ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - January 25 2019

Episode Date: January 24, 2019

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Thanks, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. That Starship virtual reality also includes live streaming events that they really wanted to go to that they couldn't make it to. How cool is that? That's really cool. That's really cool.

Long weekend, as you mentioned in the news, Anya. Who's got the batch this weekend? The family batch? That would really cool. That's really cool. Long weekend, as you mentioned in the news, Anya. Who's got the batch this weekend? The family batch? That would be me. Are you serious? Still no invite. You've got the batch and you didn't invite us? Yeah, because mum and dad are in Timaru for the weekend.

So me and the boy are heading over. Oh, yuck. Yeah, a little rendezvous on Waiheke, if you will. Oh, yuck. I don't want an invite now. How'd you like it? I'd like to not hear about it. So I'd like it.

Thanks. Very much so. So if you're on Waiheke Island this weekend and you see a mother-son couple, not like they're kissing too much. Oh, it's fine. Three past six. Just a shock fight across the bow. You did need to be put in your place, though.

You're getting a bit batch happy. You're getting a little bit holiday home happy. All right, you lot, listen up. It's Storytime. Storytime, three news headlines for three news stories that I've found. But the catch is we only delve into one of these headlines. Vaughan and Megan pick one of the following three. Headline one, stabbing incident started by unsatisfactory pants.

Headline two, Iceland's latest tourist venture bubbling away. And headline three, worst TARDIS ever. What's a TARDIS? TARDIS is the Doctor Who. The phone box. Police emergency phone box. It's an acronym, eh? TARDIS.

Is it? Yeah. What does TARDIS... We don't care. We don't care. We don't care. Stand for... I knew when I chose a Doctor Who reference, I was like, this is just going to lead to...

I don't know a lot about Doctor Who. I've never really... I watched it as a kid because my parents love it. They always... Because it's on Prime or something, eh? Yeah. They're always like, Doctor Who's on? With the real old scary robot monster things?

The Daleks. Daleks, yeah. Oh, yeah, that. And the Cybermen. Time and relative dimension in space. So that's how I can travel around. And it looks small from the outside. You go in, it's big.

And Doctor Who's a woman now, Megan. Yeah. Yeah. Women can be doctors in this day and age. It's so weird. They can be Doctor Who's. Yeah, certainly. What was that story a bit about?

TARDIS what? Worst TARDIS ever. Or Iceland's latest tourist venture bubbling away or the stabbing incident unsatisfactory pants. Iceland though? I think I want to know the TARDIS. I think it's because somebody's lost their mind and tried to use a phone box to travel

or they've locked themselves in there or... No. This is actually probably a pretty short and sweet story. It may be lost on the radio slightly, but I would recommend Googling this if you do get a chance today because a violent windstorm sent large portaloos into the air at an event. Oh, yeah, because that's what that spray is. When the TARDIS used to take off and it would go up and it would spin around.

Oh, my God. That's amazing. You can see the liquid and the toilet paper coming out of it. And it goes into the air like quite a bit. It goes well up. It looks like it's in a tornado. Yeah, it's all caught on camera. Wow.

The weird part about that is like there's cars and stuff, but they don't look to be rocking or moving that much. And I know portaloos aren't light, super light. But then they are just made of plastic, aren't they? Yeah, and I suppose the bases come off it and that. So the video on YouTube, it's a minute 24 long. You can see the violent storm rips down tents. The portaloos fly away at the start and people are just like covered, lying on the ground.

When did this happen? Because that looks summery. Yeah, it's windy but it's a beautiful day. No, it doesn't say. Oh, so weird. It doesn't say because it looks like it's America. America, yeah, there's something American about it.

I think the cars definitely look American. Yeah, it just doesn't say. But then this week in New Zealand, the wind was crazy in the South Island. You were showing me that video before of that gondola. Yeah, there's a story on a video on one of the news sites of the gondola just

like spinning around. Yeah, the gondola just like spinning around. Yeah, the gondola that goes up to the lugers in Queenstown. Apparently a family was on it when it was like wobbling around and they weren't happy. And a flight to Invercargill, I think they reckon half the people were sick on it. Yeah, and 20%

were literally vomiting and like well over half of them said that they were dizzy and feeling very sick. Everybody could agree when they got off the plane it was their worst flight ever.

And that wasn't just because it was going in the cargo. I'm so glad I wasn't on that flight. 180k crosswinds. I would have been I've landed in Dunedin

like that when it was really windy and that was probably were you on that flight? That was pretty hair hair raising. That was exciting. So I kind of like it. I hate it. I windy and that was probably, were you on that flight? That was pretty hair raising. That was exciting. So I kind of like it.

I hate it. I've got that weird like for maybe going to die in a plane crash. Yeah. I'll be the first person to lose my mind and start crying while everyone's like, try and stay calm. I'll be like, no, we're going down. I'll be watching the flight attendants and the minute I could read panic on their face,

I'm like, now we're in trouble. John Campbell sat down with Anika Moore for Anika Moore Unleashed and had a bit of a chat about what it's like to be John Campbell. And I don't know how she does it, but she does get people that she interviews to say some things that... Because they feel really comfy around her.

She's really casual. But then it's the same, like if you've ever met John Campbell in person, he just would just say anything really that you ask him, I think, within reason that wouldn't, you know, put him in jail. He's a really good man. So one of the questions that people seem to be really interested in was this little doozy.

Did you ever read the news boozed, wasted, or hung over to the max? Not to the max. Probably boozed a couple of times, but moderately tipsy rather than to the max. I was thinking about that. And like if you turn up to the makeup chair and you're like, you smell a bit like wine or vodka. I thought you were snorting something in the makeup chair. No, no, no. And like, what would you...

It's not really your place to say anything though, is it? No, but you imagine you're going to read the news at five. You know, it's Friday news. And everyone's doing Friday drinks. It's 6pm. Yeah, you're on in an hour. You can have like a little chardonnay. You can have a couple sitting in the seat.

Friday drinks probably started at three or four. Yeah. Exactly. And do you remember when there was that newsreader in New Zealand? That's right. Darren McDonald? Yes. And he was doing it high on methamphetamine.

Good Lord, that's right. He read the news, yeah. Did he get caught with it? And then it all... Yeah, it came out. No, he never got caught like after a bulletin. No, no, no, no. No one knew.

Somebody, I think the drugs became an issue. And then someone was like, how long have you been doing this? And it became, yeah, no one that he was kind of functioning as a... I don't know how they didn't work it out at the time. Yeah, how did no one know? Because his news bulletins were like twice as fast. They were like,

it's only 20 to 7 and you're already finished the news. Darren? He's gone. He's gone home. What are we going to... Hey, what are we going to do? So yeah, that was in 2003 that he got sentenced. So it was time before that.

Right, okay. That he was doing the news. Right. I never saw John Campbell and thought he looks like he's been on a couple of wines. Absolute professional. I wouldn't be able to concentrate. I know there's a few breakfast radio presenters that enjoy a wine, a red wine, at work during the breakfast hours,

but I just wouldn't be able to concentrate. No. I don't have trouble concentrating as it is. Maybe it's their coffee, though. Yeah. You're drinking a coffee now. I don't want to judge because give me a couple more years with you guys and maybe I'll need the red wine in the morning.

What would you go for? No, you'd want an espresso martini because it gives you that kick of coffee but also the twist of the booze. Or a mulled wine. Good morning. A mulled. In winter. Yeah, maybe.

Not in summer. Sangria. Okay. Because it looks a bit fruity. Maybe just a mimosa. Well, it's good to be mapping out our lady years in broadcasting. That's breakfast alcohol. Yeah, it is breakfast alcohol.

FM. What a story they will go home with. What a wonderful trip to our beautiful country that they've had. And you would imagine going home and spreading the word, more of their friends and family will be headed our way to enjoy our hospitality and tourism. We hope not. Well, the story that started,

when is it? Two weeks ago? It feels like almost two weeks ago. Yeah, it was just when we started back. Yeah, with a picnic on the beach, on Takapuna Beach, walking away from an ungodly man and a mess being confronted by locals and then being abused by a seven-year-old

in a Bunnings hat. It all kick-started what the country became obsessed with. There were people saying we shouldn't be calling them gypsies. Yep. So now we just call them unruly travellers. Or the travellers.

