bring whatever you want and then they keep their costs down. You bring a little chili bin. Yeah. You bring a little chili bin with options. That's actually, I'm on board for that.

I think that's a great idea. What's happening food-wise? Oh, they're providing food. Yeah, but what kind of food? Like lots of it? I think it's a big like barbecue-y search. Yeah. Yeah. So basically their wedding is Waitangi Day.

Yeah. Good. their wedding is Waitangi Day. Yeah. Good. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Good morning. The Disney Plus announcement. This is Disney's take at the online streaming.

Yeah, the Disney version of Netflix. God, so now I'm going to have to have Lightbox, Neon, Netflix, Amazon.

You're well known for your love of Disney. You didn't see the original Lion King until like three years ago. We forced you. So you're going to be able to get this. Everything. And then they've announced this in America. It was like, what, $12 you get ESPN, Disney, Hulu.

Yeah, that's the package bundle. That's a package bundle, which sounds pretty good. But they also recently acquired a whole lot of other properties. Fox Universal. So apparently in their remakes or reimaginings, Home Alone is included. And people are like, no! I can't even! Kevin!

No! So obviously they're saying it's a modern reimagining. I mean, even when that movie came out, people were like, there's no way you'd leave your kid behind on a family vacation. No, but the point was they had lots of kids, you know? Yeah, but I feel even now that's less likely to happen.

Yeah. Well, Kevin's dad would be in jail for selling meth because how else would you afford that house and still have nine kids and take them all overseas? Yeah. Yeah. Obviously dealing drugs. So the top six modern booby traps for the Home Alone reboot.

Because some of the old classics probably... Yep. ...bit much these days. Number six on the top six modern booby traps for the Home Alone reboot, bread that says it's gluten-free. So the robber who's celiac is like, oh, I can have some of this bread, but guess what?

Full of gluten. They'll eat it and then tummy aches. It'll be straight out of that house. Yeah. It'll be like, oh, I've got to go. You're like, yes, there's one robber down for. Kevin! I've got to go. You're like, yes, that's one robber down for Kevin. Number five on the list of the top six modern booby traps of the Home Alone reboot.

Leave the router on and the Wi-Fi network open, but unplug it from the internet so they'll be on the Wi-Fi, but it won't load anything. How frustrating. So frustrating. So frustrating So frustrating They'll be like Wear out

Classic Kevin Number four on the list Of the top six Modern booby traps For the Home Alone reboot Leaving the robbers A drink in a bottle That claims to be recyclable

And then they put it In the recycling bin And it wasn't recyclable. Shame, shame, shame. The whole neighbourhood will drag them. Right, okay. The rubbish truck will be like, put one of those stickers on the bin

and be like, there was something in here that wasn't recyclable and the whole neighbourhood will be like, shame, shame, shame. Man. Number three on the list, the top six booby traps for the Home Alone reboot. Leave them a coffee.

Tell them it's soy milk. Guess what? It's not. Nuh-uh. It's almond milk. Now, I don't even know if that is a thing, but... Almond milk.

I bet there's been some meltdowns about it. No, like saying you wanted soy but getting almond. Oh, yeah, right. I don't know if that's a thing, but you run a cafe. Is that a thing?

Yeah. They could have a nut allergy. Or you put nuts in there. Yes. Yeah. Good booby trap

that. We'll kill them. Because they can die. We'll kill them. Number two on the list of the top six modern booby traps

of the Home Alone reboot. Leave them out. A perfectly toasted piece of Vogels. Yeah. And beside it the perfect looking avocado now it feels good it feels good they cut into it guess what it's brown and it's got a huge

stone it's a great booby trap oh that'll just deflate them to the point where they'll have to go home yeah no today's not my day i'm going back home to jump into bed and watch Netflix. Although this is for Disney+, so probably Disney+. Number one on the top six modern booby traps for the Home Alone reboot, climate change. It's the ultimate booby trap because guess what? You can't escape it. We're all going down.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, for sure. That's definitely happening. That is today's top six. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, that's definitely happening That is today's top six So, speaking of music, not of the pop variety But of the choir variety There has been, it seems that the upset at the moment in Hong Kong I don't know if you're up to date with

I'm not only am I commentating on pop music I'm commentating on world political events. There's a bit of a situation. Yeah. What is this, seeing as you're a commentator, what is this in-depth political situation? Well, Hong Kong's got this sort of turbulent relationship with China. Lots of places have turbulent relationships with China.

Ask Tibet. Yep. Or as China calls it, China. But basically Hong Kong had this sort of freedom, if you like, from China and there was this like 99-year lease. In England, the lease ran out a while back and it's kind of been on and off since, but China's been flexing a bit of muscle in the region,

wanting to extradite people and be able to take them back to Beijing if they've been speaking out against the Chinese government. So there's a whole lot of, well, actually, you're not my mum, going on on an international scale. You really explained that better than I thought you were going to. I was really hoping to throw you under the bus there.

Good luck. I got it. Not that I'm the litmus. You threw me in front of the bus. I just laid flat. And the bus went right over you. And then I stood up and I'm like, not today. Death.

So it's right here in New Zealand as well. There's been like conflicts at university campuses between pro-Beijing and pro-Hong Kong supporters. It's pretty crazy. So anyway, at the lesser end of the affected, however, the rich, so they will hear about it, the Dio School for Girls upcoming trip to the Chengdu International Children's Chorus Week, they require.

Okay. That's not happening, guys. The visas haven't been received. And in addition, the issues in Hong Kong disrupting the airport, Cathay Pacific pilots, and the strikes and stuff, which means it would be not wise to take a bunch of school kids to Hong Kong when they're rioting everywhere. Good call.

But, mummy, they're shopping. They're shopping in Hong Kong. I would say it was the kids are like 10 and 11. So they're like young. But I'd say the people who like mummy who was going with, she'll be upset because as you say, they're going to miss the opportunity for shopping from Gookie. Blows my mind.

Like having gone to a school where the only field trips we'd do were either around New Plymouth or once to Auckland for a geography field trip. Mate, we didn't even have a choir. I never went to a school that had a choir. Oh, neither. But it blows my mind that a school trip is like to Hong Kong or to Europe. We went to the big city.

We went to Christchurch. Ooh. What did you do? Remember I did like singing and kapa haka. So I could go along. I had to do two things. That's right. Yeah.

And we got to go to the big city. No, no, no. Could you do one of your kapa haka performances for us now? So you're going to laugh, but we did the... Two teramona. Oh, we might have done that. That was low level. Everyone did that.

Mate, that was entry level white rural New Zealand in the 90s. Oh, right. Okay, yeah. You know that one? That's one of my faves. That sounds sarcastic. I'm not sarcastic. I get jazzed when they're like Indies school.

