ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - January 17 2020

Episode Date: January 16, 2020

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ZM. Head music. Lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Thanks, Ash. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Happy Friday. Fri-yay. I didn't say Fri-yay. That's what you meant. Megan's real tired today. Oh, well, Fletch. What happened? She's been a real sassy pants. No, I just feel like I got a real fright this week. I like it ganged up on you. Yeah.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday have all got together. Yeah, and you get so used to not going to bed early, so I'm burning the candle at both ends, I think. All right. I will try. That's okay. We've got to make short work of a candle. Burning it at both ends.

Yeah. Plus, how does it sit? How does it stand up there? You have to balance it as well. You can't lie it down because it'll burn whatever's under it. Well, is it too hard these days to burn? It's a stupid saying because everyone has those lovely glass handles, don't they? You can't burn that at the other end.

Yeah. I mean, it's just a metaphor. But I don't think traditionally you didn't burn a candle at both ends either. That would have been a silly candle. But he's meaning for like imagery of the mind. Like you're not going to burn in a coir at both ends. Yeah. That would be really hard.

We need a better saying. Yeah. How would you do that? Just out of interest. Would you like put the glass in like a pot of warm water to soften the wax and then you could almost like tip it out. Maybe, yeah. And then have access to both ends.

And just dig it out. And it would probably be because those candles are so thick, it probably would be an easier candle to light at both ends. So I was thinking one of those old thin national candles. Yeah, those ones. Those are too thin to burn at both ends because they're too close to the ground. Anyway, it's not happening so I don't know why we're

delving so far into it. We're going to catch up with Israel Dagg, former All Black, on the phone with us in about half an hour's time ahead of the Black Clash. He's in this game today. It's rugby versus cricket. Rugby won last year at that Christchurch game.

Today, Napier. We'll give you all the details. There are still tickets available. It'll be on screens as well. A million people tuned in to watch this last year. Yeah, that's a lot of people. Megan wasn't one of them. You can tell by that tone.

It's Friday. Yeah. It's Friday flashback. Oh, who's? It's yours. Fletch, Vaughn, Megan. That's how it starts. So I get the first pick of songs that were around in 2010.

2010. How weird is it to think that 2010 is 10 years ago? Good Lord. I know. Yeah. All right, you lot, listen up. It's Storytime. Storytime, three news headlines.

Vaughan and Megan, you've got to deliberate, decide, debate, and pick only one headline. We'll delve into that story. Headline one, pantless intruder breaks in through doggy door. Headline two, drive-through couple shocked. And headline three, aggressive squirrels terrorise family home. You said squirrels? Drive-through couples shocked.

Drive-through couple shocked. Not shocked. Oh, okay. Shocked. Shocked. Shock. Drive-through couple couple Shocked Not shocked Oh okay Shocked Shock Drive-thru couple Shocked Okay

Not shocked Squirrels is pretty Selfish It's so cool How they have squirrels Over city I love squirrels Like you go to a park

And there's squirrels And they're just like All over That's so quick I know And they're just like They're big bushy tails You see them bouncing

Through the snow And you're like Squirrel Squirrel But then like I wouldn't want one Coming at me No I've seen And they're just like, hee-hee, their big bushy tail. You see them bouncing through the snow and you're like, hee-hee, squirrel. Squirrel. But then, like, I wouldn't want one coming at me. No, I've seen them jump on people. It's quite hilarious. I wonder why they were never introduced to New Zealand.

Yeah. And the, you know, rabbits, possums, everything else. Because are they as annoying and bad as rabbits are? Like, do they burrow under? That's what I was wondering. I don't know. Because they're super cute. More of a tree folk.

Maybe we don't have enough nuts, like acorns and stuff. Yeah. And the trees. Maybe. You always get weird looks from locals when you're overseas and you're like, ah, squirrel! Yeah, totally. Bloody squirrel. So not that one.

I think drive-thru couple. Shocks. Drive-thru couple shocked. Okay. All right. We go now to America where a couple in Pittsburgh were at the drive-thru for McDonald's. I always feel sorry for these big companies. It's always one worker, isn't it?

Spoiling it for every other McDonald's all over the world. Megan's right. Yep. You know what it's like to hire bad people, don't you, Megan? In the service industry. I ruin it for you. Well, this may ruin your appetite because this couple were at the McDonald's drive-thru in Pittsburgh when they looked through their drive-thru window to see that, Megan.

What's that? Oh, he's got his hands down his pants. Yes, he's got his hands down his pants. Yes, he's got his hands down his pants. They're like in the front of his pants. Yeah, yeah. Is he having a scratch? I don't know if he was cold. Apparently he was chilling.

Is he at the smoothie station? I can't tell what station he's at. Like, is he going to touch my food? He was doing the food, yeah. I don't know. I don't know if they were under undies. It looks like they're under undies. It does.

Yeah. So they described, the man said, he told the local news station, because this made the news, I was with my girlfriend. We were getting food. And my girlfriend made a comment about how she can't believe no one is wearing uniforms. Because he's not wearing a uniform either. Oh, yeah. Then she notices a guy with both hands down his pants.

I looked and said, what the F? This is crazy. There were a few of them just standing around talking. Then I reached for my phone and took some pictures. Oh, so it was down there long enough that that all happened. It looks like he's resting his hands. So obviously he made a complaint to the local manager and the manager has responded saying, good morning.

I'm the general manager of the restaurant from responded saying, good morning. I'm the general manager of the restaurant from your post. I just wanted to let you know I had some employees send me your post this morning and wanted to let you know the matter has been corrected immediately. And I work hard to keep food safety as my top priority. And please know that the owner and I have both taken action and the man is no longer employed by my organisation. So I had his hands down his pants. Because did you see back home here in New Zealand

in the Dunedin Pizza Hut, the person that was barefoot working at Pizza Hut barefoot? I was like, only in New Zealand. Yes. That would just give me like, as an owner of an establishment, like what if he drops a knife and cuts his toe?

Oh, yeah. What's the floor of a... I'd always imagine the floor of a kitchen would be slippery and a bit greasy. I wore bare feet to a supermarket overseas when I was, like, a few weeks ago. And I just got... I started getting looks and I was like, why is everyone... Oh, I'm wearing bare feet in the supermarket. Like, I was on an island, but even there they were like, no bare feet.

Whereas you go to bare feet near the beach here at a supermarket, no one would be on an island, would they? You know how I feel about that. You come out with a nice black layer of something on the bottom of your foot. Put some shoes on. Put some jandies on. Yes. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Lizzo has been in the country this week Let's put some jandies on. Yes.

Lizzo has been in the country this week and like many people, many celebrities, musicians popped out to pee her for a little impromptu photo shoot yesterday. Do they have like a circuit they do, Megan? Because your friend does this. It's part of her job sometimes, isn't it? It's her favourite part of the job is to take people for a wee tiki tour around wherever they can go. And Piha is one of her favourite places to take them.

Because, you know, when friends visit, they're always like, what should we do? And I'm always like, I don't know. It's weird when you live in a city. Yeah, you're like, I don't know. I see that bus. What's on the side of that bus? Yeah. And the bus that drives around to the 13 things. You're like, I don't know, I see that bus. What's on the side of that bus? Yeah.

And the bus that drives around to the 13 things. You're like, I don't know. 13 things, they stop at. Eight of those have got to be volcanoes. Yeah. In Auckland. But Piha's always, and I figure it's because it is a very picturesque beach. Yeah.

And you kind of drop down and it does look amazing. But as a beach to swim at, I don't like it. No. But that's kind of why it's cool because it's untamed. Yeah. They all want to see like wild New Zealand. Beauty-wise, you don't see beaches like that. Well, it's black sand.

A lot of people haven't seen a black sand beach as well. Black sand, the jagged cliffs. They're just photographs very well. It's beautiful and very unique. But yeah, not a great place to take a whole bunch of people who, especially if one of them's like, I'm very keen on swimming in water over my head. No. It's like, we'll find a different,

should we go to Mission Bay then? We can grab an ice cream. But yeah, she got taken out to Piha for the inaugural Eurocelebrity Get You Out There for a photo shoot out at Piha. That's, just looking for the latest this morning, those photos of Lizzo at Piha. That's just looking for the latest this morning. Those photos of Lizzo at Piha have gone, like, global. Wow.

And they're all going, in Auckland, New Zealand. I'm like, yeah, cool. That's us. Yeah. Take a 14, 16 or 18-hour plane ride to come here to see that. Yeah. And bring your money. And then she went into her

shins and I was like, yeah, that's cold, isn't it? Quite surprisingly cold. A beautiful day, but I bet that's cold. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, we didn't lose her. Which is always a worry

when anyone goes to a West Coast beach. She's not a ferocious and she's on PR rescue. Do they still make that? Could you imagine? I don't know. Do they? I feel like they haven't made a PR rescue for a few. Let me have a look.

