ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - December 10 2019

Episode Date: December 9, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thanks, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Russia banned for four years. Is this how World War III starts? Over javelin. Yeah, we don't want to go to war with them either. They're soldiers that are roided up. Yeah, they are, um... I don't want to say anything bad. Naughty. Because they might be listening.

It's like when you mock the North Koreans. Yeah. There's a little bit of you that's like, careful. Careful, they're crazy. Careful. They've got weapons. Write something on my Facebook page or something.

Is that what they're doing? They're into Facebook? Who? The Russians. Oh, yeah, they're meddling They're into Facebook? Who? The Russians. Oh, yeah, they're meddling. They love a meddling election. That was Fletch. He said that.

Do you reckon they'll meddle with our election next year and get Simon Bridges in? I don't know. For a laugh? Don't know. Well, he's in tomorrow so you can ask him

if he suspects Russians have been interfering with elections. Open the conspiracy wormhole. What's the tin? Wormhole? Tin of worms? Can of worms. Can of worms. Open the conspiracy can of worms.

That's the one. I was going to say a tin of snakes, but that's not right, is it? No. That you would open a tin of snakes? We've got the top six coming up on the show. Yeah, this is really sad. Carol Spinney, the guy who has been doing the puppeteering for Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch died yesterday.

Oh. He was 86. He only retired last year from the role. He created the voices of both those iconic Sesame Street characters. And I've got the top six replacements for Big Bird. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time. All right, story time.

I have sourced three interesting, odd, quirky news stories from around the world. I'm going to read Vaughan and Megan three headlines, and they're only allowed to pick one. Headline one, stick shift simpletons. Headline two, Canada opening first body farm. And headline three, vegan influencer shocks fans. I know vegan.

Yeah. Okay. She's the one that's gone from a full vegan diet to a full carnivorous diet, like raw meat. She says she's the healthiest she's ever been. Meat, fish, and animal products like like raw meat and meat. She says she's the healthiest she's ever been. Meat, fish and animal products like eggs and dairy and stuff. She said she'd try it for a month, right?

Yeah. Because somebody said it was the better extreme diet and she didn't believe it so she gave it a go. She does this all the time though. She does extremes of things like she doesn't use deodorant for a long period of time. Then she didn use deodorant for a long period of time.

Then she didn't wash her hair for a long period of time. She does all these. Cool. All to make what? A hundred bucks off her YouTube streams? Cool. Probably makes more than that to be honest, Carl. What would your poop be like if you ate nothing but meat?

Because you know when you have like a big barbecue weekend. Yeah. Oh yeah. Solid. She'd be doing some stanky fluffs too. Do you reckon? If it was all clean, like good meat? I don't know. Yeah, I'd say so.

Well, I mean, judging by you and you ate a lot of barbecue. Yeah, I know, but I'm eating barbecue covered in like rich sauces and salty rubs. Yeah. All right. Well, you know that one. So do you want stick shift simpletons or Canada Opening First Body Farm? Body Farm? I know what a body farm is.

Have you ever seen the documentaries? I mean, I don't know if this is the same case for the Canadian one, but you donate your body to science and you can donate it to the body farm and they leave your dead body somewhere to like decompose and they monitor it so that when they find a dead body in the

in the wild and similar conditions they can work out how long you've been there for so they leave some in like a car like down a bank yeah on a farm and they'll leave like some like half in the water or something and every day they'll be like this is what they'll be tree guy yeah and you're they'll just like fling your body into a tree and like leave you there so if they ever find a body in a tree they can work out how long you've been there by the effects of like gravity and everything And they'll just like fling your body into a tree and like leave you there. So if they ever find a body in a tree, they can work out how long you've been there by the effects of like gravity and everything. And you sign up for it. Yeah.

So it's like donating your body to science, medical science or forensic in this case. Yeah, it'd be rad. Yeah. I mean, apart from if you stumbled across this farm and everyone had gone home for the day. Help me, I'm like, oh my God, what's happened here? Good Lord. Yeah. Okay, well that leaves stick shift simpletons.

We go now. Gosh, we're educated. We need two of those stories. You really did, yeah, even if you do say so yourself. We go now to Toronto, where a man was robbed at gunpoint at York University last week. Two teenage boys came up to the man and pressed a gun into his stomach, demanding his wallet and keys, then took his wallet and keys and went to his vehicle that was parked in the

parking lot, but their getaway was foiled by the manual transmission. Because neither of them knew how to drive a manual car. Oh, buddies. Buddies. Because you haven't, you've got an automatic. I've only just got an automatic car. I've always had manuals. She's always had manuals.

Because I drove my friend James' car the other day and it was a manual. It's the first time I've driven a manual. It's James' Suzuki Swift manual. I know. Unbelievable. He lives in the city. It kind of blows my mind. I could understand if you had a...

Yeah, if you're a boy racer or... Otherwise, living in the city, you can't beat an automatic for convenience. And it was weird. I had to do a hill start. Yeah. It was just odd. I was just like, bizarre.

But neither of them knew how to drive the vehicle. And police caught up with the two boys aged 15 and 17. And they have been arrested. Wow. Even if they try, you know, you'd like back yourself and you try to do a getaway. And then you bunny hop down the road. Yeah. Less.

So if you are going to look into a life of crime, make sure you can drive both stick and automatic. Exactly. Because my Nana never learnt to drive an automatic. It's not much to it. No, I know. It's like, Nana, you know it's so simple. And she's like, no, terribly confusing.

I always get confused why the car, like it took me ages to figure out why I couldn't get the keys out. You need to put it in park. I know. I was like, give me my keys. Do you still do that sometimes? Yeah. Or you're like, when it won't start, the car's broken.

I've broken them off and it's just, yeah. And when it won't start and you're like, what's happening? Well, it's broken. This is just stupid. Bloody hell, God. And you're like, oh's happening? Well, it's broken. This is just stupid. Bloody hell. God. And you're like, oh, no, I'm not a part. Yeah.

In the car that you've had for like 10 years. Yeah. Yeah. It's very confusing. Fleshforn and Megan. The podcast. ZM. The 77th annual Golden Globe nominations are out.

It's going to be on the 5th of January. Not that far away, really. Hosted by Ricky Gervais. I was going to say Ricky Gervais is back. For the fifth time. I think he said it'll be his last time, but I think he said that last time too. He said it three times ago. Yeah. So there has been a couple of snubs.

Should we talk about those first? Game of Thrones. Yes. This is what I was mentioning. The Game of Thrones final season wasn't that well received. I know it was the final season, and it probably would have, if it was good, it would have had lots. Still, for the amount of people that watched it and for the, you know, hype of that show,

shows always win in their final season. Shows like that. Yeah. So it just shows how rubbish the last season was. So Game of Thrones got one nomination for Kit Harington for actor. And nothing else. Nothing else. That is such a snub.

Yeah. His acting wasn't that great, was it? I know. That's what Fletch said. The last season. Yeah, I mean, he doesn't say much. He just mumbles cold. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Little Women got a snub. Most people are picking this up because the director, Greta Gerwig, she was also snubbed for Lady Bird in 2018. So everyone's saying they don't like Greta Gerwig. Right. Why don't they like Greta Gerwig?

No, I think people are just jumping to conclusions there. So Marriage Story, The Irishman, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. They were all nominated. Okay. Have you watched The Irishman yet? Not yet. It's on Netflix. Very long.

Everybody's saying how insanely long. Yeah, Al Pacino. He didn't get nominated. Everyone's saying that that was a bit of a snub. I was going to download that and watch it on the plane, but Martin Scorsese said don't watch it on a phone. It's okay. Martin Scorsese's a grumpy old prick.

He is a grumpy old prick. He's like, the stomach and super hairy movies on Martin Scorsese. It's like they're still making gangster movies, Martin Scorsese. Yeah, do something

out. Do something short. Have you heard of the short form? I should get him to do a Marvel movie. Because he hates, he hates. He should use it. He should He hates. He hates it.

