ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - January 14 2020

Episode Date: January 13, 2020

Vaughan wants a personalised plate, going overboard on the first date and what did you ditch at the checkout?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ZM. Hit music. Live the air. Fleeche, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Thanks Ash. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fleeche, Vaughan and Megan. Yes. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. I crossed the board good morning. Look, I brought in some snacks this morning. My tamari almonds. It's such a boomer. What were they? Tamari almonds. Well no, because I didn't have enough fruit. They'll keep Tamari almonds Oh no because I didn't have enough Hunger at bay were they? I didn't have enough fruit in the fruit bowl

When I left this morning I was like not organised You should always section out your almonds Otherwise you get carried away And you eat the whole bag And just watch yourself Yeah I'll get a little container Yeah that's a good one

Count out your tamari almonds There you go OTT on tamaris So delicious OTTT It's a delicious coating. Thanks to Ntunanya who today is wearing high heels

in a bid to become the executive producer in the absence of our former producer Caitlin. It was kitten heels yesterday. Small steps. Like a baby giraffe fresh from the mother giraffe's birth canal

finding her knees at the Auckland Zoo. And you've just dropped on the ground because they drop. They drop them from a height. Yeah, giraffes are high. If you've never seen a baby giraffe being born, they don't always sit down. Okay. Thank you for that.

Why are you wearing heels though? Because yesterday Vaughan was like, why are you wearing heels? This is a power play. And I was like, you betcha, I'm power playing your ass. And they've doubled in size today. By the end of the week, she'll be stilts. She'll be a stilt wall.

Oh my God, can you please wear stilts on Friday? Okay, so that explains why you're walking like a baby giraffe. But why are you eating hay this morning? Just really going all in on her. No, she's not eating hay. Thanks for the clarification. Bit of theatre in the mind there. I like to imagine people have created a picture in their mind

of how the studio set up is, and now you're sitting in it eating hay. It's only the second day of the year, and she's wondering why she bothers. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time. Story time, a section of the show, a segment where I give Vaughan and Megan three news headlines, and they have to pick only one headline.

The others we never find out about, sadly. That's just life. Headline one, once you pop, you can't stop. Headline two, nuclear emergency alert sent in error. And headline three, extreme love couple could face prison. Extreme love couple could face prison. Extreme love couple could face prison. Where have they got up to some shenanigans?

Sacred grounds or something? Oh, they've disrespected a they've disrespected a site. I don't know if you want that story. Oh, he's playing hardball in the new year. It's new year, new me. That's Pringles, right? Is it Pringles related?

That's Pringles. Okay, it is Pringles related. Okay. You've got that much. Point. What's the other one? Nuclear emergency alert sent in error. Are we sure?

Apparently. Tumultuous time. Yeah, I know. On the international nuclear front. You're already sending a wrong nuclear alert. Pringles, nuclear or sexy times? Sexy times. You want to go for sexy?

Okay. Okay, well, I don't know. You said sexy times, not me. Oh. Because we go now to Utah. Okay. Is that a clue as to where this story's going? Mormons.

Michael and Angela can hardly wait for the birth of their first child, even if it results in them spending time behind bars oh my god they're brother and sister they're related because they are first cousins

okay first cousins and since the baby's existence proves that they have had sex they could face up to $10,000 in fines

and five years in prison because it is illegal in the home state, in the home state of Utah. Oh, dear. Yeah.

But we can't really laugh, though, because it's not illegal here, right? In New Zealand to have a relationship with your first cousin. I thought it was. I don't think so. Not in New Zealand. Okay, we should be making that a thing. We should be making that a law. I didn't think that they would.

It's not illegal to marry your cousin. First cousin marriage is more widespread than you would think. Really? In New Zealand, you can have first cousin. And there are misconceptions about the health risks it presents. Well, yeah, because this story does go into the health risks. This couple actually star in an upcoming episode of the WE tv series Extreme Love, where they do look at these kind of relationships. So that's why it's called Extreme.

Yeah. Right. Yeah. That's a bit yuck. Yeah. But you know what it is? It's like a, is it a bumper sticker or like a fridge magnet or something? It's like cousins.

Your first best friends. Really? Have you ever seen that? No, cousins, your first best friends. Really? Have you ever seen that? No, but I've heard you say it. Are you really good friends with your cousins? Your first best friends. No, but maybe they were my first best friends. Just because they're forced upon you. Yeah, right.

They're always around. Yeah. And like, you go and have like a sleepover at Nana's house or whatever. Yeah. But not that kind of sleepover at Nana's house. No. Absolutely not. There's a worldwide initiative to go with January. January.

I was reading the word and I couldn't say January because it is January and it is specifically for people who identify as women to encourage them to stop getting rid of their body hair. Right. To pubes it up. Pubes, legs, armpits. I mean, we're encouraged by society to get rid of all of it, eyebrows down.

So there's a January initiative to show it off on Instagram, Janu-hairy, which is for the northern hemisphere mainly, I would say. Yeah, because nobody in summer is doing that. I mean, winter, it's fine. Just an excuse to let it go. Yeah. Like, no admin.

Because sometimes in winter, like, I put my jeans on and I'll pull my hairs. I'll be like, ooh, okay. But when it's summer here, if you're rocking a bikini bottom, you don't want it hanging out the side like a spider. But then? But then why should anyone care? Yeah, exactly.

So a lot of women are saying it's an initiative to normalise female body hair. Growing out their body hair has been an empowering experience that is an external sign to the world that my body is for me. I like it when people do it because I love annoying other people. Like I love seeing other people get annoyed about it. So like your parents or your grandparents will be like, oh, look at that, she's got hairy armpits. And I'm like, oh, I just love that it's pissed you off.

It's her body. She can do what she wants with it. She's done something that it's annoyed you. Yeah. I'm like, oh, God, I love that it's pissed you off. It's her body. She can do what she wants with it. She's done something that it's annoyed you. Yeah. I'm like, oh God, I love them. Also, it's rich for any grandma to be throwing shade because they normally have a little mo, don't they? Yeah, they do.

Please. And they've just stopped caring. Yeah. Show me your bikini line, Nana. I know. It's good. It's good stuff. Oh, no, don't show you.

Don't ask your Nana to show you her bikini line. I'm just saying it's rich for her to police the maintenance on someone's body. What if she calls you bluff? She's like, all right, sit down. And you're like, no. We'll get you grounded in as well. No, your grandfather beats it for me. He's been through enough.

ZM's Fletch, Valetch Warner Megan, the podcast. Prince Harry and Prince William have released a joint statement. This follows Megxit, is what they're calling it, which is kind of unfair because the media in the UK are kind of blaming it a lot on Meghan Markle, that she has coerced Harry. She's come in and broken up the royals. And torn Harry away from the establishment.

But they released a joint statement because there's not only Meghan and Harry leaving, they're saying there's arguments between Will and Harry themselves. So they released a statement that says, despite clear denials, a false story ran in a UK newspaper today speculating about the relationship between the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Cambridge. For brothers who care so deeply about the issues surrounding mental health,

the use of inflammatory language in this way is offensive and potentially harmful. Now, the Queen has just released a statement. This just came out, what, half an hour, an hour ago? Yeah, you know, the crisis meeting in Sandringham. This is the statement that has come out from the Queen. Today, my family had a very constructive discussions, had very constructive discussions on the future.

I was going to be like, oh my God, her English is terrible. The way you were spelling was saying, it's her English too, she owns it. On the future of my grandson and his family. My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Megan's desire to create a new life as a young family. Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working members of the royal family, we respect and understand their wish

to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family. Harry and Megan have made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives. Wow, okay, so they're going to be working. So by both statements, it kind of sounds like there isn't really

a rift and they're quite supportive about it. But then they, I mean, I agree with you, but then they're not going to be like we had a real bitch fight. Yeah, shit got real. We told him to pull his head in. He said no. We threw some stuff. But like, she hasn't come out and

put in place, it doesn't sound like there's been any hard line drawn from the Queen. She's like, we're supportive about it. They can do it. You know what I mean? And so they're just going to live in Canada. Well, they're going to split their time, right, between Canada and the UK.