The kapa haka group did that last year. And I was like, and I looked around like this is one of my faves to the other parents and they were just kind of like watching their kids do it I was like no one else

it's really intense and at the end the guys at the back come to the front and they give it all they do don't they yeah yeah so he knows

big fan of a Kapa Haka performance right okay you know I'll watch the I'll watch the um Tikar today oh and what I'm not afraid to watch a bit of Tikar today if I know that there's Right, okay. I'll watch the Te Kata Day. I'm not afraid to watch a bit of Te Kata Day if I know that there's some kapa haka performances

going on around the country. Gets me jazz, gets me rile. It's good, it's good. That's good. All right, I reckon this one that you were just talking about. Is it called Te Waka, maybe? I don't know. I just call it my fave.'s probably a mouldy word for favourite

that I should learn There's a double header coming up later in the rugby season where the Black Ferns are going to play before the All Blacks, wouldn't that be good to see instead of like a haka like get a joint You can't change it all, the old boys won't like it

That's one of the main reasons I do want to can't change it all. The old boys won't like it. That's one of the main reasons I do want to change it. Just to mess with the old boys. Help up your mornings with Pumped and ZM. Oh, what's that called? I'm going to look up a video of that now, Megan. Oh, we're still on air. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Usually if it sounds too good to be true, it is. But this time, maybe not. We always joke about like, why can't we just take a pill to help us lose weight? Well, this is not a pill, but it could be as simple. It is an injection. It's an obesity injection, which mimics the effect of a gastric bypass. Oh, okay. So it is meant for people who are obese, people who need to dramatically lose weight,

people who have issues to do with their weight. It has done a study with 15 obese people. They were given continual injections of the treatment under the skin for 12 hours a day. So, I mean, it doesn't sound pleasant. No. And they lost an average of 4.4 kgs over four weeks. 1.1 kg a week.

Right. From injections. But you've got to get how many injections a day? That sounds like a lot, eh? Yeah. That sounds like 12 injections. Yeah. Oh, no thanks.

That's like 12 injections. Yeah. Oh, no thanks. That's like, yeah. However, so like a gastric bypass, it has lots of complications. You can have abdominal pain, chronic nausea, vomiting, debilitating low blood sugar levels. You can't eat a whole pie. I know. You literally would. I don't think you can eat half and save half for later.

I don't think you can even eat half. This could actually help people get a gastric bypass because a lot of people are too obese or overweight to get one. To go under the surgery. Yeah, because they have to get to a certain weight before you can even have it. Yeah. So that could actually be quite a good thing to bring people down to that goal weight. So basically it's a hormonal cocktail.

They inject it under the skin and it recreates the chemical changes in the body that happen when you have a gastric bypass. So I always thought they just like made the stomach smaller. But when they do a gastric bypass, there's also things that happen in your body and there's chemical changes that happen

that help you lose weight. So that's what the injection does. It doesn't make your stomach smaller. Right, mimics the chemicals. Yeah. So that's what the injection does. It doesn't make your stomach smaller. Right, mimics the chemicals. Yeah. So you can still eat a lot, like a pie. Well, no, because one of the chemicals is an appetite suppressant. So you don't really want it.

You don't want it. We've got to be so close to getting a pill where we can just lose a couple of kgs after a big holiday, right? Well, because if they're saying these are, they know that these are the chemicals they need to create, like, why don't they put that in a pill? My thing is when they say that's an appetite suppressant. I'm not eating because I'm hungry. I'm eating because A, it's there. B, it looks yum.

C, I want to. I need to work on a whole lot of other things as well. You eat because I'm hungry, but then I'm not hungry anymore, but I'll be like, I'm bored. I could eat. Maybe it's boredom. Yeah. Because you and me have spoken about this.

Like, even when I have to be really unwell to be like, I've got no appetite. Like, if I'm telling you I've got no appetite, I'm really unwell. Yeah, something's wrong. Very rarely does that happen. Yeah, so people are like, I haven't been able to eat.

I've had diarrhoea. It's like, what are you diarrhoea-ing me? You've got to be eating, baby. You've got to be pushing it down. Oh, I've been vomiting. Yeah, me too. In between my eating. I know.

I'll try everything in between vomiting. People are like, oh, I could only manage one piece of cheese. I was like, really? I sure hope this pre-recorded laughing isn't after something inappropriate to laugh at. But I just want to take a moment to say thanks to Spark for sponsoring the Fletch, Vaughn and Megan podcast. You can grab Spark's $29 prepaid rollover packs and get stacks of extra value. Back to the podcast.

I would like to talk now about what you dipped into your savings for. Because a guy is in massive trouble. He has dipped into the wedding fund. For a non-wedding related purchase? Yes. Well, not a purchase. So this is where it gets a bit tricky is because he didn't just splash out on something that he wanted.

So he has described it as, my fiance isn't speaking to me after I used our money, the wedding fund, to help my dog. But if you're getting married, isn't it weird? It's your dog. That's an owl dog. That's an owl dog, right? Yeah.

Unless she doesn't like the dog. It sounds like she doesn't like the dog. She might be a cat. She might be a cat person. He's marrying a cat. She's very upset. So his, slash there, German shepherd had a malignant tumour. Now, he was told by the vet that it would cost $5,000 to get it out.

And he was like, well, this is my baby. I'm going to do it. So there's a few problems here. Didn't have pet insurance. Silly. Yeah. He didn't talk to his fiance about it. I guess that's silly. Oh, that's a few problems here. Didn't have pet insurance. Silly. Yeah. He didn't talk to his fiance about it. I guess that's silly.

Oh, that's a bit silly. Spent $5,000 to get it removed. And now the fiance is very upset. She said that they're going to have to downsize the wedding. Also, that his dog is so old that the money's not going to go very far. Yeah, see, that thing, if you're dealing with a dog that's, I don't know, how old do dogs like? Like 16, 17, 18?

No, German Shepherds don't last that long. Really? On a whole, yeah. Is it the biggest of the dogs? The short of the life. Right. Leo's going to live forever. Yeah, right.

It doesn't actually say how old it is, but that's an awful thing to say to someone. It is because it's a member of the family. She's right. That's not going to live that much longer, is it? Also, how far away is the wedding? Like, are we in the early stages of we haven't really set a date yet?

Or have we set a date? Have we put down deposits? They have put down deposits and stuff, but they've definitely got more to pay. Okay, five grand? That's a lot of money. That is a lot of money. Nine to 13 years

is the expected lifespan of a human sheep. Okay, so at 13 that'd be bad. And if it's got cancer you'd just have to either let it... The thing is

you'd have to have a conversation. That's the part that got him in trouble, right? He didn't talk about it. He just did it. There's a lot of things wrong with this.

She doesn't sound very nice because it's definitely her dog too at this point if they're getting married. And she's said some awful things about the dog. But he also didn't. You never spend that much money without consulting your partner, period, let alone right before your wedding. Yeah, even if you're buying shoes online, Megan? No way.