I mean, there'd be no shortage of tourists getting into trouble there, sadly. Started in 2001. Okay. 12 seasons. Final episode date was in 2017. Oh, so it's done. They might have filmed another one over the summer break. Do you guys always see the signs for the filming for border security

or border patrol or whatever they do at the airport? They're like, you land and there's a big sign. It's like, you could be on border patrol. I'm like, I do not want to be on border patrol. I know. I look nasty. I've just done it. Oh, you're worried about what's in your suitcase.

No, just like all my washing. Like your knickers are on TV. It's like, I don't want it. I haven't done my washing for four weeks. Of course it's going to be manky. My episode of Border Patrol would be me looking at the three lines available and being like, which one's going to be quickest? And then guaranteed jumping on the slowest one.

Yeah, always. Every time. It's like, we get given the arrival card, like, fill these things out on the plane. Oh, yeah, people don't do it. They get there and they're like, yeah. Or they get signed by the first person or the little electronic check through,

and then they bin them, and then they get there, and they're like, oh, no, I need to hold on to that. Oh, my God. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Good morning. Kim Kardashian has done a walkthrough, a little bit of a tour in her pantry. It's a massive pantry. It almost looks like her pantry would be bigger than your cafe's entire kitchen area.

Yeah. Like, she's got a cold, it looks like a cold store. There would be apartments in some cities that are smaller

than her pantry. 100%. How sad is that? 100%. But she took a tour saying with a family of six they need 10 fridges.

Actually, remember my old house, the leaky barn? Her fridge area is bigger than that whole house I lived in. Oh, yeah, definitely would be. Without a doubt. Do you remember when she showed us her bathroom? Yeah.

That fancy bathroom. And the sink? Yeah. I was like, where does the water go? That's right. It's very minimalistic. It just looks like a concrete bunker. Yeah.

She's got a frozen yogurt servery for the children. There's a whole bunch of stuff. Well, like a Kiwi Yoda. Does she have to

weigh it at the end? It's just... And someone's gone too heavy on the M&Ms. She just has fridge drawers,

right, as well. Yeah. It's all like one thing in each drawer. Yeah. For like waters and stuff. She's got the kitchen. Her's all like one thing in each drawer. Yeah. It's like waters and stuff.

She's got the kitchen, her kitchen looks like a commercial kitchen. Okay. I don't know. But 10 fridges. So I think, I wish to speculate

that she's keeping things in the fridge that don't belong in the fridge. And this is the top six things Kim Kardashian keeps in the fridge that she doesn't need to.

Okay. Number six, she'll be one of those people that keeps potatoes in the fridge. Who does that? Don't they go green? People keep potatoes in the vegetable bit. Yeah. Weird flatmates, and they'd always put their potatoes in there.

I'd be like, what are you doing? You don't need to. You don't know? These don't belong in here. These belong in a cool, dark place. Yeah, in the cupboard or pantry. I'm impressed that already we're on the same page. Like, how many of these six are we all going to be on the same page?

I think we should be all on the same page. I've left chocolate out because I believe chocolate belongs in the fridge, but I know you believe it belongs in the pantry. In the cupboard, yeah. So I've left that out because I don't want to. Disagree. Don't want to whack that hornet's nest. Okay. Number five on the list

of the, by the way, do your parents, when you were a kid, I think my mum still does it, she buys the bag of potatoes. Yeah. Like a big sack.

Yeah. Like a big sack of potatoes. We don't eat that many potatoes anymore. But when we were growing up, every single night we had potatoes. So you buy the little bag

of low tatos. Yeah. Oh, they're yum. Yeah every single night we had potatoes. So you buy the little bag of low-tatoes? Yeah, oh, they're yum. Or just those, yeah. Lower carb. It's easier to actually go to a shop and they fry them in a long shape to eat potatoes. Several long shapes

out of one potato. And then how do you get them home? Not a big bag? No, just in a pottle. A pottle? Lovely. It's delicious. They're called fries. If you had to buy potatoes, do you get them home? Not a big bag? No, just in a pottle. A pottle? Yeah. Lovely. It's delicious. They're called fries. If you had to buy potatoes, do you buy them washed or still with dirt? Would you pay? I don't eat a lot of potatoes.

Okay, cool. That's not what I asked. I said if you had to. I'd buy them clean. Get them low potatoes. You'd buy them clean. I'd buy them clean, yeah. You'd buy them clean.

The cheap guy in me still wants to buy them dirty because I'd buy them clean. You'd buy them clean. I'd buy them clean. You'd buy them clean. The cheap guy in me still wants to buy them dirty because I'd rather pay less and scrub them myself. Number five, because you have to scrub the clean ones anyway because someone might have touched them or coughed on them. Number five on the list of the top six things. You cook your potatoes? Yeah. Interesting.

Number five on the list of the top six things Kim Kardashian keeps in one of her ten fridges that she doesn't need to. Honey. Oh, you don't keep that in there. No. No, that'll go all pistily, won't it? Yeah.

Nobody keeps that in the fridge, do they? Well, it's not. I've heard of people who keep it in the fridge. Oh, no. No, no. It's impossible to spread. Yeah. Hard enough to spread butter on toast, let alone bloody rock hard honey.

Number four on the list of the top six things Kim Kardashian keeps in one of her 10 fridges, apples. What? Do you not have sensitive teeth? Yeah, biting into that ice. But if you're a cold apple, you're always like,

You think it's gone. Yeah. And then you just have to leave a bitten apple on the bench until it hits room temperature and you come back and it's all brown And then you just have to leave a bitten apple on the bench until it hits room temperature. You come back and it's all brown around where you've bitten. But no, apples have no place in the fridge. Number three on the list of the top six things Kim Kardashian keeps in one of her ten fridges.

Onions. Okay. But like a half-cut red onion, you've got to like store that in the fridge. I don't like to keep a hold of the half-cut onions. No, but you never use a whole red onion, you've got to like store that in the fridge. I don't like to keep a hold of the half cut onions. No, but you never use a whole red onion. I always use a whole, I go very onion heavy.

I'm with Megan, you always, I have a little glass container. But Leo, of a half cut red onion. A glass container, tell me what? Is there water in there? No. Because you know how the next time you go to get them, they've like gone You just cut, you just slice a little edge off it.

Yeah, it's fine. But then what about that weird thing where people are like, if you've got a cold or a flu, you cut an onion in half and leave it beside your bed. And then they show the photo of it and it's all like black and horrible. Oh, no. But then your room smells like onion. Well, that's the other thing about the fridge is you open it and it smells like onion. No, I've got a cover on my glass container.

Put it in like a sustainer or something. Do you know, I saw a sustainer yesterday when I was at the supermarket, had a big stack of like supermarket baskets that you can buy. Yes. Sustainer baskets. A takeaway basket. Everyone's nicking the shopping baskets from supermarkets. So they're like, well, hang on a sec, we'll make some.

But then you've got to put a basket in your car. You've got to remember your basket. And I can't even remember a reusable bag. Yeah, it takes up more room too. Number two on the list of the top six things Kim Kardashian's keeping in one of her ten fridges that she doesn't need to. Bananas. Oh, they don't go in the fridge. No, they don't go in the fridge.

Monster. How many bananas do you buy at a time? Like three max. Okay, yeah. Because otherwise they go brown. Yeah. Because I was just thinking buy yourself. Yeah, and I Because otherwise they go brown. Yeah. Because I was just thinking by yourself. Yeah, and I only have one a day.

Yeah. And I'll go to the supermarket every couple of days, so I'll stock up on new nannies then. I've got it all planned out. Do you always get three that are joined, or will you individually pick the three best you can see? I'll get one that needs a bit of ripening for the third day, and then I'll go whatever other two.

Okay. Yeah, but not too yellow. Yeah. Not too ripe. Right. I like a whatever other two. Okay. Yeah, but not too yellow. Yeah. Not too ripe. Right. I like a firm. You would. Longer one.

So I saw a family once, and they were individually picking off the best bananas. Rather than just grabbing two bunches, this family. Yeah, right. That's all. I'm all for that. Going for individual. Yeah, rolling the bunches for everybody else. Yeah, that's what I think.

That's not very. And number one on the list of the top six things we've really learnt a lot about. Food storage today. And opinions on it. The top six things Kim Kardashian keeps in one of her ten fridges that she doesn't need to. Open cans of food still in their can,

just with the lid peeled back. No. No. Monster. No. Again, use your glass container. My wife is a shocker at this. You're a grown-up.