But they're not going to be using any public funds. They should have moved here. Open up like a four square with a lotto in the middle of nowhere. That'd be lovely. Oh, they'd do some business. Yeah, because you've got the lotto. Because people come in from the farms

when the big lotto powerball hits 18 mil. And they get a rolled ice cream when they've come in because that's a treat. They can just be influencers now. Just hashtag spawn everything. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

I wasn't allowed to do that before. But then, yeah, she won't like that. That's when the Queen's really going to get in. The Queen won't like that. No. Because she's allowed to

because she does the slim tea stuff. They can do high-end hashtag spawn. Like, not slim tea. I'm like, hashtag Louis Vuitton spawn. Oh, yeah. Can they do that? I mentioned that. High-end.htag spawn. Like, not slim tea. I'm like, hashtag Louis Vuitton spawn. Oh, yeah. Can I do that? I mentioned that. High end.

And Bentley spawn. Yeah. Yeah. Love my new Bentley. Oh, win my Bentley for a year. Who wants a Bentley for a year? Like, you've got to be very careful. I'll scratch it getting in the garage.

Yeah. That's why I like my raggedy-ass old car. Like, you don't have to worry about it. Yeah, yeah. God, I can't believe your Honda still works. Got a fresh warrant at the end of last year. Ow. Flew through.

Didn't you have to pay for... Oh, yeah, the back wheel. Something that can ground to a halt, apparently. The brake pads? It had been dragging. No, no, no, no. It was the actual bit that spins. The bit that spins the wheel had been dragging.

That showed me. I was literally like. He's like, did you hear the noise driving? I was like, it makes a lot of noises. Oh, my God. We rode in that. I know. And you will again if you want a bloody ride.

Absolutely not. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Elon Musk has said Teslas will be able to talk to people soon, if you want. I don't really get why this is a big deal. He tweeted a video of one driving past and just saw that somebody was there. I guess it's the same sort of technology that makes reversing beeps possible.

Yeah. And said, well, don't just stand there, hop in. Oh, God. And he said, oh, yeah, they'll be able to like

play messages and stuff to people. Oh, God, no. What's he doing? But he also, that, well, don't just stand there, hop in.

Apparently, pretty keen for Tesla to become like an autonomous taxi service. Right. Oh, okay. So I guess a taxi place would just buy a fleet of Teslas and not have to have drivers. I don't know how I feel about driving along in a car

and you can't stop it. It would have to be emergency. I don't know, he'll be... Yeah. Like, have you ever been on one of those, like, little airport train or shuttle things and there's no driver? Just kind of goes by itself?

No. And you're looking and you're just like... Is it on rails? Yeah, it's on rails. Just like, this is not... Oh, I trust that because it's on rails. What? Okay, but it can still go out of control

and crash into something. But it's less likely. If it was just on wheels, it could be affected by environmental bits and pieces, like it could skid on the water or something. Sure. But the top six things Teslas can say to pedestrians. Number six. Walking.

That's so 1800s. Throw a bit of shade. Yeah. We've moved on from walking, apparently. Number five on the list of the top six things Teslas can say to pedestrians. I like to move it, move it. I like to move it, move it. I like to...

Move it. That's what the pedestrian has to say back. It leaves them to be able to play along too. Nice. Number four on the list of the top six things Teslas can say to pedestrians. They can explain

they're hard to decipher personalised plates. Because you know, sometimes you have a personalised plate, you're like, what does that even mean? Yeah.

What does that mean? And then it would be like, I see you're having trouble deciphering my plate. It means bumhole or whatever it means. You'd probably work out bumhole because I'd imagine it would be B-M-hole. Yeah. Or B-U-M-H-L-E.

Are you going to run a test? I don't think they'll let you do B-M-hole. Keeping plates. You could say your name is Brian Michael Hole. B-M. Hole. Keeping plates. You could say your name is Brian Michael Hole. B.M. Hole. It's to commemorate your dad, Brian Michael Hole. Oh, my God. It's available for $249 deposit.

B.M. Hole. That's the deposit. How much is it all up? I'm going to continue. I'll press continue. And will you be getting a car anytime soon as I would pay to have bumhole on your number page? $999. They're expensive.

What a steal. That's a steal for BM Holt. You're paying $1,000 to have bumhole on your car. I would do this. I would buy this for a friend. If I bought this for you, would you have it on your car? Yeah. What does that mean?

That's such a waste of money. Who would I not be to have bumhole on my car? I'm just going to do it. Have we got a show budget for the year? Well, we'll definitely blow it. We're blowing it. On bumhole. We are not blowing it on bumhole. I am buying bumhole

personalised plate. On your own dime man. I'll get BM hole. Is bum HLE available? Because then you can have, when you get a car, we can both have bum hole, but a different interpretation of it. Hang on, let me check. You're going to be bum hole buddies. Bum hole buddies.

So what would my one be? Yours would be B-U-M H-L-E. What's your one? No, that's not available. No, because it's got bum in it. Yeah, true. What if I did B-M? No, you go B-M-H-0-L-E.

It's available. Boom, lock it in. Couple of bum holes. Bum hole buddies. Driving convoy. I and my wife would be so pissed off. But not surprised. She doesn't like me saying bumhole in front of the girls

because I'm like, ah, bumhole. It's like a very non-offensive word to put across your frustration. But the girls love saying it. So she's like, you can't say that. They're going to say that. Order these two personalized plates, please, on the show credit card.

Guys, it's my second day in the new job. I'm not doing it. Power play. Power play. You want the hair. You want to wheel the hairs. You've got to spend the budget. What do I get if you two are getting buttholes?

You can have a butthole. You can have a butthole as well. Change the E to a three. Okay, let me see if that's available. It's available. We can be all buttholes. I'm not putting a butthole on my car. You are.

Don't start a chat. It's not the first time you've put your bumhole on a car. What? We hark back to the KFC parking lot. Oh, yeah, it's the Barry Forrester. Yeah. It's one time. I mean, I don't even feel like we can top the top six now that we've discovered bumholes.

No, this is fantastic. Okay, Anya, order those three, please. If someone in this thing orders those before we get them, I'll be wild. We're not going into a bidding war on Trade Me because they've snapped it up before us. No, exactly. Number three on the list of the top six things Tesla can say to pedestrians. They can say ads. Oh.

Imagine if you, like, hashtag spawn, they'd probably have to say that on the end. Yeah. They'd be like hey those shoes look uncomfortable adidas and then hashtag spawn hashtag spawn

as I drove away you could earn a little cash just by driving around crowded streets oh yeah nice and it would probably print you out the insights

at the end of it yeah number two on the list of the top six things Tesla's can say to pedestrians they could drive up beside them and... Ooh, was that you? Classic.

Little fart joke there. Classic gag, yeah. And number one on the list of the top six things Teslas consider pedestrians. Uber's here. Jokes, I'm not a priest. Get out of here. So you could... Yeah.

But then when they are, it could totally talk to you. It could pull up and be like, Roger, going to so-and-so? And then you're like, yep, and you get it and away you go. Nice. It's the future. Totally the future. Number plate bumhole. That's today's top six.

Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast, ZM. It's a real first world problem and the news comes out of New World. Okay. There's frustrated shoppers because imagine you've been collecting stamps since November. Okay. You know how they do this? They collect stamps.

There's been what, Jamie Oliver, Crockery, The Knives. Oh, then that was Countdown. Yeah, Countdown. That was Countdown. Well, they did The Little Shop. Little Shop. That's New World, right? But then you get them at the checkout.

Oh, yeah, you do. That's right. They get handed over with the groceries. This isn't something for the kids. This is Spiegelau. These are the glasses. Spiegelau glasses. They are nice.

Because I was like, I'm going to get these because there was a few things in there, there were a few glasses in there that would have made wonderful whiskey tumblers. I was about to say the tumblers are very nice. The short whiskey tumblers would have been very nice. So how many stickers did you need? Not that many. Well, you get a sticker for every $20 you spend, but I don't know how many stickers. I think it was 10 stickers because I looked at that.