I would not buy shoes worth $5,000. I don't even know what they would be. That's a lot of shoes. Yeah, but even just, you can still consult your partner. Oh, 100%. With a shoe purchase. Yeah. For $500.

$400. What if your shoe had a malignant tumor and it was going to cost $5,000? I think $200 is about our limit without talking to each other. For online shopping? For any shopping. For any shopping. Okay. Fair call.

Yeah. So we would like to know this morning what you've had to dip in to your savings for. Now, maybe not for something serious like a dog tumour. Yeah. But maybe you've been like, you've got a goal for savings and you've been really, really diligent and good with your savings. But then a chainsaw comes on special. And you never know when you're going to need to cut some branches off a tree or cut down a tree on a hole. My friend's getting married and they are both actively saving.

And then she sent me a cheeky message the other day being like, look at my new handbag, my new baby. I was like, girlfriend, we are only a few months away from the wedding. How much would the handbag have been? Hundreds. Not thousands, but hundreds. Thousands? Not thousands.

Probably. But do they get to thousands? For a purse? A handbag, yeah. Either. Vaughn's rolling his eyes. You can't see that. Silly.

Hundreds. Okay. Yeah, and I get the feeling her partner does not know. So, 0800 dials at M 9696. When were you really good with your savings but you had a weak moment and you had to dip into your savings and bonus

points if it's for something ridiculous. Yeah. Slash necessary. You needed it. We're talking now about when you've had to dip into your savings. Yeah, a guy spent $5,000 of their wedding money on a surgery for their dog. Who was about to die anyway.

No, he's 10. He was getting there. But it doesn't need to be for something serious. Maybe you've been like so good with your savings. And you had a weak moment. You just had that little weak moment. Sam, this has happened to you yes it has so you were really good with your saving what what did you give into

um well we were saving for a house okay so that's yeah you need a lot for that yeah yeah we'll be really good yeah and you went to the Flight Centre Expo. No, no, no, no. Sam, why did you even go? None of you went into the mouth of temptation. Well, we were buying a trip for my parents as a gift. Oh, yeah. Okay. Just to Australia, to Melbourne, because my mum likes to go.

Yep. But then we walked away with a trip to Hawaii for us. Oh, my God. Because you're just like, wow, it's cheap. Let's do it. I just pushed the house back a little bit. Yeah.

So have you got that house? Have you got that house yet? No, because this was last year. Oh, okay. How was Hawaii? It was fantastic. Yeah, pretty good. Pretty good place.

Except I shattered my shoulder while I was there. Oh, wow. I thought you were going to say shake yourself. I did too. Well, that would have been better. It was there. Oh, wow. I thought you were going to say shat yourself. I didn't know. Well, that would have been better. It was great.

It was great. I don't know if you guys are into the intimate details, but I shat myself. That would have been better. Wow. I shat myself. I broke my shoulder. Oh, my God.

Okay, that's not good. Please tell me you had shelled out for insurance. Yeah, I did. Oh, good stuff. It was great. Oh, yeah. Wise, because otherwise, see you later, house. Yeah.

Thanks, you call Sam some text messages. My ex went to the US for two weeks without me, six weeks before our wedding. What? My ex. Stag do. Oh, right. Okay, right. Surely.

No, I'm not saying that was the answer, but I'm just imagining. Maybe, yeah. But yeah, my ex. When I was 27, I dipped into my savings for a house slash spent it all because as good as a house was going to be, I just decided I needed this 1965 Ford Mustang. Oh! Drove from Gore to Auckland and only just made it home

because they maxed out the credit card to afford the petrol to get it home. So see you later, $30,000. $30,000! For the car and to get it home. I guess you can sleep in the car. Yep. If you can't get it home. So see you later, $30,000. $30,000! For the car and to get it home. I guess you can sleep in the car. Yep. If you can't get a house. Not in a two-seat Mustang.

Not pretty uncomfortable sleeping. We were saving for a house and ended up booking a month-long trip to Southeast Asia. Hoopsy-daisy. Can you replace those memories, though? You cannot. That's correct. Somebody bought a $7,000 motorbike without talking to the wife first.

It took me three weeks to get up the courage to tell her. Where was the motorbike in that time? When she found out, I'd been keeping the secret for three weeks. It really fueled the rage. Two weeks on the couch. Two years on, she will occasionally come riding with me on said motorbike. Oh, I thought you were going to say two years on, she will still bring it up. Oh, she'll definitely still bring it up.

Finally had the money for our first mortgage payment but needed six 60 tickets. Okay. So I got four of them. Oh, wow. Oh, dear. They'll give you a couple of like missed payments, won't they?

I think they can. I think they like you to make them. They're pretty big fans of you making your payments. The bank likes you to make your payments. Yeah. Apparently. That's what they like. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast.

Jonas Brothers on ZM Fletch Warner. Was that audible? Yeah, it was very audible. It was audible, Megan, when I said Jonas Brothers and you went, oh. Is that still on your Instagram story? If people need to know the behind, I don't believe it's fit for broadcast at 7.24am.

There's a lot of Jonas Brothers content because I'm a new fan. Shut up. You're a new fan? Yeah. You missed the purity ring this day. But there's a lot of content now. I certainly found the Nick Jonas Calvin Klein photo shoot

yesterday afternoon. Who sent that to me? I'm more of a Kevin Jonas man. Less competition. Right, okay. You still get a Jonas but you're not like

fighting everybody for a Joe or a Nick. Yeah, fair call. You've got to back yourself, Vaughn. No, I'm lazy, Megan. I'll just take what I can get. Where I can get it.

Yeah. Now, this is good news. In the ongoing what side of the good bad line does coffee, red wine, chocolate fall today? We're dealing with coffee. Okay. Apparently, a coffee before bed isn't the end of the world. Now, this is great news for my mother, Christine, who will brew herself a lovely hot coffee right before she jumps into bed. She'll literally be in her bed socks.

Does she love it? I can imagine her doing a Greg's Red Ribbon. Are you? Slap yourself, fool. My mother's a hardworking woman. She raised three children. She deserves the best. What is your instant coffee of choice here?

Really? The same as you, the number, what is it? Five. Number five, yeah. It's in the middle. It's a medium roast. Yeah. Yeah, it's good. It's a classic, the same as you, the number, what is it? Five. Number five, yeah, it's in the middle. It's a medium roast. Yeah. Yeah, it's good.

It's a classic, the classic roast. Megan actually bulk buys my coffee at that place. I need another one too. The Gilmore's. Okay, you two need to check yourself. I only bought you a big one like not that long ago. No, but I'm getting a big one for home and for work now. Are you getting a big one for both ends?