The travellers, the travelling family. And the media went nuts and tried to find everything out about these people that they could. And that was only because you guys had an insatiable appetite for them. The stories have been at least, even now there's still one a day. Yeah. But you know, they had news teams trailing these

family members. Came to a head in Hamilton where there was an appearance in a district court. They seemed to calm down after that. And then they split into two groups, didn't they? Yeah. One was seen heading south, one remained around the upper north. And I believe there was some spaghetti left in a motel on the Kapiti Coast.

Yes, a massive mess of spaghetti. I think some of them went home. Well, that was the thing. They said some of them left the airport, were seen at Auckland Airport, and we were like, well, this is over. Yeah, it's gone. That's it. It's not, and it hasn't been.

So yesterday in Mangere, they crashed their car. Crashed it so much that the airbags went off. The picture of the car, which was subsequently abandoned. Of course it was. The airbags had been deployed. Apparently went over the median barrier. Right. And had a crash and then the airbags went off

and they got out and they started yelling at each other and then they grabbed all their belongings and walked away from the car. So there was no other

car involved? They just crashed themselves? Apparently they said they were being shouted at and they looked back and that's when they hit the curb

and that caused the wheel of the car to puncture and then the car had two the curb and that caused the wheel of the car to puncture and then the car had two flat tyres and the airbags were deployed. It's not their holiday, is it? It's not really going great. It's not really going great. So then they

grabbed all the stuff out of the car, abandoned ship and just walked down the road. Was there another court appearance as well? There was an Auckland District Court appearance. Apparently there another court appearance as well? There was an Auckland District Court appearance. Apparently there was an assault on Takapuna Beach on January 13th.

Right, so that would have been the event before the picnic. The day before the picnic. Yeah. Wow. Trouble seems to find this family daily. I think I would have called it a long time ago if that was my family and we were travelling.

You would have been like, let's go. You know what? I wouldn't go travelling with my family if we were like that. I'd just go by myself probably. Keep numbers down. Easier to evade onlookers when you're just travelling by yourself. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top 6. Good morning.

Today's Top 6 deals with the fact that in Auckland, Iwi thinks it would be a great idea to install zip lines and gondolas on Auckland's Rangitoto Island. This is a young volcano in the scheme of things. Well, it's going to explode soon, isn't it, they reckon? Well, that's what they keep saying when they don't have anything else to panic people about in the scheme of things. Well, it's going to explode soon, isn't it? Well, that's what they keep saying when they don't have anything else to panic people about in the news. They make one of those videos of what

it will look like and how it will affect Auckland if it explodes. It's a weird idea because have you guys ever been to Rangitoto Island? I haven't. I haven't. I want to. Yeah, I always say, we must catch the ferry over there one day. To get to the summit, I think it's like from memory, the sign might say an hour. It took us like half an hour. It up there. It's to get to the summit. I think it's like, from memory, the sign might say an hour.

It took us like half an hour. It's real. It's just a meander. Okay, mate, no need to show up and you cook it in the dock signs. It's a meander. It's a meander. I don't trust you. It's not.

No, it's an incline, but it's not nuts. It doesn't need a gondola. I see people taking their kids and stuff. Yeah. Like when they talk about a gondola to like, I don't know, down south. Yeah, up to the ski fields. Yeah. I'm like, get a gondola. I see people taking their kids and stuff. Like when they talk about a gondola to like, I don't know, down south. Yeah, up to the ski fields. Yeah, I'm like, get a gondola, fine. Because the car's going up there, it's dangerous and everything.

This doesn't need a gondola. If you can't walk it, tough. And it's nice that it's kind of untouched. You don't want to put all that infrastructure in there and then people are going to have to walk over there and then there's going to be a cafe over there. Well, chairman of the iwi, and forgive me if I said this wrong, Ngā Taiki Tamaki, his name's James Brown.

And he's got a brand new bag, ants in your pants and you want to dance, James Brown. He said they've got big plans. He said it needs to be more accessible. So a zip line's possible, a gondola's possible, access is limited. What about the elderly, the disabled and babies? So he's like, could totally happen. Sounds great to me. And if we're jamming it full of tourist attractions,

here's my top six other ideas that we could put on Arangatoto. Number six, a luge. Oh, see, I'd be for that. Gondola up, luge down. But would it be steep enough? You just said it's not very steep. Actually, it wouldn't really be. It'd be all for that. Gondola up, luge down. Yeah. But would it be steep enough? You just said it's not very steep. Actually, it wouldn't really be. It'd be a meander down on the luge.

I think those get a good bit of speed on them. Go round and round the island. Yeah. See, in Rotorua, the first track you have to go on on the luge, I prefer that one. You just want to go too fast. Oh, yeah, it's longer. Yeah, longer and you can have more fun.

It's a bit of an aggressive overtaking. Yes. Yeah, I'm with you on that one. Because I ran you off. That was the one I ran you off the road fast. Oh, yeah, it's longer. Yeah, longer and you can have more fun. Room for aggressive overtaking. Yes. Yeah, I'm with you on that one. Because I ran you off. That was the one I ran you off the road on. Oh, I flipped. I flipped. Luckily, there were pine needles to cushion my fall.

Our number five on the list of the top six other tourist attractions we could jam on Arangatoto, a craft beer gastropub with a pizza oven. Sounds great. You know, when you're anywhere, you're like, where should we go? And you always just end up going for pizza somewhere. Yeah.

And then there's like 18 craft beers and like one of them's all right. But you get a tasting paddle anyway. Yeah. That would go great down there at the bottom there. Yeah. After a hard day's gondola and lugeing. Yeah. A couple of IPAs before you get back on the ferry and go down a treat. Number four on the list of the top six other tourist attractions we could jam on Rangitoto,

a petting zoo. Oh, okay. Oh, cute. Like all the way up, if you walk up, it's like a reward for walking up. You get to pet like, maybe you start with like a sheep

and then a goat and then an alpaca. I don't know where you go to from there petting zoo wise. A llama. A donkey. A donkey, yeah. A donkey.

A giraffe. A mini-etsu poni.. A llama. A donkey. A donkey, yeah. A donkey. A giraffe. A mini-etsu-pony. Oh, cute. A giraffe? Don't be silly. Now you're being silly. Now you're being silly. Number three on the list of the top six other tourist attractions we could jam on Arrangatoto Island are bungee jumping.

From where? I don't know. We'll build something. Okay. Or just off the top. Into the crater. What if you go to the top and you walked up

and you bungee jumped down into the crater off like a thing that was built out over the volcano. Yeah. Good idea. Like the ones they build

in Vanuatu except not. Those things look like ankle snappers. Yeah. Number two on the list of the tourist attractions we could jam on Orangutoto. Now, they've talked about a gondola. What about a gondola?

Okay. Or is it said differently? I'm talking the boats. The gondolas. The Venetian style gondolas. Gondolas? Gondolas. Gondolas. Gondolas. Yeah. You get a few up from the Avon. But they push the ground, don't they, with the sticky thing?

Or are they just paddling? Paddle. Rough seas? Yeah. No problem. Wait, big problem, actually. You'd wash straight onto the rocks. Yeah.

Lucky you can relax and wait for the helicopter to come get you at the Craft Beer Gastropub with pizza oven. You can make a lazy river in the island. Within the island. That's a great idea. Finishing at the Gastropub. Because it's surrounded by water. Oh, yeah.

Speaking of using the water around it, my number one idea for the top six tourist attractions we could also jam on Rangitoto Island, a hydra slide from top to bottom. Oh, yeah. I'm down for that. I'm all for that. There'd be like the real quick one that's literally just straight down. Yeah. Or there'd be like the more roundy, roundy one.

Yeah. That goes round and weaves around. And then you just pump the seawater straight out the sea, straight up. You don't want to be going down the hydro side and there's a starfish in there. Oh, you'd run it through a filter. Or a little baby octopus. Oh, you see the starfish going through the filter. Put a sieve on it.

Put a sieve on the front. There's all these starfish like stuck to the sieve. Oh, you'd turn off at the end of the day and sweep the starfish remains off. You're like, ooh, yeah, there was a lot of starfish. A couple of penguins. Very starfishy. Well, we'll pump in the water up. We could probably fill up the crater.