I thought it was like 10 stickers and a little something something. And you had to pay. Well, you could go all stickers, but it was more stickers. Right. Or less stickers and a little bit of cash and you could get the nice looking tumblers. Right. But I always got distracted. Isn't that 25 stickers for a set?

Does that sound right? Well, that's 25 times 20. That's a lot of money to spend. So the problem is lots of people have been collecting their stickers since November and the promotion ended on Sunday, except people were trying to redeem the stickers that they collected and then run out of glasses. Everyone wanted the spare glasses.

But they'd run out of them in store and they still had some at a warehouse? No. They were dry. They didn't. But also they'd run out of glasses, but they were still offering up the stickers when you purchased. Oh, right. So that's the problem.

So what are they going to do about him? They issued a statement or anything? So everyone's very upset. I actually, I don't know what they're going to do about it. They're trying to, I don't know, are they supposed to do about it. They're trying to, I don't know. Are they supposed to get more in? Well, can you spell for me the brand? Spegler.

Um, it is S-P-I-E-G-E-L-A-U. You're going to get a pronunciation guide. Uh, no, no, no. I was just going to see how much they cost just to buy them. Well, that's... Oh, yeah, true. Yeah, that's other... Okay, here's Fish Pond. So you said November,

early November that. They launched on the 4th of November. 700,000 sets or 1.4 million glasses were collected before the promotion wrapped up on Sunday. Holy.

That is insane. Like you're going to be able to, like that's, think about how many houses and people in New Zealand. That's every second house is going to have one of these. So 700,000 sets. Yep. So that's 25 stickers per set at $20 per sticker. Can someone work that out?

That's so much money. I wasn't even listening. I was looking at thespeaglestore.co.nz where they've got all the glasses on there. So how was it cheaper just to buy a glass? Well, it's free shipping on all orders over $55. That's as far as I've got now. Oh my god, I just

I'm on this news story and I just got a targeted ad for personalized plates. Look at it. And it says bumble! Oh, wow! Yeah, yeah. Throwback to 20 Minutes on the show previously. They're not cheap. Like, I have four bourbon glasses for 60 bucks.

Right. I don't think I've ever paid that much for a set of four glasses. Yeah, right. Well, I mean, maybe there was an asterisk while stocks last. So you needed to get in. Well, they've got a clearance outlet on the Spiegel store, so New World might have to go and make a bulk order there to fulfil the desires of everybody who collected the stickers.

I'd be pretty pissed off if I'd shop there especially and save up the stickers. But why did you leave it to the last minute? Because when New Zealanders make it, it's what we do. It's classic us, isn't it? You're rocking like, it's like doing assignments or... Leave it to the last minute. Yeah, leave everything to the last minute.

Well, I don't know if you've been collecting your stickers. Go and see your local New World and see if they've got any coming in later. I just love that this is a news story in New Zealand. I'm very upset. Well, we love Australia's on fire and we're like, we're called Good Health Glasses. I'd much rather that problem by just, by the way. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast, ZM. A New Zealand watermelon is making headlines around the world.

What's it done? The news, New Zealand. Well, I actually don't know if it was growing here. Oh, okay. I don't know if we're a huge melon producing nation. We're a melon importing nation. But the reason is that this watermelon was worth $46. Because it's not in season?

But shouldn't they be? No, they are in season. They are in season. But why is it $46? Because it was a massive one and it was being sold by weight. Oh, right. That's the thing. You've always got to check if it says EA or KG.

I know because that gets you A with grapes, especially with grapes. Yeah, and then you take some out and put it in another bag and even then it's still $9. You're like, oh, whack. Yeah, but this is one of those situations where you would get to the checkout and that'd be like, and you'd probably

see it roll because, you know, watermelons when they're like, when the little conveyor belt's going, meep, meep, meep, forward bit by bit, things are like rolling. I always like, I'll wedge something under that to stop the roll. Like when you don't want a trailer to move, you put a block of wood on each side of the wheel.

You'll do that with your watermelon or your roly polies. Like when the aeroplanes come into dock and they put those little blocks. I'm like, why do they do that? It's not going anywhere, is it? No. You're not parking that plane on a hill at the gate. No. It's sat on a flat.

It's famously flat, aren't they, airports? Yeah, yeah. But they put those little wedges and I'm like, cute. That's what I do on the conveyor belt. It's sat on a famously flat, aren't they, airport? Yeah, yeah. They put those little wedges and I'm like, cute. That's what I do on the conveyor belt. I'll wedge my rollies. Well, this one mustn't have had a wedge and it rolled forward. Yep. And that was when the actual price of the watermelon, $46.68, was

exposed and that's when I would have picked it up and been like And put it on top of chocolate bars or something. Oh, yeah. Or that little, yeah, they always have little things before the conveyor belt, little boxes of chocolates or whatever. Or even when it's on the conveyor belt, over the conveyor belt, there's your chuddies and everything, and people just roll, because there's a little bit of a bench there, you'd roll it up onto that.

Next to the Bic lighters. Then you would grab a PK gum and you'd use that as the wedge to hold it. And leave it there. Because you're bailing on that at the checkout. Yeah. Well, it's easier to bail on things.

No, but it's when it's self-serve, you've got to get them to take it off if you want to bail on something. If you've scanned it. Yeah. And you want to bail on it.

But then you just say, I don't want that anymore. I've done that before. And then they take it away. Or they put it in a basket. No, I don't want any more. Why do I want that anymore? It costs my entire food budget. I don't want any more. Why do you not want that anymore? It costs my entire food budget.

I don't want any more. You've got to embarrassingly say to the person, I can't afford this. I know. You always say it real quietly. I don't want this anymore. I've changed my mind. You don't say I can't afford this.

You just say I don't want it anymore. I don't want it anymore. Yeah. Okay. I didn't see the price on that until now. Can you please take that away? A watermelon's not easy to ditch though.

Like, especially if you're at the normal checkouts. Even if you do wedge it with the PK. Oh, it's not an easy ditch. No.

It's not like, every now and then you'll see meat left there and you're like, you can't, that's bad. But it's deli meat. It's because like,

people have gone, oh yeah, I'll have some of that and then when they pull the sticker up, they take it and they're like, I'm just going to ditch that somewhere else because it's way more than I thought it was going to be. I'm not paying $18 a coleslaw, Max. Did that happen to me at the weekend?

It was like that potato salad looks yum. So we got some and it was like $13. It's the egg and celery that'll always sneak up on you. That egg and celery sumbitch in the deli. You're like, that's not too bad. You don't know how heavy it must be. Yeah. And then they give it to you

like $14. That's why you always see people ditching the coleslaw in the chips aisle. But you should ditch, no, ditch it in another refrigerated part.

No. Don't be a monster. They're responsible ditcher. No. They're responsible ditcher. Don't put it. That's on them for overpricing their celery salads.

They obviously stopped for a box of Weet-Bix and they've taken the Weet-Bix and just put the coleslaw in amongst. But then you can't be under the illusion that they're going to take it out of the refrigerated area and put it back in the deli. They would.

That's just to make yourself feel better. It is. They could put it back if they wanted to. Could we take some calls now? What have you had to bail on at the checkout? You just have a realisation that, okay, I actually can't afford this meat pack. Maybe you regularly will stop in the Biscuits of Chocolate and grab it to make yourself feel better. But then at the checkout, you're like, ditch, ditch.

You know it's this game in your own brain, but maybe you ditch the treats. People won't do that, will they? When we were in a flat, you put all the essentials at game in your own brain, but maybe you ditch the treats. People won't do that, will they? Well, when we were in a flat, you put all the essentials at the start of the conveyor belt, and then if it gets, you watch the price, and then if it got too much, you just take stuff off the end of the conveyor belt. Oh, that's like a horrible game show.