He keeps his hands right off it. TV side, Chernobyl, The Crown, and Unbelievable tied for the most nominations. They got four each. What was Unbelievable?

The story of the... Oh, that was... I listened to the podcast. You guys have watched the TV show. Have you not seen that yet? No. It's very powerful. It's incredibly powerful.

All three of those. Amazing. Oh, yeah, Chernobyl. The Crown, you've got to get on that. Third season? I know, I still haven't watched the second Crown. You've got to get on that. Third season? I know. I still haven't watched the second season.

Where they switched out the actors that play the Queen and Prince Philip. Olivia Colman plays the Queen. So good. You know where they switched out actors? Is Princess Diana in this one? No, no. Next season. Camilla Parker-Bowles is.

Ooh. Yeah. What's she doing there? It's the story of how her and Prince Charles met. She's been chipping away all that time. So she was around before. Yeah, we knew this. Before Princess Diana.

I had no idea she'd been. She was the woman he wanted to be with right from the get-go. I remember. I've heard that. Yeah. Well, this explains kind of how they met and how they went down. What would that have been? I'm just Googling Kimala Parker Bowles 1970.

See what she looked like. Exactly the same. looked like exactly the same she looks exactly the same I can tell you that Jojo Rabbit has been nominated for best motion picture

musical or comedy and the boy who plays Jojo was nominated as best actor in that category too and you'll remember I said my favourite

movie of the year that was even on a bus you did it wasn't it that was on a bus they used that with stars next to it. Yeah. So, you know, I mean, I don't want to...

Have you seen anything that's come close since? I feel vindicated. No, I haven't. I haven't. Not in the comedy, not in the comedy section. Just not Golden Globes related, but Critics' Choice Awards were announced too and Jojo Rabbit got seven nominations in that.

Oh, it is so, it's so good. Yeah. So those are both a lead up to the Oscar nominations, which shouldn't be too far away. Fingers crossed for Taika Waititi. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Yesterday, Carol Spinney passed away. Carol Spinney was the puppeteer behind Big Bird for like ever. Literally since the

inception of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch until 2018, he did Big Bird. His IMDB credits are something to behold. I mean, it's all Big Bird. Was he like worth a fortune? No, not a huge amount. 8 million US dollars when I looked yesterday. Oh, okay. I mean, enough. But for a guy that's been in, not as much as Jim Henson, but Jim Henson, like, invented it. This guy just stuck his hand in it. And it'd be great.

Yeah, of course. Yeah, sure. Yeah. But he'd be able to go to the supermarket, unlike his peers in Hollywood. Oh! And not be a hassle. He'd be able to go to the supermarket and afford food.

Yeah, he would. That too. Well, he passed away at the age of 85. Wow. Just shy of 86. He would have been 86

on Boxing Day. But, you know, he passed away and it's sad news. Everybody kind of, that voice, well,

those two voices. He said he based Oscar the Grouch's voice on a New York cab driver he met on the way to the audition. Oh, wow. How good's that? There was some guy driving around.

Sounded like Oscar the Grouch. Some grumpy old prick driving a taxi. Yeah. And then he lived in a trash can. The top six replacements for Big Bird was something I've... I don't know. Do we retire the character? It's legendary.

But if we're going to retire Big Bird, we're replacing him with something almost identical. And the number six on the list of the top six replacements for Big Bird, oversized ostrich. Okay. Because Big Bird's... Do we ever get a definitive species on Big Bird? No. What kind of bird is Big Bird?

Yellow. Number five. A yellow bird. Number five on the list of the top six replacements for big bird, gargantuan gannet. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. Yeah, we don't see a lot of the gannet.

Is it like a seagull? Yeah, big seagull. Sick seagull. Is it? A gannet's no bigger than an ordinary seagull. It's just that there's always so many of them. They travel in packs. Oh, yeah, no, you're right.

They're about seagull. It is a se you're right. They're about seagulls. It is a seabird. It's a prettier seagull. What am I thinking? Molly hawks. Yeah, those giant seagulls. Molly hawks. Sometimes I feel bad if I'm giving a seagull a chip

and then a big one comes and I'm like, no, get out. But the big ones need food too. Twice as much. Yeah, I know. And then the poor little sparrows want a chip. Nah. They've got no chance. Get out of here, sparrow.. And then the poor little sparrows want a chap and nah. They've got no chance. Get out of here, sparrow.

We're at the beach. You belong in urban centres. Number four on the list of the top six replacements for Big Bird are Colossal Kiwi. Oh, imagine that. Yeah.

I mean, you couldn't make one to scale its beak. If it was as tall as Big Bird, it would be massive. The old TVNZ Goodnight Kiwi.

Goodnight Kiwi. Yeah. Back? Yeah. It? Yeah. It's back. Reading bedtime, partaking in some bedtime stories. TVNZ Oddabard.

I'm a company man. What can I say? The Prime Minister's going to read one of those, by the way. Really? On Christmas Day. Yeah. Yeah.

It's going up on... Oh, that'll get your right-wing grandparents and parents rolled up, won't it? My First Communist Manifesto. Goodnight, children. You'll get your right-wing grandparents and parents rolled up, won't it? My first communist manifesto. Good night, children. But tomorrow we wake up early to plough the fields and all do our share. Number three on the list of the top six replacements for Big Bird are Enormous Emu.

Oh, okay. That'd be terrifying, actually, thinking about it now. It'd be charging around Sesame Street picking the eyes out of children. Number two on the list of the top six replacements for big bird. Another scary bird to make that size. Humongous hawk. Oh, yeah.

Oh, no. That's in the cause on that. But that's an eagle, not a hawk. And it's already humongous. Yeah. I was flying my drone the other day and a hawk started circling it. Did you get some footage?

I pressed record, yeah. Oh, yeah. I've got to get that off the drone. Have you not even looked at it? If this thing takes down the drone and like breaks the drone, I'd almost be, if I was recording,

I'd be like, worth it? I'm okay with it. Yeah. I think I'm almost okay with it. And number one on the list of the top six replacements for Big Bird

after Carol Spinney, the legendary puppeteer passed away yesterday, Substantial Sparrow. Imagine Bird and Ernie and Substantial Sparrow. Hey Bird, here's Substantial Sparrow. That's too big! That is today's top

six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Suomi is what Finland call themselves. Never knew that. Yeah. That's what they call themselves. And it is their prime minister that I want to talk about now because she has been recently elected. She is ousting a 71, well, not ousting.

It's not like she's conducted a military coup. He was 71 the last primate. It's the Suli Ninsteno. It's got N-I-I-N-I-S-T-O with an O dot dot over the top. Okay. There's a lot going on there. There's a lot of vowels to take in,

some of them in a row. But Sana Marin is the new prime minister. She is now the world's youngest serving prime minister, 34 years old. Wow. Wait, no, but didn't we, we had that record. That was ours. Jacinda, wasn't she the youngest at 37?

She was the youngest at the time. She was, like, there was no younger prime minister at the time. At the time, yeah. There may have been a younger prime minister in history. Okay, so I've just looked on Wikipedia. Arden was the world's youngest female head of government at 37. Finland's prime minister, 34. So, yeah, absolutely smashed it.

Right, yeah. There's a Ukrainian that's 35. That's like me running a country. God, could you imagine? It's bad when... No, it's not like me running a country. When you get older than people who are doing important things, you're like, what am I doing with my life?

But then it's good when you hear about some criminal or terrible person that's younger than you. You're like, well, it could be worse. Yeah. Like I always think Beyonce is just younger than me. Yeah. Achieved arguably a little bit more. Yeah.

Quite a lot more. Yeah. I mean, in different fields though. Yeah. But then you see someone like in jail and they're a criminal and you're like, I'm not Beyonce. Granted, could have been worse. I'd love to see her.

Are we trying to take down Beyonce? Yeah, do something that you do. Work a farmer. Well, yesterday I piped up the bore to the water tank. Oh, you know what? I think she could do that. She'd just pay someone to do that. Yeah, she'd probably really kill it.