You should, that too, yeah. Make that like a lake or something. Anyway, look, I'm full of ideas. They need a consultant. That is today's top six. FVM, the podcast. It is the fact that 40% of millennials look at Instagram-ability

when they're booking holidays. They're like, am I going to get some good grams from this trip? Because if you don't gram it, did you even go? Is it even worth going?

Is it even worth going? Well, if you're going to Italy, in fact, Rome specifically, which is, you could get some good grams there.

Well, you're in front of the Colosseum? Yeah. I'm out now. Where's the Leaning Tower of Pisa? That's in Pisa. Is that in Italy? Yeah. But not in Rome.

Not in the middle of Rome. You could try and sneak like a Sistine Chapel. I've done that. Yeah. Because they're like, put your phones away. Yeah. And Trivi Fountain. Yeah. Before they're like, put your phones away. Yeah. And Trivi Fountain. Yeah.

Before there were phones, were you allowed to take photos on cameras? No, because it's flash. Say there's no flash. No, I don't know why. Because they want people to come and see it. No, because when I took a photo on my phone, there was no flash. You're just taking a photo. But they constantly, when I was there, they were playing like audio saying,

don't take photos, constantly ruining the experience. Yeah, that's exactly. Yeah. Like they make such a big deal about it because it's going to ruin the experience. Yet they play some awful audio that's like, do not take photos. So if you're going to Rome,

there is a tour company that has launched a new package specifically for people who are travelling alone. Okay. Where you can hire an Instagram boyfriend. Or a girlfriend. There are girls as well. Okay. Because they recognise that when you're on holiday, maybe you need someone to take photos.

You might need someone to appear in the photos. How much of a boyfriend or girlfriend will they be? Like at the end of the day, do you get to... Take them home? to take photos, you might need someone to appear in the photos. How much of a boyfriend or girlfriend will they be? What do, oh. Like at the end of the day, do you get to, take them home? Do you get to kiss them in front of the Eiffel Tower?

I don't think that's included in the package, but it's not a definite no, if you know what I mean. By the way, I do know the Eiffel Tower is not in Italy. Okay, good, yeah.

I'm just imagining that, is this just for Italy? Yes, at the moment. Oh, but you can't take them all through Europe. It's an Italian service. Okay, right. If it's good enough money, you can't take them all through Europe. Italian service. Yeah. Right. If it's good enough money

you can probably take them all through. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's a different kind of... But you have to bring them back.

It's like a rental car. Right. Yeah, they inspect them for scratches and dents. Is it alright to just drop off at any airport or some...

Oh, I don't know because then there might be one of those things, you know, where you take a camper van somewhere and then they're really cheap to take home.

Yeah. So then somebody else could pick them up at that airport to take them back to Italy. Oh yeah, quite often you relocate a boyfriend or girlfriend on a holiday. Yeah. Yeah, for cheap. The trouble is, so that's all well and good

but you can do a tour and then you get the added Instagram boyfriend to go on the tour, take the pictures, appear on the pictures. That is an extra $587 American dollars. So that works out to be, in total, if you do the tour and the Instagram boyfriend,

1,819 New Zealand dollars. But I mean, you'll get some good grams. Pretty high prostitute for the rest of the night. Okay. Probably good. Yeah. Just pull up, wind down the window, they're like, bonjour, the window They're like Yeah Bonjour

You're like What do you like at photos? I was an art major I've dropped the Italian accent I was an art major Perfect Get in Get in

Get in What would that hourly rate be? Because you'd need them For a few hours We'd probably get a discount I've never purchased A prostitute But I'd imagine like

The longer you have them, the price comes down, right? Like it would be $100 for the first hour, $75 for the second, $50 for the third. Well, it depreciates. Well, they're just guaranteed a booking. Right. It's like the longer you book something,

you know, they're like, it becomes cheaper because then at least they're guaranteed to be making money in that hour, not just sitting dormant. Like a concrete mixer at Hyapol. Exactly, exactly. Or a trailer from the petrol station. The longer you have it, the cheaper it becomes by the hour.

Right, okay. Oh, look, I don't know if prostitutes are comparable to concrete mixers from Hyapol. I don't think so. But, you know, they should be. That's a new business model. If not... There is a bride that has banned friends and family

from her wedding and she chucked it online expecting maybe a bit of camaraderie right I think she expected to be backed up

and she has worn it so she is a vegan okay how do you know she's told us right

she's told us does she do F45 Vaughn don't be a dick you'll know so I'll read you the message She's told us. Did she tell everybody? She's told us. Is she to be 45? Born. Don't be a dick. You'll know. So I'll read you the message that she put online. She said, When family tries to guilt trip you into letting them come to your fully vegan wedding,

even though they're omnivores, cry life face. Just for some context, my family members were told they were not invited to my wedding because we don't want to host murderers at our wedding, which is supposed to be one of the happiest days of our lives. Wow. Now, I think she expected vegans to be like, yes, you know, like, this is amazing. I agree.

They did not. Someone said, as a vegan, this is messed up. You can't go around calling your family murderers for a start. You're out of your mind. I'd be happy to cut you out of my life if I was your family. I totally understand serving vegan food exclusively that makes sense but banning people and calling

the murderers is just ridiculous. That's what I was thinking like have a vegan catered wedding that's fine because it would be delicious. And your family would eat the vegan food. Of course. But not inviting them because they eat meat, that's bizarre. And someone said, and this is totally

true, as a vegan, wouldn't this be a prime opportunity to prove that vegan food can be just as delicious as omnivore food? You could convert or maybe not born. But maybe Fletch. Don't get me wrong, I love vegan foods, yum. Oh, like the slices and just not born. That's not good to say. But maybe Fletch. Don't get me wrong. I love it.

Vegan food's yum. Oh, like the slices. Oh, my, the slices are amazing. But yeah, I'll tell you what would make a vegan salad better. Bacon or chicken. Sure. A little animal flesh. Or maybe you could bring a little bacon to that wedding.

Oh, you know how some of those people sneak in a hip flask of... Yeah. I'd sneak in a glad bag of salami. To be honest... Because it can sit flat against you. Well, it's packed flat, isn't it? Yeah, and some of those beer sticks. Yep.

If I was a vegan, I'd ban Vaughan. Just because if he came and you served vegan food, you would hear about it. You'd hear the scoffing. Yeah. You'd be like, oh, God. I'll tell you what, that makes us better. Until dessert.

Until dessert. What's this, an eggplant? Yeah, that would try... Desserts, I'd be all for. what, the next one's better. Until desserts. Until desserts. What's this, an eggplant? Yeah, that would try... Desserts, I'd be all for. Yeah, yeah, you would be. So given that she has banned Omnivores slash her family, I'd love to know

what was not allowed at your wedding. What was a blanket ban? What was banned? Yeah. Maybe a colour? A lot of people ban... White? But people ban

like taking photos and stuff, which is fair enough. The social media bans, yep. But would anyone ever ban phones? Maybe. Like, say, you're not even allowed to bring them or you've got to check them in? Yeah, probably. Maybe like a celebrity wedding, but that wouldn't be your Joe Bloggs wedding, would it? Yeah.

Because there's no, doesn't matter if Karen and Steve's photos get leaked to Woman's Day, does it? I don't know if Woman's Day would even be into it. If Karen and Steve were like, here are some sneaky pics of our wedding, they'd be like, thanks. Yeah, sure. You look great. Everyone looks great. Colours.

But is that an unspoken ban? That's an unspoken rule, I think. That you don't wear white. You don't wear white. And I've totally taken on this. My parents are really anti-sunglasses in official wedding photos. Oh, that's kind of, yeah. Mum's always looking around me like, sunglasses off, sunglasses off.

Don't put them on your collar. Hide them. Because you're not allowed to just tuck them into your shirt either. You've got to put them on your pad pocket. Didn't you do that at my wedding? Yeah, I did. There was a photo. It was a nice photo

and it was like a group of us and I turned around and I was like, oh, oh, sunglasses off. Everybody, sunglasses off. Just for the quick photo then you can put them back on. You're turning into your mother.