Price is right. The no biscuits edition. Yeah, the biscuits are always at the end. I'll do it the other way. Yeah. Start with biscuits, chocolates, lollies. Yeah, get to the end. Sorry, no bread, milk, or anything. We don't need other way. Yeah. Start with biscuits, chocolates, lollies. Yeah, get to the end.

You're like, sorry, no bread, milk, or anything. We don't need toilet paper. No. We'll just get straight into the shower. And that way we can have a biscuit. Okay, flat vote. Who's willing to not wipe their ass and just go straight into the shower, and then we get to have a bag of squiggles?

You joke, but that's probably happened. That's O-H-A-N-C-I-B-I-L-E budget and that's thinking. It is, yeah. O-H-A-N-C-I-B-I-L-E dials at him. Give us a call now. You can text 9696. What have you had to ditch

at the checkout? Because it was two spinnies or you had a change of mind. Give us a call. And we're talking about those things that you've had to bail on at the checkout because you're like,

$46? $46? For a watermelon? I said if you've had to bail on at the checkout because you're like, $46 for a watermelon? I said if you're going to ditch something from the deli, ditch it in a refrigerated area. And you said there's no way they're putting them back anyway. And somebody said as a store manager, the number one place people dump their cold items is in the drinks fridge. It's annoying, yes, but it's saving waste. Yeah, right.

Oh, so they do put it back. I guess they can. Oh, good. Because they could put that pottled straight back in there as a pretty pottled. Yeah, so they do put it back. I guess they can. Oh, good. Because they could put that puddle straight back in there as a pre-puddled. Yeah, nah, because I'd know. It's an extensive level of a puddle of the egg and celery. Nah, I'd know someone would put that back. They can also ditch it.

Because it prints a time on it, eh? Yeah, it does, yeah. Yeah, it does. Yeah, it does in time. Yeah, I think so. So you'd know. Hmm. You'd probably have to ditch it at the end of the day.

So what have you had to ditch at the checkout? Rachel, what happened? I ditched some champagne ham because it cost, like, my whole grocery budget. Did they carve it at the deli? Was it on a leg? And they were like, let me get you a couple of thick slices of that. It's so expensive. Definitely should have just gone for the 99 cent shaved ham.

Yeah, the shaved ham. You can't go wrong with the shaved ham. The trouble is, they're like, you're like, yeah, that's the right amount. But then they put the sticker on it and it's signed, sealed. That's it done. Yeah. Yeah. I ditched it with the yogurt.

So it was cold. It stayed cold. I love it. Because you're not a monster. No, you're not. Sarah, what did you have to ditch at the checkout? Oh, my God. Okay, so I went to this dinner party,

and it was the most amazing salted caramel ice cream, and she was like, yeah, kofi, get it from, kofi, kofi? Yeah, ice cream from Faroes. I was like, perfect. So I went down, and I got two punnets and like a thing of cream, and I got to the checkout,

and it was like $46. Jesus! But then you went to Faro Fresh, baby. You were dancing with some ha-rollers. Yeah, that's so fancy. $21 each punnet for some ice cream. I was like, okay, I'll just take one, please. I'm so sorry.

I'm going to be feeling bougie for that. God, I don't know. One for $20? Yeah. Must be good. Was it 10 laters? It's so good. No, no, just a couple.

It was so good. So good. This ice cream does sound amazing. I'll give you that. You've sold me it. It's from Matamata. Oh, is it? It's a Kofi creamery.

I'm just looking it up now. Oh, delicious. Sarah, thanks for your call. It's beautiful. No worries creamery I'm just looking it up now Oh Yeah Delicious Sarah thanks for your call It's beautiful No worries guys Some other text messages Somebody said I got a capsicum Capsicum

Capsicum And the checkout lady Put it on Yeah And said This one's gonna be $7 Are you sure you want it And I said

No I don't want a $7 capsicum That's absolutely monstrous And bless who They helped me ditch it. Man, they fluctuate between seasons. You can get them for like $1.99, $1. And then off-season, like $8.99. And if you steal them, they're free year-round.

We're talking about fluctuating prices. That's like anything. Of course, if you steal it, it's free. Yeah, I know it's illegal. We're not encouraging people to do that. No, of course we're not. Sneak on a farm and steal some capsicums. What's wrong with you?

I wasn't thinking of a farm heist. I was trying to get you out of the hole you're digging. Thank you, Megan. I was. Oh, I see. You're thinking of a capsicum farm heist. I don't even know if we do capsicums that much in New Zealand. Moving on.

Now I want to be part of a capsicum farm heist. Lots of sneaking. I couldn't think of an unsexier heist, to be honest. A capsicum. Guys, here's the plan. Yeah, because you're like picking them and then you like rub your eye and you're like, okay, that burns a little bit more than I thought it would. And you're like, ah!

It's like, shush, we're on a heist. And then they catch you red-eyed. Yeah. Like handed, but eyed. Yeah. They catch you red-eyed. Red-handed. you red-eyed. Yeah. Like handed, but eyed. Yeah. They catch you red-eyed. Red-handed. Like red-handed.

Yeah. But red-eyed. Rubbed your eye. Yeah. Well there. Yeah. Fantastic. I guess lots of people, somebody said when they were 18,

they had to ditch condoms at the checkout. They just got way too freaked out. But then I put them up by the chewing gum and the guy behind me said, did you mean to put your condoms up there? And then the embarrassment had already happened. And then I was like, oh, whoopsie daisy. And then bought them.

And then he was like, yeah, good on you, mate. Got to play safe. Yeah, right. So they failed to ditch there. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Men do this 388 times a year. That's broken. That's just over once a day, right?

Yeah. Yeah. It is. Any guesses? There's one month we've chosen to double down. Or spread it around the year. Go hard. When you're on holiday.

Yeah. Yeah. It is ignoring their partners. So you'll often hear people be like, my husband has selective hearing. It is, the study has revealed that men ignore their partners more than females do. So do you have a statistic for females or just males?

So 388 times for men. Yep. 339 times. That's not even that much more. I know, I wasn't going to tell you the other stat. So we're just as bad as each other. So apparently it's not always on purpose because, yeah, you hear that it's selective hearing.

What about a gay couple though? Because it's both. They that it's selective hearing. What about a gay couple, though? Because it's both. They just wouldn't hear anything. What? What? What? What? Apparently, it could be because everyone has bad hearing.

So you're actually not hearing the other person. It's not selective. No, from my experience, you hear them, but you just hope if you don't react, they'll just stop. the other person. It's not selective. No, from my experience, you hear them, but you just hope if you don't react, they just stop. Like in what instance? Because Sade knows I do it.

So she's, it's always about something we don't really need. Okay, yeah. Like some way that I'm going to have to ring the bank and be like, hey, so those minor renovations. Yeah.

But she'll say, oh, this and I'll be like, and I'll just keep on doing what I'm doing. Yeah. Which is often nothing as well. That's the hardest thing because I won't be, it's different if you were like doing something slightly noisy. Yeah. Like using the blender.

Yeah. But it's not, it's always something like reading a book or. Or she's sitting right beside you. Yeah, she'll say something. And I've talked to her stepdad and he does the same thing with her mum because they're very, both Shada and her mum, very much, I've had an idea, it needs to be done,

let's do this. And we know if we can ignore it for a week, they'll be on to the next thing. But if you do this thing this week, you're screwed. It just means you're going to have to do the next thing next week as well. So even if you can bat away one in three, it's less stuff that they're only interested in for a week.

Yeah. So I just ignore it. But she knows I'm ignoring it. And she'll say, don't ignore me. And I'll be like, I'm not ignoring you. I'm just hoping this idea is going to go away. That's how it works. So would yours be higher than 385?

I reckon I'd be right up there with that. Once a day at least. Yeah. That makes me sound bad, but I'm not. But. I don't see. I'm a good not. Honestly, I'm a good guy. I'm a good guy. It's about time your true colours showed through on the radio.