That's how successful she is. So what about this new Prime Minister, this 34? Do we know anything about her? What would you like to know? It's a big, it's a change for the Finnish government. It's one of those countries that always has like really high happiness and everything, even though it's very cold and Lapland's up the top. You've been...

I know, I've been neighbouring. I went Norway. When you go to the top of Norway, you can be at the top of... Finland. Finland and I went Norway. When you go to the top of Norway, you can be at the top of Finland and I believe Russia. No. It's the Scandinavian. Yeah. I call it the Scandinavian doodle because it looks like a penis.

Right. It hangs. See, you're looking at the map now. I am looking at the map. Yeah, so at the top of Norway, you can be at the crossroads of Finland and Sweden. Sweden. Yeah, because it goes up. Yeah.

It's very inhospitable right at the top there. That's strange to go from like a 71-year-old dude straight down to like a 34-year-old female. But both of the same like political leanings. Oh, really? Like he was pretty woke. Right. Oh, okay.

Wow. Okay. Yeah. She's the third female prime minister and the youngest ever leader at 34. Good on her. Get a girl. I mean, I'll never do it. I'm still just trying to imagine you.

You'd lift GST on online shopping. That'd be your first thing to do. I would. Oh, you mean remove it. I think you mean lift it to higher. Oh, no, no. Remove it. Yeah, absolutely.

That's just so you're not going to be in charge of a country, Megan. You can't just do everything that you want. And then you'll be like, where's all the money gone? Yeah. You know what else I don't like, guys? Paying tax. Oh, boy. Flesh, fauna, Megan.

The podcast. ZM. So Snapchat are trialling something, and this has only been done in, well, they've noticed it in France, and they've said a few limited international markets. They're trialling something called Cameo. Now, this is essentially deepfakes. Now, deepfakes is putting a person's head on another person's body to make it look like they're doing something they weren't.

Yeah. Which is scary. Which is kind of what you can do now on Snapchat. Like, you can put a crude kind of photo of someone else's face on yours. But it obviously isn't you. But this is next level. Yeah. So this is called Cameo.

And basically, they said stay tuned for their global debut soon. It's still not convincing though from what I'm seeing online. Not in real time, right? No one still hasn't nailed the real time deep fake. Where you could be filming someone and you could be doing it like

Snapchat filters. They're not good enough to be considered deep fakes. And neither is this from what you can see. Like no one's going to believe that's you walking along or sitting. It's quite basic. So the picture of your head and the body don't kind of move together. They don't gel together. Yeah.

But, I mean, we're getting close to that being the case. Yeah. And, like, it's a bit of fun at the moment, but lawyers and legal researchers are saying, you know, there's a risk when it comes to politicians or celebrities or even like everyday people being made to look and sound like they've done something that they haven't.

Well, you haven't watched that Netflix show, The Capture. Yeah, The Capture. The Capture is crazy. Yeah, which delves into this kind of thing. And it's pretty scary. Like deep faking surveillance footage to like set people up. Yeah.

And there's literally like that's the evidence people use. So they're like, how do you dispute that? Yeah. There's a video of you doing it. How are you supposed to dispute it? Even if you swear black and blue that it wasn't you. But they deep faked the surveillance, the live feed kind of surveillance footage.

They did it live. Yeah. Well, they were able to. I mean, obviously it's a TV show, but it was quite Black Mirror-esque. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And the way that you were just like. It's the way it's going. Yeah, totally.

But yeah, stay tuned for that. So some people have had this pop up in France. Yeah. A few people are trialing it out on a few users, but. But they're going to roll it out globally. Hmm. Are they just trying to get us back on Snapchat? I think so, yeah.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. New Zealand Reddit users have been searching for what they would deem New Zealand's worst personalised plate. And this is just them just being out and about seeing a plate and posting it on Reddit. Taking photos of it.

Some that they caught. Have you ever seen one that you've been? Because you're not allowed to put anything. They all have to go through a filter of offensiveness. Yeah, and rude ones. And rude words. So that's surprising when one that says butt stuff is literally out there. There is another plate.

There was a photo of it. Right. How could it have meant anything else and got through? Could they have been like, this actually is... What do you think? How do you explain butt stuff? Well, they obviously did. It got through.

Because what was the... How was that spelt? B-T-S-T-U-F. Bit. And less than it was like Brent. Yeah, Brent stuff. It's my name shortened. Brent stuff.

Do you want to be stuck in traffic and everyone's like, butt stuff? I always think someone paid to have that. It's not free. You paid for your car to say butt stuff. You'd be driving along and you'd forget that you had butt stuff on your car and people would just look at you and you'd be like, why is this person looking at me?

Yeah. It's like when I'm driving a station vehicle and I forget that we're in a station vehicle and you're ripping the fingers, tailgating. No, I only did that once and that was in the Hauraki Ute. So I don't think personally we've got anything bad that's going to come our way from that. But yeah, lots of other ones that some of them I wouldn't even,

I don't even know how they got through the filter because. Yeah, because I've just found a story from 2018. Okay. The New Zealand Land Transport Agency did reject several orgasms, spelt O-R-S-A-S-M. O-R-S. No, sorry. That was awesome. O-R-S-A-S-M O-R-S No, sorry, O-R-6 That was awesome.

O-R-6-A-S-M It looks like an orgasm. The six looks like a G. Oh, right, it looks like a capital G. F-K and then a number eight. R and

for you hoes was also rejected as a personalised play. Good Lord. Yeah. Yeah. But then there's those. What would your mum say? Do you remember when it was just going through the alphabet

and somebody got gay 24-7? Or accidentally. It was just going through and ticking through. But that was the annoying thing because I remember growing up when it was two letters and then the four numbers. Now it's three letters, three numbers. I was always waiting for the day that VS would be on the number plate because that would be my initials.

And I'd be like, how great is this? Or VAS, Vaughn Allen Smith. Well, no, they didn't use V. Why? They never had number plates that started with V. Well, we're not up to that yet. No, last time around. You're not listing.

When it was two numbers. Oh, yeah, right. When it was two letters at the start. They never used V at the start. I don't know. How do you know? Because I was waiting for it, Megan. I was waiting for it.

At the yard. We just sat like VTNZ. No, but if there'd been a V, there would have been thousands of combinations of them. Are you sure there's no Vs? I never saw one. Yeah, but just because you never saw it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Doesn't mean it didn't happen. If you saw it, when you're looking for it, you'd see it.

I don't know about that. So you're saying there's no one driving a car that starts, the number plate starts with a V. It wasn't automatically printed by the plates people. Not the personalized plates people, the standard plates people. Yeah, right. No, number plates never started with a V. It wasn't automatically printed by the plates people. Not the personalized plates people. The standard plates people. Yeah, right. Number plates never started with a V. They do so.

They didn't. I was a kid. This was my obsession. Why don't you do one of those car jam online thingies where you search for like VA1234 or something. That could be a personal. I don't know. Okay, I'm going to do it.

But there was no... Trust me. I'm the guy whose name starts with V. I was waiting for personal. I don't know. Okay, I'm going to do it. But there was no, trust me, I'm the guy whose name starts with V. I was waiting for it. This was my dream. What, when you were a kid? Because we had RC4058. That was the name I played

in my first car. And I was like, ah, and then dad had one that was a car, his car was S. And I was like, here it comes, baby.

Here comes V. And then it went T. How do you know this is? And then it went T. And then it went U. And then it jumped to W. Really? Yeah. Is it because Vs and Ws are too similar so you couldn't have a VV? See, VA1234 not found.

VA29. Then why? Because Vs look like Ws. So another personalized plate that was banned and not because it was inappropriate, disrespectful or profound or derogatory, the other terms they've ruled on, a confusing licence plate, L1LLLM.

And if that was speeding past you, what was the number plate? Yeah, that's true. What is L1LLLM? Lill- They've just,L-L-M. Lil. Lil. They've just, they ruled that as confusing. Oh. They're saying it's too hard to read.