Oh, there's no doubt about it. All right, well, three quarters of the way there. Give us a call. 0800Diles.com You can text 9696. What was the blanket ban at your wedding

or a wedding you went to? So a vegan has banned meat eaters from her wedding. Which includes family as well. She's called the murderers. Even vegans have said, maybe that's a bit much. Yeah. So we'd love to know what the blanket ban at your wedding or a wedding you went to. Somebody's in the middle of planning their wedding.

They say, my fiance and I are planning our wedding at the moment. We're currently arguing about the catering. I want KFC. And she says, no, but in all fairness, would you rather a canopé, excuse the spelling there, right, because they literally wrote canopé, with veggies and

yuck stuff or a juicy thigh dribbling all over your suit. I'm all for the KFC catered wedding. No, but wait, you can do like a canapé with a cute little bit of fried chicken on it, can't you? You might have wicked wing though. Yeah. I'm just thinking that it's sake of ease and you might have some photos afterwards so you don't want to get slopped that early in the piece.

Bring out the juicy thighs later in the section. Estelle, what was banned from a wedding you went to? So a wedding I went to, it was one of my family members. Okay. They forbid all of the guests to wear denim because the bridal party were wearing denim. Like she had a denim dress on with the white fringing around the...

Okay. I thought it was going to be because denim's a bit cash. Or that there were some cash family members and that was their subtle way of saying, wear a suit. Wear some dress pants. No, no, no.

It was because they had dibs on denim. I need to see a photo. How did that look, Estelle? Well, I was like 10, 11 at the time, so I hadn't been to very many weddings, but I knew, you know, the bride wore a white dress, so this was a bit like, oh. So the bride, I thought you

meant the bridesmaids. The bride was wearing a denim dress. Yeah. Yeah. Was this when, like, Brittany and Justin wore double denim? Was this like... No, no, before then. So I'm like, I'm almost 34 now, so this was like... 90s. 20 years ago, yeah. Wow.

I went to a few family weddings in the 90s. So there's no excuse. No. To be fair, my dad wore a denim suit, remember? Dad wore a denim suit. Yeah, different to like a traditional blue, dark blue or black denim. Estelle, thanks for your call. Matt, what was banned at a wedding you went to?

Cell phones. So for the whole day? Pretty much they had like a little, you know those little hang-up shoe containers? Yeah. That hold about 50 pairs of shoes, they had like a little, you know those little hang up shoe containers? Yeah. That hold about 50 pairs of shoes, they had those had your name on it, you had to stick your cell phone in, go and sit down and you weren't allowed to social media or anything

and it was quite cool because everybody sort of was chatting to each other. Oh yuck! Sounds like going back to the old communication, not just sitting there texting someone. Sounds like the 90s and it sounds awful. But were you allowed to, like, go back and check Instagram

just, like, real quick, just have a look? No, once your phone was in there, they said at the end of it, right, you know, now that it's done, we'll have a bit of a break, so you go grab your phones and then when we do the next bit, you chuck your phone back in the little container and away you went and do the next bit. So, at this wedding wedding cell phones were the equivalent

of smoking how people pop out for a smoke break they were they were allocated cell phone breaks no no oh yeah yeah yeah certainly certainly allocated breaks but it wasn't after each event they'd do like a whole little section and do different things and then you're allowed to go check your phone but that worked out really well a lot of people didn't actually go back and check their phones they were like nah but you get a lot of people didn't actually go back and check their phones. They were like, nah. But you get a lot of candid photos and stuff of them on their phones taking photos of guests. I guess you've just got to rely on them

for the photos, don't you? Matt, thanks for your call. Some text messages in on the subject. Somebody said, I went to a wedding where the open-toe shoe was banned. Oh, yes. Peep-toe. Why? Does it say why? Groom had a foot fetish.

She was worried that it would... Are you kidding? She was worried that it would lead to his distraction during the ceremony and stuff. That cop, really? I'm sure he could control... That's so weird. Went to a wedding. There was absolutely no alcohol.

Dry wedding. What, because they were alcoholics? They were Christians. Oh, okay. were alcoholics? They were Christians. They made us do the chicken dance. But I thought XTNs liked wine as well. They do some. Oh, okay. This is definitely, I'm not speaking for all Christians

here when I say Christians don't drink, because they do. But these ones in particular didn't. They announced that the chicken dance would be happening in five minutes. So we snuck out to the car and got drunk on the booze that we'd smuggled in the car. It didn't, they announced that the chicken dance would be happening in five minutes. So we snuck out to the car and got drunk on the booze that we'd smuggled in the car. It didn't last long. The bride came out as a lesbian a few years later.

What a great story. It's brilliant. It's a great story. Somebody messaged in saying, my partner and I are going to get married soon. We've just recently, the law change means we can get married, so this is a gay couple.

Okay. All those years straight people were worried about homosexuals ruining marriage. You've just had a case in point of straights ruining it for many years. The denim? Yeah, well, just everything. Everything, yeah. Everything. I ban other people's kids, which is totally fine, right?

Yeah. A blanket kid ban. Some people got pretty upset, but it was my day and those little buggers would have really annoyed me. So I sent out a note with the invitation saying it was strictly adults only. You can get a babysitter. Was that my, was that text from me? It may have been from you.

Because that didn't go down too well with some of your family, did it? No, some people didn't come. But that's all right. But that's good because you save on catering. Yeah, and there's a bonfire there. It wasn't a place for young children. And it's also just a wedding. Yeah, I was going to say, that's a loose excuse. You don't have to blow's a bonfire there. It wasn't a place for young children. And it's also just a wedding. Yeah, I was going to say, that's a loose excuse.

You don't have to blow up a bonfire. I can just be like, I just did not want them. Somebody else said, I worked as a waitress at a wedding where alcohol wasn't there, but they didn't tell anybody before everybody had gone home by 8pm and they had the venue booked till midnight. What are you expecting? Yeah. Is stand around drinking Raro until midnight.

Because you drink too much sweet stuff. That's like saying you can't stand all these people's company. Yeah, I can't. It's the only reason you go to a wedding because you know there'll be alcohol to numb the social. Pain. Anxiety pain. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm having to deal with it all. So there you go. Wedding bans. FEM. Record rent in Wellington was announced this week. The median rent, which means

right in the middle. Wait. Average is when you add it all together and divide it by the amount you've added together. Medians in the middle. Medians just bang in the middle,

right? Okay, yeah. Oh God, is it? I didn't know they were different. Yeah, and it sounds like they're the same, but they're often different. Right. Because, yeah, the really high-end ones like they're the same, but they're often different.

Right. Because, yeah, the really high-end ones will drag up the average, but it doesn't affect the median. Okay. I'm done with this. Yeah, about halfway between two extremes of size or quality. No, you've looked up medium. You've Googled medium.

Oh, okay. What do I? Median. Median. Med, Ian. Yeah. It's like imagine a medic called Ian? Median. Median. Med, Ian. Yeah. It's like, imagine a medic called Ian. Median.

Median. Median. Yeah, it's right in the middle, right? Situated in the middle, especially of the body. It's like median strip. Oh, that's anatomy. You imagine the median strip on a road. It's right in the middle.

So Wellington's. It says strip of land between the carriageways of a motorway. Yeah. Yeah. I knew that, though. That's why we spent two minutes talking about it. The median rent in Wellington is actually the highest in the country now. It is above Auckland.

$565 a week in Wellington City versus $550 in Auckland, $500 in Tauranga, $500 in Blenheim. What? Blenheim is up 16% in a year. That's bananas. Although you know why though? You're paying for no traffic lights. Yeah, okay. No, but didn't they get their first traffic lights?

Well, now they're paying for traffic lights. No, I don't think they have. Okay. They mention it and everyone kicks up a fuss. Is it not enough housing and lots of seasonal workers? I don't know. Maybe it's the seasonal worker thing. I'm in a beautiful area.

$565 a week in Wellington City. That's up 8% in a year. And it coincides with a guy selling a van online. And the reason this coincides is he lived in that van for 18 months. He said while he was studying, Jonathan's his name, while he was studying, he lived in this van. Wow. He showered at the gym, because that was my first question.