It's even at home. If it's the kids or if it's Sade and I'm not by them and I hear like, Dad or Vaughan, I just pretend I don't hear it. Because I'm outside doing something. Yeah, they should come to you. You come to me. Yeah. I'm not coming back inside to be told

because with the kids it's something like, da, da, da, and I go and I'm like, oh my God, what's wrong? And they're like, where's my Polly Pocket? I don't know. I don't even know you had a Polly Pocket. You'll find your Polly Pocket. But if they come to me and say, where's my Polly Pocket? I would have been able to continue what I was doing and say, I didn't even know you had a Polly Pocket. You can find your Polly Pocket. But if they come to me and say, where's my Polly Pocket? I would have been able to continue what I was doing and say, I don't know.

So yours is more like probably 800 times. If you include the children, it's a lot. It's a lot. Yeah, sometimes I'll bang up five or six a day of just moving further and further away and pretending not to hear anybody. What about Mr. Toyboy? He's the one who's always talking to me about things every day, like something else, and I'm the same.

I'm like, if I ignore it, he'll let this idea go. Honestly, I think I'm worse. And it's nice and right because if you actively begin to argue with them on it, you end up having an argument. And then he's like, why are you always so negative about it? I'll be like, I'll just pretend I didn't hear that it happened. Exactly. There's a chance it's going to go away without it being an argument.

It's the safer road. You're right. Or sometimes I just hear and I'll answer in my head and forget that I haven't outwardly answered him. It's like when you get a text and you answer out loud and don't text the person back. I do that all the time. You get the text and you're like, yeah, that sounds great.

And then put your phone down and walk away from it. And they're like, are you going to let me know? Nope. You had to be here to hear me. In my head. Yeah. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Well, The Bachelorette is coming to TVNZ2.

We are just a couple of weeks away. We had a big announcement on Sunday, Bachelorette contestants. Yeah, we had nine contestants. And overnight we've heard of another four. Daryl, he is a voice actor from Auckland. Okay. We've got Mark, a chocolate maker from Wellington. Ooh.

That sounds lovely. Marcus is a jump master in Queenstown, and Tyler, a personal trainer from Christchurch. But today, we're going to meet Glenn. Good morning, Glenn. Good morning. How's it going? Good.

Now, the filming's wrapped up, isn't it? It is, it is. So you've got to be tight-lipped. I do. Somewhat. I do. I'll do my best. Did you, at this mansion, just borrow the keys,

pop down to Mr Minute and get a spare set made? Absolutely, yeah. I'm heading back there this weekend. Yeah, I was going to say, then check the online bookings for it, and it's available this weekend, and you don't book, you just go. Just squatting. Having a party. Yeah, and then check the online bookings for it. And it's available this weekend. And you don't book, you just go. Just squatting.

Having a party. Trespassing, sure. That's a very shady part of the law. What is the Bachelorette like? She's awesome, man. She's really cool, like down to earth. Yeah, you'll see. Was there like an instant attraction when you guys met

are you allowed to tell us that much yeah i was definitely attracted to her as i say pretty much every guy would be like absolutely yeah i mean it's a bachelorette they're not going to wheel out like a manga right they should yeah well a manga to you might be a treasure to someone else thank you very much yeah on the sports tv

like Megan yeah I can set myself up for that she's a manga set myself up I can say that this is a toy boy

obviously say something there I said to him I said what do you think of Megan and he said she's awesome baby it's just his style it's great so um what else can we ask

without like i don't want to like spoil anything obviously you can't say anything about how long you last or definitely can't say that you definitely can't say that was there any drama that you can talk about any kind of anything that went down yeah i mean like you got a house sorry a mansion full of dudes like, you know, 22 of us and we're all... Is that what you're saying? There were some hookups? All competing for one lady so... Ah, right, not the hookups. Yeah, I mean, the show's designed

for there to be drama so... Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was definitely a little bit of drama that went down. Were you caught up on it or were you on the sidelines? Possibly a little bit. Oh, okay! Yeah, yeah. Good, alright. It is yeah. Good. All right. It is hard because we can't talk too many details, can we? Yeah, yeah. But okay.

Well, how was the general experience then? General experience was, honestly, it was one of the craziest things I've ever done, like the whole concept of it, but it was epic. Would I do it again? Absolutely. You know, like the mansion itself was amazing. Just wake up in the mornings, go hit the gym, get ready for the day ahead. Like absolutely not knowing what was coming at us.

Like, you know, we just had to be ready to go. And yeah, it was epic. You know, jacuzzi, the billiard room, the swimming pool, gym. It's got to be a big room too, because if you had a small room, it'd be heaps of holes in the wall. You wouldn't be able to get a good five on your billiards. Oh, well, best of luck.

We look forward to seeing you and how you go on The Bachelorette. Awesome. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Now, it's just over a month, a month and a few days until Elton John plays in New Zealand. Now, his shows were juggled around, weren't they, Megan?

We were discussing this before. It's quite, well, I find it humorous. Because he juggled his shows because he could have had to have gone to the Oscars, which he's now not nominated for. But Taron, he just didn't get nominated for playing him either, and that's a travesty.

He was amazing. So what, is he going to switch back to his other dates now? No, I don't was amazing so what is he going to switch back to his other dates now no i don't think so or is he going to come and just be real grumpy because he probably is another Gucci bag out the private jet that's such a what a sentence because when i pack a i storm away yeah or just be a bit sookie and grumpy. Yeah. Alvin John's so rich when he packs a sook, he throws a Gucci bag, not a rip-off Gucci bag, he throws a Gucci bag out of his private jet at someone and there's nothing they can do about it. That's a tanty, eh?

That's a beautiful tanty. Ultimate tanty. So they were moved. It was going to be Sunday the 9th. They got moved to Sunday the 16th and it was Tuesday the 11th. They got moved to Tuesday the 18th, so it just went a week later. Right.

Now, this is a big deal because I've always wanted to see Elton John live. I grew up in our house. Growing up, we had a Dire Straits cassette. That was Dad's. And we had two Elton John records. They were Mum's. They were Mum's, okay. We weren't a huge musical household.

Okay. The music wasn't massive for us, but Elton John was always there. And mum always said how she went to Elton John in 1970-something. Wow. So when we were offered work pre-sale tickets, maximum four patronage. Four tickets, yeah.

So Sade and her mum wanted to go, and I wanted to go, and I knew mum wanted to go. So there's four tickets. I bought the four tickets. I ring mum, I said, great news, I. So there's four tickets. I bought the four tickets. I ring mum, I said, great news,

I've got Out and John tickets. She says, great. I said, she said, did you get one for your father? I said, well,

Ian's never mentioned that he'd like to see Out and John. Now, if it was Dire Straits coming from my very limited musical knowledge as a child, I would have bought tickets for dad.

But he said he wouldn't want to see them anyway. And I said, oh, okay. And this was at the time when we were buying tickets. Yeah. So I said, okay, well, dad can have my ticket. Yeah. Fletch, you got two on the presumption

that you'll find someone to go to Elton John with. Yeah, because I've got friends that like Elton John and I just be like, let's go. Which is really cool if I buy that ticket off you. And you at the time said, sure. I'm pretty sure I said be like, let's go. Which is weird in itself. If I buy that ticket off you, and you at the time said, sure. I'm pretty sure I said, yeah, sure, that shouldn't be a problem. So then yesterday. There was certainly no payment.

I certainly haven't had payment. Oh, no, there hasn't been payment. But I said, tell me, and I'll tell me how much it was, and I'll pay you. I don't remember that. Because I don't remember if we bought the same sorts of tickets. I don't think we did. Which is fine. I'm better. Flet Because I don't remember if we bought the same sorts of tickets. I don't think we did. Which is fine. I'm better.