Put it in a container. Yeah. The dog doesn't mind. I'm like, yeah, but I do. This is me. I open it and I just get a whiff

of bloody horse or whatever it is in there. It's not, no, it's not good. That is today's top six. It's been revealed the best country is to raise kids in

and New Zealand is on there and in the top 10 we're eighth in. And New Zealand is on there. And in the top 10, we're 8th though. Out of all the countries? That's alright though. I would have thought it would have gone higher. Same. I would have thought so too. But I don't necessarily think it's because we're doing

badly. It's just because the Scandinavian countries are really, really killing it. Doing a really killing it. Yeah. Doing a really good job. It's not surprising that America has not done well. They're not in the top ten. They are 18th place. Yeah, right.

And that's to do with gun violence. Well, yeah, you go to school there, you've got to go through the metal detectors like airport security. Yeah. And not only that, but they don't have paid time off for working parents. Is that right? Yeah, that's a thing. But even in America, what is it that we're just taking holidays from work? Well, yeah, they don't get like, we get four weeks.

Paid leave. Yeah, that's law. Whereas in America, it just depends on your employer and your package. Same with maternity leave, I guess. Depends on your employer. And medical, like healthcare. Yeah. That blows my mind.

So I'll run through Scandinavian countries really like massive in the top 10. 10 is Austria. 9 is Australia. So at least they're behind us. Yes. We're number 8. Switzerland is number 7. The 6th best country to raise kids in is Finland. Then the Netherlands. They're behind us. Yes. We're number eight. Switzerland is number seven.

The sixth best country to raise kids in is Finland. Then the Netherlands. Canada is number four. Okay. And the top three best countries to raise kids in. Let me guess. Top three. Denmark?

Is in there. Finland? No. Norway. I've done Finland. Norway. Yes, Norway's in there. What? No. Norway. I've done Finland. Norway. Yes, Norway's in there. What's the other one? Sweden.

Should we say Sweden? Sweden. Sweden, yeah. So Norway, Sweden and Denmark is number one. So when it comes to Denmark, they give a, they pay, they give a monthly subsidy of 508 US dollars for kids under three

and 307 for those three and over. What if I don't have kids? What if I get a cat? I should get a cat subsidy. Then you can spend all your money on yourself. Oh yeah, good call. You have more disposable income. No, but you shouldn't be getting free money from the government if I can't have free call. You have more disposable income. You shouldn't be getting free money from the government if I can't have free money.

You have a disposable income. Someone needs to support the future generations. You're not supporting... Well, I know you are. This sounds a little bit one-sided. I just want some free money. He only temporarily supports this generation. Yeah, that's true.

It's not ongoing. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast Would love to talk now About things you discovered About your partner After you'd been with them for a bit Because

This is This is a weird story I feel like everyone else Might have known this but Yeah The fiance was Not paying attention. I don't know.

So she calls him her fiancé, but after three months of dating, she'd found out something. So I think they're a fiancé now. Right. But at three months of dating, she discovered that there was actually a 25-year age gap between her and her now fiancé.

So how old is she? She is 24. Bryony is her name. She's 24. And she fell for Andy. Yeah. And then three months in, she discovered that he was 25 years older.

So that makes him 49. Have you seen a photo of these two, Vaughan? No, I haven't seen the photo of these two. Show your laptop to Vaughn for a live reaction. 49 saying he was 24. No, I don't know. I don't know if he was lying. I just don't think that he ever discussed the age.

But I mean, come on. He looks like an old battler. He looks like he's got a packet of Port Royals. I'm going to show Vaughn for his reaction. So, Bryony is quite a youthful looking blonde. To be fair, he looks good for 49. Yeah. But you wouldn't be thinking he's in his...

You see and you don't. You couldn't pinpoint it. But you wouldn't think he's in his 20s. No. Like late 30s at least. Mid, mid, mid 30s. Yeah. Well, maybe that's what Bryony thought and then she didn't realise like 49.

But they're engaged. Yeah. I mean, it didn't like deter her. I know somebody that did that. Was it not talking about the 70s and 80s a lot? She wasn't getting it. I was like, oh no, I don't know. I wasn't born.

Like when you make a reference to Mr. Toyboy and he's like, who? Yeah. I'm like, oh, you know, when I went to see Titanic in cinemas. And he's like, I was three. And I'm like, ha ha. Same. Yeah. I went, yeah. But I know somebody that lied about their age.

Their partner had no idea. And it's like three or four years. And then they found out. Really? They'd been shaving like five or six or seven years off their age. I guess because when they started dating, they'd put out the initial lie. And then so had to just live with it. Because they ended up staying together.

Yeah, right. I don't know. But then you'd meet their friends or their school friends. And surely it would come up. But sometimes, like, I mean, that's a massive age gap, these two people. But, like, when me and my husband started dating, I knew how old he was. But we'd never, like, discussed knew how old he was, but we'd never like discussed exactly how old I was.

And when I told him that there was 10 years between us, he was like, say what? Because I'm so youthful looking. But then he loves like Dame Judi Dench. Yeah, he does have an affinity for older women.

And he'd also dated other women that were older than him before. So that probably just sealed the deal for you and him. Yeah. Really, didn't it? Sure. If anything. Wow, of all the old ladies he picked you, you are the queen of old ladies.

Thank you. Older ladies. Thank you. Older ladies. You won. We want to ask the question this morning. When have you been going out with someone and then you found out something about them that was like just a complete shock?

Doesn't need to be an age thing, but maybe they did lie or just neglect to say how old they were. Didn't say. Or neglect to tell you anything. Well, that's the thing, because if they don't ask and you don't say, it's technically not lying. It's a don't ask, don't tell policy.

And sometimes there's never a good opportunity. If it's like something massive, like when do you drop the bombshell? Like you could have been going out with someone and then they tell you they're still married, even though they've split or something. Yeah. Or they've just told you a secret

or something quite personal and you're just like, what? Well, they could do that thing that you do with your partner where you've neglected to tell them something and then it comes out and you're like, I told you that. And they're like, no you didn't. You're like, yes I did.

You just weren't listening. Classic you, just not listening. Alright, so 0800Diles.m, give us a call. You can text 9696. What did you discover

about your partner a few months in? We are discussing what you discovered about your partner after a few months in because a couple, they're now, a fiancee are going to get married. The bride discovered there's 25 years between them.

I mean, maybe she needs her eyesight. That would be a good Specsavers ad, wouldn't it? Should have gone to Specsavers. It's quite obvious. It's obvious to us. He's at least in his late 30s, early 40s. He has a youthful demeanour apparently. Right.

Jess, what did you discover about a partner a few months in? Oh, hi. Hi. We've actually been together for about 14 years and married for about two. Okay. And yeah, I found out, it kind of ended last year,

that he hates it when I leave the butter out because it melts and it makes him feel sick. A bit of soft butter makes him... A bit of soft butter makes him gag. I found out one day when I heard this awful noise in the kitchen. I'm running out and I'm like, what's wrong? And he's like, the butter is melting. You heard him literally gagging? Yeah, yeah. He took the strawberry gag as well. And why didn't he tell you all these years? Why didn't he say something? I don't know.

I think he said, like, he doesn't want to hurt my feelings or whatever. But he was like, he usually has Mondays off. And he was like, I can't have toast on Mondays because you leave the butter out. Oh, my God. So for the last, like, however many years, he can't have toast on Mondays. That's right, yeah. It's cute that he still cares about sparing your feelings. I know, isn't it? You've been together so long, this should have been a

full-blown argument. Thanks, Jess. Anna, what did you find out about someone a few months in? A couple months after I started dating, I found out he was seven years older than me. So it's kind of like what, yeah, the same as Toyboy, but the other way around. Did you think he was the same age as you, or did he say that?

He didn't say that. It's just he looked as young as I did, and I couldn't pick it up. So he had never lied. He just, you'd never talked about it. Yeah, it was just, we got along great, and I thought, oh, it's probably roughly my age until I found out, and I'm like, oh, well, we're together now. I was going to say, it's seven years, it doesn't matter. If you've never noticed it, not an ish.

Exactly. Thanks, Hannah. Chanel, what did you find out a few months in? It was actually my mum. She was dating my dad when she was only 16, and he had an accident, and he was in hospital, and there was two people in hospital with the same name. Okay. And so one of the nurses asked my mum to confirm which one it was, and she said it was one of them, but that wasn't the right date of birth. And so that's when she found out he was 10 years older instead of five.

Oh. Dad. Oh. Yeah. Wow. But obviously they lasted. Yes. Yes.