They're not saying it says anything. They had one like that once that was I's and ones. Another confusing one they turned down a couple of years ago was X-X-X-X-X-K. Oh, because the K looks like an X. Yeah. Right. Cheeky. People are agreeing with me.

Other people whose names started with V. I'm hearing from Vanessa's. I'm hearing from... That's it. It'll be because a double V would look like a... But then why not do the first V and then no second V? Yeah, do an A or something. It was a pretty hard time.

It was a pretty bitter pill to swallow. I'm here wondering why you would be looking and waiting for this, but you were a child with the name Vaughan that never got your name on mugs. Nothing. On anything, key rings. You betcha. And nothing. In gift stores.

Nothing. Somebody said, so there was the gay 247. Yep. Which was just a plate that was given out. Would you have been all right with that? Absolutely. Yeah, I know. You're 247. Yep. Which was just a plate that was given out. Would you have been all right with that? Absolutely. Yeah, I know. You're very woke.

Fantastic. But somebody else said they were a teenager and they got Gay 469. Oh, right. On their first car. So that's, that would have been, that's some tease. I mean, someone would pay thousands of dollars for that plate. Oh, absolutely. Chuck them on the convertible.

Yeah. Well, hard top. Could be on a ute. Could be on a absolutely. Chucking on the convertible. Yeah. Well, hard time. Could be on a ute. Could be on a ute. Could be on a ute. I'm not saying... Could be on a ute. Yeah, no, somebody...

Lots of people now saying they never saw V's either growing up. I'd love to know why. How do you know this? Jeez. Because that's... It was my... I've told you, it was my...

Why I'm going to... Now I have to launch a formal investigation You need to get in touch with that Just reach out to the land transport People The media people Someone said the V sounds too much like a B when the cops radio it in But then can't they say Don't give me that

Victor Bravo They say Victor Bravo Charlie Oscar Tango Foxtrot. Mike Sierra Foxtrot. Contact us. Oh, I can message them on social media. Like that's going to. No, that's where you get your best answers from.

Oh, really? If you're calling, you're a fool. Complain publicly. It's an easy way to go. On social media. Yeah. Complain publicly. It's the easiest way to go. On social media. Fletchbourne and Megan's Community Notices. Hello and welcome to Community Notices,

a segment of the show where we have a look at notice boards, Facebook pages and occasionally neighbourlies from around this lovely country of ours. Let's pop down to Dunedin News. This one's been doing the rounds. You may have seen this. For those who haven't, Hamish Todd writes on Dunedin News. Last night I saw two very clearly drunk university students attempting what they call a crumbed fish out at St Kilda Beach.

This is where they swim naked, come out of the water onto the beach and essentially crumb themselves in the soft sand to appear like a crumbed piece of fish. It's quite frankly disturbed and I wish the council would follow through with their promises to stop this kind of tomfoolery. Seems a little harsh

doesn't it? Just someone who's rocking a crumbed fish. Is this actually... I feel like this is tongue in cheek. I feel it's tongue in cheek. You feel like this is I feel it's tongue in cheek. I don't know how you could witness that. Yeah I'm looking

at Hamish now. He's a younger he's a younger oh look I've gone two profile pictures deep and he's up to utter shenanigans. I think Hamish himself

would have partaken of a crumbed fish. Really? More than once. What a great idea. Yeah. He's a he's a crumb fish

a fish I've seen that shared everywhere though I've done that thing now where I'm like scrolling through all of Hamish's profile photos

you were at Hamish's family Christmas no he met Harvey Specter in 2016 oh he did too for the season 6 premiere of Life of Harvey yeah he doesn't seem like

the kind of person that would be anti a crumb fish no I'd say he'd be pro crumb fish right you send him a friend request. What other shenanigans has he been up to? He's got a...

Does the haymush need to lock down his Facebook profile? He's done that thing where he's been diving and he's got a selfie stick taking a photo and then one of his mates, you know how there's always a mate that's calling him out for his small biceps, but he's like actually quite nice. He has a great bicep, so I wouldn't be calling those out.

Just a bit of lads. Yeah, a bit of lads banter. Just a bit of lads banter. He's in actually quite nice. Those are great biceps though. Yeah, I know. I wouldn't be calling those out. Just a bit of lads. Yeah, a bit of lads banter. Just a bit of lads banter. In fact, look at that. He's in the water there. He's rolling the sand away from a crumb fish. Maybe lock down your Facebook too, Hamish. Yeah.

If you're going to go viral. Or leave it wide open. So we can keep the rest of the situation. Okay. Let's go to the Oamaru Today page, where Oamaru Today has posted a controversial status update. Anyone tired of the wind yet? Because it's windy.

Yeah, because it's been very windy. This set the page alight. No. Lovely. No. Someone said yes. Someone said no. Someone else said good for drying the washing.

Someone else said no. Oh, God, that's a classic boomer. Do you know, Mum was very stressful on when I was home at the weekend. Mum was watching the rain radar like a hawk. She's like, well, I don't know if I'm going to get the sheets out long enough. But I've looked at the rain radar. There's no rain. Does your mum like scoot out when there's like

drips of rain? She rushes out and gets it in and then two minutes later puts it out and then gets it. It's this washing dance. It's their cardio. Because I put some shorts out and they didn't dry so I had to use the 1990s dryer. Oh god. Did you hear about how much that cost?

Yeah, I said I'll give you a dollar. She's like it'll probably be more than a dollar. Especially if it's the 1990s type. Oh, I know, yeah. Lucky it hasn't caused the house fire from its lint can. I said, Mum, you've got to get a new dryer. This thing is just a minute away from a house fire. She's like, no, they don't make them like they used to.

They're still going. Classic. They're very simple things. It's just a heater in there and it goes around. I really can't argue with that logic. You can't argue with that logic. I mean,'re very simple things. It's just a heater in there and it goes around. I really can't argue with that logic. You can't argue with that logic. And it is still going. Sometimes they do get a bit crazy.

Why do I need a sheet setting? Yeah. A heavy one and a wrinkle-free. No, you're right. Bev's right. Bev's right. Also, it probably won't catch on fire because she's only used it five times. Yeah.

Probably done less work than the average person's dryer has if it's brand new. Next, let's go to the Te Ao Mutu and surrounding areas grapevine info sharing group. Christine writes, I've tied them up. Goodness. In the shade, eating cat biscuits. PM me if yours.

And Ross writes, this has got to be the weirdest hostage note I've ever seen. There's no photo. There's no description of what's tied up. Someone said, is this Fifty Shades of Te Ao Mutu? And it could be. Christine, I don't know if she even took a photo, if she intended there to be a photo.

Absolutely lost. Let's go to the New Zealand Farming Buy, Sell and Swap page. Oh, okay. Helen has posted on there. She's looking for a special man. Oh. I wouldn't have thought the New Zealand farming buy, sell, swap page would have been the place for the classifieds. But hey, you don't know if you don't ask.

Exactly. Helen's written, where is my special man? The man that I can care about, spoil, have fun with and love. Oh. I'm a 56-year-old active woman who is financially secure and an empty nester. So she's saying, kids have moved out, so we can make some noise. And do it on the couch if we want. I'm honest, caring, romantic.

She probably put a sheet down. Yeah. And then washed that and have to hang it on the lawn. She's not turning the dryer on. I am honest, caring, romantic, sincere, clean living and hard working. Looking for a male partner, 50 plus. I love the rural outdoors lifestyle.

Only sincere replies please. P.M. me and I'll reply. I hope she has some luck with that. Sounds like a lovely lady. Got many endearing qualities there. Yeah. If I myself, Helen, was 20 years older and single, I'd be shooting you a DM.

On your iPad? Sounds like my sort of Sheila. Yeah. Yeah. From the Cambridge, New Zealand grapevine, Liz writes, Hello, I recently visited a graveyard to see a loved one in Leamington and now I feel as though I'm being followed by an entity that is not living.