Yeah. Both ends, I'm getting a big one because Because it's important, because it runs out of time. That's what happened last time I hung out with the Jonas's. Right, you're getting a, right, okay. Yeah, because the coffee runs out at home and at work, so I think it's better to have two big catering-sized tins to replenish the supplies. Right.

But so now you're saying coffee before bed, which we've all been told, because coffee is meant to elute you. It's caffeine. It's going to keep you awake, right? Get you jazzed. I don't have them after one o'clock, because I'm like, I won't sleep. But that's not the case. My mum will have one

right before bed. She does always, I had terrible sleep. I was like, probably just because you had a coffee right before bed, mum. But I've met a few people lately. Ursula Carlson does a... Oh, all right. You've got... Ursula's my best friend. We know you're on TV now.

Okay. Jesus. Get another name drop in. Well, I didn't expect such a... Why did you dress up? It's someone we've all met. I know, but you know I love her.

And you always rub in my face how much best friends you are with her now. I was hanging out with Bradley Kirby yesterday. You know I love her. What a hoot. And you're like, I'm a best friend. I'm like, okay, mate. You're good, mate. There's a chance you'll see her at the supermarket.

I don't think it's name dropping if it's someone you know in New Zealand. We all know. You know I love her. I know. Okay, so she, unnamed person I know, God forbid someone name drops. She has like a proper espresso right before bed. Like a George Clooney Nespresso. Apparently South Africa.

What about you? Do you all have South African in-laws too? Oh, yeah. They have coffees after dinner. This big South African thing is a coffee right before bed. Who else has a coffee before bed that you know? My mum.

Okay. My nan, she's, I grew up, she'd be like, I'm putting the jug on. It's so weird. Yeah,

and they'd be like having a coffee right before bed. Does anybody want a coffee? I have a tea, but not a coffee. I always have an alcoholic beverage

before bedtime, but apparently it's worse for you than having coffee. Really? So the Florida Atlantic University monitored 785 people over 5,000 days with sleep diaries and wrist sensors and those FitBitty deals that tell you to sleep.

Any celebrities in that? Yeah. Oh, my God. My friend. Bradley Cooper. They found that caffeine had the lowest impact when compared to nicotine or alcohol. Nicotine had the worst impact on sleeping. Really?

So having a ciggy before bed is actually really bad. And it led to more than a 40-minute reduction in overall sleep every night. Wow. Okay. Yeah, if nicotine was active in your system. Wow. So, yeah, nicotine's the worst thing to have. So if you. Yeah, if nicotine was active in your system. Wow. So yeah, nicotine's the worst thing to have. So if you like pop outside for a durry, yeah.

What about a pack of Maltesers on the couch before you go to bed? Is that in the study? Ah, they weren't looked at. Okay. They weren't looked at. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. So there's a big trend at the moment, charcoal.

Actually, charcoal everything, right? Like face masks, you can get charcoal lattes. What? Charcoal lattes? Oh, you bloody horses there, Chip. Activated charcoal. Yeah. And it looks cool on the gram because it's like black.

Charcoal latte. Charcoal. Charcoal. You've got to be careful with activated charcoal. I've used that before. Someone told me to use that if you get, like, food poisoning or something. Yeah. Because it, like, soaks up.

It soaks up. But it doesn't just soak up all the bad stuff. It also soaks up all the good stuff too. So you've got to be careful if you're drinking that willy-nilly because you could have, like, I don't know, all the nutrients in your body. Slow down your willy-nillies. Well, another thing that has risen in popularity

is charcoal toothpaste. And even when thing that has risen in popularity is charcoal toothpaste. And even when you dip your brush in charcoal and you brush it on your teeth, it's supposed to be a whitener. I saw this at the supermarket the other day when I was like, because you know how you're like, maybe I'll change my toothpaste that I always use. And then you're like, nah. I did that the other day too.

And I saw a charcoal toothpaste. Do you guys get the same type every time? Every time. Yeah. Every time. Do you guys get the same type every time? Every time. Yeah. Every time. Do you just change it up what's on spish? Yeah. I just get really disappointed by a flavour or something,

and I'm like, oh, no. And then you've got to put up with that for like a whole month or something. Yeah. They all taste the same. No, they don't. No, they don't. The baking soda ones taste a bit different, but other than that, no. Oh, yeah, yuck.

But you all just, oh, I don't know. How do you do that? What? Every time you do a different one. Yeah. You're a monster. Just get whatever's there. It was interesting seeing the charcoal toothpaste because I remember I've heard a few things about it's not, it's apparently not good for you, your teeth.

So dentists- These charcoal lattes just look disgusting. So yeah, you have to sweeten them a little bit. Right. Because it's you have to sweeten them a little bit. Right. Because it's obviously not very sweet. So dentists say that charcoal toothpaste could actually be harmful. Dentist, she's actually a doctor. Is a dentist a doctor?

You can be a doctor of dentistry, right? Okay, cool. Can you be? I don't know. But not all dentists are doctors? Or are they? I think they are. I think you're a dentist, you're a doctor,

because you can write out pain prescriptions, can't you? Yeah, good call. Oh, yeah, well, there you go. Dr. Nora said that she thinks that charcoal could be the reason that there's been a rise in fillings. So she said people come in, they've had reasonably stable teeth, and then they've gone through a period where they suddenly need to get fillings and stuff, and they're like, what's going

on? What's happening? What have you changed? And she said, often, they have said, I've changed toothpaste. Now, they're worried that toothpaste, the charcoal toothpaste is wearing down enamel and they do not contain fluoride

and some may contain carcinogenic contain fluoride and some may contain carcinogenic substances. So we need to be careful. Right. It's a new thing, right? And everyone's getting on board without really

doing a lot of research into what's happening. That wouldn't be the internet, would it? Everyone just jumping on something without doing research. So it's wearing down the enamel of people's teeth because it's quite a harsh substance. Yeah, so they've said, look, it is wearing away stains. So it will be making your teeth whiter, but that's its purpose. It can also wear into the teeth, which is not the goal.

So yeah, just the flex. That is not the goal. That is not the goal. You carry on doing that for a while. Wear your teeth down to nubs. Not the goal. It's been brought to our attention that we've been betrayed and it hurts when it's someone that you took under your wing.

She's rolling her eyes. Isn't it? It's like inviting someone into the family home And then finding out they've been rifling through your knickers Okay Has that happened, has it? Not yet Thankfully

But we have just this morning learnt That when intern Anya does a coffee run for the show and we all pay and occasionally I'll say to her grab yourself something while you're over there mate, treat yourself When did you say that?

Occasionally. On me, keep the GSC receipt and we've just found out that she has been redeeming our points. So when I went to this cafe yesterday, there's a big sign on the front that says, we're ending this loyalty program. And I was like, oh.