It's 30 years counting. Wow. Wow. Brilliant. So there you go. Relationships built on lies can last. They can. Thanks, Chanel.

Some text messages. My dad would always lie about his age and even worse is he'd lie about having a kid. If I went to stay with him on school holidays, I had to tell people I was his niece in case his latest girlfriend found out. What? That's so bad.

My partner had been dating his ex for over six months when she just said that her seven-year-old daughter was coming over from Romania for a holiday. And this was the first he had heard about her having a daughter. Over six months she'd never mentioned it. In Romania? Yeah. Wow. Yeah.

My partner doesn't brush his teeth in the morning, only brushes them at night. I found this out a few months in. Oh, no, always start and end the day with a brush. And then sometimes even halfway through the day. Oh, God. Which is any time I'm going out and leaving the house, I brush my teeth.

Exactly. Yeah. Give them a brush, but no, it's... ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. In the news this week, somebody, I believe this was the first arrest at the border. Well, when someone with an overdue student loan and hadn't been making their repayments tried to leave New Zealand after arriving and was arrested. The first this year.

I thought it was the first full stop. Are you kidding? That they've arrested people at the border? No, there's been at least a couple every year. For a few years. I thought previously it was a tsk, tsk, make sure this is taken care of. No, they've done a couple a year. Okay, so this one. Ah. Yep. Nah, it's not the first. I thought previously it was a tsk, tsk. No. Make sure this is taken care of. Nah, they've done a couple a year. Okay.

So this one. One or two. Spent a night in jail. Yep. Just like the police holding cells. And we'll make an appearance. But now it's been looked into how much this has cost in the country. I know.

And I found myself yesterday being a bit like old mate kind of talk back on it when everyone was sharing their stories. Because as someone who has paid back a student loan, that was a lot of money. I've got no sympathy for these people that go overseas and then completely ignore the fact that they have a debt and a responsibility to pay it back. News story today about somebody living in the UK who thinks now with interest, because that's the idea. If you stay in New Zealand and work in New Zealand, it remains interest free.

But if you move overseas, it starts getting interest. They said that theirs would be over $100,000 now. Five years ago, she blocked contact from Inland Revenue, saying... See? Like, what do you expect is going to happen? The attempts to organise affordable repayments were overwhelmingly stressful. Oh, I'm sorry that paying back a debt

is overwhelmingly stressful. We've all had to do that, most of us. I don't believe the conditions of, and I could be wrong in some form, but I don't believe the conditions of the debt have changed. It's not like the person got a debt and then it's changed drastically, has it? It hasn't changed.

Since it became interest-free, that rule about being overseas and getting interest hasn't changed. I'd say no. No. So it's not like anything changed. They kind of knew what they were in for. And I understand that they're big and they're overwhelming and it's a debt. But this is the thing. They're not arresting hundreds of people a year.

It's one or two. So it literally only gets to that stage if you are like this person and you just completely ignore them. And then you're trying to come back to the country. The total amount of student loan debt from borrowers based overseas is $3.5 billion. That was in October last year.

Wow. If you think $3.5 billion and then the interest on that is, and if it's not being paid, it's just getting larger and larger and larger. This is the same thing when I see people hooning past me on the motorway. Why do you think the rules don't apply to you? Like, I've paid off my student loan.

It's daunting and it's a lot of money, but chip away at it. And you know when you borrow it, you've got to pay it back. Yeah. So, like, I'm like you, Fletch. I don't have any sympathy for them either. Shall I? I don't need to ring talkback, though. Yeah, no, I'm not going to ring talkback.

I'm not at that stage where I'm that upset with life that I need to ring talkback. Right, yeah. Shall I provide some balance? Some balance. Go on, then. Oh, wipe their debts, poor guys. No!

They're living in London, how are they going to afford a weekend trip to Greece if they have to pay back their student loan? Exactly. They are going on their weekend trips to Paris,

Greece. Well, this is what people said, like, they said, we don't have, like, Porsches and we're not, like, rich, but you can still offer a bit of money weekly, can't you?

If you're doing your OE. Yeah, hello. That's why we don't have Porsches and everything as well because we've cut off our student loan. How do you do it from overseas? I don't know. Like as an automatic payment. I think you can probably start by calling StudyLink and they'll probably help you out. Oh, you've been home for a while.

Especially this time of year because there's a whole bunch of people trying to get student loans so one day they can run away overseas and not pay them back too. Yeah. Oh, it's a busy time of the year. There's something we do as a leisurely activity that is actually seen as a light workout. In fact, you two did it together yesterday. What did we do together?

Oh, we didn't scooter. We walked, though. Yeah, we walked to the movies. It's actually going and sitting in the movies that I'm talking about. I'm very active in the movies. I always saw a tense movie yesterday. I found myself, like, haunched forward. Yeah, I was the same.

I couldn't stop moving yesterday. We went and saw 1917. Which is... Oh, so good. It's one shot, right? You follow the war movie as one shot. It's one shot, right? You follow the war movie as one shot. It's made to look like one shot, yeah. And it's just incredible.

Yeah, it is good. Because it won the Golden Globe for the Best Picture. It's nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. And nominated for the Oscars. I can see why that won, because the cinematography is just incredible. Yeah. And even the costumes. Hundreds and hundreds of extras. Yeah. Because you the costumes. Yeah. For hundreds and hundreds of...

Hundreds of extras. Yeah. Because you... Do you normally like war movies, but you loved it? Yes. Don't stereotype me. I love war movies.

Do you? I went to the Harry Styles one. What's that called? Dunkirk. Dunkirk, yeah, that was good. Oh, good Lord, that was good. And, like, Saving Private Ryan. Those are the only ones

I can think of at the top of my head. I love war movies. Was 1917 better than Saving Private Ryan? those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. I love more movies. Was 1917 better than Saving Private Ryan? It's so different. Yeah, too different. Way different. Too different.

Okay. Because part of the appeal of 1917 is you're following the two characters the whole time. Yeah. It's quite intense. You never cut away. Yeah.

1917 is my favourite World War I movie. Oh, yeah. Well, there aren't very many others, are there? That's probably one. Okay. Well, this would actually be a really good one for the study because this was done by the University College of London and if you sit in a movie around 45 minutes,

you are in a healthy heart zone, which means your heart is beating between 40 and 80% of its maximum rate. So I guess the more intense the movie, the better the workout

and that 1917 is quite intense. Do you know, that was an intense movie. The most intense movie I can ever remember was Interstellar. Was that the one with,

what's that one called? The one with George Clooney and You're talking about Gravity oh Gravity Gravity Gravity

oh my god that was like I rewatched that recently stood the test of time very well and in IMAX I was just like do you know what I found

really intense was a quiet place oh yeah because you found yourself not even making a noise you're like because it was so quiet yeah because you didn't want the monster to come and eat you.

Yeah, no. Fair call. I can understand why you keep quiet. But they have also said at the end of this, don't go back with your gym membership because you still need to move. But it still could be a light. Well, that was the thing because yesterday, because straight from here to the movies,

had lunch, went home, had a sleep. There wasn't a lot of movement yesterday. You didn't close your rings on your iPhone? I didn't close all the rings. I didn't close all the rings. And this monitors your heart and stuff, so it didn't really give me that much compared to doing something. And also when you go to the movies, you have a bag of Maltesers.

That really does undo all of that work, doesn't it? It'll undo some. Anya's dad is travelling around. doesn't it? Orlando's son. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Anya's dad is travelling around. In fact, you guys are house-sitting at the moment. Mm-hmm. House-sitting for the parentals. Well, the parents are way-spending your inheritance.

It's quite rude. Yeah, I don't like that part of it. Yeah. Have you had a drink from a gin bottle and then just filled it up with water? I haven't, but I should. Oh, that's classic. You're not a teenager.

You probably don't need to anymore. Or you put tea in the whiskey. What? That's a... Looks the same. Again, you're not a teenager. You don't need to do that. Yeah, yeah.

But Dave's travelling around and he's actually put up something on Facebook. Dave, your dad. Yeah. Dave Henvest. Dave Henvest has been talking about this for some weeks. Has he? Yeah, so they're on a few week trip around Europe. Where are they going, Europe?