Of course you are. I'm afraid and I can't sleep without a light on. Whom may I speak to? I actually have a service for $500 where I come into your house and go ooooh and sprinkle some stuff around and yeah, I suck the ghost into my

dicing. What do you sprinkle around? Special water. Special water? Special water into my Dyson. What do you sprinkle around? Special water. Special water. Special water from a pump bottle. Oh, you burn sage. I do that too. No, that's an extra 150, the sage. Oh, yeah, but worse than this.

Like an exorcism guaranteed kind of thing? Like, it definitely can't be gone? Well, no, I can't guarantee this, Megan, because, you know, they've got their own world that I'm not a part of. But I'll try my best. Bloody spirits have got minds in their own, eh? I know. You can communicate with them.

The water you sprinkle around, that's not going to get anything too wet, is it? Because I'm not turning the dryer on. If you get the cushions wet, they'll have to be hung on the line. It'll just soak into the carpet, but at the same time, it gets rid of the spirits, the evil spirit. But not guaranteed. Warding them off. But if you can help Liz and you're in Cambridge,

shoot us in White Sage. We'll give them a number. It's going to be White Sage. I'll get it all sorted. Those are today's community notices. If you see anything on your local Facebook page, screen cap it

and send it to ours, FVMZM on Facebook. The Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to... Who left that email ding on? Was that you? Aren't you? I'm recording.

The Fletchmore and Megan podcast. Thanks to Spark. Wrap up any mobile this Christmas with a Spark prepaid gift box. You can turn your dinger on now, aren't you? Are we going to play the hoodacky? We need to play the hoodacky thingy. My bad person. Yeah, no, it's now.

Caitlin's in the departure lounge, so she hasn't planned anything. It's my fault. It's my fault. If you keep this up, you're not getting your present after eight o'clock. Oh, do I have another present today? Yes, every day.

You do. Oh my God. Am I a bad person? All right, New Zealand. Thank you, Caitlin. You can have your present now. We are here to judge if this person is a bad person, lightly. Lightly.

We say, am I a bad person? But we're not labelling them as like, you know. Like, let's not go in too hard. Like, they have message to show. Like, we don't want to put them off the show. Yeah. This is an interesting one. I'd like to preface this by saying this was sent in by a female.

Okay. Yep. It's a female writing this. Guys, I need your help. Am I a bad person? I have a new girlfriend who is lovely and really pretty and I think there is potential for something really great between us. Sounds good.

There is one thing about her, however, which bothers me. But? And I know it really shouldn't. She doesn't shave her armpits. I know it's completely up to her and I respect her decision, but when her armpit hair is almost as long as my hair, it's a wee bit off-putting. She asked me if I'm okay with it and I've told her that I am

and that I support her decisions when I do. However, I do wish that maybe she was a little bit more hairless. When she says her hair's longer than my hair. Her armpit hair is longer than my hair. So does she have a short haircut? She does have a short haircut. Yeah, right. Okay.

This is on Instagram, by the way. That's why I can see her profile picture. Right, okay. So she's got short hair, but her girlfriend's armpit hair is, yeah, wow, okay, but then she said it's okay. But then if somebody said to me, is my armpit hair okay, and it wasn't, I'd be like, yeah, sure.

Yeah, because in the early relationship, you know how you like say stuff's okay. It's what it's not. But then a few years in, that same stuff wouldn't be okay. No, yeah. You might overlook things. Yeah.

Are you going to let something great go by, though, because of some hair on someone's pits? Yeah, like this could be your... I'd veet them while they're... Veet your pits! But don't fall asleep while... Don't you put the veet on and then forget about it, because it'll burn.

Oh, no, shit, no. That veet stuff is unforgiving. Yeah. Yeah. No more, what is it, 10 minutes? No more. No more. Five minutes it might be.

Read the instructions. Read the instructions and always do a test patch. Well, I just think, like, she's, if you're going to be supportive of females in this day and age, you've got to support their decisions about their bodies, you know, especially if it's your partner and she's decided not to. Because some people love the hairy armpits. Don't they? I mean, I'm...

Well, I mean... I've got some. I've got... No, but see, even I... Yeah, but why... I don't trim mine all the time. I don't like long, hairy... Why?

When you think about it, why, like... Yeah, I'm married to someone who has hairy armpits and it doesn't bother me. Real bushy or just like some wiry kind of? No, it's not real bushy. But I wouldn't care if it was. Like you stay away from, I generally stay away from armpits anyway. Yeah, I'm not an armpit. It's not my erogenous zone.

I'm not armpit shaming you. It's just not my zone. Maybe every now and then when you see someone like yawning, you might poke it. Why do we do that too? Because then it ruins their yawn. It's like a jab in the ribs. Why would you do that? You put your finger in their mouth when they're yawning

and that ruins the yawn too. That's a bit kinky for me. Vaughan's very vanilla over here. He's not doing that. Finger. My finger's going to go in one woman's mouth. That's my wife. And even here He doesn't He's not doing that Finger My finger's gonna go In one woman's mouth That's my wife And even then

She doesn't like it At all Right Okay so We need to decide If she's a bad person Yeah So

She doesn't like her girlfriend Having hairy armpits But she told her she has Is she a bad person If she wants her to shave them? Yeah. Could she just drop some hints? Like, poor. But hairy armpits don't always stink.

No. You've got hairy armpits. No, I don't. Yes, you do. No, I don't. You don't shave. Yeah, they're hairy. You don't shave them.

They're like bushy. They're not bush bush. Do you trim your armpit? Yeah, they're hairy. You don't shave them. Yeah, but they're not like bushy. They're not by, yeah, trim. They're not bush bush. Do you trim your armpit hair? Yeah, of course. Have you ever shaved it all the way off? Well, like when I shave it with the trimmers, it goes pretty much to nothing. Right, right.

Does it get itchy? Nah, not really. Okay. Because it's a wispier hair. Yeah, it's a wispier hair than that. Mine's not bushy. I don't know what we're talking about. You've got a bushy pit.

My bushy pit Okay well let's take some calls Is she a bad person? Maybe you've been in the situation Where you told your partner Early on something was okay But then it wasn't How do you get out of that?

How do you then change it to say Actually I'm not okay with this If we're going to be together You need to do it now Early Is she a bad person? 0800 DARS at M 9696

Should she make her girlfriend Shave her armpit here? Give us a call Am I a bad person? 0800 0800 M 9696. Should she make her girlfriend shave her armpit here? Give us a call. Am I a bad person? So we've had a message from a female. I need your help. I have a new girlfriend. She's really lovely, really pretty. I think there's potential for something great.

But there's one thing. She doesn't shave her armpits. I know it's completely up to her and I respect her decision. But she's still not okay with it. And it's really split. Bella, do you think she's a bad person or not? Sorry, what was that? I don't think she's a bad person.

Okay. What do you think she should do, though? Well, I think she should say something about it, but gently. But she's already told her it's okay, it's fine. Yeah, but you do that in your relationship, don't you? You do, you do. So do you think it's okay for her to ask her partner to shave?

Yes, I think so. I think her partner should be okay with it if she... Okay, what about say no? Yeah, she can. What about Disney? So they could just part ways if it's that much of a deal breaker. Doesn't your wife have a, Vaughn, when you get too hairy, your beard? Oh, yeah, she...

Doesn't she have a you shave that? Oh, no, she just passively, aggressively critiques it over and often, over and over again. Right, Bella, Bella Thanks you call Molly Is she a bad person She is You just It's like you know You can't

It's someone else's body And it's a little bit of hair You know If she wants to have hairy pitties She can have hairy pitties You know It's just so funny Hearing you say hairy pitties

I've never heard you call pitties before Neither it's great I love it That's what I call those dogs Yeah Hair hairy pitties. I've never heard them called pitties before. Neither. It's great. I love it. That's what I call those dogs. Yeah. Hairy pitties. Oh, oh, yeah. I mean, they're hairy too.