Fletch probably bought bougier ones. The bougier ticket because I was buying four. Tight ass over here. 100% likely. But I'm happy with it. Vaughan got tickets

behind that pole in the stadium. And they tell you. They tell you. Limited view or something. Restricted view. They say you're buying this ticket

and it's got a pole in front of you. So yesterday Shona says Elton John must be soon. And I said yeah. They say, you're buying this ticket, and it's got a pole in front of you. So yesterday, Shardie says, Elton John must be soon. And I said, yeah. And I looked, and I saw that the date was the 16th. I was like, it's just over a month away. So I thought, I never had physical confirmation of a ticket from Fletch. And it would be classic that there's somebody's strolled onto the scene

who Fletch has mentioned passing out on John and I've said they'd love to go down to John and I've been sidelined. I've got lots of friends that love Alton John, for sure. But there wasn't the confirmation of, so I messaged Fletch and I said, am I still your Alton John plus one or have you given this esteemed title to somebody else?

Right. And he said, ah, hadn't really thought about it. Now that's all he said in the picture. You can't do that. No, he's making you work for it. I like it. But I'm going to pay for it. What more work do I have to do?

You're a little bit presumptuous in giving away all the tickets you had. I know. It's what happens when you've got a heart of gold. No, you gave away the popo tickets you bought in the hope that you could go and sit in the fancy ones that Fletch got. I often find myself without because I give too much. Is that really a thing?

Very, very true. Would you be upset if I had invited someone else? Yes, I would be. Really? I, very true. Would you be upset if I had invited someone else? Yes, I would be. Really? I would be upset. I would be playing, I don't know if there's a card you can play in a friendship. Like a pickup. I've definitely known you.

Definitely a pickup for wild card, change to orange, pickup for uno. And you know I've got another wild card and uno's, if you get back to me, baby, it's over. You better have a skip card. I'm sorry. Were you about to bribe me? Blackmail me? No, no, no. I said I was going to play the card that I've known you longer.

Oh, right. A guilt card. I believe that's what it is. A better relationship is known as the guilt card. Pick up the whole back card. Yeah. Game over. Yeah, right.

Okay. So. So what? I think he wants, like, okay. So. So what? I think he wants, like, official word in front of the nation. I can open up online banking and make that transfer right now. Wait a minute, after Friday. We are edging ever closer to payday. Yeah, right, okay.

And my family still like to eat. Oh, my God. So demanding. They want to eat, Dad. Shut up, Dad's got a paid pledge back out family still like to eat. Oh my god. So demanding. You want to eat, Dad? Shut up. Dad's got to pay Fletchman. You're on noodles tonight. Eat flour. You love a bit of flour. Mix it with water, make some damper.

Yeah, but... I mean, he still hasn't said yes. No. He hasn't, has he? Yes, you are. Yes. My plus one. To Elton. I'll buy drinks. Oh, great. Elton. It's going to be good. I'll buy drinks.

Oh, great. How booze are you going to get? It's Sunday. Unlimited. It's a Sunday night. I know. I've got to work the next day. Or not.

No, you will absolutely be at work. Both of you. Megan will be doing the show that Monday. Sick day. Yep. Do one of your... No. Women's shows? Yeah. I one of your... No. Women's shows?

Yeah. I knew where that was going. Well, much like Fletch, who purchased two tickets to Elton John on the presumption that he'd find someone to fill the seat, and he has because I've just paid him back. By the way, the bank reference is another classic. Is it?

Great. The little thing that pop up on your banking. A Japanese billionaire purchased two tickets to space. This is that one of those space flights. You know when they open it up, Virgin? SpaceX is Elon Musk. Is he doing it too, space tourism? They open it up. This is the one. That's who he's going with, SpaceX. SpaceX. Elon Musk, is he doing it too? Space tourism? They opened it up.

This is the one. That's who he's going with, SpaceX. Right. He purchased, and I'm guessing it's the price they paid for the ticket also gets invested into being able to do it. Yeah. He paid for a 2023, planned at this date, approximate date, flight to the moon.

To the moon? Around it? Do you land on the moon? I don't know if you land, I'm imagining that will be decided closer to the time. Yeah, right. But this billionaire,

44-year-old fashion mogul. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. He recently broke up with his 27-year-old girlfriend and he has asked the woman to apply for a planned matchmaking event, and

the winner of which will be his partner, and they will go to the moon together. So their, like, big date will be to the moon. Come to the moon together. No one's beating that. No. But I don't know if I would want to do that. Because even if you didn't, like, even if he was a bit weird, would you still, if he chose you, would you do it?

No, but I don't want to be one of the first people going to the moon. I mean, I love Elon Musk, but I don't trust SpaceX enough to be the first person to shoot up in there. Well, you're not going to be the first. They're going to test it out first. Oh, yeah, I know. But still, I need lots of people to go before I do that. Right. How much are those flights?

Does it say per ticket? Well, I remember those Virgin flights were like, yeah, weren't they like easily six figures? Yeah. But they were just a space, right? They weren't a promise of a moon. Right. They weren't a promised trip to the moon. But that's an extravagant date promise.

Yeah. And it's also like there's a lot of expectation there when your first date is to the moon. Also, that's three years away. Like, are you having a relationship up until that point? Or are you just waiting? Yeah. That's it. I don't know if you could pretend to like someone for three years

just to go to the moon. Just for their money. People have done it for longer for less. True. Okay, you're fair call. For a trip to the moon. But I was wondering this morning if anyone's ever had a big date promise. Like a big first date?

Yeah, or maybe a couple in that have told you about this. I don't know. Before when I was talking to Intern Anya about it, she mentioned a boat and now a boat's stuck in my head. Not that a boat's like a super rare object, but it's like, oh, go out on the boat. But then the boat never really eventuates. Yeah, but you get people going crazy on like they might have a date or one or two

and then they're giving gifts. Like big gifts. Like big gifts. You're just like, oh, okay. Like trips to the moon. Yeah, and then you have to sit there and think, do I accept this? Yeah. How much do I like them?

Because am I liking this guy or girl? Do you see any dates at your cafe? Do you see anyone having a coffee date? Yeah, that's a fun game when you see two people and you're like, what's the dynamic here? Brother or sister going out and then there's a bit of an age difference. You're like, are they related?

Are they together? You're always watching for like hand touches and little gestures. But I think there's been a few Tinder dates. Is it weird when you're like, definitely brother and sister and then they kiss? Yeah. And you're like, okay, that's weird.

Yeah, that's happened. You win some, you lose some. Yeah. Wow. Right. Okay, so you want to take some calls now. Yeah, on like extravagant dates or big promises. Okay, so when has someone gone like overboard on an early date?

I mean, obviously no one's been going to the moon, but maybe there was a holiday or a trip or a gift. What has someone done early on dating? 0800-DARLS-NM. You can text 9696. Give us a call now. We're talking about extravagant date promises. Japanese billionaire saying if you become his loved one

before this flight to the moon that he bought, he'll take you with him. To the moon. No big deal. So how... Oh, you better play that song. Fly me to the moon. Yeah. About the only time it's ever really worked, both romantically and literally. So how overboard

has someone gone early on dating? Some crazy text messages coming in. Somebody said they grew up in Dubai and there's some crazy wealth there. When I was 11, a boy asked me on a date and gave me an electric guitar

when he asked. My parents wouldn't let me go on the date, but they let me keep the guitar. And then sell it on whatever trade me is in Dubai. That's the gift. You can't take it

if you're not going on a date. That's a, you know, non-committal gift, isn't it? Yeah. That's just for the pleasure of asking. Yeah. Do you know what the date would have been like? I know. Nicola, how crazy did someone go on early on on a date?

Well, we were together for about four or five months, and my... He was my boyfriend at the time. He shouted me a trip to Bali for a sister's wedding. Oh, okay, fine. I would have been like, sweet. It turned out good, though, because we're married now 10 years later, so. Oh, there you go.

Does he still take you to Bali every four months? Oh, no, I wish. Oh, yeah. Time to pull up his socks. Have those trips dried up now, have they? Oh, no, we went to Fiji earlier last year. Oh, okay. Yeah to pull up a sock. Have those trips dried up now, have they? Oh, no, we went to Fiji earlier last year. Oh, okay. Yeah, lovely.