Yeah, so they've been in Germany, they did Spain, and now they're wrapping up in London. Okay. Having a great time, but this is definitely, I think, going to be his highlight. If you had to guess, Vaughan, because Megan and I know the story, if you had to guess what Dave Henveth's highlight

would be in London, what do you think it is? I don't know. No, I was going to say, I can also easily replace you with Dave in this story. This is definitely something you'd do. But is it something like, has your dad read Harry Potter? No. It's not Harry Potter related? No. I just thought he might have gone it something like, has your dad read Harry Potter? No. It's not Harry Potter related? No. I just thought he might have gone to like platform nine and three quarters

in like a Harry Potter outfit. It would be mega cute but no. That would be awesome. That would be so much fun. Oh I don't know. London. A Big Ben pun? No. Something about the Queen? No. Heck I don't know then

A couple of months ago Dave Henvest discovered that there was another Dave Henvest Coincidence that he booked a trip to London the week after he found out? You tell me He added him on Facebook Yesterday, Dave Henvest met Dave Henvest

But surely there's many Dave Henvests There's not Is there not? No I mean it's a very rare last name I haven't heard There's no Dave Henvest in New Zealand And he got great pleasure in putting on Facebook Dave Henvest is with Dave Henvest

Yeah so this is what he posted on Facebook last night The world is truly blessed with not one Dave Henvest. Yeah, so this is what he posted on Facebook last night. The world is truly blessed with not one Dave Henvest but two. So at this point, he's tagged in his own profile in that caption. Dave Henvest himself meets at Dave Henvest the other one. How cute is that? So would he have gone all the way to London? Like he was in Europe. Would he have gone to London if it wasn't for this Dave Henvest living there?

I don't know if London was on the itinerary for other reasons. What? So we just found him on Facebook. Searched his own name on Facebook. Yeah. Found another Dave Henvest. But they actually look like, do they look similar age? Yeah.

This guy would be 50, 60, I reckon. And they both look pretty jazzed about it, too. Like, he's just as receptive. Because he was telling me and my sister on FaceTime the other night, you'll never guess girls, I'm so excited, I'm off to meet Dave Henbest. And we were like, yeah, that's awesome, but what are you actually going to say? He's going to be like, ha ha, you're Dave, I'm Dave. I'm Dave.

How is that? Are we related? What did he say when you asked him that? He was like, oh, I don't know. We'll get a photo. We'll have a laugh. Have they delved into the family tree to see if they are indeed related? Yes, because this is why they went to Europe,

because Dad got real jazzed on the Ancestry.com situation. Okay. Wow, I love it. Everybody's parents are in that zone, right? The genealogy, trace it back. But enough to go travelling around Europe. Well, my parents, when they went to Europe, went to where my grandfather's family was from in Norway,

the Irish ones, the English ones, and they liked to be like, oh, this is where they lived right before they set sail for New Zealand. But they loved that. What's the point of that? I don't know, but they love it. Well, they love it. It's baby boomer catnip, isn't it?

At Ancestry.com. It is. They roll on their back, baffling at it. Having a bit of a stone look in their eye. So have you talked to him since he met him? I haven't. We went to Skype last night,

but it was too late for the time difference. He was probably on the piss with Anna. With Dave and his daughter Anna. There's no Annas and Dave, Matt Dave's family, is there? too late for the time difference. He was probably on the piss with Dave and his daughter Anna. There's no Annas and Dave, Matt Dave's family, is there? Well, I don't know. I would have to go to London, though, to find out. Right. Has it made you search your name on Facebook?

Yeah, I can't find anyone on Facebook. There's so many Vaughan, there's heaps of Vaughan Smiths. It always surprises me how many Smiths. What about Megan Papadopoulos? I'm literally just looking. Oh, there is, but there's no profile picture. They're all in Greece. They're all in Greece.

I'm sure I've looked this up before and they were all. Oh, she's got a beautiful family. And better hair than me. No, look up your maiden name. Look up sellers. They might be ugly. No, because he's an American gymnast that's won medals and stuff. Why are they all better than me?

Yeah, there she is. Oh, she's really hot. She likes netball. We've got something in common. What? Netball? What are you talking about? What is that?

You like netball? Tagging on netball. She's real hot. Oh, damn. No, I had three names. I'll search the other name. Just keep searching until you find an ugly one. Okay.

I need to be better than all the other ones. We ran a poll just mentioned before that the numbers were only just in favour of, yes, 55% to 45%. This is shocking. We asked, is it okay to wear a Fitbit to the club? Or anything that measures your calories, burnt heart rate

situation. Megan, thoughts? Don't wear your Fitbit to the club. How did this come up, Anya? I believe Anya Vaughan was going on about his Apple Watch and closing the rings. Yeah, and I was falling asleep and in between my snoozes, I thought, well, heck,

there's something I don't want to hear about. No offence, sorry. That sounded really harsh. It's just, it's quite, the only person that's interested in your steps is you. No, I was asked about it. By who? I can't remember.

I didn't start to remember. No, you weren't. You said, oh, maybe it beeped and we were like, what is that? I think you said, your ring's open. Your ring's closing. I'm closing my rings. Gotta close the rings, baby. And we were like, okay, what does that mean?

Right. Yeah, it was a beep. My watch made a noise. And I said, I've got to stand up. That's what it was. And you said, what is that for? And I said, gotta close the rings. Did you say one of your friends wears a Fitbit?

My best friend Molly is notorious for wearing her Fitbit to the club. And I think it's a bit ridiculous. Because it doesn't, they're always like grainy blue or purple or, I don't know, orange. They're not exactly fashion. They don't go with the outfit. Nah, like you're wearing a nice outfit,

then you've got this big Fitbit on. I'd say put them around your ankle and put a sock over it and you want it all to look like you're on home detention or being monitored. So she wears a Fitbit to the club. Yeah. It doesn't hold her back.

Socially, she's legs ahead of you. Maybe you should start wearing a Fitbit to the club. What do you mean socially she's legs ahead? You're a social anchor. You're holding her back. That's so mean. That's so mean, Vaughn. She's getting ready to cut through the rope

and actually experience the open ocean of socialising. Uncle, why can't they make a Fitbit that you can hide somewhere? Like in your boob? Yeah, I was going to say stick it on my boob. Yeah. Could you undo the watch and just have it on? Is there a pulse on the breast? Well, that's right by my heart.

Oh, yeah, true. It needs a pulse, doesn't it? True, yeah. No, no, it reads a pulse. But then would the ankle work? Like you said, put it on the ankle? Is there a pulse on the ankle? I know there's a pulse on the thumb.

Yeah, but then your thick black plastic strap looks like you're not supposed to be at the club. Yeah, you're supposed to be at home. But then her steps would be up. So this is the problem. If you're going to da club and you're hitting supposed to be at the club. Yeah, you're supposed to be at home. But then her steps would be up. So this is the problem. If you're going to da club and you're hitting da dance floor and she's got her Fitbit on,

she's going to go home with so many steps. She is. And that's great. And I think it's great that she's doing steps. But I just don't know if they need to be tracked. Mountie, who's at our social media desk, you were saying at the work Christmas party last year you wore your Fitbit and you were saying at the work Christmas party last year,

you wore your Fitbit and you were in the club doing the dancing and how many steps did you get? It wasn't a Fitbit, it was just on my phone and it was 30,000 steps. Thank God you know that.

So many bangers. Thank God. I felt so good because like, you know, you're drinking, you don't think you're being healthy

but I got home and 30,000 steps, I felt so accomplished. But then when you put the calories for all the gin and tonics and then minus those steps, were you in deficit or surplus? I didn't calculate that.

I really didn't want to. If you hadn't done the steps, you'd be worse off. Yeah. I know, but you're doing the steps regardless. Do you really need to, at the end of the night, be told? Like the sore feet's an indication.

Like, and the fact that you have just been walking around for hours. Yeah. Well, no, people like those numbers. They like those stats.

Yeah. Oh, God, it's so draining. Just for one night. Give yourself the night off and don't wear your plastic thing to the club.

Even your Apple Watch, would you wear that out? Yeah, I wore it everywhere. It's a watch. It's a, it's a very functional. But if you had a lovely dress on or a blouse, would you wear that out? Yeah, I wore it everywhere. It's a watch. But if you had a lovely dress on or a blouse, would you wear that with that? Apple Watches are so unsociable.

My best friend's got one of those. And every two seconds, she's like checking her body something or like getting a message. Or you're like, it's so unsocial. Just be a better best friend and she wouldn't be so bored with you that she's responding to the watch. You get a text message and you look at your watch and you get a phone call and you look at your watch. I just ignore that. Somebody said their phone, they went to Deep Heart and they got funky.

Yeah. And they did 27,000 steps when they were there in a few hours. That says something about our Christmas party. If you did 30,000, it was more than heartier and funkier. Friday Flashback. But it's a Friday tradition. It has been forever. We take turns picking a song that has to be at least 10 years old to play for our Friday

Flashback. And it is my turn this week to start things off for 2020. A whole range of new songs available for us to pick from, from 2010, because 2010 is 10 years ago. Yeah. Just have a think about that for a second. That's crazy. It's real scally.