I'm all for all kinds of hairy pitties. You're all for hair on or in pitties. Yeah. But what do you think she should do? Just get over it? Or if it's that much of a deal breaker, get out of it? If it is that much of a deal breaker, then I'm sure the hairy pity lady

probably doesn't want to be there anyway. But I'm sure she's like, hey, I've got a weird thing about body hair. The other person could be like, hey, let's learn together and work through this because my body hair's mine. Some communication. Thanks here, Cool Molly. This is quite a good text

message that's in here. I've been in this situation. I didn't know what to do either. I spent some time reflecting why I felt like this and perhaps I had some internalised sexism in the sense that a woman is meant to be hairless and when society and I put a lot of pressure on myself to be smooth and sexy, I felt kind of weird towards my ex-girlfriend for not shaving.

I don't think she's a bad person, but maybe she could spend some time talking to her girlfriend about it and why she prefers not to shave and why they do shave. Isn't it weird, though, that, like, guys have hairy armpits and you're just like, yeah. Yeah. But women have to shave them. Is there any way where it's not acceptable for guys to have hairy armpits?

Like, is there any cultures? Like, is that a thing? No. Because it's always on the female, isn't it? Yeah. But then I feel... Strange societal pressures of beauty that we have. Yeah, but isn't Europe all down with, like,

hairy armpits for females? Yeah. It's more acceptable. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the French. They don't really care, do they? And Eastern Europeans. Yeah. Yeah.

A recent study found that 9% of 45 to 60-year-old American men groom their underarms, while 73% of 15 to 20-year-old Americans either trim or shave their underarm. American men. Right. Wow, okay. So it might not be a cultural thing. Maybe it's a generational thing. Yeah.

Yeah, right. As to taking care of it more. Huh. Okay.. Yeah, right. As to taking care of it more. Huh. Okay. But overall, yeah. What is Nick Jonas' armpits like? I don't know. Nick Jonas' armpits.

Whatever. You have literally a folder on your laptop for the one o'clock Jonas. It's maintained. It's a little here. Okay, there's a Tumblr account. Yeah, no. Dedicated to his armpits. You knew about this.

No, I didn't. You knew about this. No. What are they? Are they like? They're hairy. They've got some hair. Yeah, but they're not majorly.

It's not super bushy, but it's not trimmed super short. Yeah. And I'm down. Overall, I mean, the whole situation's not a bad situation, but it's not trimmed super short. Yeah. I'm down. Overall, I mean, the whole situation's not a bad situation, is it? Nah. What? In the armpit, out the armpit, around the whole Jonas. All right, it's five.

She'll be coming round the Jonas when she comes. Sorry? She'll be coming round the Jonas when she comes. It's five. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, Anya, and Megan, the podcast. Well, Anya, the latest from the White Island eruption that happened yesterday, 2.11pm. Yes, three explosions since then.

47 people had been on the island and were taken off by helicopters. Police have confirmed that five people are dead. There are currently 31 in hospital and victims are being treated at burns units right across the country. Three people have been discharged and there are still eight people missing

and based off aerial searches, police don't believe that anyone else has survived. Right, so the Prime Minister in Tauranga this morning giving a press conference with police. We're joined on the phone now just to ask some questions about this whole area. And we're joined by Professor Shane Cronin of the University of Auckland.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Now, I mean, this is your area of expertise. So some of our questions might seem very entry level, but we just are kind of puzzled by it. With the explosion yesterday, the eruption, sorry, are those sorts of things predictable? Because they say earthquakes are, you know, so unpredictable and it's both related to tectonic plates and stuff. So was this at all predictable, this explosion, this

eruption? So when magma's living under a volcano, then you can predict it with seismicity and so on. But in this case, it's basically the top part of the volcano system is under pressure, like a pressure cooker. It's filled up with hot steam and water. And so when that pressure is suddenly released, that is what causes the sudden dramatic event. So yesterday's, that was another one of my questions. So yesterday's eruption wasn't lava. It was, as you said, it was steam.

It wasn't smoke. What we saw coming out was that steam. Yeah, it certainly started off with steam and expanding steam. And so that was blasting out the rock. And so, you know, when you've got water under really high temperatures, like 250 degrees C, and under a lot of pressure in those rocks, and you suddenly release it,

then it's got a huge amount of energy to break the rocks apart and to create a huge, you know, to create a huge explosion. Right. Is this the start of something bigger? Like, should people in the bay be worried? It could stop and do nothing, you know. It could just be a pressure release.

So that's common. Or it could carry on, but seismicity will tell us. There's been some questions about tsunami warnings and whether this could create a tsunami. Is that possible? Unlikely at the moment because all the activities taking place on the island itself. Okay. So would you Go on. I was just going to say I've got to run so maybe can we do one more question? Yeah sure sure. You're actually at a conference

now aren't you? I'm at a conference and I'm just supposed to be on talking to BBC now. Oh, okay. Oh my god, we're getting, absolutely, we're getting shunted to the BBC. Fair enough, too. Alright, no, we'll let you go.

I think you've really answered our main questions. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. Okay, cool. Thanks, guys. Thanks, Shane. Bye-bye. I've hung up on him.

Is he actually chanting us to the BBC? Unbelievable. I love it. It's the BBC. I would too. I'd be like, I'm not talking to you guys. I think these questions were BBC level. No, I don't think they were, Bob.

I think they were. I had three questions remember. If you'd asked questions like that, if you'd put on your British... Look at your writing. Oh, my God. Can you just be a bit more professional next time? More activity. He wouldn't have left if you sounded like the BBC.

He wouldn't have. He wouldn't have. He got all caught up with the big three. What was it that came out? I can see your questions. What was it that came out? And I had that written down before he said about the steam and the water. Yeah.

No, you did real great. You did real great. And then I had related activity question mark, but you asked that. I asked that written down before he said about the steam and the water. Yeah. No, you did real great. You did real great. And then I had related activity question mark, but you asked that. I asked that question. So I think we answered all the right questions. I asked, can you see it coming? And then you asked the question. I think that was okay.

Granted, maybe not BBC level, but it certainly wasn't too bad. Yeah. I think we all did well good. Well good. You still didn't like us. Eight minutes past eight. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Producer Caitlin's last week on the show with us

before she moves to Christchurch to study nursing next year. Yep. It's happening. I keep trying to, like, get my job back because I realise I'm about to do something, like, really hard. Yeah. And then Ross was like, no, you've said you're leaving. Yeah.

And we all said nice things about you at the weekend. I know. You can't stay. Okay, all right. Three more wake-ups though. Shivers. You can't count down the wake-ups

when you work in Breakfast Radio. That's the hardest part. Getting out of bed. Once you're up, it's fine. Yeah. Yeah, I'm not going to miss that. Now we have a present for you every day.

Yay! We'll give you that you every day. Yay! We'll give you that at the end. Present! Present! Get rid of that stupid dog. Vaughan brought his stupid dog in. You stop acting like a tough guy around the radio before you go, oh my doggy. Oh my doggy.

But then it ran away from me and it didn't like me. So I was like, okay, you stupid dog. It's got a good sense for people. Yeah, it does. They say, hey, dogs are the best choice for people. Now, we're reliving your time with the All Blacks here at the show. And it kind of became your unofficial role. Is this actually why I'm not actually leaving? I'm getting fired, aren't I, from all of these times that I've been? Seeing your All Blacks going through it.

Well, that's single-handedly. They've decided to blame you for the rugby world coming on. Oh, okay, yeah. Yeah. Cool. But the first clip was when they were returning triumphantly from the 2015 Rugby World Cup and we sent you to the airport and all you had to do was get an All Black on the phone. All right, Caitlin at Auckland International Airport.

Caitlin? Yes? The All Blacks have gone through the gates. Yes. Airport. Caitlin? Yes? The All Blacks have gone through the gates. Yes, and I am I can touch, I'm in touching zone of Richie. We're currently just talking to John Campbell. I don't want to ruin the chat. Okay, but I will.

Are you going to tell Richie that you get $100 if you talk to him? Yep, I will. Okay, I will. Hey, Richie! Richie! That was really embarrassing. Because I liked it.