Where do you go, poo-poos? Yeah. He said he never, like, he wasn't doing it on the side of the street, like you often see a freedom camper doing it. But he slept kind of wherever he wanted, really. Just drove there and slept and avoided paying rent. He didn't have to park near a toilet, right? Because sometimes you need a midnight wheeze, don't you?

Oh, wheeze. You could just open the door and clock it out, right? I mean, you couldn't do that with a poo. No. But a wheeze, you could definitely go. He slept in the most beautiful place. His showers at the gym and ate well because he didn't have to pay for rent. But how does he cook?

He doesn't. He just takeaways. Right. Or a gas. A gas does he cook? He doesn't. He just takeaways. Right. Or a gas. A gas cooker. A little gas cooker, yeah. But then that's a sure, if someone's driving around

and they see someone out the side of a van using a gas cooker, there's your Freedom Camper 101 there. You're going to be spotted. But apparently never got, like never got kicked out of when we were asked

to move on or reported or anything in 18 months. What about Wi-Fi? I'm still thinking logistics. Well, you'd just have a phone plan, wouldn't you? Yeah, and he was going to uni, so he could just go to the library and use uni Wi-Fi and have a good phone plan. Yeah, probably one of those unlimited ones for 80 bucks a month, but you can't tether,

but... Yeah, but Netflix would chew through that. Yeah, and you'd... No, you'd download Netflix on the Wi-Fi whenever you're around Wi-Fi. Oh, you're a genius at this. I know, yeah. Well, have you ever been into the public library? It's just basically backpackers. No, I haven't. Getting free Wi-Fi whenever you're around Wi-Fi. Oh, you're a genius at this. I know, yeah. Well, have you ever been into the public library? It's just basically backpackers getting free Wi-Fi.

So, yeah, I know he's selling the van. It's sad, though, that it's come to that. And, like, even now, I saw a story just yesterday, people lining up just to look at rental properties. It's that time of year. Like, 25 people turning up for one place. Right. Just yesterday alone.

Where was that? Was that in? I think that was in year. Like 25 people turning up for one place. Right. Just yesterday alone. Where was that? Was that in? I think that was in Auckland. Right. Yeah. But it's nuts. The thing about Auckland and Wellington is they've got massive populations, but also huge student populations.

Which are now looking for places. Now looking for places to live. Because they're like, no, we won't look in November. That seems silly. Because then we might be tied to it over summer. We'll just cruise in last minute. Well, that's the thing. You get one in November. You've got to pay for it, don't you?

Yeah, you do. But then you might get a real dunger when you come back. Yeah. Yeah. This is one of those times where I'm like a little bit offended, but I'll also take it. Right. So two Chinese firms are giving single females over the age of 30 additional eight days of annual leave so they can go on date.

Like, so. Right. But the problem I have with this is they consider them leftover women. If you're. They are. If you're late 20s or early 30s and you're single, you're left over women. They're like the three cold sausages and four risoles left over from a barbecue,

which are my favourites because you forget about them and you see them two days later and you're like, you're still good. I still love you. Heat them up. No, don't heat them up. Oh, don't. No, heat them up.

What do you heat them up for? Why not? You don't heat them up. But as a worldwide trend is also happening in China. So women are working on their careers. They're getting married later. They might be staying single or together. They might not want children.

There's a whole lot of different factors. But yeah, they're still considering them leftover women. And if you're not married off by then, you're undesirable. So they're like, we'll give you, love, sweetheart, an extra hand. Yeah. And I mean, I'm offended, but I'm like, sweetheart, I'll take the eight days. Oh, but you'd take it, wouldn't you? I'd just go on holiday or something.

Yeah. Or maybe some women find that helpful to go on, you'll even go on dates. Why don't you just date after work? Yeah. I'd date after work, but then save up the holidays and use them. Go on a holiday. For a sweet trip. Yeah.

Yeah. A little bit offensive. Oh. But yeah, and in China, isn't there, there's the births in China are dropping as well, so they're trying to get their women to procreate a little bit more. Right. But why can't

they get dudes? Like, wouldn't the guys need to have the time off as well? There's two people in that relationship. But it's also, these aren't, these are firms.

This isn't a government in the know. No, this is companies. Because then the companies would... Do they get benefits out in any way? I don't know because then if

the woman is successful and one of her eight days off and finds a partner and has a baby, then they're going to have to find someone to replace her and pay a maternity leave. Why would it be a firm's initiative to sort that out for them?

China, man. I don't know. Their workers are happier. Didn't China launch an app recently and it'll tell you if you're within 400 feet of someone who's in debt? And so you can go and tell them to encourage them to pay off their debt and be a better person? And they've got their social ratings, like a Black Mirror episode.

Yeah. Like that, it's messed up. I'll give you a jaywalk, you go down a couple of points. Imagine a stranger being like, hey, sort your debt out. Hey, I hear you're in debt. I heard that 100 metres earlier from another stranger. But then if you were the nagging, you would eventually do it. You'd be like, all right, I'll pay it off.

FEM. ZM. So I got a hungry bin. That's where you put these worms in with some compost initially and then you chuck all your food scraps in it.

Zero waste. I'm kind of keen. You get some worm weeds. They're pretty rad. My mother-in-law's had one for a while. I was sceptical but I've seen it

quite a vegetable garden this year. It's just gone wild with castings and weeds. The worms that are in there, they weed, and then it makes a liquid. Yeah, the liquid drips out the bottom, and at the bottom it collects the castings, so you take those out. Right.

Otherwise the bin will end up overflowing. You take those out, you put them in the garden or in your veggies or whatever, and it's just like zero waste. It's safe putting food into the landfills and stuff. You don't have to touch the worms, though, do you? I'm a little bit, like like creeped out by worms. You can get gloves. Yeah.

Oh no, I just don't want to deal with them at all. You've got to transfer them from, well, get Toyboy to do it. But, you know, he's young, so tell him not to eat them. You know what kids are like. And you've got to put them in the bin and then they just dig down and they do their thing. You don't really see them again. So you got the smelly package at the start of the week from the courier. And it had been sitting in the courier depot in direct sunlight all weekend

and it had cooked them. So I got a phone call the day after we talked about that and it was the guy saying, it must have been in direct sun because we've couriered them to the South Island. One got lost for three weeks. Oh, yeah. And then eventually got there and it was in winter. It was cooler and then they opened it

and the worms are still sweet. Oh right. So that must have been direct sunlight. Yeah, that was winter. So that must have been direct sunlight. We'll send you some more. I said, look, the rural thing may be the issue. Courier arrives late. I said, maybe send it to work. Okay. And so

I gave him the work address here. Yeah. And he said, perfect. I popped them in, got the confirmation email. It's on the way. Okay. And then at four o'clock on Wednesday, I got an email from the mail room saying, there's a delivery for you. Four o'clock, well home by then.

Okay. And I'm like, okay, I'll be in and pick it up tomorrow. Then yesterday, after work, the girls got dropped off here because Shada had an appointment. So they were milling around and I said, oh, before we leave, we'll go and check the package in the mail room. And on the way to the mail room here at work, I crossed paths with the lovely mail team.

And they said, there's a food package for you. A food package? In the mail room. We've just popped it in the freezer. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. So my immediate is like, that's not a food package.

I was like, what did the food package look like? She's like, oh, it's in a little cardboard box. We'll go and get it now. I was like, oh my God. When did they put it on? Some got cooked.

Some have been frozen. Like you couldn't write, you couldn't script it. They've been at either end of the temperature spectrum. And I'm walking up there and Indy's like, did she say freezer? Is she talking about the worms? I was like, yeah, I think so.

She's like, we can't kill any more worms. Because they were very concerned about the worm death. The mass genocide of tiger worms. Did you tell them about the mass genocide? Yeah, I showed them the, we were opening it together and they're like, are those ones okay?

I was like, uh-uh. Those ones are not okay. And then they smelt it when we, the rest of the cooked worm stew. So we were walking in and I was like,

oh, I was like, it's in the freezer and she's like, oh, no, no, no, no. What's, the fridge,

the fridge, the freezer is that real, the less cool of the two. I was like, oh, no, no, no, no. What's the fridge? The fridge. The freezer is that real cold, the less cool of the two. I was like, this could be okay. Okay. This could be okay because the ground gets cold and worms live in the ground. And how long have they been in? 18 hours?