I'm still getting used to it. With an entire year of hits. Wow, this is the thing, and I know Megan's 100% on board with my pick We've seen this together live Oh yeah, oh it was great So I don't care what anyone else says

No, neither do I And this is like a song that wasn't, to be honest Wasn't that, didn't chart that big in New Zealand For this artist with this song This song was actually covered by someone With Britain's Got Talent And that actually did better for him. And I'm guessing for her as well,

because she would have made so much money from it. Actually, it did better for him than it did for her, charting in New Zealand at number five, whereas I can't even find a chart position for this artist for this song. But I just Googled 2010 songs. Yeah. And this song's like in the third column of four. It's like the ninth one mentioned.

A lot of people called it their favourite track of the year or in there. But I love this song but I didn't love it when it came out. Do you know what I mean? So maybe it's like a...

Like a slow burner? Yeah. Yeah. It's very catchy. Don't try and convince the haters, Fletch. Well, Megan and I love this song, so...

If you don't like the song, we can't be friends. Sure. So today's Friday flashback is Robyn and Dancing On My Own. So good. Kick off your Friday. All right, ZM, it's your Friday flashback. Somebody said you got a new friend. Does she love you better than I can?

It's a big black sky over my town. I know where you at, I bet she's around Yeah, I know it's stupid But just gotta see it for myself I'm in the corner watching you kiss her, oh I'm right over here, why can't you see me, oh I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the girl you're taking home, oh I keep dancing on my own I'm just gonna dance all night. I'm all messed up.

I'm so out of line Stilettos on broken bottles I'm spinning around in circles I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her Oh, oh, oh I'm right over here, why can't you see me? Oh, I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the girl you're taking home Oh, I keep dancing on my own I keep dancing on my own I keep dancing on my own

So far away, but still so near The lights go on, the music dies But you don't see me standing here I just came to say goodbye I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her Oh, I'm living in my own But I'm not the girl you're taking home Ooh, I keep dancing on my own I keep dancing, oh yeah

I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh I'm right over here, why can't you see me, oh I'm living in my heart, but I'm not the girl you're taking home. I keep dancing on my own. I keep dancing on my own. ZM, it's your Friday flashback. Robin dancing on my own. Megan and I don't care

about the feedback today, Vaughn. You know what? If it's bad, we don't want to know. The best feedback is people saying that she should have

just left this one to Callum Scott. Oh, that is... Like, this is a cover of his version, but this is the original. This is the original. That cover is terrible.

I'm going to put it out there. He loves the original. I didn't mind his cover, but the original... No. Like, you can't beat this. It's great. That whole album is amazing. It is. I shan't

be told otherwise. Some people really loved it. Good. Some. Yeah. I mean, it was a weird first thing. I mean, I had all of 2010's. It's not weird. Back yourself. Don't back down, Fletch.

Well, Vaughn's just doing that look and he's, you look disappointed. This is going to be tough this year because 2010 was such a good year for music that so much of it still gets played. Yeah.

Yeah, big pop year, wasn't it? Yeah. Yeah, huge pop year. Okay. Am I a bad person? Well, it's time for the first Am I a Bad Person of 2020. And if you've never heard

this segment, we have a moral dilemma or a situation, normally relationship based. Yeah, but it can be anything. Yeah, we ask your opinion. But that's something that doesn't have to be relationship based. No, it doesn't. And that's why Petra joins us this morning. Good morning.

Good morning. From the office, Petra. Stop saying her name. I feel like we should have given her another name. Oh, yeah. Petra Bagus. But that's an actual person. Oh, God.

It's just I made a noise and that was what came out. What is your dilemma for Am I a Bad Person? Am I a Bad Person for taking a piece of fruit from the free fruit for kids bowl at the supermarket. Yeah, because they, well, they don't have an age on there, right? They don't. They don't say, like, under 12. Well, the ones I've been to don't say, yeah, free fruit for kids.

And you look quite young. Yeah, mentally, I'm still a kid, so does that count? Because the other day I saw them topping up the basket of free kids fruit. And he literally, because I always thought it was the manky stuff that fell on the floor. That had spots and stuff. But they literally picked it up from where everyone else was buying the fruit from and put it in there. And I was like, that is so shit.

Because I don't get that for free. You thought they were picking up the ones that had bounced on the floor, had a big bruise. Yeah, the bruised apples and stuff. It's quite nice. Like, what do they get out of it? They don't need to do it. Why are they giving away stuff that people would otherwise buy? Well, if a kid has an apple and has to eat it with both hands or a banana and has to concentrate,

it's less screaming around and pushing things over. It's totally a distraction. It wins for the parents. They have something to eat while they're there and it wins for the supermarket because the kids are a bit distracted. I know,

but when the kids scream and stuff, then the parents have to buy stuff at the checkout. Chocolates and stuff. Oh yeah, I see what you're saying there. But that's the thing, they'll finish the apple

by the time they get to the checkout and they can scream for the chocolate just in time. Yeah. Okay, so what? We want to, I mean, this is pretty clear cut. You're a terrible person. Oh, no. time. Yeah. Okay, so what? We want to, I mean, this is pretty clear cut.

You're a terrible person. Oh, no. No, but it's, you can't really define that as stealing because it's, they're in a free bowl and there's no age limit. Exactly. No Ts and Cs. You're a kid because you're somebody's kid. Right, so you're trying to get out on a technicality

because they don't have an actual age written down there. Okay. But then I guess they're expecting you to kind of understand that it's for children. Yeah, and then kids could miss out because of you. No. You just said that. Just grab some more when it's empty and chuck it in there.

Yeah, true, true. There's a lot of fruit to go around. If you were a kid and you looked in the basket and there was nothing there that pleased you. Yeah. Like say it was a Braeburn apple but you've got taste

so you prefer a rose. Yeah. You would eat you would just go to the rose section and just eat a rose and they just assume you got it out of the basket, right? No.

I don't think you should be encouraging kids to do that. No, I'm not encouraging it but like they're not going to stop and be like, excuse me, let me see the little sticker on your apple

to make sure that's one of the brands that I put in the thing. Or they're like, apple me, let me see the little sticker on your apple to make sure that's one of the brands. Or they're like, Apple, I'll have a pomegranate actually. I'm like, where did you get that nectarine? I'm like, where did you get that nectarine? You're like, basket? I'm just imagining like a six-year-old trying to open a pomegranate and then like... Eating the pearls. Spooning out all the little pearls and then spitting out the seeds on the floor.

Oh, bougie kid, eating a pomegranate. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, well, this is where we decide. Now you can text 9696. Are you a bad person? Is Petra a bad person? For eating fruit out of the bowl or basket of fruit allocated for children at the supermarket.

Okay, you can call 0800-DARLS-AT-HEM as well. Give us your opinion. Am I a bad person? And it's the first Am I a Bad Person for 2020. Not a relationship situation today that we're talking about, but more a moral dilemma, a conundrum. Yeah. Yeah.

Are you, should you feel bad and be riddled with guilt if you eat a piece of fruit in the basket of fruit for children. The free basket for fruit. Yep, for kids. Petra at work has done this. Someone at work has done this. Fletch, you've said you don't want to have kids. Oh, God, no.

So you won't have kids. But then, so you support that supermarket every day. Should you not be entitled to a little bit of fruit? You're not wrong, Vaughan. You're not wrong. No,an. You're not wrong. No, but you're not a kid. I just love getting fleshed out on entitlement when it comes to someone's kids getting something for nothing because he's never going to have kids.

He wants it. Petra's closer to being a kid than you, though. Yeah, but she had a banana. She's not a kid. But she's right. There is no age limit on the poster. That's true. So is she a bad person?

Amy, what do you think? Hi, I had the same dilemma yesterday. I stood at the basket for about 20 seconds wrestling with the decision, and then I ultimately decided I wouldn't take one because I wouldn't throw a tantrum if I didn't get one. But I don't think she's a bad person. She's a slightly worse person than me,

but not a bad person. Because I just have a thing with people eating at supermarkets full stop. You know those people that buy a bag of chips and then they start eating them. They're going to pay for the chips, but wait until you're home or in the car. My wife does this with Savoy sausages for the girls. And then I go to the supermarket and I'm like, can we get some of those and eat them on the way around the supermarket?

I'm like, no, I'm not. Absolutely not. Not with me. And you're touching the trolley that's got everyone's germs on it. Amy thinks you're cool. Nisha, is she a bad person? Well, no, I don't think she's really a bad person as such.