Use your points. So when I said to Anya before, did you see they're ending the loyalty program? This is when you tell us you've been redeeming our points for your personal gain. Your Honour, may I say some things? Proceed. Have you ever seen a courtroom drama? Your Honour, may I say some things for the guy who killed the person?

Objection. Quite often on these aforementioned coffee runs, I won't get coffee. I just go and get you guys the coffee as I enjoy a light bit of fresh air in the mornings. Right? Some call me a hero. Some call me a saint.

I'm just doing it to feed the troops. Yeah, right. And a couple of weeks ago, I saw this loyalty program and I thought, oh, he, he, he, I'm going to join up for this. And you get five points for a coffee. Now. What do you get for a brioche?

Because Fletch always gets a brioche. No, you don't get it for food. What about brioche, Jamie? Do you only get it for coffee? It's just five points a visit. Yeah. Okay. So.

Wait, if I buy a coffee and Fletch buys a coffee, five points. Yes. But if he just buys a coffee, five points? Yes. But if he just buys a coffee, five points? Yeah. Five points per visit. Oh, does it not accumulate? No. So if you bought three coffees, it would be 15 points.

That's some BS. So the trouble is that my Casey Clinic facial is 150 points. Oh, babes, and how many points you at? I'm only on 60 because I've only been doing it for a couple of weeks and then yesterday they're bloody announcing they're stopping it. You can get a free facial when you buy X amount of coffees. Hey. Is that the most Auckland thing you've ever heard in your entire life?

Why don't you go in and buy Vaughan's coffee, go in and buy, and then, like, come out and go in and buy Vaughan's. Put on a moustache, go back in, tie your hair up. Because there has to be 30 minutes between them and I know you guys will be like, where is my coffee? It's cold. And also I'd have to be out for like four hours. Also, why don't you just

go to Casey Clinic and say, hey, I'll obnoxiously post 8,000 photos while I'm here on Instagram and then like, that's how they do biz. Don't hate it because they just ain't asking you, sweetheart. This face doesn't need a bloody microdermabrasion. Is that what it is? A microdermabrasion? A microdermabrasion asking you, sweetheart. This face doesn't need a bloody... It's because half of it's hidden with hair.

Microdermabrasion. Is that what it is, a microdermabrasion? Yeah, right. But the fact does remain, though, that you are gaining from us and our purchases and you neglected to tell us. She's also doing you a favour. So some might call it a-hole tax.

Is that how they refer to it? In the government? At the IRD, is it? Right, okay. Everyone's paying their a-hole tax. I mean, the one coffee that I'm shouted... Where's my a-hole tax return? The one coffee that I'm shouted like once every 12 weeks is lovely. Don't get me wrong, but the five points a

day accumulates and I'll have a smooth face. And who was the last person that shouted you a coffee? Megan Louise Papadopoulos. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. You got to come back. We'll wait. Mm. We're waiting.

Are you still talking, Swimmer? Shut up, champ. Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. ZM. Fletch Warner Megan, Lewis Capote, Shut up, champ. Fletch Warner-Megan, Lewis Capaldi, who's on the phone with us now. Lewis Capaldi, good morning. How are you? Hello. I'm very tired because it's not the morning for me at all, but I'm here.

I've got a smile on my face and a fire in my belly. We appreciate it. Thanks for talking to us this morning. We're all the way in New Zealand. And you're coming here in the new year when it's our summer, so it's good planning from you. Yeah. Get out of the cold. Oh, yeah, it's going to be good.

I mean, as a man who burns in the presence of a toaster, I'm really looking forward to coming back there and being scolded. Do you kind of go more red? Panky red? Oh yeah, red. Do you know what? Actually, if I'm being honest actually I'm more like

I'm that pale that people who stand next to me I'm almost like a reflective surface because I'm so pale. People who stand next to me tend to get a better tan or a better bun. But yeah, I'm not a man for the sun.

I like wearing hoodies and I like wearing jeans, but that's just because I've got disgusting legs and other body parts. Oh, babes. You've chosen a terrible time to come to New Zealand then, like right in the peak of our summer under a very, very, very burny South Pacific sun.

Oh, it's going to be lovely. Well, don't worry, I plan to get super jacked before summer, so you'll see me. I'll be a new man by then. Okay. Right. How has this worldwide success hit you? Because you seem like quite a down-to-earth, like, funny guy.

You don't take yourself too seriously, and suddenly you're just this worldwide superstar. It's very hard to take yourself seriously when there's such a barrage of people telling you you're, like, a potato smiley or any other potato in general so um yeah so i i i'm kind of i'm taking it i'm taking it with a pinch of salt because with every good thing that happens there's also there's also a kind of grounding thing every now and then so yeah isn't the internet terrible it It's like Yeah It really is

Like it's great But it's also horrible Nah it's all good I think it's quite funny I quite enjoy Being ridiculed Every possible time I don't know

If I could handle that Every day to be honest I'd have to have a cry But in the same token Oh you get your status babe In the same token We were just saying That you're such a breath

Of fresh air And like such You're so funny online. Everything I read about you on Twitter and all your interviews and everything, you're just such a shining light on the internet. Oh, thank you very much. If you could smell me, you would not be saying I was a breath of fresh air at all. I was a breath of, I don't know, like a vinegary Gucci sweat. Right, okay.

I was going to ask what it smelled like, but I think vinegary Gucci sweat. Right, okay. I was going to ask what it smelled like, but I think vinegary Gucci sweat kind of. Yeah, we've got... I could mention the descriptive words almost made me able to smell it from this distance. Are you a guy that indulges in tangible things? Like, have you bought something real bougie since you've come into success?

I think you can tell by looking at me that I enjoy paying for food. So I'm more of like an edible sort of thing. You can't... I look at a car, a big fancy car, and I say, I can't put that in my body. Do you know what I mean?

I can't eat that. What's the point? I just spend all my money on McDonald's and KFC and that. And I think it shows. It definitely shows. I was going, what's the point? But yeah, I just spend all my money on McDonald's and like KFC and that. And I think it shows. It definitely shows. I was going to say, I was going to ask what you've been like, what's been the best dining experience?

Because you said it was all about, but then you went into McDonald's and KFC. But have you eaten something really expensive or really nice that maybe you wouldn't have eaten prior to the success? I bought like two big macnils instead of one big macnil. Splash out. My goal is to get so big

that I get a little fat around my neck so that I don't have to buy one of those weird neck pillows for airplanes. I just want that to be like, I can't wear my neck. But yeah, we'll get there. We'll get there. We're joined on the phone by the lovely Lewis Capaldi. And we're going to try something with you this morning, Lewis.

It's called Regional Radio. Now, we're going to call another radio station in a smaller part of New Zealand. Now, they never ever get to interview people like you, Lewis. So it's like we're sharing the love. Okay. And the idea is...

Okay, cool. Okay, I'll do it. Okay, so hopefully they pick the phone up and the idea is that you request your own song and then see if they believe it's you or maybe you don't even tell them it's you.