Yeah. Okay. Oh, God. Could be into some sort of state of hibernation. Yeah. So I walked in and I was like, oh, yeah. I was like, this isn't food. It's worms.

And it literally says on the box, live worms. And she said, you guys get so much crazy male, I don't know what to believe. Which is totally fair enough. We get to see weird stuff. And they're so lovely in the mail room. Just wonderful people. And I was like, oh. And I opened it there and I could see the worms moving.

So I was like, they've survived. Right, okay. They've survived. Yeah. So we got them back to the car and Indy's like, how cold is it? And are they dead? And I was like, no, they're all, okay. They've survived. So we got them back to the car and Indy's like, how cold is it? And are they dead? And I was like, no, they're alright. It's all good. So we got them home and put them in the

bin. And the last sighting to report, all worms happy, alive and accounted for. So worms can live, but then worms would have to live in a frozen, like cold ground over winter, wouldn't they? Not all worms, though.

I don't know. I don't have any worm knowledge. And also, wouldn't you ease into it? Not like, oh, it's nice and muggy and like, oh, no, hang on. You're not snap freezing your worms. It's like walking into the chiller at Liquorland. Yeah. Your nipples go hard and your toes.

Do your nips go hard in the beer freezer too? 100%. Sometimes I'm in the beer freezer too? 100%. Sometimes I'm in the supermarket and someone opens the frozen pea cabinet and I catch a breeze and one nip will go hard. So I've got to flip the other one to get them both hard because you can't be walking around lopsided. It's like when you're driving down the road and you see a car with only one headlight working.

People are like, why is the only half nip erect? So if one goes, I always to be having a lot of fun. I think just talking about them there. Yeah, they like attention. They like just being talked about, being touched. They're big fans of just being. So we've covered it all in this break. Nips, worms.

I want more Kajas for, but worms happy. Happy and a king of you. Great news. I'm so glad they weren't frozen. Friday Flashback. Well, from today, we're kicking off Friday Jams from 8 o'clock, and we're going to do it every Friday with Friday Flashback. Now, this Friday Flashback, I've been wanting to play, as I've said,

multiple times since we started doing Friday Flashback, and that was five years ago, so it was only halfway to being qualified. It's crazy we're here now. This song only got to number three in New Zealand. What?

It peaked at number three in New Zealand, debuted at number 11. But the song that it never beat to number one is actually, don't you look it up because it's going to be

my next Friday Flashback. This song I'm going to do next time, it's my turn. I feel like it's one of those songs though, we didn't appreciate what we had at the time. It's my turn. I feel like it's one of those songs, though, we didn't appreciate what we had at the time. No, yeah, yeah, yeah. But over time, we know.

Yeah, I totally agree. It's like a TV series that's good, but it's not until it's six seasons in that everybody really appreciates what they had. There's controversy associated to this song, though. I didn't know. I knew it was written by Jessie J. Okay.

She was going to release it herself but didn't consider it edgy enough. But when you think about it being written by a British artist trying to make it big in the USA, it kind of makes as much sense. Yeah.

And it was produced by Dr. Luke. Yeah. I know. Cash is Dr. Luke. Yeah. They were involved in the Cash situation

over many years. But it's a banger of a song and it re-enters the charts every year. Every year since its release, it re-enters the charts. Why? Just because? On July the 4th. Independence Day. Yeah. Oh, right, okay.

Independence Day. Yeah. I can't believe it's 10 years since it's come out, but ladies and gentlemen, today's Friday flashback. Oh. One of the finest songs ever penned. So good. It will be studied like Shakespeare is studied today.

It's Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA. ZM. ZM. Am I gonna fit in? Jumped in the cab, here I am for the first time Look to my right and I see the Hollywood sign This is all so crazy Everybody seems so famous My tummy's turning and I'm feeling kinda homesick Too much pressure and I'm nervous

That's when the taxi man turned on the radio And the Jay-Z song was on And the Jay-Z song was on And the Jay-Z song was on So the Jay-Z song was on And the Jay-Z song was on So I put my hands up to play my song The butterflies fly away I'm nodding my head like yeah Moving my hips like yeah

I got my hands up to play my song And now I'm gonna be okay Yeah, it's a party in the USA Yeah, it's a party in the USA Feel like I've been on a flight Back to my hometown tonight Something stops me every time The DJ plays my song and I feel alright So I put my hands up to play my song

Butterflies fly away I'm nodding my head like yeah Moving my lips like yeah Put my hands up to play my song You know I'm gonna be okay Yeah, it's a party in the USA Yeah, it's a party in the USA I got my hands up to playin' my song

The butterflies fly away Now I'm gonna dance like yeah, like yeah I got my hands up to playin' my song You know I'm gonna be okay It's Miley Cyrus, Party in the USA. It's your Friday flashback on ZM. There's really no need to read any feedback, is there? That's just a certified banger. Well, it is a certified banger. Someone said, this is going on my wedding reception playlist certified banger. Well, it is a certified banger. Someone said,

this is going on my wedding reception playlist. Banger of all bangers. Yes. Somebody said, I want you to know the broad spectrum of your listeners. I'm a 6'5",

140kg, heavily tattooed Polynesian and I am dancing in my truck. Good. That's good. That song knows no boundaries. No, exactly.

It's a song that bridges all, you know, racial divides. Yep. Gender. Generational. Generational. It's a song that bridges all, you know, racial divides. Yep. Gender. Yeah. Generational. Generational.

It's great. This is a great song. Somebody said, this reminds me of being in the Bahama Hut. The song had just come out that was playing and I yelled out that it was shit. The DJ stomped the song and had me kicked out by a bouncer. But today I find myself singing along and agreeing it was the banger. You deserve that. You deserve that.

Yes. I like that DJ. You did. Someone said, I know Vaughn probably doesn't need an ego boost, but he does pick the best Friday flashbacks. Not always. You've got a short memory. We turn now to Internanya, who had girls' drinks last night.

And there's a bit of a situation that you thought would be ideal for the country to weigh in on. Yeah, a bit of a situation that you thought would be ideal for the country to weigh in on. Yeah, a bit of an interesting one. So my friend has been seeing a guy for a few months now. Okay. Wouldn't call it officially boyf and girf, but definitely like, you know,

holding hands at the supermarket. It's not Caitlin. It's much like Caitlin. It's not me, guys. I'm good. Do you hold hands in public, Caitlin? You and the new boyfriend? Sometimes.

You should see her face. Guys, give me a bucket. Stop it. Okay, all right. So, Anya, this couple, which isn't Caitlin and her boyfriend. So, they've been seeing each other for a while. Last night, another friend was talking about how she's got a little booty call coming over after we were leaving the drinks. She's like, after you guys go, I'm going to text this new guy and he's going to come over.

Yeah. And the friend who's been seeing this guy for a few months was like, oh, I'm so jealous. My, this ex-person's name. Yeah. Said he's going to be working tonight so he can't come over. Right. That's all good. Hunky dory.

20 minutes passes. My other friend opens up her Instagram story and is like, hang on. He's just put on his Instagram story bit on with the lads.

And then she's like, no, no, no. He said he was working. Yeah, he didn't put a story up. Because you can hide stories from people. You can block people from seeing your stories.

So this is the conundrum we find ourselves in. So did she then prove to the person, the girl who thinks her boyfriend is working, that he's not working? Yeah, well, she showed her the story and was like, nah, he's definitely posted it. You can't see this. And she's like, I can't see it.

She's like, look, it's right here. We've refreshed multiple times at this point. The story has not appeared. It's definitely been hidden from her. Yeah. Whoa. How did he think he was going to get away with that? I don't know. What a fool. What an amateur. What a rookie. Especially if you're

going to hide it from her, you've got to hide it from her friends as well. Yeah. Just don't put it up. Don't put it up. Put it on with the boys. You're with the boys. You don't need to be showing off to other boys. So he's lied to her and said, I can't hang out tonight. We're going out. I'm not going out.

I'm just having a quiet night. Yep. But he has gone out. Yep. And she feels obviously aggrieved. Yeah. Did she hit him up? Yeah.

What's up, douche? Hey, what's this about? And I think the cry laugh face was returned, which is not a great line of defense. By the way, that's my number one emoji, cry laugh face. Yeah, me too. But I don't think I'd reply to that situation with it. An accusation as such.