Maybe not a good person. But see, my thinking is, is it like if you're pregnant like me, right? And I took that throat, technically it's going to a kid. So that's probably fine, right? You have got them on a technicality there. Absolutely.

We love a loophole. Good from you. Yeah, we do love a loophole on the show. That's a great loophole. Clearly, technically, the kid is inside you. That might be. That might be my favourite loophole of the year so far. I think so.

Nisha, thanks for your call. Bridget, is she a bad person for taking the free fruit at the supermarket when she's not a kid? No. That sounds like a guilty laugh. Yeah, because I do the same. Right. But you've got... You have kids?

You have kids? Yeah, I've got three of them. So I tell my kids, you know, these are free fruit. Take one because you're not eating anything until we go. And my three-year-old kind of screws his face up because it's fruit. So I grab one and, you know, take it

for the team. Technically, you're taking what's allocated. So that's fair enough. I've handed a piece of the free fruit, like halfway through the apple that I've had enough, I'm done. And so I've eaten it, but does that make me a bad person?

So that's another loophole because you can get the kid to take a bite and then you have the rest. Yes. Because they're not going to want to put that back. Yeah. Agreed. Tash, what do you think?

Bad person or not? Bad person. She's justifying stealing. Yes. And it's for the kids. A kid is a kid. Yeah. You for the kids. A kid is a kid. You can't be an adult and be a kid. Well, you can act like a kid but be an adult.

That's not enough for a free banana though, is it? You know the old saying, act like a kid and I'll treat you like a kid. Okay, I'll act like a kid for my free piece of fruit. So you think she shouldn't touch that free fruit bowl at all? Absolutely not. It's for the children. She'll ruin it for the parents. We go there, we grab the fruit for the children,

keep them quiet while we shop. Oh, right, okay. That's true, and if people do this all the time, they're just going to take it away, aren't they? They're going to make supermarkets noisier, and we don't want that. Do you remember, do you guys ever get free buns at your supermarket when you were a kid?

They did free buns? Yeah, free rolls. How awful was that? And if they asked for a slice of ham, nice enough, sometimes they give you a little bit of lunch. No.

You've got to be real cute, real young. Oh, okay. Why was a free bun awful? Well, I don't know. Like a free banana or apple is better than a free 20 cent bun, isn't it?

Not when you're a kid. No, because they didn't have the cheesy topping. Yeah, I know. It was like fresh white bread that's cracked're a kid. No, because my bread is like... They didn't have the cheesy topping. Yeah, I know. It was like fresh white bread. That's crack to a kid. It is. Do you know, because we never have white bread.

On holiday, we had some white bread, and Indy's like, what is this? Like, I love this bread. It's so delicious. It was like, yes. White bread. What we grew up on. Why dad's got a little pook pooks.

Kirstie just messaged into the Facebook page. She said she's been behind a guy at the supermarket at the checkout with a bag full of mixed fruit. And they were like, the person on the checkout indicated, pass me the fruit so I can weigh it. He said, no, this is from the free basket. And she's like, oh, that's her children. He's like, well, I don't have any,

but so I'm just going to take what I'm entitled to for being a shopper here oh no bad person no that's bad person that's too mean they're not letting you I'd like to see

the outcome of that I have asked her did I get away with it or what I think if I was at the checkout I'd be like I don't get paid enough to care about this

sure fine shut your eyes and let it walk out exactly fact of the day day day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day, there's a musical element to it. Before you turn it on, I'm not sure I'm accidentally playing it anywhere.

I don't want to give it away before it happens. You've accidentally played stuff before haven't you through your laptop? Yeah that happens every now and then. Yeah yeah yeah.

Let me tell you about a piece of music called Grand Vals by Francisco Tariga which I believe was composed hundreds of years ago.

Okay. Hundreds of years ago. Now I'm going to play you the start of this Grand Vals. Oh hold on. Is it going to be an ad? No Now I'm going to play you the start of this Grand Vals. Oh, hold on. Is this going to be an ad? No.

I'm going to back myself. I feel I've heard this before. It's a very well-known piece of music, and I'm going to stop it there. Oh, okay. Because, listen what happens now. You ready? You ready? You ready? You're going to play it again.

I'm going to keep playing from where I paused. You ready? Yeah. Oh, my God. What? It's Nokia ringtone. Bingo. She's got it.

Oh, what? The Nokia ringtone is a small section of music from a guitar piece, a solo guitar composition from hundreds of years ago. Oh, they didn't make it up. No. Unbelievable. They did not make it up. And I wonder if because it was so old, it fell outside.

Oh, yeah, when music's that old, there's no rights to it. No, no, there's no sort of like. Free to use for everyone. Yeah, and they just took that little part of it and made it into this. Hello? Oh, no, I haven't answered it. Hold on. Which one do I put to it?

Hello? Oh, yeah, I've got it now. Hello. Sort of that now. Yeah, so in the 1990s, even before it was a ringtone, it became the sound associated with Nokia. Right. They would use it.

And then, yeah, they put it as their main default ringtone on all the Nokia ringtones on the phones. Can you play it again on the old version? Okay. So it's 12 seconds in, so this is a start. Yeah. Fletch didn't and pick it up. And three, two, one.

That's brilliant. And then it happens again later in the piece as well. So this is like a three-minute long bit. So it happens right at the start, 12 seconds in. And then I believe in about two minutes,. So it happens right at the start, 12 seconds in. And then I believe in about two minutes, 29, it happens again. Builds up.

Yeah. This is nice. Here we go. It's a lovely piece of music and Nokia have ruined it, haven't they? It's now all I can think about is the Nokia.

Yeah. But I swear some artists put message beeps and ringtones in their songs because I'll be listening to songs and I Yeah. But I swear some artists put message beeps and ringtones in their songs because I'll be listening to songs and I'll be like, I've got a message and I don't.

You know Roxanne, that song that we're playing? Yep. Yep. There's a sound in that and it's the same sound that the lotto app uses to tell you

that it's time to buy your lotto ticket through the app. Really? And every time you're like, oh. I'm like, oh. Like where? the app? Really? And every time you're like, oh. I'm like, oh. Like, where?

How much? Where in the song? I, like, it goes. Never gonna love me, but it's all right. She think I'm a asshole. It goes, ching. There. Is that it?

What, and you think lotto's just messaged you when you hear this song just to tell you that what? I'm conditioned to. It sounds like a money chain. Yeah, it is. It is. But it's the exact one that they use. Yeah, right.

When Lotto's like, how does $5 million sound? Yeah. Make sure you buy your ticket. Roxanne. Yeah, I don't know when it's going to happen. And that's the other thing, a song comes on, I'm like,

don't forget that he'll trick you into thinking Lotto's sending you a notification. But then I forget and it always tricks me into thinking

there's a Lotto notification. He's money with an attitude. Roxanne. Roxanne. Roxanne. Roxanne. All she wanna do is party all night.

God damn. God damn. Roxanne. Roxanne. Never gonna love me but it's alright. She think I'm a asshole. Here we go. Nah. See? There. There it was. Only because I pay her.

How much? Because that's my money, right? Because I don't have a lot of tickets, so it's a bit more. Yeah. How much? Oh, five? Nah. I'll is still a bit more. Yeah. How much? Oh, five? Nah, I'll wait till it's eight. I'm going to wait till a year.

Eight. Or even if it's eight, I'm like, yeah, I'll wait till it doubles. And then I'll be like, I'll do that when I get home, and then I completely forget when I get home. Yeah, right. So today's fact of the day is the Nokia ringtone is actually a segment of a song composed hundreds of years ago. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

The old question of who pays on a date has been brought up again. And this actually surprised me because a lot of people, and this is Kiwis, a lot of Kiwis are split on what we should do. I just thought we split. I thought we split it. I thought that's where we were at now. Yeah. First date.

Equal rights. Yep, first date, equal rights. But if someone was maybe to offer it, then you'd be like, nah, okay. You put up a reasonable amount of resistance. And then if they're like, no, seriously, you'd be like, well, who am I to? To stop you paying for my meal.

No, I would pay for what I had rather than split. Because what if they had like... Oh, but you're one of those annoying people that has like a tiny salad and then we've had heaps and then you don't want to... Yeah, and I probably wouldn't drink anything. And then if they had ordered like four beers, I'm like, I'm not paying for your beers. So this is up for debate again because of the whole, you know,

the man should pay. Well, actually, a lot of men in New Zealand said that they would pay. A lot of guys responded saying that they were brought up on Reddit and a lot of guys insisted on paying because they feel traditional and they want to, they just feel like

they should still in this day and age. Right. What would you, if you found yourself single born and you had to go take someone out on a date, would you offer to pay? Oh, yes, I'd pay. Why'd you say it like that? Why'd you say it like that?