Last year. We'll be in a couple of months. Okay, good, good. Keep in mind his toes. Thanks, you're cool, Nicola. Anonymous, how crazy did somebody go early on dating? Well, for my 21st birthday, I went to London with my family, and I met a guy in a really flashy restaurant and he asked if he

could take me out for a drink the next day. So I was flattered and I was like, yeah, of course, no problem. So we went to Nottingham for breakfast. We're walking around and he's like, come into the shop with me. And I was like, oh, I think it's the way out of my price range. And he goes, I want to buy you these Louis Vuitton

shoes. And I was like, Megan's face, she was like, is it? Megan's face. She's like, why doesn't this happen to me? Weird. Oh, my God. Are you married now? No, we're not even together.

We went into the shop and he's like, try these on. I was like, I'm not trying them on. I don't want these. And he's like, put them on, put them on. I said, no, no, I'm fine. I walked out of the shop. He bought the shoes anyway, making an assumption of what my shoe size was and carried the bag around

all afternoon. Oh my, and then did you ever see him again? No, never. That was a bit of a dick move when you're like, no, I don't want them,

but he was still like, no, I can afford them even if you don't want them. Yeah, I was like, no, thank you. Why is that a dick move? I can't believe you didn't try them on.

Because, Megan, it's a first date. You take them to Hannah's and you buy them a nice pair of comps. Exactly. Hey, thanks. You call anonymous. Tom, how overboard did somebody go on an early date? She went pretty overboard. She offered to take me to Disneyland.

Okay. Her sister was going and her partner and their two kids and then her two kids and we'd only just got together and it kind of blew me away how much she was about to do. But at Tom it's Disneyland. I know right but it was a huge amount of money

and I couldn't expect her to pay for that for me. So they all went and yeah we've been together for three years so I probably should have gone. Oh my god. You still wear this, Miss? You didn't get a trip to Disneyland? There's a photo of us, or of them over our fireplace and I need to put

my little picture of it in there. You should Photoshop yourself in. Oh my God. It's the happiest place in the world. I know, I would have gone, I would have gone, Tom. I would have gone too. Tom, thanks for your call. You would have taken would have gone. I would have gone, Tom. I would have gone too. Tom, thanks for your call. You would have taken the shoes too.

I would have taken the shoes. Yeah, I would have gone. What was the other one? You'd go to the moon. No, you wouldn't. No, I shouldn't go to the moon. When I was 16, I got taken on a date by a family friend in a helicopter. He was 26.

Ew. Safe to say my mum didn't approve at the time. Seven years later, we're still together. And she doesn't like him because he's a bit much. He's still extra. He's a bit much for mum. That impressed me. He took me in in a helicopter.

Fastest way to, yeah. In your pants. Okay, sweet. What's a helicopter? Fastest way to a Waiheke vineyard and the fastest way to flitch his pants. Helicopters. Three dates over two and a half weeks,

then he tattooed my name on his shoulder. I had to bail on that. That was a bit much. Okay, too much. That was a bit much. Met him in Bali on our second date. He bought me tickets to Melbourne for the weekend. Okay.

Yes. Are they still together? Do we have a follow-up on that? No, not together. No follow-up. If this is the way these people want to spend their money, who are you to say no? That's what I think.

Just be grateful and go with it. It sounds like you really need a sugar daddy. Like you should have done sugar daddy then toy boy. I know. Divorce the sugar daddy and then Divorce the toy boy and get the sugar daddy. Is there a market for frigid sugar babies?

I'm not saying you're frigid, but I'm saying you're married, so if you were like, didn't have to do anything. Yeah, right. But I still don't think he would approve of me. No, no, no. You need one of those sugar daddies, because I was reading, this is a thing apparently, have you heard about this? They like to have their money spent,

but you don't have to sleep with them. It's like a form of... It's like their own little fetish. Like humiliation or something. Like, I've spent all your money, you stupid old... If that's you, I'm here for you. I can provide that service.

Megan at ZMOnline.com. But you'd have to... But if it's a humiliation thing, you'd have to say to them like, I've spent all your money, you stupid old geezer. I can do that. No problem with that.

This is so horrible. This old man's like oh no, all my money. That's right, I've spent it. I've spent it all on frivolous things. He's like, why did you do that? And what's your safe word? Like, interest free? Because he wouldn't want to hear that

he wouldn't want to hear you've got an interest free he wants to be paying high interest financial domination is a very expensive fetish an article on Vice Findham

is a financial domination it's a fetish it actually is yeah and there's a Wikipedia financial domination I've actually found my calling

what is the opposite of that I'm just trying to work out if you have to touch them, though. Oh, no. Yuck. Yuck, yuck, yuck. No, I just want to. But if their thing is just being.

Humiliated. Financially. Yeah, well, okay. I'm not here to kink shame them. She's on board. I'm here to provide that service. I'm on board, Your Honour. Okay, well.

Where do we go from here? Somebody's just messaged in and wanted to know If you've ever promised anything extravagant on a first date Maybe a slice and a mochaccino Slow down Slow down Alright, fact of the day Day, day, day, day Tay-tay.

Today's Fact of the Day has an audio element to it. Oh, okay. So I'll need my aux cord. Today's Fact of the Day is about the scream or the roar of one of the world's most famous monsters of film and fiction? Okay. Godzilla. Correct. Bang.

On the head first. Nailed it. What would you have said you said of interest? Monster. Frankenstein. Casper. That's a ghost though, eh? Like the predator alien.

That's an alien though, eh? Or is that a monster? But we've talked to the guy who made that noise. Yeah. Was it Frank Welker or was it the guy that does that? But yeah, he said it looked like a monster? But we've talked to the guy who made that noise. Yeah. Was it Frank Welker or was it the guy that does... But yeah, he said it looked like a crab

so he just made a crab noise. He made the noise as best he could a crab. But this is about Godzilla's roar. Godzilla in the original Godzilla, the 1954 original movie and apparently most of Godzilla's... Because Japan still cranks out

a lot of Godzilla content. Yeah, they love it. They're huge fans of Godzilla's, because Japan still cranks out a lot of Godzilla content. Yeah, they love it. They're huge fans of Godzilla. The original roar of Godzilla was made by a Japanese sound composer. What he did was he took a double bass, you know those big stand-up

instruments? Does it look like a big guitar? It looks like a violin's been blowing up, and then they put it up like that, and then someone's like, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong. Do they use a stick or do they use their finger?

No, that's a cello. Oh, okay. Double basses, fingers plucking, and like a bass guitar, but upright. Okay, lovely. So that's, so he got one of those,

and then he got a leather glove, and he coated it in pine resin, which is like a glue. Oh, okay, yeah. And when it goes those. Yeah. And then he got a leather glove. Yeah. And he coated it in pine resin, which is like a glue. Oh, okay. Yeah. And when it goes hard. Okay. Then he put his finger on the top of the string and ran it down.

Oh, this doesn't sound like it'll be nice. And it sounded like the Godzilla roar. So I've got the Godzilla roar here. Okay. And now that you know, it's a glove that's been dipped in a hardening glue running down a bass, a double bass string. So the glove is stiff? A stiffer glove, yes.

A stiff glove from glue. Stiff glove. Right. From 1954, the Godzilla roar. Oh, yeah. That's awful. Now I know it's that. It doesn't sound as impressive as a roar, does it?

It's ruined a little bit. It doesn't sound like a roar at all. It sounds like a double bass. You know when they did Jurassic Park? Is it Jurassic Park? And they said the T-Rex roaring was like a pig and a whale and a koala. All fighting to the death.

No, it was all mixed up and sound mixed. But this was just made using a double bass and running the finger down it. Now, the latest Godzilla series of films, this is the roar from the latest Godzilla. That sounds like an elephant. The sound designers who made that have said they will never tell you how they made it

because they were asked when this guy was all revealed about the series of Godzilla rules and how they made it. They asked the guys who made the latest one and they said no. Well, it's an elephant, isn't it? They wouldn't even tell the film's director, a guy called Gareth Edwards. Well, like what's happened with the original one, it's kind of ruined it for me because that's what I can hear now. Right. Yeah. You can hear it. And if they it for me because that's what I can hear now. Right. Yeah. You can hear it.