It was like, Richie! Richie! Richie! Richie! Malachi! Is it Malachi? Is it Malachi? Malachi.

Malachi for guitar, yeah. Yeah. Oh, Julian! Hi, Malachi! Malachi! Which, is she confusing? Oh, my god. No, no, I know who they are.

You're sounding a bit death-brat. Oh, okay, I'm sorry. Hey, Malachi. Malachi, can we say hi? Hi, g'day mate, how are you? Well, welcome back to New Zealand. I can't hear anything here, but love the support. Okay, brilliant.

That's great, that's all we wanted. Caitlin is not getting... He looked at me and then winked. He winked at me in the eye. I'm not kidding. It isn't about you flirting with All Blacks, Caitlin. It's about us having some sort of media involvement. Ma'a! Give her a moment.

Ma'a! Ma'a! Ma'a! Did he hear yourself? That is Ma'a! having some sort of media involvement. Give her a moment. Ma'a, ma'a. Did you hear yourself? What is wrong with me? Ma'a, ma'a. Well, there was another moment when Richie McCaw was upstairs at Newstalk ZB and he had just received

the New Zealander of the Year Award. So we heard he was in the building. So we sent producer Caitlin up with the phone to get him on the phone. This is Newstalk ZB Breaking News. I mean, it's Breaking News. We didn't have time to make our own Breaking News bed there.

Just yell M over B. Last night, the New Zealander of the Year was named Richie McCaw. Now, Breaking News, Producer Caitlin joins us from Level 1 outside the Mike Hoskins radio studio. Richie McCaw is upstairs. And so, Caitlin, you ran upstairs. Where is Richie McCaw? Oh, my God.

He looked at me in the eyes. He looked at me and said, thank you, thank you. Okay, Caitlin, you've got to get the phone to him. Okay. Throw it at him. Just pass it to him and say, my friends just want to say thank you. Richie, Richie, my friends just want to thank you. Oh, how you doing?

Richie McCaw, good morning. Congratulations. He just pushed my hand. He really didn't want to talk, did he? I know, I know. Which was great because I was going to have to say, well done, well deserved

and only like an hour or so ago I said that I don't think sports people who earn heaps of money should really get New Zealander of the Year and I was going to have to say well done, well deserved, and only like an hour or so ago I said that I don't think sports people who earn heaps of money should really get New Zealander of the Year, and I was going to have to be the most hypocritical. I'm getting in so much trouble. Because remember I put my hand, he like pushed my hand away. Yeah, there's a great video of Richie McCaw swatting you away. And all of our bosses are like, are you kidding me?

Yeah. Sorry, guys. Well, that wasn't the only embarrassing moment with the All Blacks, and probably my favourite moment was when we sent you pre-Rugby World Cup this year in June to the official unveiling of the new All Blacks jersey.

She's got a long history of All Black jersey reveals and getting us the best All Blacks interviews from being on the ground and having such an approachable face as our very own producer, Caitlin. Good morning.

Hi, guys. I'm not there yet. Okay. You left at 10 past 12. Yes, Clint. Look. Okay. Do you want me to tell you what actually happened or do you want me to lie to you?

Tell me what actually happened. Last year, the unveiling of the rugby jersey was at Newmarket. Yep. So I went to Newmarket. Because that's the Andy Das store. You told. So I went to Newmarket. Because that's the Andy Das store. You told us. I went to Newmarket, guys. The opening this year

is at Britomart. I said it was at Britomart. Where are you? You get online to work from Britomart every day and it takes two minutes. No, I'm pulling in. I'm going to park on the footpath

and I'm running in to get Sunny Bell. I'll get it and I'm doing it park on the footpath and I'm running in to get Sunny Bell. I'll get it and I'm doing it, all right? What other stuff to do, though? What, we should all just wait for you? I'm going to run. I'm running. Okay.

Sunny! Okay, don't. You're definitely either going to get towed or get arrested. I can't find it. I can't find it. I can't find it. And I'm sweating. Oh, my God, I found it. I find it. I can't find it. It was whispering. Oh, my God, I found it.

I found it. How could you not have found it two seconds ago and now you've found it? No, because, no way. No, that's not it. I'm outside Ace Colour. It's literally next door. Yeah, but it's not, it's not, it's not. Like, just walk up and down and do you see, like, an Adidas logo?

Please, I can see it, but it's all, everything's blacked out. There's no one here. Oh, people are dying. Oh, my God. Oh, there's a cafe going through there. I'm in an all-black sun veiling and it's all blacked out. No one's hanging outside on the street. Hello.

Please put Megan on the phone. Rico. Hello, Rico. How are you? Good. I'm live on the radio. I'm so sorry I'm sweating. I thought this was over in Newmarket,

but it's, you know, Brimark. How do you like the new jersey? Yeah, it's awesome. Feels good. It looks great. So, yeah, I'm pretty stoked about it. Feels good on the body and everything, like, good to run in. Yeah, yeah, it feels.

Obviously, we've had a couple of test wears, but, you know, seeing it for the first time and sort of under those bright lights, it looks cool. Well, thank you so much, Rico. I'm loving the new shirt. It looks amazing and it sounds like it fits really well. So, thank you so much. It was really nice to meet you.

Thank you. Thank you. Caitlin? Right on. Have you seen the new jersey? No. Guys, everyone's looking at me and I'm like absolutely sweating. Brilliant. Jersey Caitlin. I don't know who we're going to send to the All Blacks events next year. I know.

Well, I'll come back for them. Then they'll just be like, who's this random person in a nurse outfit? Yeah. You know that you don't have to wear your nurse outfit everywhere. I think you do. To save lives. Scrubs. Right, well, just quickly, we've got a present for you.

We're doing a present every day this week. Merry Christmas. Okay. This is in a box. This is a little box. Is this perfume? It is perfume It's the fart perfume

From the studio Every time I spray this I'm going to smell Vaughn's fart Yeah, Fletch just farts too It's not just me that farts Fletch just blames me for all his farts Well, it is always you If you don't know, in studio we've got We've been sent two different types of Britney Spears fantasy perfume

over the years. And every time someone farts in studio, they have to spray the perfume. But now the smell of the perfume is synonymous with farts. And we thought, Caitlin will miss it. Oh, Jesus. Sprayed it right in her face. Right in your eyes. Sprayed herself right in the eye.

Right in your eyes. It's literally on your nose. Your nose is wet with perfume. Right on your eyes. Right in your eyes. It's literally on your nose. Your nose is wet with perfume. Right on the face. Oh, the thing was facing the wrong way. Oh, Vaughn's fart's in my mouth. So now when you're missing us, you can just spray that perfume and it will be like we're right there farting.

I'm actually crying because my eye dust is so painful. You need to go wash your eye Caitlin with the eye bath in the emergency thank you guys okay appreciate it fact of the day day day day day

today's fact of the day is about flamingos oh okay not that Megan thought they were fictitious for a long time of their life they're all pink Today's Fact of the Day is about flamingos. Ooh, okay. Not that Megan thought they were fictitious for a long time of their life. They're all pink. They're all pink and they stand on stilts. It looks weird. Who knew they were real?

Yeah, you thought they were just garden ornaments, didn't you? Yeah, mm-hmm. So do you remember in the Our World episode of Flamingos where the little flamingos, before they could fly, they go for like a walk after they get hatched? No. You watch Our World? No.

And they waddle and one got left behind and then he got, like he was walking through the salt, so salty there, that the salt started crusting up around his legs and they became like cement boots and he couldn't keep up with everybody. Oh no. Yeah. Did he die? Didn't show it.

That doesn't mean it didn't happen. Because, you know, they're always like, we don't interfere. But if that was me, I'd be like, I'm coming for you, Flamingo. Hold my camera. I'll save you. Running. Get out there. Pick, pick, pick, pick, pick.

Pick him up. Okay, go. Running. Go, little Flamingo. Throw him to be back with his flock because they just kept on marching. You would have wanted to put a trampoline at the bottom of those seals at that cliff. Don't do that. Don't do that.