Just have some fun. Not for a start. Not for a start, yeah. See if they'll play the song and then pull the big card at the end, I think. Yeah. Okay, well, we're going to

try and put a call through now. Okay, love it. Hey, how are you doing? You're on the hits. Hello, is this the Hats? Yeah, that's what I say. Hi, how are you doing? You're on the hits.

Okay, the Hats. It's Lewis. It's Lewis. It's Lewis. It doesn't matter who it is. Listen, I want you to play Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi. I'm sure you've heard of it. It's the biggest song. Are you Scottish?

Are you Scottish? I am Scottish, but that's my nationality. Oh, God, I love you. It has nothing to do with this. Play the song or else. You play it all the time. Where are you? Play it some more.

Where am I right now? Yeah. I'm in the bath and I'm in my underpants and I've got like a duck ring. It doesn't matter what I've got in the duck ring, right? But it's a special ring that I've got in a special place. That's hot. That's hot. Can you just play the song? Are you drunk right now?

I'm in the Whangarei. Which part of New Zealand are you in? I'm in... You know that bit? What's the bit? You know the end bit with all the people? You know the bit? I'm in the good bit. I'm sure you are.

I'm in the good bit. Trust me, I'm in the bad.. I'm sure you are. I'm in the good bit. Trust me. Holy shit, I love you. I'm in the good bit. Can I use you on my show? If I find Lewis Capaldi, I'm going to use you to introduce it, okay? You just hold. I'm going to go and find it now.

Do you know who that is? What's your name? My name's Lewis Capaldi. Oh, my God. Okay. Hold up. I'm finding name's Lewis Capaldi. Oh, my God. Okay. Hold up. I'm finding it. Lewis Capaldi.

Ah. What did you say? Where's he from? Is he part of my clan, people? He's from Scotland. Is that what you mean? Yeah, but which... Oh, but he's...

What? Okay, where is he? Lewis, where are you, dude? All right, over here. Okay, I'm going to make you be Lewis Capaldi. I'm going to record you. Are you looking at dirty pictures of men from there? What's going on here?

I'm going to use you in a good way, like Oprah Winfrey would. Okay, cool. I mean, how does Oprah Winfrey use people? That was a weird sentence. It's just some crazy shit that I say just to entertain myself because people generally are a bit sick. Okay, cool. Okay.

Love that. I'm going to use you over here. And how are you going to introduce the song? You can say, hi, this is Lewis Capaldi. You're listening to Sha on the hits. How about that? Sha? Yeah. How about that? Sha? Yeah.

How are you? Yeah, I'm from Wellington, but I'm actually currently sitting in Whangarei at the top of New Zealand. Oh, cool. I don't know where that is. It's very top. It's the warmest part,

and I'm wishing that I was in Hawaii because it's actually just not warm enough for me today. Just not hot enough, But I'm with you. I get that. I like no clothes. Anyway. Yeah, well, there you go. I see.

I get you. I get you. Three, two, one. Go. Hello there. This is Luz Capaldi, and you're listening to Char on the Hits. God, I love you.

Can I have your number? Can I ring you any time I want? Absolutely not, Shah. You're usually like Oprah Winfrey would, like a radio announcer. It's Fletch Vaughan and Megan. This is actually Lewis Cabaldi. This is so good.

This is so good. Seriously, I was like, can I ring this guy anytime I want? No. You know what I was laughing at? You've taken up more of our 10 minutes than we've used. Oh, but I have to tell you, I was going to the gym this morning, and two things that you did that I was just stoked with. I was stoked that Megan got pissed off and shitty, and I don't know where that came from.

Char, Lewis Capone is on the phone. That's not about him. Oh, Lewis, I love you. I really wish that you were in a bath and naked. We don't know that he's not. Shah, well, the main takeaway from this is that you said, I'm going to use you like Oprah Winfrey. That's right.

If I was you. I would. If I was you. I don't understand what that means. I don't know. Oprah's people are definitely going to come for you hard on that one. And I would be afraid. I would be very afraid.

Shah, thank you so much for being a good sport. We'll put you on hold there. Lois Capaldi, isn't that a great game? It was fun. Was that good? I had fun. We loved it. I had so much fun.

Hey, we'll see you in New Zealand at the start of 2020. Lois Capaldi, thank you so much for talking to us this morning, mate. Hey, guys. See you in a bit. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is about medicine. Okay. Medical stuff Diphen

Diphenhydramine Yeah Yeah That sounds like you're saying it right Diphenhydramine Diphenhydramine I don't know Diphenhydramine

Diphenhydramine Diphenhydramine I'd imagine this is the last three years of pharmaceutical school by the way It's just pronunciation Say this word and you're like, diphyhydramine. Now quicker, diphyhydramine. Now say it with confidence. Diphyhydramine.

Your brother's a pharmacist. How does he deal with all these? That's probably how he'd do it. Right. Well, that's what takes them so long. That's what takes them so long getting your prescription ready. They're at the back like, you can do this, Steve, you hobbit pharmacist. Get out there and tell them the word.

Can you believe his brother is a pharmacist? This is like chalk and cheese. And you, you pharmacist. Get out there and tell them the word. Can you believe his brother is a pharmacist? I know. This is like chalk and cheese. And you, you're this. You can't even pronounce what's written in front of you. I could count 10 pills and put them in a bottle.

Oh, that's all it takes. But I'm allowed to say that because my brother's a pharmacist. Yeah, they love it when you say that. They love that. Don't say that to your average pharmacist.

They're good people. Except for my brother. He just counts pills and puts them in bottles. But the rest of them doing great work. Yeah. Again, apart from my brother who does nothing but counts pills and puts them in bottles. But the rest of them doing great work. Yeah. Again, apart from my brother who does nothing but count pills and put them in bottles and

expects to be the favourite. So, diphenohydramine. So, I just became a pharmacist. Yeah. It's a drug. It's marketed as Benadryl. Yeah. Which is an allergy pill.

So, if you get hay fever, you take Benadryl. You're not talking about the cough medicine. No, that's not Benadryl, is get hay fever, you take Benadryl. You're not talking about the cough medicine. No, that's not Benadryl, is it? Yeah. Yeah, that's Benadryl. The cough medicine you used to have when you were a kid. Stand there. Benadryl.

Cough. Benadryl cough. I stand corrected. Benadryl cough. Benadryl cough. Well, is it a cough or is it a hay fever? It's an antihistamine. Oh, right.

Okay. Oh, so you can just have it in a syrup. So that's why it stops the coughs and the sneez fever? It's an antihistamine. Oh, right. Okay. Oh, so you can just have it in a syrup. So that's why it stops the coughs and the sneezes. It's an antihistamine. It's used to relieve allergy and hay fever and symptoms of the common cold. So diphyhydramine is Benadryl, where it is marketed as an allergy pill with the side effect of making you sleepy. But diphyhydramine is also

a drug called Sominex, exactly the same, which is a sleeping pill with the side effect of helping your allergies. Exactly the same thing. Marketed differently, they do the same thing. Oh, right. Okay.