And if they tell you what it is, then it will ruin the... They said, they will say they experimented with lots of different sounds like shutting a rusty car door slowly, but that's not it. Okay.

And when they got to the sound, when they confirmed the sound, they needed sounds from the movie of it reverberating through towns. Yeah. So they went to the back of the Warner's movie lot and used the same speakers the Rolling Stones used on a worldwide tour, turned them up really loud,

put a microphone a few hundred metres down the road and played the Godzilla roaring sound. All the surrounding neighbourhoods called the police. Because they didn't know what it was. Some had reported that it sounded like an animal. Yeah. But Some had reported that it sounded like an animal, but some had reported that it sounded like an explosion or like some sort of electrical situation. They said it was a terrifying noise

and that's when they knew they had the right noise. Brilliant. Because they'd absolutely terrorise the neighbourhood with the sound of Godzilla screeching. So we don't know what that is, but I can tell you the original Godzilla sound was made by running a hardened, glue-covered leather glove down a double bass. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Some shoppers have been frustrated by an Auckland mall's time limit in the accessible toilets. The accessible toilets? This is at Sylvia Park, Auckland mall, and some people have said that... Hell on earth, for a person like me who doesn't like crowds. So they've got these accessible toilets they automatically lock.

I'm assuming you have to press lock. You go in and you hit the red button and that... It's like those toilets in the city and you've got a sliding door. It's a space toilet. They freak me out because you've got to trust... These self-cleaning ones? Yeah. I'm always worried it's going to clean itself while I'm in there.

And then you're so far away from the door. What if it unlocks? Yeah. Horror. Well, these aren't toilets, apparently. People are saying they're only giving you five minutes before they unlock. Oh. Ah, right.

And then I don't know if the door just comes open after five minutes or it just means someone else can go in and press the button. So they're saying that, you know, it's obviously an issue for accessible toilets and people with disabilities because they do take longer to use the toilet because they might have to, you know. Yes.

Get off a wheelchair or, you know. Right, yes. Whatever. So five minutes isn't enough. Right. I know I agree with that. I just thought it was a standard toilet and someone would come in and be like,

what's taking so long? Or like, it was our only toilet. You will say to us, we might have a meeting in five or 10 minutes. You'll be like, I'll just go to the toilet. 20 minutes later, does Vaughn come back? Very rarely do I do number two at work though. That might've been a distraction issue.

I might have been walking somewhere and I saw something shiny, so I had to follow it until it stopped. That happens. But at home, I'm in no rush. I'm in no rush. It's not really somewhere I want to linger around in. No, neither. I'm very happy with my own bathroom at home.

Even at home, I'll be in and out. You've got children, though. A lot of people, a lot of parents say it's a bit of a reprieve. be in and out. You've got children though. It is a three. A lot of people, a lot of parents say it's a bit of a reprieve. It's a sanctuary. A bit of me time.

It is, it is. In your own stink. It's a bit of me time. My doctor told me that, this is back a little bit, he said, back in the day,

men used to retire to the bathroom and read the paper. Again, for moments of solitude. Yeah, okay. And it was bad and everyone's got hemorrhoids because it's not a good

way for you to be sitting because there's no support under the butt that you go down and it can stretch the situation and it can lead to hemorrhoids. And he said the modern equivalent is playing games and apps and stuff on your phone. And he's like you sit there for longer than you need to. And it's a little bit dangerous. It's not healthy.

No, no, it's not overly healthy. Goodness. But it's quiet time. Sometimes I'll finish and put the seat down so it's a supportive seat. Just to get five more minutes of peace. Yeah, yeah, yeah, five more minutes of solitude, you know. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Well, behind the scenes, we were reading a story about a Dunedin Airbnb owner who went away and Airbnb'd their house and it became a brothel for two weeks.

Oh, dear. How did they know? Megan pipes up because you got an Airbnb over the break. I did. Over the break. Should I say where it was? Yes. We went to Tauranga for a wedding. I wouldn't have said where it was.

Oh. Okay. Well, I wanted to say it was in New Zealand. Like, it wasn't overseas or anything. Yeah. And there was a bunch

of us staying in quite a large, nice house. But when we got in there, there was two cameras. And I'm sure, I was like, well, this isn't allowed,

is it? And that's when we rechecked the listing and it doesn't say anything about having cameras in there. Granted, they're not in the bathroom, they're not in a bedroom, but they're in the lounge and one by the door. In our old house, we had I've got security cameras outside now, but we used to have them inside. And I always thought if you were

house-sitting, would that be weird? Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. And babysitting. So what I should have taken them down? Well yeah I guess so. If I was babysitting at your house I'd be so I'd be so self conscious.

Of like what I was eating. You won't see the new cameras. But is that allowed? Is it allowed if they list it? I didn't think you were allowed them at all. I would have thought, like, maybe in an entrance or a hallway, maybe. If you told people. Like, if somebody said to me, hey, we've got a camera in the, see, the lounge would be weird.

Because I like to walk around in my undies. Well, that's the thing. Like, I mean, there was a bunch of us staying there, so it wouldn't have happened. But, like, if it was just, like, a couple, you'd easily walk of us staying there, so it wouldn't have happened. But like if it was just like a couple, you'd easily walk around naked or in your undies or something. But there was a lot of rules in this place. Oh, I know. That's some Airbnb places go overboard with the rules.

It puts me off. Yeah. There was a note above the bath that said it had to be cleaned after every use and that it couldn't go above 55 degrees. I'm sorry, but I'm paying you to stay here. Do they provide a bath thermometer or are you to just blind feel that? I don't know.

Although that's hot though. No one's having a bath hotter than 55 degrees, right? That's how hot you're supposed to set your hot water cylinder. Oh, really? Isn't that the ideal temperature for a hot water cylinder? Unsure, Vaughan. I'm unsure. I'm not a hot water cylinder technician.

Or a plumber or maybe because it's not hot enough to like really badly burn you right and if you've got kids oh okay and it's also the temperature

that wastes the least amount of power because if you have it cranked too high it's constantly trying to get back there oh that'd be why my power bill's so high

because I like it real hot you like a hot option yeah I like it to sting me so I feel alive yeah yeah yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Burn you to remind you what feeling is like.

Yeah. I like to put it on hot, wash my hands and have a time limit of wash my hands before this burns me. Yeah. I like to walk away red so I know it did something. Exactly. Yeah. So did you bring this up with the people whose place you were staying at? Well, I didn't book it.

The person who booked it out of the group of us said they were going to leave a scathing review. But that's probably, you know when you leave and you're like, I'm going to write a review. And then it probably never happened. Yeah. But then you want to get your reviews up on Airbnb. So you're also a trusted person. Right. So maybe.

But there was no parties allowed. So maybe that's why the camera was in the lounge. And then they had a whole rack of croc-esque shoes that you were supposed to wear inside because you weren't allowed to wear your shoes. Okay, this person

shouldn't be airbending their place if they're so... What was the floor made of? It looked... I mean, it was a wooden-esque thing so I don't know if it was actually wood

or whether it was... Well, we've got that laminate... Yeah, I think so. ...fake-ish wood. It's made tough. You can wear shoes on that. No shoes allowed.

Soft croc. And then we had to obey all the rules because there was a camera there. I would have done something to make sure they'd

because imagine if they'd messaged you. They can say, we can see you wearing your high heels. Yeah. They're like, good. Oh, yeah.

Imagine that. And you said, oh, the camera's there to make sure you're not having a party. But what if it was just two of you? Yeah. And you, like, were smooching. Yeah.

But if you were having a couch smooch. Is that counted as a party? And they'd have tuned in. Yeah. No, they're just watching you smooch. And it'd be all recorded on the cloud. Oh, silly them. They want to see that.

Silly them. Yeah. Yeah, that cloud would see some things. Yeah. That cloud would need a trip to a cloud therapist. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's Bree and Clint a listen too?

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