God, that would have been, that would have hit the point. That would have worked. Yeah, I'd hoped it would go that way. That was horrible. That was a horrible thing to watch. But this is about flamingos and the fact that they live in a very high salt environment. Often the only fresh water for these birds comes out of boiling geysers. So flamingos are actually capable of drinking water

at temperatures that are at about a boiling point. Oh, my God. How? They've just adapted to do it because the only other option was the extremely high salt environment that they live in. They could drink the water out of that and they can excrete salt. They've got these glands in their nostrils that the salt will fall out of

after they drink it. That works through their system and they can be like... They just put one finger over their nostril and blow. One wing over one nostril. If you ate too much of something specific thing, you could go...

I've had too much cake. I've had too much gummy bears. Oh, no, I was thinking like specifically sugar. Like you wouldn't want to blow a whole bit of cake. Would that be good to go again? No. But if you could do dry sugar, you could be like... Straight back into the sugar bowl for a cup of tea later on.

But yeah, they've got salt glands that can clear it out of their nostrils, but they've just adapted over time as being able to drink hotter and hotter water until a point where they can, yeah, almost drink at a boiling point. Have scientists, like, what lines their... They've got rubber tongues. Rubber tongues, and like, do they have like... Teflon tongues? Teflon throats or something.

I don't know. That's so weird, isn't it? Yeah. I've not... I didn't Google it. I didn't go that far down the ground. They're so cool, eh? Just like so pink.

Yeah, man. So cool. And their legs just bend in the middle. Those big stilts. How do they not just flop to the ground all the time? It's just fascinating. How do they not flop? Because of the legs. Because they've just got a big bend in the middle, those big stilts. How do they not just flop to the ground all the time? It's just fascinating. How do they not flop? Because of the legs. Because they've just got a big bend in the middle.

It's like a stick with a fold in it. Also, when it's really windy, they stand on one leg and they kind of like a weather vane, like they turn with everywhere the wind's going. Oh, okay. Can we get a big fan and try that

at auckland zoo and watch them turn like have three big fans all around the place because they do that because when the water when the rain hits them with that wind face on it doesn't get in their feathers meaning meaning that when it stops raining, if they need to fly in a hurry, they can fly. I do love them saying, they've got one of the coolest takeoffs of a bird because they run on those big lanky legs and they really get themselves going. And their leg to wing ratio is way out of whack if you compare it to like a duck. Duck's more wing than leg, but these things are all leg. And then they get their wings going and they like, like, walk along the water in the last few

flaps, and they're the ebony. Very graceful. Phenomenal. Beautiful animals. Phenomenal creatures. So today's fact of the day is flamingos can drink water that's basically a boiling point. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. and you started falling over. Because I was like looking down like what's coming up and stuff. Oh, so you were preoccupied with what's still coming to the show.

Were we doing it again or did you just ruin it? Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. You may have seen an ad that's doing the rounds on the internet. It's for a Peloton. Now, a Peloton is a stationary bike. This is a Christmas ad in America that was so poorly received that the Peloton stock price plummeted 10%. Yeah.

That's quite a large amount for a stock of a business to drop. What does Peloton like as bike thing? Stationary bike. Stationary bike. So the idea in the ad was that a husband buys his wife a stationary bike for Christmas and she loves it and she's into the exercise and everyone's like, this is wildly unrealistic.

Imagine if your husband bought you an exercise piece of, unsolicited piece of exercise. Yeah, I was like, she might have asked for it. Unsolicited piece of, well, she may have, but it didn't show it in the ad. Unsolicited piece of exercise equipment. And then they said, it's very unrealistic. Like, she's lying awake in bed, it's like six o'clock. It's just before six o'clock and I'm thinking about my Peloton.

Come on. No one's lying in bed at six o'clock being like, man, I can't wait to get up and rob my Peloton. No. Everyone's like, oh my God, why is this so unfair? Why is life like this? What have I done? What did I do in a previous life? And so there was a whole lot of bad feedback about it.

There's a really good ad, Ryan Reynolds Aviation Gin Company. Yeah. It released an ad where it never mentions Peloton, but it's the same woman from the Peloton ad sitting there drinking gin with her friends. Just in utter disbelief, sculling gins. Good from him. Great from him.

Well, one man tweeted, Albert Breer is his name. He tweeted, he is an NFL reporter. He said, I got my wife a Peloton for Christmas three years ago and she was not offended. Right. Now, another NFL reporter, Jane Slater, she does sideline reporting for the NFL. She said, my ex-boyfriend got me a Fitbit for Christmas.

And I loved it. We synced them up. I don't know you could do this with Fitbits, but apparently you can sync them up. Yeah, so the idea is that you encourage each other, like you have a match between yourself. You'll get a notification of how many calories and what they've done, how many steps and this stuff

and they have a competition. We motivated each other, didn't hate it until he was unaccounted for at 4am and his physical activity levels were spiking on the app when I looked. Oh my gosh. I wish this story wasn't real. Spoiler alert, he wasn't enrolled in a 4am gym class.

Wow. So at 4am he was unaccounted for and he was actually cheating on her and he left his Fitbit on. Yeah, that was my question. Who's leaving their Fitbit on? Yeah. And this is like in the throes of

passion and very few clothes have been removed. You want to get your number up, don't you? But you're naked when you Fitbit it on. Mine's purple. Could he have been by himself? Would that have done it? I don't know. Heart rate might have gone up, but I don't know if it thinks that's steps.

Okay. If you're just by yourself, yeah, right. Okay. Lots of short steps Yeah Okay Long Probably wouldn't get your heart rate up as much

As the other Yeah Right Yeah Okay Yeah Wow that's crazy Somebody did ask her

How long was the exercise spike for Because that would be very interesting as well To see Oh yeah You've done two and a half minutes of exercise Was there Well at least I tried At least

Something's better than nothing. What a way to find out, though. Yeah. Spike on a Fitbit. So either don't sync up your Fitbits or just don't chat on your partner, whatever one you find easier. Or take it off.

You didn't have that option. Or take it off. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. People are refusing to use self-serve checkouts in Canada. And it turns out it's because they don't want to support something that they feel is replacing workers. Oh, that's a tough one.

They feel sorry for the workers. I love the self-serve checkout because you don't have to talk to people. It's a love-hate relationship because then it's like, place your thing in the baggage area. I did. I did. And then you can't read it. And then you can't pull someone over anyway. And then you pull like, place your thing in the baggage area. I did. I did. And then you pull someone over anyway. And then you pull the attendant and then you stand there for ages.

Yeah. I went to an actual, what do you call it? Supermarket. A checkout. Checkout. Yeah. Like a normal checkout with a person there. Not a self-serve.

For the first time in ages yesterday because I had quite a few things, not like a trolley full, but the person was just standing there and I was like, oh, I'm going to go through there. It might be quicker. And I reckon it actually was quicker. Well, they know where all the buttons are. All the barcodes. Picked it all for me. I was like, oh,

vintage. This is so retro. I don't have to do anything. So I sat there and like, I looked something on my phone. I could do other things while she was doing it for me. Yeah, right. And then we had some bands. She was like, what are you up to for the Christmas period?

Yeah, right. Yeah. It was a pleasant experience. I'll probably still go back to the stop-shop check. I mean, it was nice for a change. But it's like when you go to Z and there's that person on the forecourt. And they're like, can I fill that up for you? You're like, what are you?

Why? I can't remember the last time anyone pumped my gas for me. I know, yeah. But it's weird. I prefer to do it myself. I like to put it in and when it gets full, I keep going more, more, more, more, more, more until I see it right at the top. Tripling at the top.

And then I shut it. Yeah. It's good. I just like to know I'm not going to have to stop again because is there anything more annoying you're just like

alright now I get to go home and then you're on your way home and you're like there's no petrol so I've got to make a decision am I going to deal with this next time I get in the car or am I going to be

a proactive adult and deal with it now yeah life's hard eh first world problems it really is yeah first world problems. It really is, yeah. First world problems.