Yeah. Yeah. So it's a pretty bad move. But they're not official. No. They're kind of. No, they were starting a relationship by lying. Like, just say, I want to go out with the boys.

But he wasn't, was he with other girls in the Snapchat? He was just with the boys. Not in the footage that we got to see. Imagine if there was other girls there. But then why didn't he just say, I'm going out with the boys? Exactly. Why didn't he say he was working? Yeah, that's what we're unsure about.

Like, if they'd been in a long-term relationship and he was like, I just want a night out with the lads. No drama. Is your friend high maintenance? Nah. Just give me a sign. Give me a non-verbal sign if she is high maintenance. Nah, she's all good.

She's a cool dog. She's high maintenance. So she wouldn't care. She's not a girl's digging, but don't even get it. She wouldn't care if he was like, I just want to go out with the boys. Yeah, 100%. But now she will.

He ruined his freedom. And a little bit of the trust there. He lied. He went and did it anyway. And then he also hid the story from her. That's quite devious, hiding the story from her. What's her next play? Yeah, well, this is what Anya wants us to help with.

What's her next play? Get real pissed off. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, yeah. I'm dealt with this. I'm dealt with this. Coming on real hot. And then like cool it just a little bit because it's right before Valentine's Day.

Sweet Valentine's present makeup present. Oh, you're playing a... Yeah. How many weeks are we talking there? That's a three-week game. That's a three-week game. I could play cool for three weeks. One week real hot.

Teeter off. Teeter off. No, it's okay. Plateau at week two with your anger. Yeah. I'm like, I'm still disappointed. Yeah. Okay, yeah.

Are you really going to work? That's what else they say. She'll be like, see you. Be like, see you later. What time are you working to? Are you really working? That one's going to bump up for a while. Well, no, that's what it's going to be like now, isn't it?

Yeah. She's not going to be able to trust him. But what do you think she's more inclined to do? She just doesn't know. Well, I think apart from this little situation, it's all been really smooth sailing. It's all been really good. As far as she knows. Yeah, well, that's true.

It's a bit of a pickle. Yeah, okay. Okay. I think she wants to, like, mend it. Whatever we decide, will she go with? I mean, we're putting in a lot of effort here. We're going to take some calls. I'll make a strong advisory.

Yeah, we're a strong advisory. Democracy. Okay, well, let's give Internania's friend a strong advisory. What do you think she should do in this situation? I'll 800 dials it in. I, for a start, would get her to download this podcast and then line it up so when he gets in the car next time, it's right at the point where we start talking about it.

And then just stare at him. Yeah, yeah. A thick spreading of awkwardness. That would be really good. That's a good weapon. All right, well, what should she do? I'll 800 dials at him. You can text 9696.

Helping intern Anya's friend out with a dilemma. So last night, girls night, girl gets the message that the booty call is on. Girl's like, damn, that sucks. My boy's working. I'm not going to get my booty thing tonight. You know, me and my youth lingo. So there's a bit of, anyway, so they're going to do it.

But she can't because the boy's at work. But then the girl's like, he's not at work. He's on the gram. He's just saying how he's had a boy's night. And it turns out he's not only lied to her about working, but he's also hidden her ability to see his Instagram story of the night out with the boys. And we are just like, uh-oh, what you going to do?

Someone messaged in saying, plenty of other fish in the sea. Cut the line on this mackerel and find yourself a kingfish. Good fishing analogy there. But the thing about the kingfish is that once you get it up, you've got to kill it immediately, don't you, and bleed it. Or is that a kahawhai? I don't know. Is that a kahawhai?

I don't know, Vaughn. One of them you've got to bleed or it'll spoil the meat. So asking you what should she do in this situation, Rebecca, what do you think? I think she should value herself more. She is not in a committed relationship. He's already lied to her. So what has he got to offer her from now on? She should make the strong decision, end it now, and value herself more.

But it was strike one. Yeah, that's a dishonesty thing. If he hasn't committed to her, they're not in a relationship. It's a casual thing. And he doesn't even value a casual thing. It wasn't cheating, though. It wasn't cheating, but it was lying, which is a dishonesty. Yeah, true, true.

Rebecca, thanks for your call. Some text messages in. And lots of people just straight up saying, get rid of him now. Say goodbye. I'm not surprised by that, to be honest. It's really early days. If this is going to happen in the honeymoon period, what's going to happen once that's over?

It's easy for someone else to say, but if you like the guy, then you're like, someone said, why lie about something so small? Show someone's character or lack thereof. And we have someone said, is she a stage five clinger? But we have probed into an argument on and off air. And this is, she's not just is she a stage 5 clinger? But we have probed into Narnia both on and off air and this is, she's not just saying it because it's her friend, but no. She wouldn't have cared. She's been more than

alright with boys nights before, so she's not sure why the lie. Do you think maybe in his past, so he's had girlfriends that have been like, where are you going? Yeah, but you can't put your previous relationship issues into the next one. That's just trouble. That'd be another reason to get rid of him. If he's just going to be like, well, I better lie to you because I had to lie to my last girlfriend.

Yeah. That's not going to be worth it. Someone said, ditch him. Megan, I can't believe you play the three weeks of treating yourself less than you're worth for a Valentine's Day present. Well. Your response, Megan. How good is the Valentine's present? We cross now to Megan for her response. No, I'm quite surprised that everyone's like,

cut him now because you've got to express why you're upset with someone before you just cut them because he might not actually think that that was a big deal. Give him a chance to redeem himself is how I feel. We've just heard now there from diehard feminist Megan Sellers who would disrespect herself for three weeks for a present. Pappas, sorry. Well, at least you've stopped calling her last.

Slowback. Yeah. That's a lot to keep up with. Stop getting married, Megan. It even confuses me when I see people I went to school with on Facebook with a new last name. I'm like, no, I'll continue to call you the name I knew you at school. Thank you.

Courtney, what do you think the friend should do? Sleep with his best friend. Why not? I did not expect that. Courtney's coming hot. But Courtney, he really hasn't done anything that bad. We don't think he's cheated. Well, girls are just too sensitive

then. Right. Well, you're saying there's a possibility he might cheat, so you just beat him to it. Pretty much. That's what I'm saying. It's more healthy for us to speak and talk about our issues rather than just be like, asshole, cut him off. Or like, you know, cheat on him or whatever. But they're not in

a relationship. He just... I know, but then... But they have or whatever yeah but they're not in a relationship he just I know but then but they have had the chat that they're exclusively seeing each other to me that's that's tantamount in 2019

to having the old school boyfriend girlfriend will you go round with me chat right or we're exclusive yeah but you don't have to delete your tinder

in that phase so I believe yes you do yes I believe yes you do Courtney thanks for your call someone wants to know if there's been any further communications,

any apologies other than the initial reply, which was just the laughy cry face, which is a poor choice of emoji. No further correspondence? Oh. Yes, there has been. I believe an apology has been issued. Right.

How sincere did it feel? Was it in person via the spoken message or just emojis? I'm not sure, as of about 9.30 last night there was just a written apology I don't know what happened after I'd like to if I do an apology to it with the road cone on Snapchat because it looks cute

There's a time and a place with the road cone Oh yeah, you're doing that putting a Snapchat filter on and putting the road cone filter on and being the road cone filter on and be like sorry I've been a real really sorry I've been a real dumb dumb

I won't do it again he he he it's pretty cute and adorbs I'd forgive you yeah see exactly that's why you can't hold a relationship

do all your do all your serious communicating through Snapchat filters I just think like relationships people make mistakes a lot and you can't like

set it off right at the get go by just cutting them off. So if you had to summarise Vaughn from what we've received on the text machine and calls, what would you say? Well there's either end of the spectrum. There's approach this like an adult and

deal with this as you see the situation arising. Have a conversation about it. A conversation. Then there's the other end of it, which is like we heard before, sleep with his best friend, and someone said burn all his stuff. So, I mean, this is a great example of the spectrum of humanity and how we react differently to the same circumstance.

Right. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's story is the, today's fact of the day is the story behind Kumbaya. Kumbaya, my lord. Kumbaya. Oh, we should have got the guitar. I tried to get that Kumbaya started in the office the other day with the guitar.