Is that the fact of the day? Yeah. There are two same pills marketed differently. Ah. Cheeky. And one, they're like, this is for your allergies. Warning, side effect. It'll make you a bit sleepy. And this is a sleeping assisting pill.

Warning, side effect. You won't have any allergies. Right. So if you've got allergies and can't sleep, this is ideal. This is for you. Right. It can't sleep, this is ideal. This is for you. Right. It's all round, got you covered. And somebody then, where I found this, asked if,

because when they went to get some sleeping pills, they were more expensive than the Benadryl, generic brand Benadryl. Yeah. And is it okay? And someone who claims to be a pharmacist, and to prove it, they counted to 10 and then put a lid on a bottle they said yeah pretty much.

Well our advice is certainly not to be in exchange for a doctor. I mean I'd put our advice on level with pharmacists advice. But do you think that happens? Again I'm still saying this because my brother's a pharmacist and he listens to the podcast every now and then and he never tells me which one.

All I'll just get a message. Say, listen to it. And if I've talked about him, he'll be like, that's not true. Right. You'll get a message today. I'll message him and tell him to listen. And he'll be like, you said my job was unimportant. And I'll be like, man, man, man.

Philip's claiming his job is more important than me again. And I'll be like, well, I get... Man! You're supposed to remain neutral. I get paid by the medicine of laughter, man. Won't cure chronic illness though, will it, Vaughan? No, man. But can Phil make you laugh?

Does he like being called Phil? Philip. Philip. Sorry. Oh, my God. No, he's a Philip. He's not he like being called Phil? Philip. Philip. Sorry. Oh, my God. No, he's a Philip. He's not a Phil. He's a Philip.

He's not a Phil. I had never heard him called Phil. And then he came back from university and some mate of his called him Phil. And I was like, I'll stop you, Sam. You will? We don't call him. I'll stop you. Sam, I don't know how your family addresses you.

Maybe Samuel. I'll stop you, Sam. We don't address him as Phil. It's Philip. Sam, I don't know how your family addresses you. Maybe Samuel. I'll stop you, Sam. We don't address him as Phil. It's Philip. No, it's Philip. Do you think he's not cool enough to be a Phil? But then, to me, Phil isn't even cool. Like, Phil isn't a cool version of Philip.

Right, okay. Well, Philip sounds smarter than Phil. Like, that's Philip. That's a bit posher, too. Philip the whole... It's weird now. I've said it so many times, it doesn't even sound like a real name anymore.

Do I have a brother? Weirdly you do, and he's a pharmacist. He's so much smarter than you. I mean, you do carry on like an only child, but sure. Easily mistaken, middle child. Of course.

Constantly craving attention. Meeem! Meeem! From a distance. Meeem! Poor Christine. Poor woman. God, she put up with a distance. Poor Christine. Poor woman. God, she put up with a lot.

And then Fletch thinks she drinks Red Ribbon Roast. I mean, that's the most insulting thing that anyone said to my mother for a while. She seems like a Red Ribbon Roast woman. She's like, you son of a...

Come here. You take that back. You take it back. We're going to get a smash. Come here. Yes, yes, yes. Come here. Yes, come here. So today's fact of the day is Benadryl and Sominex. One is an allergy pill with a side effect of making you sleepy.

The other is a sleepy pill with the side effect of making you non-allergenic? Hypergenic? And again, our advice is not to replace that of a medical profession. No. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do you know, last night, singing the national anthem. I don't know why. When you've got kids, you just sing the national anthem.

Yeah, I didn't even think about that, why you were singing it. But you just do. Yeah. Well, when you think about it, when you leave school, unless you become a sports person, you're not going to need to sing it again, are you? Or you go to a sports game. Eh, you mumble, don't you?

I don't even know the proper words, I don't reckon. I'm embarrassed that I can't sing the today-o part with confidence. No, I freak myself out and I'm like, you know this, do it. And you're like... Oh, no. Because you've seen it before all Blacks games, so you kind of learn it, don't you? My kids can crank through that part.

They sing that part more confidently than the English verse, and this is why we got through that part. We started singing the other part and got through to the line, God defend New Zealand, which is like the last line. It's the bit you're like, God defend New Zealand. That's the bit you yell. Because earlier in the piece you say,

God defend our free land. Yeah. So God defend our free land. We got through that but I got to the end. God defend New Zealand. Because I'm

Hayley Weston from Solamere when it comes to the National Anthem. I have to put my own little spice on the end. So it's when we got to the end and the God defend New Zealand, we finish it.

Indie, my oldest daughter, seven, says, what did you say? I said, God defend New Zealand. She's like, what's defend? I said, well, it means like if there was an attack, defend. She's like, I've been saying destroy. What? I was like, what? And she's like, I've been saying destroy. What? I was like, what? And she's like, God destroy New Zealand.

I was like, okay, Brian Tomicky, back up the truck a little bit. I said, how long have you been saying that? And she's like, for as long as I've been singing it, that's what I thought the words were. God destroy New Zealand. Wow. Make her praises her to far. God destroy New Zealand. Wow. Make her praises her to far. God destroy New Zealand.

God destroy our free land. I thought she was thinking it said God offend maybe. God offend New Zealand. No, it was God destroy New Zealand. So I said, had you thought about what those words meant? And she's like, yeah. I was like, so you had like God destroy New Zealand. She's like, yeah, I'm figuring he'll just destroy it

and make it better. Wow. Wow. I was like, how would he make it better? She's like, get rid of things like cigarettes. Oh, okay. She's got a real, she's, I don't know, because I probably started them quite young

when you walk past people smoking, you're like. Yeah, quite obnoxious. And they walk past people smoking. You're like. Yeah. And they walk past and they're like, oh, those cigarettes stink. Really? Not quite as subtle as. Oh, yeah. Because that's really subtle. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So I just love that. It's more on the subtle side than, oh, these cigarettes stink. I can't wait till God destroys this awful country of ours and rebuilds it without cigarettes. And the British accent. Yeah. So, yeah, so I discussed it and I said it's definitely defend right.

And, yeah, then she's off to school today to sing it right. Which is great news. It is good news. Because, yeah, like if you just saw this little kid, like she's smiling, she's happy. She's like singing the national anthem and with all the glee in her face, she's like, God destroy New Zealand. Destroy it, rebuild it without cigarettes. Cha.

There would be lots of kids that don't, because there's big words in there though. Oh, I remember growing up. I don't even know. And it's not structured like a song. It was written in the 1800s, and it's written like an 1800s song. There's five different paragraphs here. When I've just Wikipedia'd the lyrics.