I don't know. Was that creepy? Yeah, that was real creepy. Why did you, you went, oh, yes, I'd pay. Oh, yes, I'd pay. No, I meant like, oh, yes, I'd pay. Not like, oh, yes, I'd pay. No, yes.

Well, you can pay, and then I'm going on a date with you again because you're a creep. Oh, yes, I'll pay. You, yes. Well, you can pay, and then I'm going on a date with you again because you're a creep. Oh, yes, I'll pay. You said that like that. Well, maybe that would be before we got up to the terminal. Yep. I would say,

so do you think we'll do this again? And if they say no, I'll be like, all right, halves. And they're like, oh, yeah. Yeah, vehicle, vehicle. Let's line it up for next Tuesday. I'll be like, okay, I got this. Well, we brought a couple of girls in from the office.

So, first of all, Sarah, what do you reckon? If you were on a date with a guy, you went up to the counter, and what would you expect to go down? I'd probably expect that we'd kind of debate it, because I feel like there's always the

oh, no, no, no. Oh, no, no, put that away. No, no, no, you know. I'd expect probably that would come up. Yeah. And I would go in there willing to split it but I would not complain if someone was going to pay for it. I'd like the argument for chivalry's sake but then I'd still

like want to pay. Yeah. But it's cute that they were like offering. How many times did they have to say no no no no no until you were like okay. I reckon twice is enough. Okay. Because I feel sorry for the person there waiting for you. I know. It must be quite awkward working there when there's this debate

happening in front of you and you're just like, well, I'll just not look at either of you until you make a decision. It's interesting you do too because I just do half, one or a half. He goes, okay. Celia, what do you think? Yeah, I think splitting's the way to go because I wouldn't want to pay for it myself, so I feel like it's not fair that they would have to pay for it.

That's true. Yeah. Especially if it was an expensive place. Right. Yeah. I also don't want them to think that I can't pay for it because I've got money. I've got money, y'all. No, you don't. I've got my own money't you spend it all yeah i've got money but can you um can you just pay for this one time

shopping this week and i can't eat yeah okay if we're splitting it's um a hundred dollars a hundred dollars each and megan's like do you accept shoes have Have these. That's an expensive $100 dinner. $200 dinner. Yeah, good lord. Where are you going? That's not that much. For a dinner? For like a nice dinner out. You're not for the whole family. Two people. Easy.

You forget Shara and I eat everything on the meatball. We eat. We don't go out very much but when we go out we eat. It's not romantic. It's gluttonous. They get judgment from the waiter.

Well, how many doggy bags are you taking home? None. We eat it all there. And we've had them say, is it just the two of you? I think that's probably enough for just the two of you.

And I said, I won't be told how much. Two more things. Oh, we eat. We don't do it often, but we eat. How does she fit it all in? I don't know. I don't know where she puts it.

I think she's got worms. Right. Is she listening right now? I hope not. Fleshforn and Megan. The podcast. ZM. ASOS are trying something new.

If you don't know, ASOS is an online clothes shopping website. I think everyone knows what ASOS is. As seen on screen. ASOS. Is that what it stands for? Yeah. I had wondered. So they are going to be doing something now that is a little bit different and I believe

groundbreaking. They will be showing the dress that you might want to purchase. For example, the dress. But then they will show the dress on different sized models. Oh, that's good because I always have a skinny model and then you buy the T-shirt and it's like you fill it out and you're like, didn't look like that on Aces. This is not going to plan at all.

So the example I'm looking at, there is a dress. It's a black and white dress. Okay. Polka dot. Yep. Sweet heart line. Long sleeves. Sweet heart line.

Mini dress, yeah. Mini dress. Now it shows the size in a UK 8 on a model that's 5 foot 4. Yep. And then next is another UK 8 but on a model that's 5 foot 7. Height too. Yeah. Because this is the thing when you buy because I'm really short and so the models

are always really tall and when the dress looks short on them I'm like well it'll be longer on me because I'm short. Yeah right. So it's good to see that the height is a big thing as well. Yeah and then it goes a UK 10 on a 5'4", a UK 12 on a 5'3",

then it gets to the taller end a UK 12 on a 5'11". Then it gets to the taller end, a UK 12 and a 5'11". So it shows a good height range. A broad spectrum of the height ranges and dress sizes and everything. So you'll be able to see what it's more like closer to your size than perhaps the size of the model

that it's been chosen to. Have you done much online shopping this year or since they brought in the new GST? What's your next question? And then I'll see how I want to answer. Yeah, yes, I have. Well, no, I just wondered if that'd put

you off. Like, if you'd gone to the checkout and all of a sudden you're like, oh, it's more now. It does put me off more than it did before because I've found that when you look, it gives you a price and it's not until you put it into the checkout that it says due to customs laws

and blah blah blah and then it adds money and you're like oh no I don't want it anymore because it adds the 15% extra right

yeah so I mean it's deterred me it's going to stop me a little bit but there's definitely been some packages

already this year oh right so on the 17th of January. How many packages? Oh, wow. Just a couple. I'm so down for this. So down.

Spotify's made a playlist. And this is, there's a playlist and a podcast, actually, that you can play for your dog to listen to if you're not there. So say when you're at work or something and your dog is an inside at home dog and it will play music. So it has soothing music and dog directed praise, stories and messages of affirmation. What if it's like, good boy, as a dog's tearing the couch to pieces.

He's like, good boy, I will continue. You should have taught your dog not to tear the couch to pieces. He's like, good boy, I will continue. You should have taught your dog not to tear the couch to pieces. They get crazy and then the podcast is telling them to tear the couch to pieces. My one's digging in one particular pot plant. He just digs all the dirt out and then you come home and it's all over the place. Who's a good boy? And Spotify's playlist is telling him he's a good boy. Yeah, so he keeps digging.

Well, yeah, it has affirmation and reassurance and it's narrated by actors to alleviate stress for dogs who are home alone. What if it's podcasts and dogs like podcasts like us? So the podcast is like, do you ever wonder what happened to that bone that you had that time? We've got the answer. And it's like some in-depth crime. Who's that person that keeps stopping at the mailbox every weekday

and putting things in there? That you run and bark at, Maddie? We investigate. Who's that man that always drops packages on the front door? What about that person that checks how much wood are they using? I've always wondered if you, like, because when I go out at night, like, if you're going to watch a movie or something and it's dark, I'm like, should I leave a light on for him? For the dog?

Or, like, can they see in the dark? Or is he a bit like, oh, it's dark, I can't see anything. Do you normally leave music on for him? No, but I've thought about leaving the TV on, but then I don't want the TV to burn out. Boomer. TVs don't burn out anymore. Well, it still has like a lifespan. I don't want it to like,

and he like uses power and stuff, he'll be right. Oh my God. Wow, that is the most boomer thing you've ever seen. If I had said that I'd left the TV on for him, you would have given me crap for that too. No, I don't know if I would have. Not as much as this. I would have asked what you left it on.

What channel? Yeah, I don't know. You don't have some scary movie coming on. Oh my God. What if he goes, I can't even turn it off, I don't have thumbs. Just wind under the pillows.

Oh no. Our house sitter, I can't even turn it off. I don't have thumbs. Just wind under the pillows. Oh, no. Our house sitter, she works for the SBCA, she was telling us, she came around, that I said, oh, how's work? It's a stupid thing to ask someone who only deals with the bad aspects of humans treating animals poorly. And she said, oh, it's busy.

I said, oh, what's the main thing? And she said, summer. People tie up their dogs on a chain, pour a bit of food in a bowl and some water in like a tin bowl, and then go on holiday for a week. What? And just leave the dog tied up? Can you believe it?

I couldn't. I struggle to believe it. I'm like, no. She's like, so many people do it. And then the dog eats all the food because dogs don't. Most of the dogs are like food trained, and then they'll just eat it all. But what if you put little signs like Monday, Tuesday? Oh, no, no.

That'll be fine. Oh, okay. Right, cool. That'll be fine. But then because it's so hot, the water will either evaporate or they'll just drink it because they. And then for the rest of the week, then they howl and then the neighbours call. Yeah.

And then the SPCA goes around to check and they aren't there so they get a hold of the owners through, if they have the microchip, they can get their details, call them and they're like, oh, I left food and water out,

that'll be right. If you can pay to go on a holiday, you have to pay to put your dog into proper care. Part of responsible pet ownership is that you've got to have a plan for how they're going to be looked after while you're not there.

Yeah. Oh my God. Zedding's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, have a plan for how they're going to be looked after while you're not there. Oh my God.