Yeah, it didn't work. It looked at me. Felt terrible. Well, it's not Christian camp, is it? No, it's not. It's not. It's a workplace form. So have you ever wondered what Kumbaya means?

No. No. Oh, you have never wondered? I just don't care. No, you just sang it blindly. Yeah. You just sang Kumbaya means? No. No. Oh, you have never wondered? I just don't care. No, you just sing it blindly. Yeah. Like I sang everything at school or growing up. You just don't think about the lyrics.

You don't think about it. It's like Lion King. Well, kumbaya, my lord, is a song that originated with slaves in America and Christian slaves that had kind of been taken from Africa, sold into slavery, sold the idea of Christianity, found some relief from absolutely horrendous circumstance in it and wrote many songs.

Many like songs, old folk songs and songs that have been around forever that you don't really even think about were slave songs. Keep morale up, boosted and everything. around forever that you don't really even think about were slave songs. Right. Keep morale up, boosted and everything. So Kumbaya, my lord, is not Kumbaya, it's come by here, my lord. Originally, the lyrics were come by here, my lord,

because these people were in such dire straits, but they'd been told that God was the answer to everything. They're like, well, why hasn't he popped by and seen us? Because I don't know if you guys have caught the memo, God. We're slaving away here. We're beingaving away here. We're being held prisoner and made to do a bunch of really awful stuff. So the song was Come By Here, My Lord, meaning come by here and we're ready to go when you are.

Take us away from these shackles of life. Their accent led it to when people heard the first ever wax recording of Kumbaya, joint with the fact that wax recordings back in the day weren't flawless high-quality MP3s, they were pretty muffled and everything, and the accent, come by here, my lord, sounded like Kumbaya. Right. And so obviously this recording did the rounds.

Yeah, when it was kind of catchy and people were just like, oh, it's a lovely song about God. Yeah, when it was kind of catchy and people were just like, oh, it's a lovely song about God. Yeah, right. Not about, yeah. It's whatever this word means. It's lovely. And they heard the singing and so it just became kumbaya, not kumbaya.

I feel like we should change it back. Yeah. Or sing it in the southern accent the whole time. I don't know what works for anybody. But so next time you hear that or someone... Easy mistake to make. I'll still mistake lyrics now.

Oh yeah, well it is. It's the original mistake in lyrics. It is, yeah. It is. You hear a song and you've been singing it wrong for years

and someone corrects you. This is pretty much this except they didn't have the internet back in the day. Or like Spotify where the lyrics pop up while it's playing on your phone. So you can be like,

that's what they're saying and that's what he meant. Yeah, what is it? Like genius or whatever? It's like, that's what they're saying, and that's what he meant. Yeah, what is it, like genius or whatever? It's like, that's a slave song. Yeah, slave song. It literally meant, come by here, my lord, because I wanted to be saved. Wow, okay.

So today's fact of the yay. See, easy mistake to make. I heard you say yay when you said day then. I know, but I definitely said day. It's just my accent. Today's fact of the day is,umbaya is actually come by here. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Megan today has taken on the task of her first ever ride on a public bus.

Heck of a day to do it. Signals are down in Auckland for the train, so buses are absolutely packed. And Megan, I believe you're outside at a bus stop. Yeah, I am at the bus stop. They have like charts and stuff to tell you where to go. Maps? Yeah, they're called Maps and timetables. Yeah.

Charts sounds very seafaring. It does, yeah. So there's like lots of different coloured squiggly lines on the map, so you're supposed to know where you like to catch it and stuff. I don't know. Okay. Squiggly lines. So what one are you catching?

The next one. Okay, because there's a big board, isn't there? An electronic, or some of them have an electronic board and they count down the minutes. A paper board. Oh, you mean with a time? Yeah. It says it's due now, so I think I just missed the wait.

Yeah, that could be it. There was one just before and the bus driver looked really nice. I wanted that one, but apparently that's not right. That's not, you can't pick your bus driver by how nice they are. I mean, it was very generous of us to let you leave work early today. Oh, no. What? You might have to wave.

You might have to wave. Wave at him. No, he's pulled over. Oh, God. No, no, no, no. Okay. Oh, Joy, he looks serious. Okay.

Oh, God. Oh, God. No. Okay, I'm walking onto the bus oh, God, oh, God. No. Okay, I'm walking onto the bus. No. Oh, my God, no. He said no. He said no.

He said no. He gave me the hand and said no, so I don't know what happened. What happened? What do you mean no? I walked into the bus and he put his hand up and said no. He's driving off. What does it say on the bus, on the front or the back? Does it say not in service?

Oh, yeah. Okay, that's not your bus. And also, don't just blindly get on a bus. You've got to make sure where you're going is written on the sign. It said on the digital board that it's due any second, so I went to get on the next one that pulled up. Is that not right? In your defence, that was a tease of him to have the door open.

Yeah, it wasn't a big old tease. Oh, God. There's another one coming. 24B? I don't know. That's you. Get on that one. Yeah, get on that one.

Okay. I think he doesn't have anything on his digital thing. Bye. No, he's driven right past do i have to wait do i have to wait you have to wave down to 10 yeah because they might just think you're waiting for it i was going to say are you at a bus stop but you did refer to the squiggly lions and the charts before no i'm getting on another one. Hello. Hello. Can I have two people to go one stage? Where's the next one? To the next...

Yeah. Let's go there. Can I... Yeah. Two people to Simon Street. 12 minutes. 12 minutes? Yeah. Two people to Simon Street. 12 minutes? Do I have to wait?

Oh, is this not? So not this bus? Okay. Oh, no. Okay, thank you. All right. Okay, great. I mean, you could just get on any bus.

You could have just gone anywhere. Oh, my God. I've just been, like, denied two buses. He's just sitting there and wait 12 minutes. Oh, he's early. He can't go for 12 minutes. What is happening? I tell you what, Megan, you get on the bus and we'll come back to you when you're in motion. Okay, my mouth's dry. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. If you've just joined us, Megan is taking her first ever bus.

Public transport bus. She's been on a bus before. For like school camp, you went on a bus. You've been on party buses. Yeah. But never an organised form of public transport following the same route. Now, intern Anya is here with you filming this, but she hasn't been allowed to help you.

No, but I had two bus drivers help me get the right bus. They were actually really nice to me. Yeah. How do I know when to press the stop button? So I've just found out as well that I've sat in a priority seating area. Right, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's for old people or sick people or abandoned seats.

Sorry, sorry. Are you amazed, Megan, that there's USB charging slots on the bus? Where? Just in front of you. No, not all buses have them. Not all buses have them? No, only the flash new ones. The double-deckers. Oh, that all buses have them. Not all buses have them? No, only the flash new ones. The double deckers.

Oh, that's better. Yeah. I just moved, my seat had a miscellaneous wet patch, so I moved up that one. You'll get those every now and then, especially, you know, if there's been some precipitation. Isn't this fun? Yeah.

It's so cool. We're all going to the same, like, place all together. We're saving their environment. Yep. So, like, if I started doing this thing, we all go on the bus, would environment. Yep. So like, if I started doing this thing when I was on the bus,

would everyone join in? And no, that's frowned upon, Megan. Is it? Okay, just keep to yourself. Head down on your phone. Don't make eye contact. Yeah, you're also

talking quite loudly. Generally, it's a whisper if you're on the bus. You know how at school the back of the bus is cool? This one's got a lifted bit at the back. Is that cool to sit up there?

Am I supposed to sit up there? I just like sitting up there because the view is better. Yeah. I'm not trying to be a cool dude if I go on a bus. I just think it's a better view. Also, no seatbelts. No, they don't have seatbelts.

No. This is wild. It's a wild time. It's a wild time on public transport. All right. Well, good luck getting home, Megan. Yeah. So I've used all my money apart from $2,

so I don't know how I'm getting home. Well, if you do get home, Antonania's not, so. Just press the ding-donger and just walk back or try and get a bus back. You'll get one back for $2. Do you know how much effort it took me to get on this one to here? I can't get home. It's the ban.

Just jump off when it feels right. Go with the vibe. Just Uber back. Uber the rest of the way Uber Uber Private busing