Is that more than what we sing? Yeah, we only do the first. Oh, God, otherwise we'd go on forever. We do the first bit, the first paragraph. We do the first paragraph, and then it's like, man of every creed and race, gather here before they blah, blah, blah, place not war, blah, blah, blah. peace, not war, blah, blah, blah. Next, next.

There's just five of them. Where? May our mountains ever be, freedom's ramparts on the sea, make us faithful unto thee, God defend our free land. There's like five bits. Get a lower word. Yeah. Five verses, yeah.

Okay, well, one's enough. You know, you're waiting for the All Blacks to say You're like, come on You're waiting for the hooker Yeah, imagine if When they're doing that And they're all standing In a line The All Blacks all stand

In a line And they like Some put their hands On the heart And they all have to sing If it got to the guy On the end He's just

Straight in the camera Tapping his watch Wrap it up, mate It's getting cold out here We're here Can I just kick it? Can I kick the ball? This is why.

Fat. This is why. Fat. This is why. This is why. This is why. Fat. Well, there's a new item hitting the shelves.

Now, call me Silly Sausage, if you will. I've borne you, Silly Sausage. I always find a pre-packaged pudding to be slightly stodgy. Pudding? Do you mean a dessert or are you actually talking about a pudding? Well, it would be, I believe,

like a cakey pudding. Now, these have hit the shelves in Australia. Yeah. And quite often, Australia seems to get all this stuff before us. I would imagine these will be on our shelves if they're not already. Yeah, immediately.

These come from our favourite ship manufacturing offshore, get all this stuff before us. I would imagine these will be on our shelves if they're not already. Yeah. Imminently. These come from our favourite ship manufacturing offshore chocolate producers who also aren't afraid to downsize a bar, Cadbury. They have released two molten puddings. So this is like a cakey pud, but then when you heat it, the stuff in the middle goes a bit molten.

They're the best. Yeah, and then you cut it open and it's like... But you don't find the cake itself a bit stodgy? Oh, I'm all about a bit of stodgy. Nah, because when you reheat it, steam takes care of that. Okay. Gosh, you're bougie now. No, it's just like a fresh pud.

You know, before you got on TV, you used to love a steam microwave. Yeah, and now you're like a't say that. That is not true. I've always been a put snob. And now you're like, unless... I was five. I've been a put snob. Now you're like, unless Josh Emmett's coming around to make me pudding, I'm not doing it. That's not true.

I'm a put snob. I was spoiled for puddings. A put snob growing up. A put snob. Because my nan, Marlene, still around, she made chocolate eclairs from scratch. Oh, yeah, my mum makes a good chocolate eclair. Yeah, and she's a roller on brandy snaps. Mam!

What is my mam doing? Mam, no, this isn't my mam. Oh, your mam's mam. Mam has a famous pudding. It's like this self-sourcing pudding. She just mixes it all up. You can tell she's making it the minute you get there if that big glass casserole dish is on the bench. You're like, mum's making the South Sea food.

And it's good with a bit of ice cream. It's wonderful. And my nana on the other side just was always baking. So that's why I think I'm a bit of a pud snob. There's a really nice pud you can get in the supermarket. What are you just doing? Pud chat. It's the pud panel.

Oh, my God. We're the pud panel. We are. We're the pud panel. Oh my God, we're the pud panel. Yeah, we are, we're the pud panel. I forget, it's like an ooh la la brand. A Vienna. No, it has like a,

it's like a caramel, it's a caramel sauce that you re-heat the pud and then it's got a caramel sauce in it and it comes in like a box. I can't remember that but it's real fancy.

It's like a box but you get like four. Nah, it's not one of those. It's like ooh la la. They're never big enough. How big is this? Nah, it's big. Is it big enough? like ooh la la. They're never big enough. How big is this? Nah, it's big. Is it big enough?

How many servings is it? Oh, I could easily do one for me. But it's more of like four people. It's meant to be for four people. Yeah, that's nonsense. That's just what they say when they have to. Yeah. So there's also a cheesecake that's been,

and you know I love a cherry ripe. You do? Well, a cherry ripe baked cheesecake and an old gold dark chocolate baked cheesecake as well. Can't breathe with the puds. I didn't know about the cherry ripe cheesecake. A couple of puds to add to the family discussion. I hope they don't come just for the sake of my...

Inability to say no. Yeah. To a pud. Yeah, right. Cherry ripe. Pud. Hmm. I'm just...

Okay, well, at the moment in Australia, but hopefully making their way to New Zealand, or not in Megan's case. Oh, it looks good. Yeah. The problem is they don't look big enough. Well, that's why you buy two. But there's two in each.

Oh, yeah, okay. There's two in each box. By four. Oh, my God. Four boxes are eight. Are you aware of how multiples of two work? Yeah. Oh, yeah. There's two in each box. By four. Oh, my God. Four boxes are eight. Are you aware of how multiples of two work? Yeah. Oh, okay.

There's enough food. All right. Back. This is why. Back. This is why. This is why. This is why.

Back. Pump up your mornings with Pumped and ZDM. Oh, they're already here. They're already here. Oh, you're coming? I can confirm they are already here. And they're already here. Somebody said lava cakes. They're in there. Oh, Jesus. I can confirm they are already here. And they are already here. Somebody said lava cakes.

They're in there. Got them. Pack and save. Had one last night. Oh, Jesus. You know, they're touched down. Should we do a morning tea pud? Who's came?

We'll go get a lime skirt and go down to the supermarket and get a morning tea pud. No, they're hungover. They want pizza. Somebody wants to know if it's an Aunt Betty's that tickled your fancy flesh. No, it's not. It's a real bougie. I think it's a New Zealand brand. I'm going to have to do a Google and find out.

But it's caramel saucy. Yeah, it's caramel saucy. It's definitely not an Aunt Betty's. Is it a bougie? It's a bougie. I think it's... Well, I don't know, but it's bougie. What restaurant?

What supermarket do you get it from? Countdown. You're a countdown. No, I think it's from... I think you can get it either. But I definitely know they've got it at New World. Oh, look, I don't know. We have to do some research.

You've been shopping at New World? For the next Pudget. No. Woo! What do you mean? Woo! No kids, eh? This guy lives.

You know you've made it when you're shopping at New World. This guy lives. I don't know. I shop at my local countdown. If you're doing your weekly shopping at New World, yeah. Oh, I'm not. No, I'm definitely not doing my weekly shop

definitely not you're doing it I don't have a TV show you know what's hard to go back to is the

pack and save trolleys radio they're like pack and save trolleys are like bloody minivans they're huge

after going for just me though just me then not getting widespread support on this okay ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Megan the podcast if you enjoyed this podcast Just me, though. Just me, then? No, not getting widespread support on this. Okay.